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In article <1990Aug14.164654.26727@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick) writes:

>1) Use tabs and NEVER USE MULTIPLE HARD SPACES. This is probably
>the worst culprit I see consulting Mac word processor users.
>These will inevitably be reformatted since in a proportional font,
>spaces can be different sizes.

The rule I use is "never use a space when you can use a tab, and never use a
tab when you can use an indent".  There are a few cases in which you may need
to use a "fixed" or "hard" space (option-space on the keyboard).  For example,
the other day someone wanted to creat a centered column of bulleted items.  A
tab would not do since you would have to position the tab for each line based
on where it was centered.   A couple of option-spaces worked quite well.

>2) Never use hard returns to reformat. If you need to move something
>down, use the Paragraph format for "space before" or "space after" or
>"keep with next paragraph." Or, if you are really in a bind, use the
>Position format if you have Word 4.0. Hard returns screw up everything
>if you ever change anything in the document anyway.

I'd have to disagree here.  The only time hard returns become a problem is when
people terminate lines with them rather than letting the word processor wrap on
its own.  I'd recommend against using the fancier features of Word 4.0 unless
you have a really good feel for how Word does things.  There are nearly always
several different ways to acheive an effect in Word and some can be hard to 
track down.  (I find nullifying the effects of the Position command to be a
pain in the butt.)  Hard returns used to govern horizontal spacing are easy
to find and easy to delete (you can use search and replace if nothing else.)

If you use some of the more complex formatting commands in Word, you may spend
a lot of time hunting down the method used to modify horizontal spacing.  Also,
Word can get confused when you start stringing a lot of those "Keep lines 
together" and "Keep with next paragraph" commands.  While they are quite 
powerful when used by someone skilled with Word, they are easy to get fouled up
in.

>3) Use the Page preview command after choosing LW. This way, you can
>readjust your margains or re-check to make sure that everything is
>still as it should be.
>
>If you follow these, generally you will not even notice changes in
>the LW output.

The bottom line is that the ImageWriter isn't a good device to format output
intended for the LaserWriter.  While you can set the ImageWriter for tall
adjusted, you simply have to remember that the ImageWriter has a larger 
imageable print area than the LaserWriter.  The best best would be to inform 
the students to keep their margins large, and when they move to print their
docs on the Laser, select Page Setup and click OK, and then do a Print Preview.

>Good Luck,
>pr
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