Michele wrote:
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...reader would be surprised to find in a chapter discussing styles. It is of
course my intention to retain *all* the existing material (in particular the
screenshots, as I would not want PHB to knock at my door with a gun in his
hand :-) )
The guns with which I'm familiar are rather too large for hand holding: the
first one I ever fired was a 15" and the smallest was a 40mm Bofors. :-)
Seriously, if I can be of help I'll be more than willing.
At present this is the table of contents I have in mind.
New chapter 6 1 give an introduction to styles 2 describe the Styles and
Formatting window as well as discussing the 4 ways to create a new style 3
Modify an existing style (examples of ch.6) <still not sure if this is
needed> 4 Create new styles and fine tune them (the poem examples of ch.6) 5
Managing styles (copying, moving, deleting, template management). 6.
Assigning styles to keyboard strokes 7. Outline levels (hierarchy of headers)
(6 and 7 may also be placed in an annex. 7 in particular, although very much
style-related is not strictly speaking a topic belonging to a chapter on
styles. 7 maybe should be moved to another chapter and just referenced in
ch.6)
new Chapter 7 1. Paragraph style (detailed description of the parameters and
hints on usage) 2. Characther style (detailed description of the parameters
and hints on usage) 3. Frame style (detailed description of the parameters
and hints on usage) 4. Page style (detailed description of the parameters and
hints on usage) 5. List style (detailed description of the parameters and
hints on usage) 6. Conditional styles 7.Controlling page breaks 8. Page
numbering 9. Headers and footers (Xrefs) (8 and 9 are probably going to end
up in an annex as a normal reader would not probably look for such topics in
a chapter about styles. Probably like item 7 of new Ch.6, they should be
moved to another chapter and just referenced in new Ch.7)
I am almost done shifting sections around, so I expect to upload something in
the next week or so. If you have some suggestions in the meanwhile please do
not hesitate to let me know.
Looks very interesting and I admire your patience.
Happy New Year.
Peter HB
