It's a matter of house style. Some retain all digits (135-137); some retain the low-order two digits (135-37); some delete all duplicated digits (135-7, but 139-41).
- Michael On 2012/09/06 03:09, grant at hedgewizard.net wrote: > > My suspicion is that it was to save space/typesetting time; there may > be a standard as well (isn't there always? <g>) > > Grant > > > On September 5, 2012 at 9:15 AM Rick Quatro <rick at rickquatro.com> wrote: > > > Hi Framers, > > > > This is more of a curiosity than anything. I was browsing the index > in a > > book last night and I noticed that at the end of page ranges, common > numbers > > are suppressed. For example 244-7 instead of 244-247 and 138-41 > instead of > > 138-141. Is this simply to save space, or is there some kind of style > > recommendation for this? Thanks for any insight. > > > > Rick > > > > Rick Quatro > > Carmen Publishing Inc. > > 585-283-5045 > > rick at frameexpert.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as mlewis at brandle.com.au. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/mlewis%40brandle.com.au > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2437/5249 - Release Date: 09/04/12 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120906/d652f24a/attachment.html>
