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From: long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Richard C. Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Software Authors please note.
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Date: 16 Feb 90 13:16:26 GMT
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In article <7257@ll1a.att.com>, markn@ll1a.att.com (Mark Nettleingham) writes...
>[about fonts, font sizes, and format in shareware documentation]
>[he asks that it be in Macwrite/paint format with common fonts]

I agree, and would also like to add my own wish. Please restrict the WIDTH of
the documentation. I use an SE, and many, many shareware documentation files
that I receive have been clearly formatted on a wide-screen machine. This is
an annoyance when the file is text only, but becomes rapidly impossible to deal
with when the doc. contains tables, as the formatting gets messed up when I
chop the width down.

Please keep the width to 6 inches. Remember also that documents format
differently for the Laserwriter and Imagewriter. It would probably be best to
always format shareware documents for the Imagewriter.

Thanks for listening,

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