Re: Re[2]: Rhetorical question about formatting devices :-)

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> if it has measles, and is distracting to the reader."
> 
> This is one school of thought, but I'm not sure it's a trend.
> Personally, I resist the trend to remove such formatting. I


I also do not buy into reducing or removing text formatting because
some people don't like the effect. I don't do  it for effect and to
be honest, effect is in the eyes of the beholder. What may be an
effect to a critic might be visual clues for the reader.

As Christine said, people don't read the page...they scan the page.

Anything I can do to help them zero in on a paragraph involving a
screen element, key, or command, the more useful the document,

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