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Subject:Re: Bold or not bold...that is the question From:MAGGIE SECARA <SECARAM -at- MAINSAVER -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 20 Jul 1999 13:09:37 -0700
Try a different font. If the body text is Times Roman, use Arial or Arial
Narrow. Adjust the point size so it looks comfortable on the line, of
course, but it will stand out as different. It will also let you get rid of
those nasty quotation marks, which users are ALSO inclined to type in.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susana Rosende [mailto:SRosende -at- THEFUND -dot- COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 11:32 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Bold or not bold...that is the question
>
>
> I've been assigned the task of editing our product's training
> guide. The
> procedure commands are currently in quotes. The format
> doesn't look good
> because the original writer placed all punctuation outside the quotes,
> fearing that the users would otherwise include the comma or
> period when
> keying information.
>
> I thought of using bold, but the window names, tab names, field names,
> button names, and icon names are all bold Ariel. Now, I would
> be adding the
> text to be keyed in, as well. (The body text is Times Roman.)
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions besides bold or italics to
> set apart the
> text to be typed?
