You mention typography so I would like to remind you that enabling kerning would enhance the printout. Unfortunately, kerning is not on by default. I think there is an issue about this but it is late in my area and I have been busy making the changes to clear the issues.
On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 14:27 +1100, Ross Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 11:00 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > > I don't think it's necessary to have an explanation of the > > typographic use of em and en dashes in OOo user documentation, > > but what is needed (if it's not already there, and it certainly > > is not in the Help) is a description of the other ways one can > > insert these dashes in addition to using AutoCorrect, e.g. by > > using an ALT+numeral keystroke combination or by choosing from > > the Special Characters dialog (and telling people what the code > > is for the dashes). > > I agree, except where it makes the description of the AutoReplace > function clearer. I found the first two paras of Jallan's description > enough to really clarify the difference between typing A--B or A -- B. > Because I'm not regularly using specialised typography, I've always been > confused by what was happening with these, and the documentation wasn't > helping. With some context I will more easily remember the difference > and use them with confidence, and I'll be able to recognise and fix them > if I type them incorrectly. > > AFAIKS, user_guide2_draft (under the section Hyphen, en dash and em > dash) describes a very useful method for creating dashes (which > effectively disables the built-in AutoReplace double dash functions), > but it doesn't mention the [built-in] methods. > > On the other hand, the Online help describes the Auto-replace dashes > option as "This option replaces one or two minus signs under certain > conditions with a long dash". This could definitely use some of Jallan's > description. A little experimenting shows that: > > A-B is unchanged (hyphen) > A- B is unchanged > A-- B is unchanged > A - B and A -- B are changed (en-dash with space before and after) > A -B and A --B are changed (en-dash with no space after) > A--B (em-dash with no space before or after) > > So for the en-dash, the space before is the key, and for the em-dash no > space before or after is the key. > > Where you want A - B or A = -B to remain unchanged (math formulas etc) > you need to use the no-break hyphen (no-break minus in this case). As > there is A -- B or A --B, why can't the single hyphen be left unchanged > in every situation? > > The ALT+numeral method won't necessarily work on all platforms. I can't > seem to get it to work on Linux. > > Ross Johnson > > > --Jean > > > > Ross Johnson wrote: > > > Hi Jallan, > > > > > > Thanks for this clear description. I hope nobody minds that I've logged > > > the following issues: > > > > > > Online help: > > > http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=61325 > > > Manual: > > > http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=61326 > > > > > > Ross Johnson > > > > > > On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 11:59 -0500, Jallan wrote: > > > > > >>Both en-dash and em-dash are used for normal dash usage, depending on > > >>preference. There is a tendency today to either use en-dash surrounded > > >>by spaces or em-dash with no spaces around it. > > [...] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
