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Hello Everyone,
Just a little something extra!
When writing an article for submission to a publication, many
folks use a word processing package such as “Microsoft Word” and
submit the articles in a “Doc” format. Many of these packages,
although they look OK to the eye, when you copy them and paste
them into a text format, they don’t display properly. When you
save your work, make sure that you save it in a .txt format.
Most serious publishers have access to a text formatting utility
such as ours at http://adv-marketing.com/business/formatter.htm
which is free to use by anyone.
When I write something, I don’t worry about line length – this
is referred to as unformatted line length. Many publishers also
post their newsletter on the web. Unformatted line length is
the easiest way to post something to the web.
If you use Notepad to write, you can reformat your line length
using our package. One word of caution though – Notepad does not
provide a spell checker. Nothing turns a publisher off faster
than incorrect spelling in the article. If you are serious about
writing, you really should invest in a Word Processing package
with a spell check feature.
Don’t indent your paragraphs – this makes it more difficult for
the publisher when formatting the line length. Indicate a new
paragraph with a hard line break (return key) which leaves a
blank space between paragraphs.
Finally, when I submit articles for publication, I format the
line length to 65 characters per line – this is the line length
many publishers use. I also submit the article with an
unformatted line length which makes it convenient for publishers
who use HTML for their publication, and/or post it to the web. by Bob Osgoodby
So get writing...lol !
Thanks Leanne Busby
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