Leuven, E. wrote: >> No, they're not. > > where do you get your stats from?
Where do you get your stats from? I just think it's wrong to assume that justified is the de facto "standard" alignment. This might be true for standard paragraphs in most book and article classes, for others it is not. I often redefine the alignment of several paragraph styles in the preamble (or of certain classes) due to the guidelines of the publishers. The approach you are proposing results in dataloss/wrong output, and this is a no-opt IMHO. Jürgen