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From: "Emery C. Daly" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] TMG Tip angle brackets and html (Web) output
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 21:44:06 -0400
References: <NEBBIHDGILPIEFDALKFBOEECCHAA.prevention@home.com>


David
Thank you for that information.
Emery
Emery C. Daly
90 Derek Drive see my web site at
Tolland, CT 06084 http://home.earthlink.net/~emerydaly/
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Lawrence" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 1:48 PM
Subject: [TMG] TMG Tip angle brackets and html (Web) output


> If you force output with angle brackets ( < ) you may end up creating a
mess
> when you save a report as a Web document (File: Hypertext markup Lang
HTML).
> In an html document, angle brackets are used to enclose formatting
> information. Thus, you really should avoid this style of bracket in your
> material. Many versions of browser software will not be able to render
your
> Web pages if they have stray angle brackets.
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Emery C. Daly [mailto:]
> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 6:13 AM
> To:
> Subject: [TMG] TMG Tip
>
>
> I recently discovered that if you want an email address to print out in
> reports with the common bracket symbols on either side of it, all you have
> to do is add "<<" before the address and ">>" after it (less the quotes)
to
> the email address in the Source Definition Screen. This tip has probably
> been mentioned before but, if so, I missed it. If anyone knows of an
easier
> method i.e. editing the Source Templates, I would like to know how. I
tried
> several approaches but none seem to work.
> Emery
>
> Emery C. Daly
> 90 Derek Drive see my web site at
> Tolland, CT 06084 http://home.earthlink.net/~emerydaly/
>
>
>

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