whoever works this list please take me off immediately, i am sick of receiving 30 emails a day from you. take me off right away. thank you Quoting Andrew Davidhazy <andpph@xxxxxxx>: > Bob, > > Thanks for the note and the suggestions. I used Word also for previous books > but > my colleagues here are telling me that I must "upgrade" so I decided to give > > InDesign a shot. What a headache!! I should have my head examined doing it > this > way. Although I must admit it has many "printer friendly" features that I > don't > understand but whcih a printer would feel quite at home with! > > On the TOC ... if I had the authors listed by name and page number on which > their personal infor appears ... you think that would work? I am thinking 2 > columns of 20 with "name 1", "name 2", etc. stacked. > > cheers, > andy > > > > Written By wrote: > > >>>>If you all that are included (or not included) in the imminently > published book of member's photographs and personal info could give me an > opinion as to a very basic book layout question I'd appreciate it. Should the > authors/photographs be organized in alphabetical fashion or is random listing > OK? Maybe in order of arrival? A friend of mine opined that if random those > that normally come at the end of any queue would really appreciate it>>> > > > > > > Well, as the author of "Designing Beautiful Books . . ." I spend > considerable time wondering about content and organization. In my opinion, > you should use a random listing. I am not sure order of arrival means > anything. I say mix it up. > > > > That said, you should add a TOC as well as an index so the reader can more > easily locate a specific photographer. If you have a good index, you can give > the reader the ability to locate information by location and subject. > > > > I am not sure what program you are using to layout the book, but I use > Microsoft Word and adding an index or a TOC is child's play. My latest book > is all about templates, styles, headers, page and section breaks, ect. If you > are using Word, I can help. I seem to recall you are not, however. > > > > Luck to you, > > > > Bob > > .. > > Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : > http://explorer.msncom > > > >
