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Subject:Clarification on "word bloat" From:arroxaneullman -at- aol -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 16 Aug 2005 11:13:35 -0400
Hey all,
First let me apologize for my hasty typo (I meant "fellow," not "fell")
in my last post! ;)
At least two of you mentioned "word bloat" as a result of not using (or
frequently changing within paragraphs) styles. Can you explain how
setting up a group of styles and applying them would "protect" a
document? I didn't realize this could have such an impact. How does the
size of a document change when I choose to italicize a specific line or
leave body paragraphs as "normal"--instead of setting these up in
styles?
As for my first question, I worded it poorly. I was interested on the
usabilty side and received many responses on the TW/SME side. But,
thank you all very much for your input.
Thanks again.
Arroxane (No, my name doesn't mean anything) Ullman
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