Re: Page break as local formatting permitted?

[SB <sylvia -dot- braunstein -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Absolutely correct! We don't have a style guide and "it is a power
struggle". I guess the solution to this is the style guide.

On 6/26/08, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
>
> In most cases local page break and paragraph return formatting isn't
> affected if the styles are updated.  There isn't a "standard best practice"
> answer to your question, which is why I asked what your style guide
> says about handling this.  The issue is developing an internal standard
> for the documents you prepare, defining specific conditions under
> which the standard can be bent or broken and then keeping everyone
> working within them.  Your current situation sounds more like a power
> struggle between writers than a methodology issue.
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "SB" <sylvia -dot- braunstein -at- gmail -dot- com>
> > Well, I may not have been clea on this, he wants to add the page break to
> > one heading occasionally (wwhen needed) but not to the whole style. My
> > concern is that as soon as you will need to update the styles, everything
> > will get messed up. I have experience that in the past. However, he says
> > that "we don't need to update the syles".
>
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