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public:nnels:etext:bold-italics-underline-strikethrough [2020/04/21 09:55] rachel.osolen [Bold, italics, underline, and strikethrough] |
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===== Bold, italics, underline, and strikethrough ===== | ===== Bold, italics, underline, and strikethrough ===== | ||
- | Generally speaking, our practice is to remove all formatting | + | These types of formatting |
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- | We only keep //italics// when it is used to emphasize a point, change in tone, or thoughts and dream sequences. | + | |
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- | We only keep **bold** if it is used to emphasize a word or phrase. | + | |
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- | __Underlined__ and < | + | |
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- | When in doubt post a question with an example from you text in the Q&A Section. | + | |
When we do keep Bold or Italics we use the Styles in the NNELS template, and not direct formatting (via the toolbar). | When we do keep Bold or Italics we use the Styles in the NNELS template, and not direct formatting (via the toolbar). | ||
- | * ''// | + | |
* '' | * '' | ||
- | If we need to use strikethrough or underline, this will be one of the rare occasions when we use [[direct-formatting|direct formatting]]. | + | If we need to use strikethrough or underline, this will be one of the rare occasions when we use direct formatting. |
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Remove Italics from: | Remove Italics from: | ||
* paragraphs or blocks of text | * paragraphs or blocks of text | ||
- | * Full sentences and long phrases | + | * Full sentences and long phrases |
* titles (books, movies, etc.) | * titles (books, movies, etc.) | ||
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* they are used to convey important meaning: | * they are used to convey important meaning: | ||
* In the sentence “I never said she stole my money.” Depending on which one of the seven words you emphasize, the sentence can have seven different meanings! | * In the sentence “I never said she stole my money.” Depending on which one of the seven words you emphasize, the sentence can have seven different meanings! | ||
+ | * Poetry (ask Production Coordinator) | ||
* Stage Directions | * Stage Directions | ||
* Thoughts | * Thoughts | ||
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</ | </ | ||
- | < | + | < |
====Bold==== | ====Bold==== | ||
- | Remove bold from the text unless it conveys important meaning. | + | Remove bold from the text unless it conveys important meaning, such as poetry. |
- | Bold text (or the < | + | Bold text (or the < |
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+ | It can also be used for character names in plays. [[public: | ||
====Underline==== | ====Underline==== | ||
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====Strikethrough==== | ====Strikethrough==== | ||
- | If strikethrough text needs to be retained (e.g., in a poem where it conveys important meaning), use direct formatting. | + | If strikethrough text needs to be retained (e.g., in a poem where it conveys important meaning), use direct formatting. |
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- | Q: I am editing a poem that uses strikethrough in its original format. Can I recreate this format for the daisy version? Or should I highlight these lines and the format change in an inline producer' | + | |
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- | A: Good question! In HTML5 we would simply mark the text with a ''< | + | |
+ | < | ||
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WCAG 2.0 - H49: [[https:// | WCAG 2.0 - H49: [[https:// |