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A Different Philosophy

How to introduce non-nerds to the world of ConTeXt. A Different Philosophy. Students familiar with standard word processing software (MS Office, Open Office, Pages...) ConTeXt is installed and ready-to-use Students have a reason to learn ConTeXt Academic dissertations, reports, etc.

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A Different Philosophy

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  1. Mari Voipio / 4th ConTeXt User Meeting How to introduce non-nerds to the world of ConTeXt A Different Philosophy

  2. Students familiar with standard word processing software (MS Office, Open Office, Pages...) • ConTeXt is installed and ready-to-use • Students have a reason to learn ConTeXt • Academic dissertations, reports, etc. • Maths or linguistic layout challenges • Interest in layout and typography starting point

  3. How it should be done... Real Life™ • I’ll make that bigger and bold and I’ll add an empty line below... • Here we go, that’s the first chapter heading... Introduction My research is centered on how computers are named in office and university networks. The naming is almost always goverened by strict rules, but they can vary from schematic to imaginative and the motivation behind the rules can vary from the network administrator’s personal preferences and interests – or comfort – to security aspects or the institution’s main field of activity. Structural thinking

  4. What you see is what you (hope to) get wHat you describe is what you get Introduction My research is centered on how computers are named in office and university networks. The naming is almost always goverened by strict rules, but they can vary from schematic to imaginative and the motivation behind the rules can vary from the network administrator’s personal preferences and interests – or comfort – to security aspects or the institution’s main field of activity. \setuphead [chapter] [style=\sstfc] \setupwhitespace[medium] \starttext \chapter{Introduction} My research is centered on how computers are named in office and university networks. The naming is almost always goverened by strict rules, but they can vary from schematic to imaginative and the motivation behind the rules can vary from the network administrator’s personal preferences and interests – or comfort – to security aspects or the institution’s main field of activity. \stoptext From concrete to abstract

  5. Clickers typers There are 10 types of people

  6. Hoops to jump

  7. Start from solid base • Structural thinking • Separate content and layout • Learn to use your editor • Highlight • Autocomplete • Check before running • And why not make it neat while you are at it? easing into context, step 1

  8. Solving font problems • Encoding/regimes • Visual catalogue for basic font families • Basic style sheets = modules easing into context, step 2

  9. Not so marginal philosophy • Not from outside in but left to right and top down • What’s your internal measurement unit? • It’s floating in the air • Adding images: formats, sizes, placement • Expanding to other floats • Formatting captions • Unnatural thinking: tables Easing into context, step 3

  10. Debugging is a skill, too • Better little and often than a complete mess • You sure you checked the code? • Read and contemplate • A bit of pep talk • No need to get it right on the first go • The reward is in consistency • Shed your limitations and take flight! Easing into context, step 4

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