Hi, Tammy:
If it's not specified in the corporate style guide (if there is one)
or the industry style guide, the next line of defense is "how does it
help the user not to know whether the visible portion of the table on
the current page or spread is the beginning or in the middle?"
At 10:13 AM -0600 5/19/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
All,
If I have a table that spans more than one page, I naturally use this
variable in the Table Title. Well, we have a new editor on board that came
from a journalism background, not software documentation background, and
her mantra is "nice, tight copy" . . .So, no it's not copy - it's
technical procedures and although I don't believe any extra verbiage
either, table continuation seems to be a critical one to me. I have
actually had some reviewers not recognize that a table continues (they
thought one table was multiple tables) until I used this variable. I am
digging my heels in on this one (I have given to a few others just so that
I can hold my ground on what I feel is really important).
Generic thoughts - do you use or not use this variable for tables that
span multiple pages and why or why not?
Citing your reviewers' confusion is a good approach - it's about
usability and clarity, not page layout or personal preference.
You might have a good alternate tool in the Table Sheet variable,
which identifies each table sheet (page), even the first.
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Regards,
Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices
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