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remmers
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Text Formatting Revisited
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Dec 30 06:53 UTC 1997 |
To reiterate my earlier strictures regarding the proper
formatting of text, let me say again:
(1) Use proper margins, both right and left. Text that
is flush with the edge of the paper or screen is SO
unattractive!
(2) Do not make the error, so common in online text entry,
of having your lines too long. Ten words per line is
about right. The 80-column terminal width standard did a
disservice to us all. Look at almost any book; you will
see that there are about ten words on each line, sometimes
a little more, sometimes a bit less. So much easier to
read than the long, strung-out lines that one sees in so
much online text.
(3) Do not, I repeat DO NOT, type two spaces between
sentences. Use just one, the same as between words
within a sentence. The text flows so much better visually
if you do this.
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snowth
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response 1 of 14:
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Dec 30 15:48 UTC 1997 |
Oh. I'll have to remember that.
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lee
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response 2 of 14:
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Dec 30 21:30 UTC 1997 |
Left Margin Right Margin
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orinoco
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response 3 of 14:
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Dec 31 03:34 UTC 1997 |
Center margin.
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remmers
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response 4 of 14:
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Dec 31 11:09 UTC 1997 |
Re #2: Those are not bad margins, although I tend to make
mine a little narrower.
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i
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response 5 of 14:
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Dec 31 20:23 UTC 1997 |
If
some
is
good,
more
is
better.
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orinoco
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response 6 of 14:
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Jan 2 16:36 UTC 1998 |
Ah ah ah...were those two spaces I saw after that period?
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i
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response 7 of 14:
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Jan 3 01:12 UTC 1998 |
{ , , , , , , , , , , , }
There's a spare dozen. Sorry if i shortchanged you!
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remmers
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response 8 of 14:
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Jan 3 11:11 UTC 1998 |
To add to what I said in #0: One should also make
appropriate use of b^Hbo^Hol^Hld^Hdf^Hfa^Hac^Hce^He type for proper
emphasis.
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remmers
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response 9 of 14:
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Jan 3 11:13 UTC 1998 |
Also, u^H_n^H_d^H_e^H_r^H_s^H_c^H_o^H_r^H_i^H_n^H_g^H_ should not be
neglected.
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orinoco
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response 10 of 14:
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Jan 4 04:57 UTC 1998 |
Wow....puts my feeble efforts at _underscoring_ to shame.
How does he do it?
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jaklumen
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response 11 of 14:
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Jun 4 06:34 UTC 2002 |
Hip-hop, 'n ya don't stop!
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jaklumen
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response 12 of 14:
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Jun 4 06:34 UTC 2002 |
Pump up the jam..
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jaklumen
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response 13 of 14:
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Jun 4 06:46 UTC 2002 |
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jaklumen
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response 14 of 14:
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Jun 4 07:00 UTC 2002 |
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