By Judy Vorfeld My good friend and colleague Terence Kierans pointed me in the direction of Wordle. It looked interesting. After I downloaded Java, I was able to go in and play around. This is what I came up with:
By Judy Vorfeld If you do much reading, or are in certain professions, you not only come across the expression et al., but know what it means. Et al. used to be used just in the U.S. in legal documents, but for many years it’s been used […]
By Judy Vorfeld CONTINUOUS (uninterrupted) “Continuous” refers something happening without interruption. Examples: Living near the freeway means listening to continuous road noise from dawn to dusk…I sat watching the continuous flow of water spilling from the top of Multnomah Falls. CONTINUAL (happening again and again) “Continual” suggests […]
By Judy Vorfeld Have you ever wondered when it’s okay to capitalize north, east, south, and west? Most style guides say that compass points and the terms derived from them are lowercased if they just mean direction or location. But you capitalize them when they’re specific regions or […]
By Judy Vorfeld Why do you want to get involved in Desktop Publishing (DTP)? Perhaps you’re already involved, but have a feeling that you could do better and don’t know where to begin. Oh, please start here. I won’t be cruel, but I will offer some ideas of What Not […]