general publication quiestion

[nancy carpenter]

I publish in pdf and in printed formats.  The people who read the pdf do 
indeed think that the empty left page is a mistake, even though it has a 
header and footer.  In fact, they print from the pdf.  So I changed the 
format to delete empty pages.  I don't print often anymore, but when I do, 
I have to force some empty left pages in order to get the chapters on the 
right pages.  Some day, if I convert to structured Framemaker, I'll just 
use a "printing" style sheet and save myself some time. 

Nancy Carpenter
Lead Technical Writer
GENCO Distribution System
100 Papercraft Park
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15238




Doug <dbailey4117 at gmail.com>
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10/18/2006 11:44 AM

 
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        Subject:        Re: general publication quiestion


Too often readers will suspect that there was a printing error if
there isn't SOME content on the page.  Having headers and footers on
the page with no text between them only makes this type of person even
more prone to suspicion.  Putting an "Intentionally Blank" notice on
the page helps to reduce the number of calls to the Help Desk, if
nothing else.  If you don't like the paradox, you could simply reword
it.  "Intentionally Devoid of Relevant Content" or somesuch.

--Doug

On 10/18/06, Charles Beck <Charles.Beck at infor.com> wrote:
> Why? Because we have always used running headers and footers, and those
> appear on the page regardless of other content. This means that, if
> there is no other content, at least the header and footer are there as a
> clue to the reader that "this page was intentionally left blank." No
> need to declare it; the running headers/footers declare it, in effect.
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