ygeoPub9xPRG formatted GEOS file V1.0D4$eps24testgcP Շ ԇC$STYLE SCRAPSBLASTER'S CONVERTER V2.5YAWrite Image V2.1geoWrite V2.1  ...LW-ROMA (Times Roman) 12 PointI` p888888888pSo far we have used a variety of column layouts. Have you noticed the differences? Have you seen one that is better than the others? Have you seen one that is worse than the others? Let's do a little comparison and analysis and see if we can identify an ideal layout. We laid out Page 1 in a 2 column format using left justification and 5 point gutters. If your printout is like mine there are a couple of spots where the left column text almost runs into the right column text. This often crops up when printing with these settings and is one reason why I prefer using 10 point gutters. For Page 2 we changed the layout to use full justification. This format can provide a cleaner look to the page and almost always assures us that the text will not `run over' to the next column as on Page 1. There are, however, 2 problems here. GeoPublish does not do auto-hyphenation so this can create a lot more work for you, the user. The second, and maybe more important, issue is that f888888888are, however, 2 problems here. GeoPublish does not do auto-hyphenation so this can create a lot more work for you, the user. The second, and maybe more important, issue is that full justification works by inserting, or removing, extra spaces between the words to stretch, or compact, them to fill the entire line width. This method makes it harder for the human eye to read the text as we have to work to read past the uneven spacing. I'm not saying that you are wrong if you use full justification but there are drawbacks. On Page 3 we changed to 3 columns, fully justified with 10 point gutters. The shorter lines are easy to read without a lot of eye movement but the full justification makes the need for hyphenation even greater. My feeling is that full justification should only be used on 2 column layouts, if at all. 888888888pPage 4 kept the 3 column layout and gutters from Page 3 but changed to left justified. The geoWrite article has 7 blank lines in888888888pPage 4 kept the 3 column layout and gutters from Page 3 but changed to left justified. The geoWrite article has 7 blank lines in the middle column on Page 4. We are going to use this space for a `callout' later on when we add finishing touches in Page Graphics Mode. A callout helps to make the page `less busy' and easier to read in the same way that the sub- headings on Page 3 do. Pages 5 & 6 use 2 columns of fully justified text separated by 10 point gutters. A good example of why I don't like full justification is in the first full paragraph in Column 2 on Page 6. The line "Start geoWrite and create a new file called" has a lot of space between the words compared with the rest of that paragraph. For Page 7 we changed to a 2 Column layout that is left justified and uses 10 Point Gutters. With the Sub- Headings and spaces between paragraphs this page has good white space and is a fairly easy read. Now flip ahead to Page 11. Just looking at this page makes my eyes feel tired. There is a lot of text here and not much white space. I did not use any sub-headings or spacing between paragraphs on purpose to show the effects of trying to cram a lot onto the page. When you combine this with the smaller font size (11 point instead of the usual 12 point) you get a very busy page. The only thing I could have done to make this worse would be to have used Full Justifica- tion which would have removed the little white space there is at the ends of lines. Page 12 uses the same small font but has spaces between the paragraphs which open the page up for a more `eye friendly' look. There you have it. So far we have used 7 different layouts. There are many more layouts that could be used depending on the material you are using. For the remainder of this Tutorial I will use a 2 Column, Left Justified layout with 10 Point Gutters. When necessary I'll cut down the paragraph spacing but I'll keep the pages with as much white space as I can. I will introduce one more page layout when we get to work on the cover and inside front page. The Introduction article will be laid out on `Page i' in one full page wide column. This will give you a good look at the reason for using columns. With lines of text going all the way across the page888888888full page wide column. This will give you a good look at the reason for using columns. With lines of text going all the way across the page it is hard to keep track of which line you are reading when your eyes move back across the page. 888888888@@Take Note 888888888@ If you are going to use full justification make sure you don't use spaces to line up your text. Since Full Justification adjusts spacing you can't be sure your text will remain where you want it. Take advantage of the margin settings and tab stops that you can set in geoWrite and Editor mode as these won't change position when justified. Don't forget about the Decimal Tab Stops in case you are doing a table of numbers. To create a Decimal Tab set a normal Tab Stop and then click on it with your pointer. The Tab Stop will get attached to your pointer. Press the Space Bar and the Tab will fill in and become a solid shape. Click once more to set the Tab Stop back down. When you create your table of numbers they will all line up on the decimal point. When you are entering your text in geoWrite make sure that you leave your margins wider than the width of your columns in geoPublish. The margins will be adjusted smaller when you import your text if they are wider. If your margins are narrower they will not be expanded and you will lose some of the space in your regions. To work around this use the ToolKit program to set your margins out wider if you have set them to one screen width for quicker typing. ToolKit makes use of margin and font settings in Text Scraps. What I have done is used Text manager to create a Text Album that contains settings I regularly use. It is then easy to make changes to documents as I work. Next time we will begin looking at some of the many ways that geoPublish lets us import graphics into our projects. Until then, enGEOy your Commodore! can. I will introduce one more page layout when we get to work on the cover and inside front p