<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">And when going to electronic formats, links are important, and topics may split<br><div apple-content-edited="true">
<p style="font-family: Times; "></p><p></p><p style="font-family: Times; "></p><p><br>-Matt<br></p><div id="sig" style="font-family: arial, helvetica; width: 500px; "><span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; ">Matt Sullivan</span> <span style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(116, 116, 116); "><br><strong>co-author <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Publishing-Fundamentals-Unstructured-FrameMaker-11/dp/0982811853">Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11</a></strong> <br><strong>P:</strong> 714.960.6840 | <strong>C:</strong> 714.585.2335 | <a href="mailto:matt@mattrsullivan.com" style="color: rgb(116, 116, 116); ">matt@mattrsullivan.com</a></span> <span style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(116, 116, 116); "><br style="color: rgb(116, 116, 116); font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><br style="color: rgb(116, 116, 116); font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "></span></div></div><div><div>On Mar 14, 2013, at 10:02 AM, Steve Rickaby <<a href="mailto:srickaby@wordmongers.demon.co.uk">srickaby@wordmongers.demon.co.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">At 09:52 -0700 14/3/13, Robert Lauriston wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">If a figure is close to the cross-reference, why have a cross-reference at all?<br></blockquote><br>Here are some reasons:<br><br>. Convention<br><br>. Readability<br><br>. Discriminating between two or more figures when more than one is visible in a spread<br><br>. How else would you refer to the contents of a figure other than saying 'In Figure x.x, the worgle-grommet is positioned next to the thingummy...'?<br><br>. Because at some point the book is going to be converted to an e-thing, and this requires a hyperlink because most e-readers have to throw a separate 'page' for the figure.<br><br>. Because the client expects it.<br><br>. Because I lik emaking work for myself.<br><br>...and so on.<br><br>-- <br>Steve [Trim e-mails: use less disk, use less power, use less planet]<br>_______________________________________________<br><br><br>You are currently subscribed to framers as <a href="mailto:matt@mattrsullivan.com">matt@mattrsullivan.com</a>.<br><br>Send list messages to <a href="mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com">framers@lists.frameusers.com</a>.<br><br>To unsubscribe send a blank email to<br><a href="mailto:framers-unsubscribe@lists.frameusers.com">framers-unsubscribe@lists.frameusers.com</a><br>or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/matt%40mattrsullivan.com<br><br>Send administrative questions to listadmin@frameusers.com. Visit<br>http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.<br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>