Re: Clarification on "word bloat"

[Lisa Wright <lisawright -at- mail -dot- utexas -dot- edu>]

Arroxane,
One area where the proper use of styles will make a great deal of 
difference to your readers is in the area of accessibility. At least in 
HTML, screen readers differentiate between heading styles. The absence 
of styles applied in an appropriate hierarchy can make documentation 
more confusing. Many writers/shops begin docs in Word and move them into 
HTML.

As for perception of differences between manually applied styling and 
using styles, you may have readers who notice subtle differences that 
would result, such spacing between paragraphs of different styles. You 
could also end up with inconsistent behavior, such as headings not 
staying with the following paragraphs. In both cases, it could perhaps 
affect the user's perception of your professionalism and be a distraction.

Lisa

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