[bksvol-discuss] Re: Cautionary note: -- careful header removal procedure
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 10:09:46 -0700 (PDT)
Very good instructions, Guido. Since I read as I
validate, I do what you do, i.e., remove the headers
half-manually and copy, paste the header into the
replace space, and leave replace with blank. It's a
Replace command in the Edit menu, as least in my Word,
and not the Find command. Because the headers are
usually corrupted, it doeshave to be done several
times, because there are so many different forms of
the headers, but it's a lot easier than dong every
page manually. It's the copy and paste part that keeps
it from replacing the title or author from the
copyright and title pages, because those are usually
either usually larger or in a different font, e.g.,
ital or bold.
I wish I were as good at explaining things clearly and
in detail as you and Shelley, Guido. I used to be able
to, when I was teaching. Maybe I haven't
enough patience these days :-(
Cindy
--- Guido Corona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Cindy and Mickey, depending on what tool you are
> using, you may not be
> able to use font changes as a qualifying filter for
> a replace operation.
> E.G. Kurzweil allows filters only for simple
> searches, not for
> search/replace.
>
> I often remove repeating headers at the top of
> pages with Kurzweil
> semimanually as follows:
>
> 1. Find the beginning of the actual authored text
> of the book.
>
> 2. Page down until I find the very first header.
> Does not matter if the
> header is perfect or it is corrupted.
>
> 3. Select the text of the header--that is either
> the book title or author
> name only--and copy it to the clipboard. Note that
> you should not include
> the page number in the selection. For best result
> select the header text
> as follows:
>
> 3.1. If the text part of the header is to the left
> of the page number,
> place the cursor on the leftmost digit of the page
> number and press
> shift-ctrl-home. This will select the entire text
> in the header including
> any tabs, and junck chars which may be preceeding it
> up to the position
> immediately to the left of the cursor.
>
> 3.2. If the header is to the right of the page
> number, place the cursor
> immediately to the right of the rightmost digit and
> press only shift-end.
> This will select the text on the current line from
> the cursor position to
> the very end of the line.
> Please note that if you pressed also the ctrl key
> you would be selecting
> the whole text to the very bitter end of the current
> page.
>
> 4. Press ctrl-c to copy the selected text to the
> clipboard.
>
> 5. open the copy/replace dialogue and paste the
> text into the 'find' text
> field with ctrl-v.
>
> 6. Leave the replacement text field completely
> blank.
>
> 7. Specify matched case only.
>
> 8. Initiate a replace all operation or global
> replacement. This will
> remove all headers that match the specified string
> exactly.
>
> 9. Press downarrow once. If the line below the
> page number is not blank,
> add a blank line.
>
> 10. Press page down. If you find a simple page
> number just ensure it is
> followed by a blank line.
> If you find a full header, go to step 3 and start
> the removal process all
> over.
>
> 11. Continue these iterations starting with step
> 1 until you have
> reached the end of the book. This may take a little
> while, but at the
> end of the process you will have a book with page
> numbers and no repeating
> headers.
>
>
>
> Guido Dante Corona
> IBM Accessibility Center, Austin Tx.
> Research Division,
> Phone: 512. 838. 9735.
> Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Web: http://www.ibm.com/able
>
>
>
>
> Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
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>
>
> Mickey,
>
> Since the fonts of the headings are usually
> different
> from that in the title and author pages, doing a
> global replace shouldn't eliminate the those. If
> you
> check Match Case (in my replace one has to open More
> and then Match Case shows up) it should be o.k. To
> be
> safe, you can enlarge the title and author's name if
> they aren't already, but usually they are different,
> either in larger font or something like bold or
> italics.
>
> Cindy
>
>
> -- mickey <micka@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi. Don't forget that when we strip these nice
> > headers and author's names,
> > we strip the title at the beginning of the book
> plus
> > the author's name on
> > the title page. On the book I'm working on, I need
> > to go back to the
> > step-two page to find out who the author is.
> >
> > Just thought I'd throw a reminder in.
> >
> > Mickey
> >
> >
> >
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--- Guido Corona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Cindy and Mickey, depending on what tool you are
> using, you may not be
> able to use font changes as a qualifying filter for
> a replace operation.
> E.G. Kurzweil allows filters only for simple
> searches, not for
> search/replace.
>
> I often remove repeating headers at the top of
> pages with Kurzweil
> semimanually as follows:
>
> 1. Find the beginning of the actual authored text
> of the book.
>
> 2. Page down until I find the very first header.
> Does not matter if the
> header is perfect or it is corrupted.
>
> 3. Select the text of the header--that is either
> the book title or author
> name only--and copy it to the clipboard. Note that
> you should not include
> the page number in the selection. For best result
> select the header text
> as follows:
>
> 3.1. If the text part of the header is to the left
> of the page number,
> place the cursor on the leftmost digit of the page
> number and press
> shift-ctrl-home. This will select the entire text
> in the header including
> any tabs, and junck chars which may be preceeding it
> up to the position
> immediately to the left of the cursor.
>
> 3.2. If the header is to the right of the page
> number, place the cursor
> immediately to the right of the rightmost digit and
> press only shift-end.
> This will select the text on the current line from
> the cursor position to
> the very end of the line.
> Please note that if you pressed also the ctrl key
> you would be selecting
> the whole text to the very bitter end of the current
> page.
>
> 4. Press ctrl-c to copy the selected text to the
> clipboard.
>
> 5. open the copy/replace dialogue and paste the
> text into the 'find' text
> field with ctrl-v.
>
> 6. Leave the replacement text field completely
> blank.
>
> 7. Specify matched case only.
>
> 8. Initiate a replace all operation or global
> replacement. This will
> remove all headers that match the specified string
> exactly.
>
> 9. Press downarrow once. If the line below the
> page number is not blank,
> add a blank line.
>
> 10. Press page down. If you find a simple page
> number just ensure it is
> followed by a blank line.
> If you find a full header, go to step 3 and start
> the removal process all
> over.
>
> 11. Continue these iterations starting with step
> 1 until you have
> reached the end of the book. This may take a little
> while, but at the
> end of the process you will have a book with page
> numbers and no repeating
> headers.
>
>
>
> Guido Dante Corona
> IBM Accessibility Center, Austin Tx.
> Research Division,
> Phone: 512. 838. 9735.
> Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Web: http://www.ibm.com/able
>
>
>
>
> Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent by: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 04/07/2005 12:45 AM
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> [bksvol-discuss] Re: Cautionary note:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Mickey,
>
> Since the fonts of the headings are usually
> different
> from that in the title and author pages, doing a
> global replace shouldn't eliminate the those. If
> you
> check Match Case (in my replace one has to open More
> and then Match Case shows up) it should be o.k. To
> be
> safe, you can enlarge the title and author's name if
> they aren't already, but usually they are different,
> either in larger font or something like bold or
> italics.
>
> Cindy
>
>
> -- mickey <micka@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi. Don't forget that when we strip these nice
> > headers and author's names,
> > we strip the title at the beginning of the book
> plus
> > the author's name on
> > the title page. On the book I'm working on, I need
> > to go back to the
> > step-two page to find out who the author is.
> >
> > Just thought I'd throw a reminder in.
> >
> > Mickey
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > No virus found in this outgoing message.
> > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
> > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.3 -
> Release
> > Date: 4/5/2005
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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