Bullet size and bold text

[Tim Pann]

Is there a style guide somewhere that states a bullet item should not be
all boldface?


-----Original Message-----
From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.combs at Polycom.com] 
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 8:37 PM
To: Tim Pann; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Bullet size and bold text

Tim Pann wrote:
 
> This seems like a clunky and unnecessary workaround. Who of us wants
an
> errant space character hanging out at the end of a paragraph?

[raises hand] I do! I do! 

In fact, I'd find it hard to _not_ type a space after a period,
regardless of where in a paragraph it occurs. Muscle memory is pretty
important in typing. Why would you train yourself to not hit the
spacebar after a period in some circumstances? What possible benefit
does it provide? As Fred noted, this "errant" (??) space doesn't affect
line spacing or anything else. Why does it bother you? 

In fact, it has a couple of advantages I can think of off the top of my
head. 

1) As Fred noted, when a char format (or ad hoc formatting) is applied
all the way up to the pilcrow, it modifies the paragraph and creates an
override. This is either a bug or the FM development team's subtle way
of suggesting that all paragraphs should have a space at the end. 

2) The reason all paragraphs should have a space at the end is so that
when you merge two paragraphs, you're not missing a necessary space. 

Fred's suggestion of applying a char format as part of the autonumber
format is an excellent one. All my autonumbered pgf formats have their
own char format (and mine, too, begin with "z"), even though some of
those char formats set everything to "As Is." If that ever needs to be
changed in the future, I can effect the change just by changing the char
format and updating all. 

Also, you might want to think about why you're applying a char format to
all the text in a paragraph. I've done that only very rarely and only as
a workaround for an unusual layout problem. If you need to do this more
than once in a blue moon, create a new pgf format instead. 


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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