Helpful Hints, a place for tips and tricks
by Maria de Chirikof | May 8, 2009 at 12:06 PM
I think we need a thread where we can list the tips and tricks we learned along the way to help others. So post your ideas and suggestions here!
Copy/pasting
One thing I noticed is when people save their drafts using something like Notepad instead of Wordpad that when it gets pasted it loses the formatting you had. I think most computers have Wordpad as well and the difference is it saves your formatting, things like line spaces, so when it is copy/pasted it looks like what you wrote.
White Space
Another thing is the use of "white space" to give a more pleasing look to it. Make sure each paragraph has a blank space between them since it helps the reader flow from one idea to the next. When starting with a new idea make it have it's own paragraph to give the reader a chance to stop and think about what you just wrote.
Spell Check vs. Proofreading yourself
Another thing I sometimes forget to do is proofread it after I use the spellcheck. It wont catch things like using "wood" instead of "would" or things like that so it is important to proof your work yourself. It is one of the reasons I re-read my previous journal entries to see how often I make those types of mistakes so I can remember to look for them.
Maria
Comments
Great tips
Thanks for these. I am guilty of sometimes posting without proofing my comments so this is a good reminder to take the extra time to spell-check.