[duxuser] Re: editing a table of contents
- From: "Karina Gregory" <Karina.Gregory@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:35:25 +0100
Dave,
I live in the UK and I must say that I haven't heard that one about Aunt
Flow, maybe I'm too young!
If I was brailling something for someone else I would make a judgement as to
what information is useful and what isn't, and if it is useful or is going
to be of benefit to the reader then I wouold include it. However, if it
isn't then I would leave it out. When I braille agendas for myself I
include everything that is going to be of benefit to me. I just edit some
of the formatting within the documents to make it easier to read.
Karina
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Durber" <dadurber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 2:23 PM
Subject: [duxuser] Re: editing a table of contents
> Why would you want to do that.
>
> When you edit information such as headings that appear in a document,
> you are sensoring what another person will see in the table of
> contents and when you do that, you restrict access to the information.
>
> Another problem might occur, for example, where you have two headings
> that start out very similarly but have totally different text endings.
>
> If you edit some of the text in these headings, there is a danger that
> your reader may miss out on important information that might be
> contained in those headings that would allow them to make an informed
> decision as to whether either of the two similar headings is the one
> they want.
>
> In the UK we have an expression for those who do not include
> everything or, who choose to edit what a person who is visually
> impaired should or should not know. the expression is:
>
> "What Aunt Flow wants you to know"
>
> I wouldn't mind betting that, just about all of us on this list who
> are visually impaired, have had some experience of and Aunt Flow
> deciding what we should or should not know.
>
> My personal feeling, is that if you are producing material for general
> distribution, then you should include everything.
>
> If it is for personal use, and you remember what the edits mean, six
> months, one year or two years down the road, then it does not matter.
>
> Sincerely:
>
> Dave durber
>
> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:29:23 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >Hi All,
> >
> >I have just gone from 10.3 to 10.5. I had a question about editing a
table
> >of contents. This is one of my most desired features. The problem is
that
> >I have some documents with very long level 1 headings. I don't want all
> >that in my table of contents. My question is whether or not I can edit
the
> >text of the heading into a shortened version once the contents is
created.
> >I can give examples if it would help. Any help would be appreciated.
> >
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