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Subject:Re: Word: XRef Problem From:Laurence Burrows <burrows -at- IBM -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 1 Oct 1998 18:42:39 +1000
Uncle Dick wrote:
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It is something to consider if you aspire to the highest quality of
typographic integrity in your work, but you can safely ignore all of this if
you don't really care about the fine-grained details of the esthetics and
readability of the printed or online page.
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Another issue is the hanging word at the end of a line. I
try to avoid such artifacts as they confuse the reader. If
you are vigilant, most can be fixed before publication. The
popular DTP programs should make automatic checks for these. But
so far the response has been "It's all too hard for us." And,
given the sloppy work all around us, would anyone notice? It
remains to be seen....
