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* '''Columns''': Consider putting longer standard terms documents into columns. Yes, that requires being a ninja at MS Word, but shorter lines of text are easier to read. It also forces you to keep paragraphs shorter.
* '''Columns''': Consider putting longer standard terms documents into columns. Yes, that requires being a ninja at MS Word, but shorter lines of text are easier to read. It also forces you to keep paragraphs shorter.


== Deconstruct ===== Break it down into manageable pieces ===
== Deconstruct ==
=== Break it down into manageable pieces ===
Break into sub-paragraphs. Breaking a long paragraph into a shorter one exposes its logic to a skim-reader, and makes it far easier to navigate. And may expose that the tortured logic is not really necessary. For example:
Break into sub-paragraphs. Breaking a long paragraph into a shorter one exposes its logic to a skim-reader, and makes it far easier to navigate. And may expose that the tortured logic is not really necessary. For example: