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UK
/fˈɔːmætɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈfɔɹˌmætɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈfɔɹˌmætɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
How To Use formatting In A Sentence
- Some of the formatting is annoying, specifically the lack of quotation marks in the ‘flashback’ sequences, but it does a good job of meshing lessons in quilting technique with the plot. The Quilter’s Apprentice
- By special formatting I mean bold, italics, in bulleted lists, in tags, etc.
- There's a hodgepodge of tools available to assist harried helpdesk staffers in doing everything from reformatting disk drives to remotely controlling a PC.
- Line formatting affects the placement of entire paragraphs on the screen and on the printed page.
- With growth has come teething problems though: Every podcaster is complaining or trying to understand how they format their podcast, its titles, graphics, even chapters for I-Tunes 4.9, and ironically, directories such as podcastalley. com (much in the way Technorati/Feedster act as a go between for search engines and blogs), are auo-formatting podcasts and then delivering an aggregated solution to Itunes. Open Source Podcasting & 4.9 Consolidation
- Here, however, television's formatting of reality proves rewarding. Times, Sunday Times
- I have tried formatting the drive which contained my nonusable windows. Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
- I adjusted the text on two Harlequins and two indie-pubbed books (Kept by Zoe Winters and The Proviso by Moriah Jovan * g*) and had the same issue: the formatting is off and so is the page count. An EP Alert: a Sony Reader review | Edwardian Promenade
- These programs aid in the alphabetizing of entries and subentries, creation of cross-references, indenting of subentries, formatting, and other index editing tasks.
- A special typographical challenge that linguists face is the formatting of our beloved example sentences with interlinear glossing.