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Content Management Mumbai Web - News & Articles

Content Management Mumbai Web
Creating Content With Style - Part 108/16/05
by A.T.Rendon
You will need to write. Sooner or later we all have to write. With the advent of the computer, professional looking copy is easily available. Well sort of. You might think that using a word processor is like a using a typewriter. Wrong. Word processors and web design software allow us to use type setting features, and with some knowledge of typesetting you can create high-quality pages. This course lets you in on the secrets that professional typesetters have known for years. Many of the concepts presented in this course are subtle; but they add up to a professional look. When we look at a document, be it on paper or on a web page, we might not know exactly what gives it that look, but we are aware of viewing quality. With a little knowledge we can increase our awareness of what makes the work look professional. We can learn to look closer with a critical eye.Widows and Orphans The term is an old typographical term. When a paragraph ends and leaves less than seven characters on the last line (or a single word), that last line is called a widow. Worse than leaving one word there, is leaving part of a word, the other part being hyphenated on the line above.Widow example:�A translation is not a translation,� he said, �unless it will give you the music of a poem along with the words ofit.�An even worse widow:Can anything be more absurd than keeping a woman in a state ofignorance, and yet so vehemently to insist on their resisting tempt-ationWhen the last line of a paragraph won�t fit at the bottom of a page (or column) and must end itself at the top of the next page or column, that is an orphan.Orphan example:It was the best of time, it was the worst of time, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was thespring of