At 12:22 PM 8/23/01 -0400, Harold B. wrote the following:
>I haven't done much posting lately but I have one question that has always
>troubled me. I notice that some messages are nice and straight and some
>are not
>exactly right looking (you know ... one word on one line, six on another, and
>another line complete, etc.)
>
>I know that when typing directly onto the composition window like I'm dong
>now,
>this problem doesn't happen (my luck I might be wrong; I'll know when I
>see it on
>the list). The problem is usually when something is copied from a document.
>
>What's the correct way of doing that and/or how can this wayward paragraph
>structure be avoided?
Generally speaking, this problem is caused due to hard versus soft carriage
returns. If you type in a word processor type program the normal scenario is
that "word-wrap" mode is on. That is, when you come to the end of a line the
cursor jumps to the beginning of the next line. This is called a "soft"
carriage return. A "hard" carriage return on the other hand is generated
when you actually press the Enter key.
So, if you use an e-mail or other program that has a word-wrap feature you
do not want to press the Enter key until you actually start a new paragraph.
The combination of soft and hard carriage returns will disrupt the normal
flow of text from one program to the other.
--
Gerry Boyd
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