First, figure out your standard cross-reference style.
See Appendix D
See Appendix D, "Frying Pans and Toasters,"
See Appendix D, "Frying Pans and Toasters," on p. 247
See "Frying Pans and Toasters" on p. 247
Whatever it's going to be, standardize as much as you can. Think about whether
the styl
I think you need to have at least formats for referring only to the numbered
bit (e.g., Appendix D) as well as the entire title with number (e.g. Appendix
D, "Frying Pans and Toasters.")
The biggest issue with the second format is if the text being cited includes
punctuation itself.
My prefe
On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:33:19 -0500 (CDT), Nancy Allison
wrote:
>I'm setting up a template and am trying to figure out a way to
>avoid having to create multiple x-refs to accommodate different
>punctuation.
> . . .
>What is your solution?
Simple; I follow International English (UK) usage, an
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Les Smalley wrote:
> I think you need to have at least formats for referring only to the numbered
> bit (e.g., Appendix D) as well as the entire title with number (e.g. Appendix
> D, "Frying Pans and Toasters.")
>
> The biggest issue with the second format is if th
You can also make the punctuation and quotation marks a moot point by
italicizing the book title, chapter title, heading, or other object,
which would greatly reduce the number of cross-refs that you need.
If it was me, I'd think about two templates with identically names
cross-ref formats -- one
Some follow-up questions:
1. I've been looking at the Chicago Manual, 15th edition. I'd expect a great
honking treatment of this subject, but I'm not seeing it. All the
cross-reference i9nformation is presented with reference to indexes and
bibliographies. The sections referring to cross-refer
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Some follow-up questions:
1. I've been looking at the C
Book titles are italicized, but chapter titles (and titles of book sections,
figures, tables, etc.) are normally set in quotes. Italicizing these features
is
a bad hack, putting the needs of the writer ahead of those of the user.
I'm curious: could your two-template approach be automatable usin
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Some follow-up questions:
1. I've been looking at the Chicago Manual, 15th edition. I'd ex
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Some follow-up questions:
1. I've been looking at the Chicago Ma
Nancy Allison wrote:
> I'm setting up a template and am trying to figure out a way to avoid having
> to create multiple x-refs to accommodate different punctuation. You know
> (x-ref is inside the underscores):
>
> ---See __Appendix D, "Frying Pans and Toasters,"__ for more information.
> (X-r
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Given that more and more
using to create her other
output.
Mike
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Right now she's doing print. But in 6 months? I like to build for this
possibility.
And I
Hi, all.
I should have specified that my Framemaker template will be used to produce
both PDFs and compiled help files.
After a discussion on techwr-l or possibly this list, I decided to keep figure
and table numbers in my online cross-references, but not page numbers. I
currently append "
I use bold for referencing sections, instead of quotation marks. It
makes things much simpler as far where to put the comma, and this style
seems to be popular.
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Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson
Technical Writer
052-763-7133
Nancy Allison wrote:
> Once more, this time with content!
>
> For your tech
I believe an option within MIF2Go allows you to automagically impose a
template of your choice on a book, so the conversion between multiple
output types is transparent. Haven't played with it in a while,
though, but I think it's still there...
Art
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.c
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 11:23:06 -0400, Art Campbell
wrote:
>I believe an option within MIF2Go allows you to automagically impose a
>template of your choice on a book, so the conversion between multiple
>output types is transparent. Haven't played with it in a while,
>though, but I think it's still t
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