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RE: Rant continued from previous page (was Re: Another Word guru question)
Subject:RE: Rant continued from previous page (was Re: Another Word guru question) From:Kevin McLauchlan <kmclauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> To:'TECHWR-L' <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:01:20 -0500
Geoff Lane wrote:
> Ironically, and IIRC, this was one of the factors that led to the
> misunderstanding. The data was organised into sections with one
> section ending before the end of the page and I edited the copy to
> insert a page break before the next table. IIRC, the engineer took the
> white space to indicate the end of the data.
>
> Now I'm a great fan of using copious amounts of white space to
> organize content and to indicate document structure, but that can give
> rise to issues as well as overcome them.
Borrow a leaf from Ron Popeil....
After every table, a "footer" or note that says:
"But wait! There's MORE!"
Kevin
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