keep M and N dashes, for text intergretity. Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. Graduate Advisory Council www.guidedogs.com The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. -- Vance Havner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 2:54 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: (No In-Reply-To: <20050125193911.88134.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thanks, Rick. Henceforth I will put all page numbers on top -- I assume you mean in the top left-hand corner. Are two dashes preferable to an em dash? I've been using em and en dashes instead of the two dashes. Cindy -- Rick Roderick <richard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Cindy, > > There's a lot I don't know about how the > formatter/translator actually > works. However, I would advise you to do two > things. > > 1. Put all page numbers on top. In a notetaker, we > will more easily know > where we are if this is done. > > Second, when a dash occurs in the text, use two > hyphens with no spaces > around them--like this. > > Rick Roderick, > Louisville, KY > richard@xxxxxxxxx > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page - Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.3 - Release Date: 1/24/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.3 - Release Date: 1/24/2005