First
thing to do: save this file as <poem_name>.doc. filename rules: all lower
case, no spaces, not too long, use underscore character to separate words if
desired. Ex: returnfromnewyork.doc; return_from_ny.doc; ny_return.doc;
return_0703.doc; return.doc. Shorter is better. Then:
2 blanks
lines (normal/12 pt) at top, before title; title in 24 pt arial; body in 12 pt Bookman;
one normal para following title; one normal para after poem & before date.
date/other line(s) 10 pt ariel, italics, indented 16 or so spaces. this is
HIDDEN text and a hidden paragraph, so it doesn't count towards the two line
quota. Layout should be like these:
<Title><paragraph
mark><paragraph mark>
body, with each line terminating in
<linefeed character>
<last line of poem><paragraph
mark><paragraph mark>
<place composed><linefeed
character> <----optional
<date composed><paragraph
mark>
(paragraph mark = Enter key; linefeed
character = Shift+Enter key)
Sample of poem below. First version is what you type to
begin.
Second version is first version cut-and-pasted into a
table.
Long stories
there
is a particular power
that
comes only with endurance
the
resolution that is acceptance
that
gathers like a magma dome
rising
from the heat at the core
the
star at the center of the Earth
the
epic poem older than the hills
brighter
than tomorrow
morning's dawn
February 2008
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