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font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Lots of web interfaces include
formatting tools that look similar to Microsoft Word’s. This is called a
“What You See Is What You Get” (WYSIWYG) interface, which wildly
over-promises on what it delivers.<br>
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<p><strong>It looks like you could cut and paste from Word right into a
WYSIWYG page, and you may even find a “Paste from Word” button. But for
me, that never works as expected.</strong> Translating between HTML and
Word can’t be done simply, so it creates lots of extra HTML code that's
easily broken.</p>
<h2 id="dontfighttheformatting">Don’t Fight the Formatting</h2>
<p>Don’t paste in from Word. That’s the easiest approach to take.
Don’t paste in formatting you have to try to fix. Paste plain text,
instead. To make double-sure you have unformatted text, paste it into
the Notepad program on your PC; then copy and paste that text into your
website editor and format away.</p>
<p>Separating the writing from the formatting is actually good for
your writing. It helps you concentrate first on the words and then on
how they look. Put all your attention on one task at a time, and both
will probably feel easier. </p>
<h2 style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);" id="level-uplab:html">Level-Up
Lab: HTML</h2>
<p>I’m teaching an introduction to HTML class on January 16th as part
of SWON’s Level-Up Lab series. I’ll introduce the HTML tags you’re
likely to use to write a blog, write HTML-based emails (like this one)
or edit web content in general. </p>
<p>You’ll get hand-outs that briefly demonstrate often-used HTML tags.
And since it’s a Lab, you’ll get to practice writing HTML with an
online tool that lets you easily test the results. It’s a great place to
start if you’re interested in learning more about websites, too.</p>
<p>Learn more and sign up here: <a href="http://tiny.cc/html-lab">http://tiny.cc/html-lab</a></p>
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<li>Nathan Swartzendruber, SWON Technology Educator</li>
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<h1 id="teenreadersadvisoryguide">Teen Reader’s Advisory Guide</h1>
<p>Each spring, SWON holds a three month-long Teen Reading Challenge
to see which teams of librarians can read the most teen-oriented books.
In 2013, we collected reviews as well as book titles and so we could
share what they had read.</p>
<p>The result is the Teen Reader’s Advisory Guide, and it contains
over 4,000 reviews of nearly 3,000 titles and runs to nearly 300 pages.
It’s fully searchable and ready to print, if you’d like to keep a copy
at your reference desk. It’s available today as a PDF for $25. </p>
<p>Buy a copy here: <a href="https://gum.co/TeenRAGuide">https://gum.co/TeenRAGuide</a>.
Questions? Email <a href="mailto:nathan@swonlibraries.org">nathan@swonlibraries.org</a>.
(Challenge participants, check your email for a special link from me.)</p>
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