ghrt wrote,
Another issue is with spacing. There is a lot of waste space on pages. Big headings, big pictures (sometimes only 2 fit on a page). 350 pages is a direct consequence of this. I mean, I don't care about it, but this GSG isn't that really big, only looks big. There are things that I felt I had to add, like changing page format (we use A4 here) and a few of other explanations.
IIRC, there was some discussion on OOoAuthors about this a few weeks ago. I admit I didn't pay much attention to the details. Gary has made some changes (reducing font size and removing the indentation for OOoTextBody; perhaps other changes), but we may be able to do more to save space without sacrificing readability. I have not looked at Gary's latest version of the template to see just what he has done. I've been concentrating on content, not layout -- but as you pointed out, if I'm concerned about the number of pages, I do need to consider layout and spacing... and the pictures.
The pictures are definitely a problem; we don't want them too small to read, but some are very large and some need to be cropped to show only the part we're talking about (though I think most of the pictures in the book are pretty good now). We may need to be more selective about what pictures to include. I've also started putting some of the smaller pictures beside the text instead of between paragraphs; that should help save pages too. --Jean --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
