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[Dany Rodrigues <danyrodrigues.13@xxxxxxxxx>]

I also agree with this. Images look a little bit unprofessional when
compared with the overall organizated elegance of the manual. They also look
a way too "squary". Why not to add something like a slight drop-shadow?
Apple has drop-shadows everywhere and man, they look really sleek!

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 12:28 AM, Andreas Nilsson <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

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> Yes, it looks a bit unnatural when you use a singe page layout. In my
> opinion it's perfectly fine to keep the current image layout if the
> pages are displayed in a two page layout when you open the PDF, but
> might it on the other hand reduce readability?
> (Is this even an option you can set in the PDF? I'm sure I've seen it.)
>
> In any case, I agree that the image placement is a bit inconsistent at
> certain places. Page 22 is a good example of this.
>
> Matthew Farrell wrote:
> > Public bug reported:
> >
> > In the beta, images often occupy their own pages (such as on page 13),
> > splitting sentences and disrupting the flow of text. The text should be
> > broken by at least an end of sentence before an image, and the image
> > should be in the midst of the text if there is room (such as on page
> > 15).
> >
> > On a larger scope (larger than this bug), the image layout and
> > positioning just needs a little work.
> >
> > Manual version: Beta Revision 729
> > Location: ch. 1 pg. 13, 16, 19, 22.
> >                ch. 2 pg. 26, 33.
> >                ch. 3 pg. 53, 95, 97.
> >                ch. 8 pg. 142
> > Bug Type: formatting
> >
> > ** Affects: ubuntu-manual
> >      Importance: Undecided
> >          Status: New
> >
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> Text should flow naturally around images
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/556040
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> Status in Ubuntu Manual: New
>
> Bug description:
> In the beta, images often occupy their own pages (such as on page 13),
> splitting sentences and disrupting the flow of text. The text should be
> broken by at least an end of sentence before an image, and the image should
> be in the midst of the text if there is room (such as on page 15).
>
> On a larger scope (larger than this bug), the image layout and positioning
> just needs a little work.
>
> Manual version: Beta Revision 729
> Location: ch. 1 pg. 13, 16, 19, 22.
>               ch. 2 pg. 26, 33.
>               ch. 3 pg. 53, 95, 97.
>               ch. 8 pg. 142
> Bug Type: formatting
>
>
>
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