For some reason, this didn't show up until today: On 1/16/03, Christian M. M. Brady wrote:
[ ... ] > For structured documents you use styles, and if the paragraph style > > is wrong you go and edit it and *all* uses of it update. > >Awfully narrow minded about font use Nigel. Some of us have *need* of more >than one font in a given paragraph so paragraph styles alone won't do it. This misses the point. The above is certainly true -- but it ignores the FACT that most amateur writers can't be trusted with any writing implement more elaborate than a crayon. An editor's task consists of correcting grammar, simplifying syntax, making things readable -- and MAKING SURE THE GARBAGE IS FORMATTED ACCORDING TO THE STYLE BOOK. Until you've had to deal with it, I doubt you can imagine how large this problem is. You can't just tell people; they don't listen. You *have to* fix it. Manually fixing it -- setting every headline to Times 18 bold centered; every author attribution to Times 12; every first paragraph to Times 10, 12 point leading, justified, no indent; every other paragraph to Times 10, 12 point leading, justified, .25 inch first indent, etc. is impossible. Styles are the key, and the fact that there are occasional exceptions doesn't change the rule. -- Bob Waltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The one thing we learn from history -- is that no one ever learns from history." --------------------------------------------------- The Nisus Interactive List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/nisus-interactive%40nisus.com/ To unsubscribe from this list please send a message with "unsubscribe nisus-interactive" in the body of the email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
