Re: File names in text

[Bev Parks <bparks -at- HUACHUCA-EMH1 -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL>]

re: How to treat file names in ASCII text

I agree with Bill in that I would prefer seeing file names in
all caps rather than just an initial cap. Initial caps are
rather annoying and does make one Wonder if it were just a typo.

One thing Bill said that I do not agree with--and I may have
simply misunderstood his comment--is that he will sometimes
capitalize *and* bold file names. IMO, this is blatant overkill.
There is hardly ever a reason to compound emphasis on text.

I don't think it has anything to do with grammar, as Bill
mentioned. It is more along the lines of misunderstanding/misuse
of typography or poor style choices. (I'm no expert in either
typography or style, but I *have* read extensively on both
subjects.)

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=========included text:
 Karen Kay commented that when she was documenting programs she used capital
    letters to identify file names.

 And Bill Hartzer added--
   > Karen, you're half right, in my opinion.  If you capitalize
    just the first  letter of the file name, your reader tends to
    think that it's just a typo and  probably ignores it anyway.
    Personally, I have gotten accustomed to writing  filenames in
    ALL CAPS.  This still solves Karen's (karenk -at- netcom -dot- com) issue
    of not being able to use another font because it is in ASCII
    text.
   > Personally, I CAPITALIZE all the letters in, for
    example: FILE.TXT, and also,  if feasible, I will also put the
    filename in bold type.  In no case will I  ever change a font
    in the middle of a sentence!  I WILL put it in caps, bold,  or
    italics.  I find it utterly annoying to capitalize just the
    first letter  of a word (be it a filename or not) in the middle
    of a sentence.  It's just bad grammar.  Do you agree?????