Questions about text appearance: styling, placement, fonts, indents, bullets.
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Best e-book formatting process?
The question I would like to ask is this: does anyone else have their own process (or one borrowed from elsewhere) that they use for formatting and then creating their e-books? Are you using other ...
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When should one use a section sign (§)?
I recently asked this on English.SE. My question was closed but there was a suggestion to post here. To be clear, the "section sign" § is \S in LaTeX, § in HTML and Compose+s+o in the X ...
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Front Matter in a Work in Two Volumes
I am writing a thesis, and the material of said work naturally splits into two self-consistent volumes. Which front matter (abstract, preface, dedication, synopsis, table of contents, list of ...
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What is the proper way to write a date containing two days in a row?
I have a presentation that will go from August 4th to the 5th. On my title slide I'd like to list the dates in the most concise and simple way possible. What's the best style?
I currently have:
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Adding breaks in a novel—spaces, asterisks, or a chapter break?
I am editing my first novel and wherever I find a natural break in the story, I add a few spaces. I want to go back and adjust what types of breaks those are, but how best to represent those spaces in ...
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Formatting blog posts like the pros
I am new to writing. I have seen Jeff Atwood's blog and I am really impressed how he writes. I have seen a similar manner on wordpress docs too. I am still confused with some issues while writing. ...
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How it's better to format links to Internet in a text written on paper?
Links are useful to add additional information or second meaning or special flavour to certain words. This is especially useful for informal texts. Example:
[Some programs](wiki://Metasploit_Project) ...
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Correct format when talking about money $$
I'm writing a formal research paper (Highschool)
I have lots of statistics involving money (In fact, my whole essay is about the economy).
So a question arises about the format of writing money.
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Do writers use highlighting to clarify ideas in their work in progress?
In programming we often use syntax highlight in order to have a better picture of what the role of particular bits of code is (using different colours).
I wonder if writers do something similar - ...
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What's the proper way of formatting writing from a character in a novel?
I'm writing a story that constantly shows what the characters are writing.
I would like to know how to format that. Right now I'm doing it like this
(please ignore the grammar, it is a rough draft):
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What's a clear way to simulate web text in a story?
My novel includes excerpts of things like text from websites, tweets, and internet chats. I'm using Courier for the main novel font. Does switching to a san serif font make sense to represent the web ...
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When should I use punctuation with bullets?
When writing bulleted items, what are the rules for placing periods?
Presumably bulleted items that aren't sentences wouldn't require punctuation:
Orange
Apple
Banana
But how about sentence ...
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Formatting for stage, television, and the silver screen
What are the formatting rules for scripts? Are there significant variations? What differences are there between stage plays, television, and movies?
