Hi Ann,
Are people doing this in DBT or in Word? Pressing Enter in Word causes a
paragraph marker, which causes a blank line in a DBT print document because
DBT leaves a blank line between paragraphs. Of course, if they're pressing
Enter in DBT, that causes the [<] hard return.
Steve
On Wednesday 1/29/03 16:40 Foxworth, Ann wrote:
I was wondering if my suspicion about what was going on was actually true. I suspect that people still hit the enter key when they visually see that they are at the end of the line, rather than letting a natural wrap take place. I was getting two skipped lines.
Ann Foxworth, Computer Braille Specialist Texas Commission for the Blind 4800 N. Lamar BLVD Suite # 130 Austin, TX 78756 PH: (512) 377-0654
-----Original Message----- From: Lloyd G. Rasmussen [mailto:lras@xxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 3:35 PM To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [duxuser] Re: line breaks
The [l] code is a "conditional" end of line. It puts you on a new line if you are not already on one. Multiple [l] codes are equivalent to a single [l] unless there is anything between them. I have had blank lines appear in my document because a space got between two of them.
The [<] code is an "unconditional" hard return, like what you get when you hit Enter in a word processor. Each of these codes forces you to a new line. two [<] codes in a row produce one blank line, just as [l][<] or [l][sl1] or [sk1] would.
The [l] code is the proper delimiter for a linear style such as h1., para., etc. I have very little use for the [<] code, because it may cause a blank line when the braille or print, at the current width, has just finished filling a line with text.
Both of these codes return to a new line at the margin set by the [ind] or [inm] code that is currently in effect.
Hope this helps.
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