[dq-rules] Re: A note about format

["john Corey" <john@westpole.com>]

Fair enough, RTF sounds good. 

"john rauchert" <john.raucher-@sait.ab.ca> wrote: 
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/dq-rules/?start=28
> "john corey" <joh-@westpole.com> wrote: 
> original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/dq-rules/?start=25
> > Agreed.  Let's agree on PDF for the final format, and PLAIN TEXT,
for
> > the working versions.  What do you say?
> 
> Sorry to be a stick in the mud but with plain text we lose any
emphasis
> that we want to add to text primarily Bold and Italics.  Also I always
> have a problem with hard carriage returns and varying column widths
> that tend to enter into documents.
> 
> It can make final layout hell when you have to remove those extra
> carriage returns from every line. Rodger has some war stories about
> that.  That is why I suggested RTF.  It allows for a minimum amount of
> formatting (leaves bolding and italics intact) and it wraps so you can
> more easily pour it into a layout package like pagemaker.
> 
> I believe that most word processors on most platforms support RTF.
> 
> Any other opinions?
> 
> John
> 
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