If the heading is in the header or footer, you don't lose the title. On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Lin Sims <[email protected]> wrote: > Not a bad idea, but this is the corporate style. We're also not > single-sourcing. (We were moving to that, but then the company got acquired > and the techcomm department was decentralized. But that's a whole other > story.) > > Even if it were my call, I'm not sure I'd go that way. If the table splits > across a page, you lose the title. And these tables can go on for a couple > of pages, depending on the content.. > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Robert Lauriston <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> In a situation like that, I use headings instead of table names. In a >> single-source environment, headings are more flexible. >> >> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Lin Sims <[email protected]> wrote: >> > For the registers, we list all the table names as active links in a >> > table >> > upfront. But if I am simply scanning through the tables, I find it >> > easier to >> > use the cursor button than the mouse wheel. Your mileage may, of course, >> > vary. There are also places where a brief paragraph introduces a set of >> > tables. The data wouldn't work well combined into single table, and I'm >> > not >> > about to say, "The following table describes X" when I've already said >> > it up >> > above. It annoys my engineers and the customer engineers. >> > >> > If I were in a different environment producing docs for a different >> > audience, I would very likely be introducing each table with some text. >> > In >> > this environment, with this highly technical audience, it is neither >> > necessary nor wanted. >> > >> > On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Robert Lauriston <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> How do users find the one they're looking for? >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Lin Sims <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > I'm describing IC chip registers. There is absolutely no point in >> >> > having >> >> > text or a heading in between each one, and this particular piece of >> >> > IP >> >> > has >> >> > about 500 or so of them. >> >> > >> >> > As always, it depends on what you're doing and who your audience is. >> >> > >> >> > On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Robert Lauriston >> >> > <[email protected]> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> I would never have one table follow another without a heading or >> >> >> explanatory text in between. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Lin Sims <[email protected]> >> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> > I like to use my cursor keys to scroll from table to table, and >> >> >> > putting >> >> >> > each >> >> >> > table anchor in its own paragraph lets me do that. If they're all >> >> >> > on >> >> >> > the >> >> >> > same line, pressing the up or down arrow once pops you to the >> >> >> > beginning >> >> >> > or >> >> >> > end of all of the tables that are anchored in the same line. I do >> >> >> > a >> >> >> > lot >> >> >> > of >> >> >> > documents with hundreds of tables that are one right after the >> >> >> > other, >> >> >> > so >> >> >> > having an anchor anywhere but on its own line becomes a nuisance. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Putting all the anchors in the same line also makes it much >> >> >> > difficult >> >> >> > to >> >> >> > select just one table, since unless you are VERY disciplined about >> >> >> > putting a >> >> >> > space between them, FM drops the anchors on top of each other. And >> >> >> > (again) >> >> >> > if you have a lot of them, even using just a small space between >> >> >> > can >> >> >> > make >> >> >> > the anchors wrap to another line (or three or four), which messes >> >> >> > up >> >> >> > your >> >> >> > spacing all over again but for a different reason. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Stuart Rogers >> >> >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 2014-Oct-02 3:23 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> What is the benefit of putting a table anchor in its own >> >> >> >> paragraphs >> >> >> >> instead of putting the anchor at the end of the preceding >> >> >> >> paragraph? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I've inherited lots of documents that do things like that and it >> >> >> >> seemed to me like pointless busywork, but the people who set up >> >> >> >> the >> >> >> >> templates were long gone so I couldn't ask for their rationale. >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Lin Sims >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Lin Sims > > > > > -- > Lin Sims _______________________________________________
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