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Subject:Re: Out or in... From:Beverly Parks <bparks -at- HUACHUCA-EMH1 -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Thu, 5 Jan 1995 06:58:13 MST
Howdy, Sonja.
> Layout 1
> | Text text text text text text |
> | text text text text text text. | I don't know how much
> | 1 Text text. | white space you intend
> | 2 Text text. | around numbered items
> | Text text text text text text | or groups of bullets,
> | text text text text text text. | but if there is not
> | * Text text. | much, Layout 1 may be
> | * Text text. | the best way.
> Layout 2
> | Text text text text text text |
> | text text text text text text. | However, if sufficient
> | 1 Text text. | white space is used,
> | 2 Text text. | Layout 2 would be good.
> | Text text text text text text | I also agree with
> | text text text text text text. | whoever said that Layout 1
> | * Text text. | could be confusing in that
> | * Text text. | it wouldn't be obvious
> if the text following
a numbered item
belongs to that item
or is independent of
it. (Of course the same
could be said of Layout
2, just not to the same
extent.)
Beverly Parks
bparks -at- huachuca-emh1 -dot- army -dot- mil
