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PoindexterOglethorpe

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3. A while back I ordered a book self published by some one

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 2, 2018, 12:37 PM

Jun 2018

here, and it had that same problem. I found it completely unreadable because that space violates the basic formatting of regular published books.

The problem isn't the authors, it's the readers. Pick up any regularly printed book and you will never seen those spaces. Or if you do, they have meaning.

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Can the formatting be corrected so there is not a blank line PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2018 #1

Not that I know of. MineralMan Jun 2018 #2

A while back I ordered a book self published by some one PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2018 #3

I've read thousands (many) of books in my life. MineralMan Jun 2018 #4

Alas, for me formatting does matter. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2018 #5

Six passes! hunter Jun 2018 #6

In this case, the problems were caused by having to MineralMan Jun 2018 #7

Well, the lessons I learned from my wife's book made my own MineralMan Jul 2018 #8

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