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to: LAWRENCE KELLIE
from: BETH FRIEDMAN
date: 1997-02-02 20:38:00
subject: Re: keep with PREVIOUS

 > Applying such a style to the four bulleted paragraphs 
 > shown above would keep them together as a family with 
 > their parent paragraph.
 LK> So would Keep with Next.
You are correct, as far as that goes.  The advantage of a "Keep With 
Previous" concept is that it would allow for better handling of styles.  In 
the example given, the text looked something like this:
  
     Here's the intro to the bulleted list:
     o Here's the first bullet
     o Second bullet
     o Third bullet
  
In order to keep the group together, I have to apply "Keep with next" to the 
first three lines.  However, in terms of defining styles, the first line is 
clearly a different look (and style) from the other three.  I have to 
manually apply "Keep with next" to the paragraphs, rather than make it a 
style attribute.
  
Another example is a divider (in fiction) for a scene break.  I want the 
"Keep with previous" attribute as part of the divider style.  I can achieve 
the same thing by applying "Keep with next" to the paragraph previous, but I 
have to do it manually.  The attribute is _relevant_ to the dividing 
paragraph, not the paragraph that preceded it.
  
Does that make sense?
--- Sirius 1.0ya
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* Origin: Beth's Point: Minneapolis, MN (1:282/26.5)

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