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Subject:Re: file extensions in text From:"Lori A. Moreland" <Lori -dot- Moreland -at- CLE -dot- AB -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 3 Jan 1996 10:33:21 -0500
Kevin asks if he should use the period (or dot, or whatever) before file
extensions in text.
Lori responds:
Kevin,
I always use the dot. It helps to make the extension stand out from regular
text. If the extension is part of a computer filename, you might try a font
like Courier to show that it's a filename.
For example:
<text font>Save the graphic in <filename font>.PCX <text font>format.
Lori Moreland
Senior Technical Communicator
Allen-Bradley Co., Inc.
Lori. Moreland -at- ab -dot- com
