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

[Karen L. Zorn]

Character catalog!

Karen L. Zorn
Zorn Technologies, Inc.
Mesa, AZ


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From: framers-bounces+k.zorn=zorntech.com at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+k.zorn=zorntech.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf
Of rebecca officer
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 2:32 PM
To: framers at lists.FrameUsers.com; John Wilcox <JWilcox at zetron.com
Subject: RE: POLL: Which method do you use to apply bold and italics?


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
Technical Writer
(408)625-1623
jmalin at tuvox.com 
www.tuvox.com 
The views expressed in this document are those of the sender, and do not
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-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces+jmalin=tuvox.com at lists.frameusers.com 
[mailto:framers-bounces+jmalin=tuvox.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
Andrew Becraft
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 12:40 PM
To: framers at lists.FrameUsers.com 
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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