[bksvol-discuss] Re: Concerns About A Book On Step 1
- From: "Caitlyn and Nicky" <lavendar@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:06:21 -0400
Yes, this is all good stuff! I'll be picking up one of the WW books later
on today and starting on that. I asked about sidebars and what to do with
them when scanning a book so my future submissions with them can be cleaner,
and maybe won't need sighted help to unmuck them later on. Hopefully
that'll make it easier on everyone who validates.
Cait
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Concerns About A Book On Step 1
Hi, Caitlyn. I was referring to the Chef MD book that Elizabeth released a
couple of days ago. Since she is a seasoned validater, I trust her when she
says that some sighted help is needed in adjusting the sidebars. So I felt
stuck when I first saw that the book was a kes file because I didn't think I
could get help with it. Pavi and Carrie are making that possible though, and
Laura Ann converted the books to rtf so that any of our volunteers can work
on them.
You asked about sidebars. I suspect that we all do things a little
differently but arrive at the same place. When scanning nonfiction, I scan
with columns mode turned on, and that often puts the text of the sidebar at
the bottom of the page for me. If not, I select the text and cut it to the
clipboard. Then I pasted it at the bottom of the page unless it would break
up a sentence. If it would break up a sentence, I paste the sidebar text
above the beginning of the last paragraph.
I recently learned that Kurzweil has an easier way to select and work with
text. Pressing control m marks the beginning of text, and you can use normal
arrow keys to get to the end of the area you want to select. Then you can
cut or copy text to the clipboard as you like. It sure does make things
faster since you don't have to hold down the shift key all the time and
worry about accidentally unselecting things. Sharon told me about this
feature last week, and I was like a kid with a new kite to fly. (grin) I
hope this helps you a bit.
--
Monica Willyard
Visit my blog at http://www.scannersguild.com
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