John Wilcox wrote:
This came up as a possible style standards issue here. Please reply
off-list, and I'll summarize the results next week. Thanks for your
time!
A. Click the B and I buttons, or press Ctrl+B and Ctrl+I.
B. Select Bold and Emphasis from the Character Catalog.
Or:
C: Create special character formats that indicate the purpose or
meaning of the text (rather than their intended appearance) and apply
them.
Taking DocBook as my model, I've created GUILabel, GUIButton, and
GUIMenu formats -- all bold. Similarly, UserInput and Filename are
both Courier New italic. Doing it this way, I can change my mind
about how I want to display these inline text elements without having
to reapply character formats throughout the document. The same
applies to single-sourcing. I might want to render elements that are
formatted the same way in print differently in HTML.
Yes, this means I have more character formats than I might otherwise
have. No, I'm not using Structure. :-)
Andrew Becraft
Senior Technical Writer
Singlestep Technologies, Seattle
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