On Wednesday 21 May 2014 05:14:33 PM mt wrote: > On 20/5/14 at 3:02 PM, bbyfi...@axion.net (Bruce Byfield) wrote: > >.... > > > >Sorry -- you're waayyyy behind the times. The vast majority of > >books published these days use a layout program -- sometimes, > >even, LibreOffice -- and the publishers set it using tools like > >styles. ... > > This is true, Bruce. But you can always set apart books that > have been manually adjusted from books that rely on automatic layout. > > Guess which are the most professional-looking? :-)
Sure, and they can be a joy to own. However, I would point out: - Manual layouts for books are usually done on pre-digital presses, not on a computer. - What singles out manually-set books isn't that they are set manually, but that time and effort is devoted to making everything perfect. It's the care, not the technique that matters. In theory, you could take the same care with a digital file, but neither manual formatters nor users of styles generally do so. More often, both settle for what is good enough. - The question of manual formatting vs. style comes down to a matter of which can save you the most time while presenting the higher standard of layout. You probably still have to tweak finishing details if you use styles, but you generally have less to do, and can finish the tweaks more quickly and with less effort than if you rely on manual formatting. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) blog: https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com website: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/ ------------------------------------------- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
