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Subject:FW: Two Questions From:Lynn Perry <CLPerry -at- WALLDATA -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 12 Feb 1999 15:20:07 -0800
linda wrote:
<snip>
write. Critical to *me* that is. What I'm trying to find out is how
others see it. I've been on job interviews where my samples were
</snip>
Your concern is well-placed, I think. I would not include a piece in my
portfolio if I didn't consider it perfect in every way. It is usually too
much to ask others to overlook (what might be considered) faults to get to
(what might be considered) gifts. In a job interview, everything counts.
As for how to resolve the problem itself, you may have better luck changing
page size rather than fudging leading (at least that's what I found when I
printed my resume using a printer different from what I used during
creation). You may also find you can rewrite some earlier paragraphs to
recover a line's worth of space. In any case, I counsel against including
the sample in your portfolio until you have resolved the problem.
Good luck.
C. Lynn Perry
clperry -at- walldata -dot- com
Wall Data Incorporated / Seattle WA
Some days it doesn't pay to gnaw through the straps
