[duxuser] Re: paragraph formatting (was Re: NEED HELP WITH PARAGRAPH STYLE)
- From: "Steve Dresser" <s.dresser@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 10:32:51 -0500
Jean,
You're absolutely right about the correct way to achieve blank lines, but
here's the problem: As a braille producer, I get Word documents all the
time from people who *don't* know any of the things you're talking about,
and probably never will. I just want an option that I can turn on or off so
I can deal with the practical problem of cleaning up the documents I get.
At the moment, that's a painfully tedious process that can take hours
because it literally requires going through the document line by line. Now,
if you can suggest a rapid and efficient way to deal with this problem, I'm
all ears.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean Menzies" <jemenzies@xxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 03:17
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Spam Characteristics: Re: NEED HELP WITH PARAGRAPH
STYLE
Steve,
No, no, no! It is very incorrect to have two line breaks to signify a
paragraph break in a word document. If you are thinking of the visual
blank space that "looks like" two line breaks, it is terribly wrong to
achieve that by pressing the return key two times. That can result in
widow/orphan blank lines at the top and bottom of print pages, etc. The
correct way in print is to set your points before or after to 12 in your
paragraph style definition. This gives the appearance of the "extra" white
space in print but retains the correct formatting of ONE press of the
return key for ONE paragraph change. You do not create white space in
print through use of the return key, but through proper use of styles.
Sorry, but you're wrong here in terms of what constitutes a paragraph
versus a new line.
Jean
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