OT: Index page ranges

[Karen Robbins]

CMOS 16th ed., section 16.14 suggests that for page numbers 101-109 
and similar to use changed part only; for 110-199 and similar, used 
two digits unless more are needed to include all changed parts.

--Karen

>Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 07:44:19 -0400
>From: "Kenneth C. Benson" <kbenson at pegtype.com>
>To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
>Subject: Re: OT: Index page ranges
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>This is Chicago Manual of Style, I'm pretty sure (I don't have one
>here). The rule is not to repeat the hundreds digit if it's the same on
>both ends of the range. I think, then, that 244-247 should become 244-47
>(not 244-7). Makes it very hard to search for page ranges replacing
>hyphen with en dash. I suspect (based on when I began seeing this) that
>CMS changed this style around 2000.
>
>Kenneth Benson
>Pegasus Type
>www.pegtype.com
>
>On 9/5/2012 11:15 AM, Rick Quatro 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