Eric Dunn wrote:
The situation was this: hundreds of components, multiple ways
of writing their descriptions, abbreviations, and
specifications which led to an unmanageable mass of variables.
So, I turned to cross-references.
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What are the downsides? Well, so
I deliver primarily PDFs, and I wouldn't use xrefs in this
way because they'd become working hyperlinks in the PDFs. Ugh!
Actually they'd become BROKEN hyperlinks, since most likely the
referenced document isn't included in the doc set!
Deb Correia
Combs, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 06/09/2006 01:09:11
PM:
I deliver primarily PDFs, and I wouldn't use xrefs in this way because
they'd become working hyperlinks in the PDFs. Ugh!
Not a problem. You just change all those Xrefs into text and all is good.
The Xref formats used for the
Eric,
Nice innovation.
One of the challenges some writing teams face is project portability vs.
linking to shared content on a network. Sometimes variables provide a way
to maintain portability and standards without requiring a live connection
to a LAN architecture. Single-sourcing and using
