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When embarking on a new text you will invariably say to yourself: should I concentrate just on the content and leave the formatting till later?  
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When embarking on a new text you will invariably ask yourself: should I concentrate just on the content and leave the formattingtill later? Or should I try to format the text properly right from the beginning?
Or should I try to format the text properly right from the beginning?
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The second approach is the right one. Using Styles is so easy there is really no reason why you shouldn’t apply them right from the start.
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The second approach is the right one. Using Styles is so easy there is really no reason why you shouldn’t apply themsystematically right from the start. Here some of the advantages of this way of going about things:
 
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* speed
Here some of the advantages of this way of going about things:
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* you can jump directly to any chapter without scrolling (see section 9 on the '''Navigator''')
* save time
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* easy reordering of chapters and sections (again using the '''Navigator''')
* using the ''Navigator'' (see section 10) you can jump to any chapter you wish to edit without having to scroll up or down to it
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* you’ll know exactly what the final result will look like
* chapters and sections can – again using the Navigator – be ''reordered'' with just one mouse click
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* you’ll have a better idea of what the final result of your efforts is going to look like
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Latest revision as of 11:33, 18 May 2014



When embarking on a new text you will invariably ask yourself: should I concentrate just on the content and leave the formattingtill later? Or should I try to format the text properly right from the beginning?

The second approach is the right one. Using Styles is so easy there is really no reason why you shouldn’t apply themsystematically right from the start. Here some of the advantages of this way of going about things:

  • speed
  • you can jump directly to any chapter without scrolling (see section 9 on the Navigator)
  • easy reordering of chapters and sections (again using the Navigator)
  • you’ll know exactly what the final result will look like




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