Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Brochure-type: General Information

On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Jean Weber <jeanweber@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 5:07 AM, Marc Paré <marc@marcpare.com> wrote:
> > Thanks! Looks great.
> >
> > * When you say "conditional hyphenation", where is the option switch for it,
> > I can't seem to find it in "Options".
>
> It's not in Options. What you do is turn OFF automatic hyphenation,
> and then you put the cursor where you want the word break to occur (IF
> it's at the end of a line -- that's the "condition") and you press
> Control+hyphen on the keyboard. So it's done on individual words,
> usually at the end of the layout phase, to make things fit a bit
> better into the space available.
>
> > ====================
> >
> > Could we also take a look at the following links (ignore the hyphenation
> > problem)?
> >
> > We are trying to address Tom's complaint of p.2 panels 1 and 2.
> >
> > One of the corrections to the brochure that we could make is move the
> > complete bulleted list started on panel 1 and move it to panel 2 ... and
> > move the text from panel 2 --> panel 1.
> >
> > Just switching the text may address the spacing problem he mentions. Note
> > that we should also consider the flow of information and see if moving the
> > text has any impact on the "understandability" of the brochure.
> >
> > So, we may want to compare the versions of:
> >
> > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:LibreOfficeV.4.0.x-CommunityBrochure-GeneralInformation-USLtr_JHW.odt
> > USLtr_JHW version
> >
> > with the posted demonstration version of:
> >
> > http://www.parentreprise.com/images/LibreOffice/JuggledColumnsBrochurev4.0GeneralInformation.odt
> >
> > Should we adopt the moved text version?
>
> I'll look at the demo version a bit later when I have time, but I
> think I can improve the bullet points indentation issue in another
> way, less drastic that moving whole swags of text. Give me a few
> hours. :-)
>
> --Jean


I think the layout of the demo version (with the text switched) is
definitely better visually.  I'll apply my editorial changes to the
text, and also tweak the indentation of the bullet lists, and get an
updated copy to you later today.

--Jean

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