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Subject:data sheet format From:Sylvia Braunstein <sbraun -at- RUGGED -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 13 Dec 1998 12:36:13 +0200
I am reformatting our data sheet (hardware). As a TW, I was taught that
the text should always be left justified. However, the text in our data
sheets is split in two columns (like in the newspaper). Should the text
be left aligned or justified?