Can you just ask him to make it more obvious where the paragraph breaks are in his manuscript?
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Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
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Tom Scola - Nov 18, 2010 9:15:16 am PST #6104 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Jessica - Nov 18, 2010 9:15:38 am PST #6105 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh my god. The author who put a hard return at the end of every line e-mailed back and said -- I swear to you -- "I don't know what a paragraph return is. Please advise."
Wow. That's...wow.
I'd keep things as simple as possible and say "hit the enter key twice". And if he asks what the enter key is, punch him in the face.
Steph L. - Nov 18, 2010 9:18:15 am PST #6106 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Can you just ask him to make it more obvious where the paragraph breaks are in his manuscript?
Oh my god. The author who put a hard return at the end of every line e-mailed back and said -- I swear to you -- "I don't know what a paragraph return is. Please advise."
Wow. That's...wow.
I'd keep things as simple as possible and say "hit the enter key twice". And if he asks what the enter key is, punch him in the face.
That's what we finally decided on -- to ask the author to put extra returns in to separate the paragraphs. And then we'll run find/replace to take out single returns.
We're all just sitting here laughing in utter bogglement because none of us can figure out how to explain what a hard return is without going into a 3-page dissertation. ("Well, you know how when you're typing and the words appear on the screen and proceed toward the right side of the screen?")
Jesse - Nov 18, 2010 9:22:21 am PST #6107 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's the Enter key. I can see not knowing a different name for that, if that's not your business.
Steph L. - Nov 18, 2010 9:24:46 am PST #6108 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
It's the Enter key. I can see not knowing a different name for that, if that's not your business.
But "hard return" is the term for hitting that key at the end of a line where you want a break to appear. Do people call it "hard enter"? (That's a serious question.) I don't know what else to call it.
Nora Deirdre - Nov 18, 2010 9:25:00 am PST #6109 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I have made a haircut appointment and called to follow up on my tire repair. And dealt a little with crazy renter situation.
I have been dealing with crappy stuff all week, and I'd love to be done with it.
erikaj - Nov 18, 2010 9:25:42 am PST #6110 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
I'm a terrible formatter, but I feel better about myself now.
megan walker - Nov 18, 2010 9:27:09 am PST #6111 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Do people call it "hard enter"?
No, but then again, I read all word documents with the hard returns showing and most people don't, so she can't see the paragraph marks anyway.
I'd use "enter" but it doesn't seem like she'd understand that either.
JZ - Nov 18, 2010 9:27:35 am PST #6112 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
::waves pompoms at Nora::
::sighs::
::opens stupid cover letter.doc::
ChiKat - Nov 18, 2010 9:28:42 am PST #6113 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Do people call it "hard enter"?
Really? No one has commented on this yet? Y'all are disappointing me today. And, I are 12.