tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757509958916289741.post8028276603313547186..comments2023-05-01T07:08:33.419-06:00Comments on Text Crumbs: (My) Formatting Basicscarolwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256696323017219424noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757509958916289741.post-32517543999577876092008-04-02T08:50:00.000-06:002008-04-02T08:50:00.000-06:00I think old versions of Word did have a problem wi...I think old versions of Word <I>did</I> have a problem with large files. But my 189K mss didn't even make it bark. With newer faster machines, it takes no time to load. The only slowdown I ever saw was on an older version of Norton Antivirus that insisted on scanning Office files. It was VERY slow. I told it to quit scanning those I loaded from my own filesystem. Newer versions seem to work fine. <BR/><BR/>But keeping separate files can certainly work better for some writers.carolwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01256696323017219424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757509958916289741.post-55516775869206938192008-04-02T08:07:00.000-06:002008-04-02T08:07:00.000-06:00This is a really good rundown. I used to work in a...This is a really good rundown. I used to work in an entire ms, now I put different chapters into different files. I'm not sure why, because I do end up having to go and combine them. But I have heard horror stories about those huge files...ssashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527483283426518167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757509958916289741.post-49200061683434141812008-03-31T12:30:00.000-06:002008-03-31T12:30:00.000-06:00I think I've hammered all the reasons smart quotes...I think I've hammered all the reasons smart quotes can end up backwards. But I find PLENTY of other distractions that support procrastination when the going gets tough...carolwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01256696323017219424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757509958916289741.post-63646548937414412202008-03-31T12:09:00.000-06:002008-03-31T12:09:00.000-06:00the old custom was to submit in Courier New (a mon...<I>the old custom was to submit in Courier New (a monospace typewriter-looking font that I despise)</I><BR/><BR/>I hated Courier New when I first started writing, but all of the guidelines I saw at the time listed that font, so I used it. Now, several years later, Times New Roman looks odd to me and a bit squishy and harder to read. If it's not in Courier New, it doesn't feel like a manuscript anymore. Funny what the eyes get used to.<BR/><BR/>I would prefer smart quotes, too, except all it takes is MS Word insisting on formatting the smart quote in the wrong direction for whatever reason that you spend five hours trying to hunt down because it's managed to trigger an OCD knee-jerk response as a means of procrastinating.... No, I stick with straight quotes now. :)Kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280319438923392587noreply@blogger.com