In a message dated 2009.09.25 15:25 -0500, Gene Young wrote:
You set the spacing before the paragraph following the list to be
equal to the sum of the spacing before and after on the "normal"
paragraphs in the document. You can add as many list items as you
wish at any time you wish and the appearance will remain the same.
So then, the paragraph /following/ the paragraph with embedded list
requires special treatment? Why should /that/ paragraph be so
burdened, and - again - what happens if we then edit the document to
put another paragraph after the paragraph with embedded list? Haven't
we just spread the problem? Isn't the advantage of object orientation
supposed to be the encapsulation of formatting issues, precisely to
avoid this sort of tinkering?
And then some people want a magic button that will do all the work. I
try not to over think the problem. Finding a solution and moving on is
more productive than worrying "what if".
It's hardly a question of "a magic button". Finding the more productive
solution is usually a matter of not /under/thinking the problem. We
take the time to learn how to use productivity tools like text editors
rather than typewriters, or word processors rather than text editors,
for the longer-term productivity payoff. The payoff from object
encapsulation in styles is supposed to be that objects inherit
formatting - precisely to keep the document clean and avoid manual
tinkering. [In another thread, I was told (admittedly by someone who had
not seen the document) that layout problems could /only/ arise from
manual formatting, which should never be done - /all/ formatting, in a
proper Writer document, must be via consistent, heritable styles.]
There will always be situations where one must create their own
solutions.
The productivity question is whether one's own solutions are within the
paradigm of the tool being used.
John
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