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Subject:     70 Cols.- One LAST (?) Ti
       Date:  Mon, 12 May 1997 17:45:32 GMT
       From:  robert.michaels-at-online.sme-dot-org (Robert Michaels)
Organization: Society of Manufacturing Engineers
         To:  tesla-at-pupman-dot-com


T><< You can always limit your lines to less than 80 characters,
otherwise
T> formating would not be possible.
T>  >>

T>As far as I can tell, the only way to limit line length to less than
80
T>characters is to use the hard return, which I thought was one of the
T>practices we were trying to avoid.  A specific suggestion as to how
T>to achieve the golden flece of 80 char on ALO would be appreciated.

T>-DavidF-


                Yes -- and no:

                IF you are using "Navigator" for e-mail:

                        Stay OFF the carriage return key  =unless=
                        starting a new paragraph.

                        To do otherwise will cause line fragmentation.


                IF you are using most anything else:

                        Go ahead.  Carriage return all you wish.

                        It is the  =only=  way to limit line
                        lengths if you are writing while on
                        line or if you are using many-a offline
                        mail program.


                                                Keeping it short, in
                                                Detroit, USA

                                                Robert Michaels