On 8/3/07, Combs, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote: > > > I thought I had seen in this list a discussion on how to > > remove trailing spaces that so often come with Word documents > > that are either imported into FrameMaker or opened by > > FrameMaker (by conversion). I have a plethora of these and > > the closest I have got is to: > > Find: Text: ". \p" > > Replace: Text: ".\p" > > but this results in the new \p taking on the paragraph > > attributes of the next line, removing extra vertical space or > > changing to superscript if next line starts on a superscript. > > I vaguely remember that discussion, but can't find it. I recall being > tempted to object to the idea then, so I think I'll do so now. > > I'm in the habit of always typing a space at the end of a paragraph, and > I can't imagine why one would need to remove them. In fact, there are at > least two situations in FM where you really should have a space before > the end of the paragraph: > > -- When text adjacent to the pilcrow (end of paragraph symbol) has a > character format applied to it, the format change affects the paragraph > itself, marking it as an override. A space between the text and the > pilcrow avoids this override (as long as the char format isn't applied > to the space, of course). > > -- When a text inset sits adjacent to the pilcrow, an update of the text > inset causes the paragraph in which it sits to take on the format of the > first paragraph in the text inset. A space (or anything else) between > the text inset and the pilcrow avoids this problem. >
Both arguments above are valid seen from the point of FM behaviour. > Besides that, if you get in the habit of always ending a sentence with a > space, then merging two paragraphs doesn't cause two sentences to > collide. > OK, this one too. > What am I missing? Why do people not want those spaces? When you get a space at the end of a line the line will tend to give the trailing space an unnecessary space. This I have often seen on the screen, but I have not exactly done a test on it in printing, but many experienced people on the list and others warn against using the trailing space. > > Nowadays, bytes are pretty cheap, and your thumbs can use the exercise. > :-) > > Richard > Lol! Bodvar _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.