On 11/19/03 9:55 AM, Thomas J McGrath III wrote: > So, when you are creating an interactive project or whatever you are > saying that most people have been content to just start from scratch > with the text formatting?
Sorry, I know this thread is probably a bit stale (1. I'm a digest subscriber + 2. I wrote my reply last week on the train and saved it as a 'draft' and then forgot to send it when I got to work :-\ )but, for what it's worth ... I look after a website that has a very advanced web-based CMS (MySource). One of its features is that contributors can edit pages - if they are using IE on a PC at least -with a WYSIWYG editor. In fact, they can copy and paste directly from a Word document, and it will reproduce the formatting (almost) exactly. But there are two big problems with that: 1. The resultant HTML is so full of Micro$oft-proprietary code that the page ends up 2 or 3 times bigger than it needs to be. 2. (More seriously) The page usually looks terrible, especially in the context of the rest of the site, because its font-family, font-size, line-height, margins etc. don't match other pages. 99% of the time, if you're importing text from another source, all you need is for your bolds & italics to make it through. And, even then, you often need to edit that, to apply your own 'house-style'. (e.g. no underlines) Regarding images, the chances that you will be able to use images with the same dimensions/resolution/format/position as the originals are close to 0. OK, that was all from a website point of view, but I believe it would apply equally well in (Revolution-based) multimedia. Regards, Jonathan Cooper Manager of Information / Website Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney, Australia http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au This e-mail message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains information which may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please advise the sender by return email, do not use or disclose the contents, and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Unless specifically indicated, this email does not constitute formal advice or commitment by the sender or the Art Gallery of NSW (ABN 24 934 492 575) or its related entities. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
