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This book is meant to follow The Mac is not a typewriter or The PC is not a
typewriter. Rather than repeat everything I wrote in those first books, I
must assume you have read it and are following those basic typographic
principles. But just in case you think you're ready for this book without
having read the other, I am including here a brief review. If you answer no
(N) to any of these points, please take a few moments to read The Mac/PC
is not a typewriter.

Y N I type one space after periods, commas, colons, semicolons,

exclamation points, question marks, parentheses, and any
other punctuation.

Y N I always use true quotation marks (" "), never dumb ol'

ditto marks (" ").

Y N I always use true apostrophes (' not '), and I always put

them in the right places.

Y N I know the differences between hyphens, en dashes, and

em dashes; when to use each; and how to type them.

Y N I know how to use the Key Caps desk accessory on my

Macintosh or Character Map on my PC to access special
characters such as ©, ™,

Y N I know how to place accent marks over the appropriate letters,

as in résumé.

Y N I know better than to ever underline text.

Y N I rarely use all caps, and when I do it is certainly not under

the mistaken assumption that all caps are easier to read.

Y N I always avoid leaving widows and orphans on the page.

In this book I elaborate on some of the information that's presented in The
Mac/PC is not a typewriter, but the material in this volume is very different
from the previous books. If necessary, run down to your library, find The
Mac/PC is not a typewriter, and take twenty minutes to get the gist of it.
Especially if you're still typing two spaces after periods.

Robin