Sak wrote:
My first question is whether the style template has been finalized yet, or if it's still got issues? I remember several weeks back there were some issues that were holding up the use of it, so I was curious to know what the status on that was.
Michele and I have been working on it, and I think it's ready to unleash upon the rest of you. I'll try to remember to upload it later today, and let the list know when I've done that.
Out of curiosity, why is there a Start, Continued, and End style for list styles?
IIRC, Gary and Michele wanted that to "future-proof" our docs in case we wanted to use more conspicuously different spacing in the future... such as no space between list items but a line space after the last list item -- a style already in use for code listings, btw.
In the character styles, I noticed that OOoMenuPath and OOoStrongEmphasis appear to be the same. In the current chapter I'm reviewing, I noticed that OOoMenuPath is used in a number of places that aren't actually menu paths, so I was wondering about your thoughts on that continued practice, or whether OOoStrongEmphasis should be used for single bolded items that aren't explicit menu paths.
OOoMenuPath should probably be renamed, as the name does not adequately describe its intended use, which is for icon and button names and other controls on dialog boxes (as well as for menu paths themselves). Or perhaps we should have a separate style for those other controls, even if the appearance (bold) is the same. Personally, I dislike proliferating styles (even when I can see the reason for doing so), but that's just my preference for simplicity.
I'll leave it to Gary and/or Michele to decide on whether to change to using OOoStrongEmphasis (or some new style) for bolded items that aren't menu paths. Is there is a way to search-and-replace for *character* styles? I'm only aware of s&r for paragraph styles.
--Jean
