I still use the numeric outline form for all the large documents. We often
go down 3 or 4 levels below the chapter, and the numbering makes it clear
where we are.
Nancy Carpenter
Lead Technical Writer
GENCO Distribution System
100 Papercraft Park
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15238
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I only use that type of numbering when a client insists on it. Typically,
those clients are engineers with content targeting other engineers.
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Subject: Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals
Guys,
When you write a Technical Manual do you number heads and sections with
1.1, 1.2, 1.2.1 etc. I have a manual which is essentially an API and
it's numbered that way. It looks very cluttered to me. By taking that
out and using conventional styles, it has an easier UI to me.
What's the general consensus on numbering with the 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.2 type
of way? Is that generally history now, or is it actually still used a
lot?
Thanks,
Gillian Flato
Technical Writer (Software)
NANOmetrics, Inc.
1550 Buckeye Dr.
Milpitas, CA. 95035
(408.435.9600 x 316
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