POLL: Which method do you use to apply bold and italics?

[rebecca officer]

Ditto, we use "C". But we've managed to end up with a format named "Bold" too. We use that when we want to make something bold and one of the named formats doesn't apply. ;-(

Using character formats isn't necessarily foolproof. Last week, someone accidentally updated one of our formats and made it use a particular font etc, instead of being "as is" for everything but the property it wanted to change. Don't suppose anyone knows of a way to prevent that?

Cheers, Rebecca

>>> "Joe Malin" <jmalin at tuvox.com> 17/01/06 10:07:42 >>>
If the methods are
 
A. Click the B and I buttons, or press Ctrl+B and Ctrl+I.
B. Select Bold and Emphasis from the Character Catalog.
C: Create special character formats with meta-information (purpose or
meaning).

then I use C, although it may appear sometimes that I'm using B. While
my brain was recovering from a bad sector, I named a character format
"Bold" rather than "Strong". I also have some formats that use Italic
instead of Emphasis. The horror, the horror!

As Andrew noted, this may result in more tags or elements. Perhaps this
is a good thing, if it makes us re-examine our typographical
conventions.

	 Joe Malin
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:framers-bounces+jmalin=tuvox.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf
Of Andrew Becraft
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 12:40 PM
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Subject: Re: POLL: Which method do you use to apply bold and italics?

John Wilcox wrote:
> This came up as a possible style standards issue here. Please reply 
> off-list, and I'll summarize the results next week. Thanks for your 
> time!
>
> A. Click the B and I buttons, or press Ctrl+B and Ctrl+I.
> B. Select Bold and Emphasis from the Character Catalog.

Or:

C: Create special character formats that indicate the purpose or meaning
of the text (rather than their intended appearance) and apply them.

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