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On what do you base your assertion that contractions are harder to read on-line? And, if this is true, how do on-line font size, resolution, and refresh rate effect play in?
Leonard Porrello
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From: Laurel_Y_Nelson
Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 1:57 PM
To: TECHWR-L; LCPORREL
Subject: Re: Contractions & Style
In online Help, contractions are harder to read than a full verb
phrase. . . .
