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RE: Is Word Formatting in End-User docs important? [was:Word Help (pr oblem solved)]
Subject:RE: Is Word Formatting in End-User docs important? [was:Word Help (pr oblem solved)] From:Paul Hanson <PHanson -at- Quintrex -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:52:58 -0600
I agree with everything you say below, especially the snipped part.
Sometimes I've just stared the screen in disbelief that Word 97 would
support *that many* frickin' section breaks. <grin>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Byfield [SMTP:bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com]
<snip>
> However, if the document is going to be around for a while, and even
> revised, then poor formatting becomes a handicap. Often, it's far
> harder to add to a document formatted with spaces and tabs than to add
> to one formatted using styles - at least, without making an even
> greater mess. So, it might be fair to say that someone who doesn't use
> styles is adding to colleagues' work.
<snip>
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