HI Gerald, I haven't done much checking but I convert from a kes file to rtf after I finish scanning to submit . This means blank pages are dropped? Second, for example I like to validate in Kurzweil because of the features, so if I open an rtf file, and leave it in the rtf format I'm fine? But if I save a copy in kes to validate I loose the blank pages when converting back to rtf for uploading? Katie Hill You can learn a lot if you are humble enough to listen. Lynn Lewis Warren Email: Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerald Hovas Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:29 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Blank pages Charlene, Blank pages are usually being dropped when converting from ARK to RTF or KES to RTF. I think there's a setting in both to keep blank pages when scanning, but the one in OpenBook still drops them during conversion to RTF. Actually, I take that back. I'm converting to DOC to do my clean up, then converting to RTF before upload. So the blank pages are being dropped during conversion to DOC, not RTF, though it's possible that it happens for both. Also, sometimes they're just missed by the OCR software due to confusion by the software when scanning in 2 page mode. There's also probably some other software which drops them as well. The way I get around it in OpenBook is to write Blank Page on the page before converting from ARK, then remove it when I come across it when I read through the book during clean up. BTW, sounds like you're behind on the issue about page numbers in the BRF books. It's my understanding that books approved after mid-December have the print page numbers instead of the Braille page numbers. If you know of an example where this isn't true, then the Tech Advisor Group would like to know since this problem is supposed to have been resolved. HTH Gerald -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Charlene Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 5:11 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Blank pages I'm curious about the blank pages thing. I just scanned a book that often has blank pages before the chapters so chapters begin on an odd-numbered page. This problem brings up an old issue that we'll all probably wish I hadn't brought up again. If we painstaking scan and do a fairly decent job of saving indexes in long books, if you dump the blank pages, you mess up the page numbering. Of course, that's no issue with the brf copy because all print page numbers are trashed unfortunately so the book can't be used as a reference. So guess my question is why are blank pages being dumped? Sorry if I'm stirring the pot again!!! Charlene -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Monica Willyard Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 10:54 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Just Released Hi. I just released The Believer's Conditional Security back to the step 1 downloads page. The book is structurally sound and is in rtf format. I released it because there are a bunch of blank pages in the file, and my copy of M.S. Word chokes at the size of the file. Openbook will let me edit it, but it won't save the file properly. A Kurzweil user could load it and just knock out the blank pages and have a nice validation. There are little scannos as in any book, but the book can be rated as good as it is right now. Most of the words that would pop up on your spellchecker are Biblical names and places. The copyright info is present on copyright.gov, so that part is smooth sailing. The print book is around 800 pages in length, and the unwanted blank pages all occur within the first 200 pages of the scan. I've learned a lot from reading this book, and I hope someone else can make the validation process work. Monica Visit my blog at: http://plumlipstick.livejournal.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. 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