MIL-STD-38784A
Print presentation: Pages shall be numbered consecutively within each chapter. Manuals divided into chapters
and, in turn, into sections, shall contain consecutively numbered pages, for the entire chapter. Page numbers
shall consist of two part Arabic numerals separated by a hyphen. The irst part shall be the chapter number
with the second part being the order within the chapter. When speciied (see 6.2.m.), the volume number
shall be included with the page number. See example:
Number
Meaning
#2-17
Chapter 2, Page 17
#3-12-10
Volume 3, Chapter 12, Page 10
# If a chapter is so short that the chapter can be completed on one page, permitting another chapter to
start on the same page, both chapter numbers shall be indicated by the page number. For example:
"3-¼-1." For numbering of blank pages, see 4.2.2.2.1.
(F) Electronic presentation: Requirements for page numbering are not applicable. If hotspots are used
in graphics, activation should be represented using reverse video highlighting. Thumbnails, when used,
shall be of a size that maintains the aspect ratio of the original graphic and is optimally viewed using
1024 x 768 resolution (or resolution speciied by acquiring activity).
4.2.2.2.2.1 Title pages. Print presentation: Title pages shall not be numbered. The reverse side of the
title page, when used as a continuation of the title page (see 4.5.1), shall be numbered T-2. In a brief
manual that uses an abbreviated title, the page number shall be placed below the text at the bottom of the
page, and shall be assigned Arabic numeral 1.
4.2.2.2.2.2 Warning pages. (A) (M) Print presentations: Warning pages shall be numbered with lowercase
letters, e.g. "a", "b", "c", etc.
4.2.2.2.2.3 List of effective pages (LEP). Print presentation: The LEP shall be numbered using the letter
"A" in the lower left-hand corner. When using a T-2 page, or when the LEP otherwise begins as a
right-hand page, the letter "A" shall be in the lower right-hand corner. When additional pages are
required, they shall be identiied as "B", "C", etc.
(M) When there is only one page to the LEP it shall be numbered, e.g., A/(B blank) in the lower
right hand corner.
4.2.2.2.2.4 Veriication status page. (F) (M) (N) Print presentation: The veriication status page shall be
numbered VS-1. If more than one page is required, they shall be numbered consecutively, and shall indicate
the total number of pages i.e. VS-1 of 3, VS-2 of 3, VS-3 of 3.
4.2.2.2.2.5 Front matter. Print presentation: Front matter pages, except change record pages, following the
LEP and preceding chapter 1 shall be assigned sequential lower case Roman numerals, i.e. i, ii, iii, etc.
4.2.2.2.2.6 Foldout igure numbers. Print presentation: The igure numbers for foldouts (see 3.2.14) which
fall at the end of the manual shall be "FO-1", "FO-2", etc, and shall be placed preceding the igure title
under the illustration. The igure numbers for foldouts which fall at the end of a chapter or are interspersed
with the text shall follow normal igure numbering sequence in accordance with 4.2.2.2.2. When a foldout
consists of several sheets, the sheets shall be numbered in consecutive order following the igure title in
accordance with 4.2.2.2.2. (A) Foldouts shall be placed at the end of the manual.
4.2.2.2.2.7 Foldout page numbers. Print presentation: The page numbers for foldout pages (see 3.2.14)
which fall at the end of the manual shall be FP-1/(FP-2 blank), FP-3/(FP-4 blank) etc. The page numbers
for foldout pages which fall at the end of a chapter or are interspersed with the text shall follow normal
page numbering sequence in accordance with 4.2.2.2.2.2.
4.2.2.2.3 Footnotes. Print presentation: Numbering of footnotes to tables shall be independent of that
of footnotes to the text. Consecutive superior numbers beginning with "1" shall be used (in tables,
superior lowercase letters, asterisks or other designators may be used where numbers would cause
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