Re: Seeking feedback on Picayune Footer nit

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

My documents have the entire path name in the footer of the
documents.

> here are insisting on leaving the entire pathname of the document
> in the
> footer (as an automatically updated field).  I hate it, because of
> its
> variable length.  It makes it near impossible to design a clean
> look to my
> documents.  Of course, they being clients I have agreed.  One
> have tried?  Is there a neat design trick I can do so my doc looks
> good all
> the time even if the blankety blank path name pushes the other
> elements
> around?

When I get a document that give me ALL of the information I need, my
first thought is "WHAT A GREAT DOCUMENT!". When I get a document that
looks good, but is missing something that I need, it's a terrible
looking document.

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John Posada, Senior Technical Writer
Current gig ending 4/15
Resume: http://www.tdandw.com/Resume_Posada_022202.doc
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