OVERHEAD 9 – ALIGNMENT

ALIGNMENT

Text that has a ragged or uneven right margin is easier to read than text that has a justified or full margin. A justified right margin creates unequal spaces between words and hyphenates many words at the end of lines. Hyphenated words are hard to read, so turn off "hyphenation" when you use a word processor. This paragraph was typed with an uneven right margin and no hyphenation.

Text that has a justified or full margin. A justified right margin creates unequal spaces between words and hyphenates many words at the end of lines. Hyphenated words are hard to read, so turn off "hyphenation" when you use a word processor. This paragraph was typed with a full margin and hyphenation.

Text that is centred or ragged on both sides doesn't
show the reader where sentences begin and end. It
looks like each line is a sentence in itself.