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Formatted Equations

Euqations typically have text displayed at arbitrary vertical positions, and they often use
Greek letters and symbols that are not supported by HTML. Therefore, the only reliable
way to format an equation is to convert it to an image. See the "Graphics Category"
above for an explanation of how to force text to be converted to an image.

Accomodating Different Browser Settings

All browsers do not display text the same way. Terry Morse Myrmidon is designed to
produce Web pages that look best when displayed with Netscape Navigator or Microsoft
Internet Explorer with default settings on a Macintosh. Browsers on Windows
computers often display larger text by default, making the Web page look different. A
browser's base text size can also be changed, making the text appear either smaller or
larger than in the original document.

Terry Morse Myrmidon tries to accomodate the widest range of brower settings by
creating HTML that looks reasonable at different text size settings. This is accomplished
in different ways, depending on the conversion setting for creating line breaks in
Paragraphs:

  1. Line breaks set to "always": The invisible table cells that contain the text will grow
    wider to accomodate the larger text without changing the text wrapping. The overall
    appearance of the document will be similar, but the web page will be wider and
    probably taller than the original.
  1. Line breaks set to "never": The widths of the table cells remain fixed, and the text
    rewraps to accomodate any larger text. The total width of the document will not change,
    but any larger text can make the document much taller.
  1. Line breaks set to some value other than "always" or "never": The widths of the table
    cells remain fixed, but the lines of text that contain line breaks or line spacing will not
    wrap when the text size changes. This can cause a less attractive text layout. For this
    reason, using the "always" or "never" settings is recommended.

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