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<A HREF=../index.html>PPresenter</A><BR>
<A HREF=../manual.html>Manual</A><BR>
<A HREF=index.html>Formatter</A><BR>
<B>Simple</B>
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<A HREF=#options>Options</A>
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<A HREF=../index.html>Portable Presenter</A> has a few formatters,
which each enable someone to specify what text should appear on a slide.
The <B>simple</B> formatter is a simplified version of the
<A HREF=markup.html>markup</A> formatter: it detects nested lists from
your indentation in the specification.
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An example says it all:
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not nested
- item
- item2
- nested
- also <B>nested</B>
not nested.
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not nested
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<LI>item
<LI>item2
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<LI>nested
<LI>also <B>nested</B>
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not nested.
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The simplified list scheme may make life easier --at least, you need
less effort to type lists. There is an even more simplified way to
get things to work: the <A HREF=plain.html>plain</A>-formatter, but then
the quality will suffer by simplicity.
<H2><A NAME=options>Simple Formatter Options</A></H2>
The simple formatter is a sub-class of the <A HREF=markup.html>markup</A>
formatter, so has
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<LI>the <A HREF=index.html#options>general formatter options</A> and
<LI>the <A HREF=markup.html#options>markup formatter options</A>,
<LI>but no own options (yet)
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Portable Presenter is written and maintained by
<A HREF=http://mark.overmeer.net>Mark Overmeer</A>.
Copyright (C) 2000-2002, Free Software Foundation FSF.
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