tailieunhanh - UNIT 2. FORMATS FOR ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS AND IMAGES LESSON 1. TYPES OF MARK-UP: INTRODUCTIONNOTE

Different codes are attached to section headings, paragraphs of body text, references and even individual characters and words so that each is set in an appropriate type style, size and line spacing. On the left you have two | Information Management Resource Kit Module on Management of Electronic Documents UNIT 2. FORMATS FOR ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS AND IMAGES LESSON 1. TYPES OF MARK-UP INTRODUCTION NOTE Please note that this PDF version does not have the interactive features offered through the IMARK courseware such as exercises with feedback pop-ups animations etc. We recommend that you take the lesson using the interactive courseware environment and use the PDF version for printing the lesson and to use as a reference after you have completed the course. FAO 2003 2. Formats for electronic documents and images - 1. Types of mark-up Introduction - page 1 Objectives At the end of this lesson you will able to understand the purpose of mark-up and distinguish between different kinds of mark-up. Why we need Mark-up Electronic text documents are stored in files on our computer disks. We can read electronic documents using software applications such as word processors or desktop publishing systems that assist us in creating managing and sharing them with other people. We often exchange electronic documents over computer networks either networks internal to an organization or the Internet either as web pages or as attachments to email messages. Often we print electronic documents in order to read them and so this needs to be taken into account when creating them. 2. Formats for electronic documents and images - 1. Types of mark-up Introduction - page 2 Why we need Mark-up These two electronic documents contain the same text. The one on the left is easy to read and to edit because it is laid out with a title sections and headings while the one on the right is not. This is because the document on the right has no mark-up to instruct the software to display the document with an easy to understand layout. Why we need Mark-up Mark-up originally referred to the handwritten notations that a designer would add to typewritten text. These notations contained instructions to a typesetter about how to lay .