OT: Index page ranges

[Michael Lewis]

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
>
>
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