And now for something completely different... 

I'd like to reach a consensus - please, don't stop reading now! - for a certain way of overview formatting. English not being by native tongue, I'm not exactly sure what the correct term for it is, so I'll refer to it as "tabbing" for now. I'll show what I mean - I have a number of back covers that show the overview formatted like this:

        Here is some random text that makes up the 1st paragraph. Here is some random text that makes up the 1st paragraph. Here is some random text that makes up the 1st paragraph. Here is some random text that makes up the 1st paragraph. Here is some random text that makes up the 1st paragraph. Here is some random text that makes up the 1st paragraph.
      Here is some random text that makes up the 2nd paragraph. Here is some random text that makes up the 2nd paragraph. Here is some random text that makes up the 2nd paragraph. Here is some random text that makes up the 2nd paragraph. Here is some random text that makes up the 2nd paragraph. Here is some random text that makes up the 2nd paragraph.
      Here is some random text that makes up the 3rd paragraph. Here is some random text that makes up the 3rd paragraph. Here is some random text that makes up the 3rd paragraph. Here is some random text that makes up the 3rd paragraph. Here is some random text that makes up the 3rd paragraph. Here is some random text that makes up the 3rd paragraph.

So there are no empty lines between the paragraphs, but instead the start of every paragraph is identified by a TAB. Needless to say that we cannot reproduce these tabs in DVD Profiler. So there are, IMHO, two methods of dealing with this. Either we can ignore the tabs at all, resulting in a rather unattractive block of text. Or, we can choose to substitute the tabs for the only thing available to us: by inserting a single empty line in between the paragraphs. IMHO, the latter method does justice to the actual cover, because the cover clearly DOES try to visibly separate the paragraphs. I feel that intent is better served by substituting those tabs for empty lines, and IMHO the result is a lot more comfortable to look at as well.

Unfortunately, not all contributors/voters agree, so different profiles have such overviews handled in different ways. Can we reach a consensus on how to handle these? Either way, I'd like to finally be able to handle of all these consistently, and refer any no-voters to this thread.

'Indention', yes, that's word I was looking for. I'l change the thread subject line!

Quoting dee1959jay:

Quote:
Either that, or emulate the tab by inserting several (e.g. three) spaces at the beginning of the second paragraph (which would more or less preserve the formatting on the cover).

I checked up on that. To begin with, DVD Profiler doesn't let you start the overview with a few spaces: just try it and save the profile: they're gone immediately. It does seem to let you do it on any other line, though, although the evaluation screen doesn't show the added spaces, so they might be automatically stripped off again. You'd be saying: "I've added spaces to match indention", but the voters would be shown two exactly the same overviews. And again: I'm not entirely sure what happens when such a contribution is accepted. In any case, the spaces also don't show up in your online collection here at the Invelos website. I'm certainly not asking for this to be "fixed", though: I'd much prefer adding a single empty line. It's simple, it's easy, it's consistent, and it looks good. If we actually could use the spaces, we'd have to fight over how many: some would do three, others five, and we still wouldn't have consistency.

Normaly, you type the phrases as they are, at the end of a paragraph follows (Enter key or Carriage Return (CR)). As you already mentioned for Titles we are not in to formating those as they would appear. The same should go for the overview text, we are not in to formatting the overview text. As the window box changes for the overview text, so changes the layout for its contents. The exact formating is on the back of the cover and should not be copied. If there is a blank line between paragraphs, you could give an extra (Enter key or Carriage Return (CR)). Adding Leading Tab's or spaces should not be done.

Quoting tweeter:

Quote:
I think you want the first option to be substitute the tabs with empty lines instead of substitute the tabs for empty lines.

That bit I can't edit... 

Quoting kdh1949:

Quote:
Inserting a blank line between paragraphs is a good way to make the overview easier to read.

Agreed.

If there's a gap between the paragraphs on the cover I separate them by a blank line, if there's not then I don't.

Rules say "Overviews should match the back of the DVD case exactly".

So I think it would not be correct to add a blank line. If it is not possible to reproduce exactly the overview, the best is to post in the features request. Waiting for a new version or new rules, it would be better not to contribute data that go against the rules.

Quoting Ken Cole in another thread :

Quote:
Although no director or producer is listed, the rules stand, so please leave these off from the contribution.

Here it would be : Although indentation is not yet possible, the rules stand, so please leave these off from the contribution.

Just an opinion