numbered so that readers can navigate more precisely and not skip columns a refinement of this kind of special formatting for macular degeneration is to parse a section of text into short syntactic phrases and format each phrase on a separate line this is easier for some readers than breaking a line in the middle of a phrase provided that there is enough space an additional refinement is to vary the indentation of each syntactic phrase according to its syntactic significance the person may read the formatted document when it is in either hard copy or electronic form with electronic materials the format can be dynamic an example is highlighting of words in a particular order for a particular time so that the reader 39 s eye is taken along the line of the text in the right order and without the eye jumping to the next line yet another example of a special format is modified braille braille characters consist of two columns each column comprising from zero to three raised dots in patterns designed to be efficiently read through the fingertips of visually impaired people for those who acquire this disability later in life braille can be difficult to master one particular problem with conventional braille is that the spacing between characters makes it difficult to determine which column of dots belongs to which character the modified braille special format inserts wider spaces between the braille characters to assist the reader to assign columns of dots to characters the modified braille may also comprise larger than usual braille characters another aspect of modified braille is the inclusion of a.