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Subject:Re: Page break as local formatting permitted? From:SB <sylvia -dot- braunstein -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> Date:Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:15:22 +0300
So, the solution is to create a style guide (and get clear job definitions).
On 6/26/08, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
>
> It would be if you had one. Since you don't, you'll just be
> transferring the power struggle from one single formatting
> disagreement to the creation of an entire style guide. Two
> or more writers duking out their disagreements when
> nobody is clearly established as being in charge is likely
> to produce a lot of sound and fury, but not likely to produce
> a style guide.
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "SB" <sylvia -dot- braunstein -at- gmail -dot- com>
> > Absolutely correct! We don't have a style guide and "it is a power
> > struggle". I guess the solution to this is the style guide.
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