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   You can change text to bold by using the "b" command, or italic by using the "i" command. Be sure to always use the corresponding off-command or you'll end up with an entire page of the change you've made. The following problem occurs when you forget to shut off the bold command (b).

    You can view the page source of this document by using the View page source of your internet browser (Netscape, Internet Explorer, etc.). Comment cues indicate where to make the necessary changes, and tell you a little about what the html is doing.

   Make breaks between paragraphs through "br" (single-space) or "p" (double-space) commands. Make single space indentions by 160, dashes by 151 (see source). We use three single space indentions at the beginning of every paragraph. I finally shut the bold off.
  #160;LOOK!!! This happens when you don't include two breaks after the last line in the previous paragraph. Notice that it still has the tabs, though this paragraph is only a three-space tab as I didn't get all of them copied. Notice that without the ampersand on the final tab marker, the number appears.

   Tables can help your work look more professional. This entire document using tables within tables within tables. Table data (td) can house tables, which allows you to have text in one table data, and within the same row have a table with a picture in it and a cutline.

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   Notice the picture at right. It lines up at the top of this paragraph by placing the table directly before the text. The table width stretches 10 pixels longer than the picture width, which allows any text beneath the picture to wrap around. It also keeps the picture border from stretching across the page. You can get the picture width by calling it up in Netscape (it's the first of the two numbers).

   The border surrounding the picture is accomplished through table commands. The picture resides in a table data within a table row of the table. The cutline resides in a different table row and data within the same table (view page source for a better look). It is flushed right through an align command on the table data.

   On a larger scale, the framed picture (a table) resides within the framed page (another table). This is an example of tables within tables; actually, the whole page is. The body of this text and the bordered picture are within one table data of the overall page.

   Note also that though the picture is linked, it does not have a border around it. You do this by setting the border command to equal zero. It allows elements to look as though they're part of the page when you want to blend. That's what I did on my home page.

    To set up a sample table, use the following except sub < for ( and > for ):

(table border="2" cols="3" align="center" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="2" width="80%")(tr)(td) (/td)(/tr)(/table)

where tr is a row in the table and td is data within that row. You can have multiple data within the same row, and multiple rows within the same table. The border command in the table goes from 0 up, and gives the entire table an edge. I've personally never used a larger border than 8. IT's HUGE!

     The following occurs when you forget to shut off the italic command.

   Cols indicates how many columns are within the table. The align command will move your table left, center, or right on most browsers. The table's background color offwhite is accomplished through the command bgcolor=#F5F5F5 in the table line. Cellpadding gives space between the text and the edge of the page. Cellspacing provides extra space between the table data (td) within a row (tr). The width command dictates how far across the page your table will stretch.

   AP captions follow a simple formula:

• The first sentence describes what the photo shows, in the present tense, and states where and when the photo was made.
• The second sentence gives background on the news event or describes why the photo is significant.
• Whenever possible, try to keep captions to no more than two concise sentences, while including the relevant information. Try to anticipate what information a reader will need. So I shut off italics.

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   Whenever you turn off the list, the text automatically double-spaces so don't add a paragraph return.

2. Competing Ideas and Interest Groups

   We assumed that important choices would involve differences in ideas about the ways that should operate. Further, we assumed that interest groups would form around such ideas and attempt wo influence the policy formation process. This section of the papers describes those ideas and groups.

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