[Tugindia] Graphics tutorial

H S Rai tugindia@tug.org
Sun, 20 Oct 2002 18:11:44 +0530 (IST)


Today at 10:13am +0100 Kaveh Bazargan wrote:

>   >    HSR> Page  numbers   and  figures   number  may   helpful  in
>   >    HSR> discussion and for quoting purpose.
>   >
>   >Yes, you're right. will provide the fig numbers alongside.
>
>   I agree about  figure numbers, but I  am not if page  numbers is a
>   good idea.  I  take it that this  document can, at the  touch of a
>   button, be typeset  as a 'print' version, with  A4 pages, etc. Now
>   for the print version it is usual to have page numbers. If nothing
>   else, it helps bind the pages  in the right order! I think that if
>   the screen version also has  page numbers, there will be confusion
>   regarding which page number one is referring to, the screen or the
>   print version.

Got your point and agreed 100% on the issue of confusion. But sometime
we need to refer text and for  that page number is important.  See how
nicely page numbers  displayed in left panel  for TUGDelhi's inaugural
report by Amitabh Trehan. To remove  confusion it may be (if possible)
to have page numbers on screen as S1, S2 etc and for print version P1,
P2 etc automatically at the same touch of button.

IMO, one  can have printed version  from source for his  convenience ,
but for discussion and reference purpose on sould refer to only screen
version as it is "Online tutorial" and released official as such.

-- 
H.S.Rai

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