[bksvol-discuss] Re: 550 books in the download queue
- From: "Donna Smith" <donnafsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 17:15:53 -0400
Mike, it is also possible to validate using programs such as Word, WordPad,
NotePad, etc. I have a very old version of OpenBook which I find way too
cumbersome to use for validation purposes, and although I now have K1000, I
haven't even come close to figuring out all its eccentricities to be able to
use it adequately.
All that to say that when I validate, or when I check a book before
submitting it for validation, I use Word. If the scan has been saved as an
RTF file, then you can check the page integrity by using the "page down"
command, "control-page down" to move from page to page. This will put you on
the first line of each page which could be either a page number (which
really makes it easy), or the junk header plus page number, which puts you
in place to remove the junk header and leave in the page number. If the
page numbers and/or book title/author's name appear as footers, then use the
"page down" command to put you at the top of the next page and then arrow up
a couple of times to find the footer, which will put you in place to check
the page number and/or strip out the junk footer. While it takes a while to
write this process out, once you get into the rhythm of checking this, it
really goes very quickly.
You can also use spell check to check for errors. You can use the find
feature to locate consistent errors you've noticed, such as searching for
forward slashes that should be I's, or bam that really should be barn, or
the presence of junk characters such as at-signs or
less-thann's/greater-than's. If you're really, really careful, you can use
the find and replace to fix some of these things, but then you run the risk
of removing legitimate uses of some of these symbols.
If you're interested in trying your hand at validation, just jump in and try
it. If you don't find yourself up to the task of the particular book you've
selected, then you can always release it and someone else will pick it up.
It is indeed tedious work, but an essential part of the process.
Peace and Hope,
Donna
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