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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: AW: KWord: Text formatting
From:       Reginald Stadlbauer <reggie () troll ! no>
Date:       1999-12-03 12:25:46
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On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, claus wilke wrote:
>> <snip>
>> Normally a paragraph is defined as the area between two "hard returns". As one
>> wants to have lines broken without ending the paragraph she/he uses "soft returns".
>> This envokes the possibility to use format commands
>> on the whole paragraph  _without marking all lines because the wp ignors the
>> "soft returns" on formatting purposes. Nevertheless, for printing operation
>> "soft returns" are treated like "hard returns".
>> 
>> Complicated thing, got it now ?
>Yes, soft returns can be useful, in particular if you want a new line in an
>itemized/enumerated list. Although they are problematic since if you have
>them, you are temped to use visual instead of logical formatting. Anyway I
>would vote for having them.
>
>> <snip>
>> > For me it works perfect! What does not work for you? Anybody else having this
>> > problem?
>> Give you the example:
>> <align left>
>> abcdefghijk          <return>
>> <Blocksatz> should be like below, am I right ?
>> a b c d e f g h i j k<return>
>> 
>> Well, thats exactly what doesn´t function. The text remains left-aligned.
>Sorry, but Reggi is right here. Increasing the spaces between letters in a word
>is the worst typographical error you can do (and unfortunately, most modern
>word processors do this). Look at how TeX handles this. TeX has the best
>paragraph layouting algorithm around. And it never stretches words like that
>(one of the reasons TeX documents look so good).

Oh, now I get what Frank meant. No, I'll not stretch words, that looks
sooooooooooo ugly. Just spaces between words should and will be expaneded!

-- 
Reggie

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