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A Blinkin' Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

English books?

0 In English books I see that the top of the pages have the book title and chapter name, but02br
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00 My Very Long Chapter Name Is Too Long to Fit in the Header02br
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0On the first page of the chapter, you could say:02br 02br 00Chapter 202br 02br 00In Which Tom Meets the Lady Who Will Someday be His Wife02br 02br 00And the other pages simply have "Chapter 2"02br 02br 00If it's a text book, you'd need to wrap the header to two lines. 0-

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  • 0On the first page of the chapter, you could say:02br 02br 00Chapter 202br 02br 00In Which Tom Meets the Lady Who Will Someday be His Wife02br 02br 00And the other pages simply have "Chapter 2"02br 02br 00If it's a text book, you'd need to wrap the header to two lines.
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0On the first page of the chapter, you could say:02br
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00Chapter 202br
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00In Which Tom Meets the Lady Who Will Someday be His Wife02br
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00And the other pages simply have "Chapter 2"02br
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00If it's a text book, you'd need to wrap the header to two lines. Using the ellipses would seem extremely odd.0
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0 On google I found: 02br
00The running head can only be one line in length and cannot extend beyond the text area margins. Use a short00ened form of the 01b00book02b00 or 01b00chapter02b00 01b
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0I think what you found is simply one organization's style. I would agree to shorten the chapter title if you can. Many times, the chapter might have a colon, such as "Early Birds or Early Mammals: An exploration of the origins of dinosaurs" and in that case, you can use what's before the colon. Or you could use "Exploration of the origin of dinsaurs." You can develop your own style as long a
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