Hi Robert - just some brief comments
IBTD writing is mostly about content, but formatting can't be completely
ignored either, particularly where illustrations are concerned.
I don't think that anyone was saying that formatting was to be ignored,
but that it is a different process to writing. Writing and formatting are
both very important, but generally shouldn't be done at the same time.
HTML doesn't even accomodate some of the most basic elements of
formatting, like first line indent!
That's why CSS was mentioned. The theory is that content and basic
formatting is done in HTML without "big picture" formatting coming into
the picture.
Then - separately - the big picture formatting of a web site can be done
using CSS. And CSS is designed to handle first line indent (and much
else!). Here's how to do it:
http://www.w3schools.com/css/tryit.asp?filename=trycss_text-indent
Hope these brief comments help and clarify. By the way, CSS (cascading
style sheets) are quite similar in concept to OpenOffice.org's styles, if
that helps. Very useful and quick to use once you understand them, but not
the way most beginners format their documents. In my opinion, styles (in
documents and on the web) are definitely worth learning and using.
Adrian
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