[bksvol-discuss] Re: Footnotes and Superscripted Notes

  • From: "Monica Cortada" <MCortada@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 21:27:07 -0400

     I'm back to wrestling with the book with notes at the bottom of the
page indicated with asterists and superscript numerals. Although an exact
replica of the text may be comprehensible when translated to .brf, things
can sound pretty bizzarre in audio. I think Kurzweil ignores the asterist.
Even when there is a numeral, there's nothing that says why it's there.
Suddenly in the middle of a sentence is a note that pertains to a statement
earlier on the page. The Anne Perry book I recently scanned had several
asterists referring a statement to another book in the series.  Since the
note came at the end of the page and not at the point of the asterist, the
note was out of context and sounded like garbled text.

     Is the problem of out of context footnotes an inherent limitation of
the linear nature of streaming text to audio?  I wonder what the audio book
publishers do with footnotes. Maybe they don't go there.

Monica in Maryland
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  • From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 22:46:05 -0400
re notes at the bottom of the page--and some books
have their footnotes at the bottom of the page: I
space about 4 lines after the text, put the asterisk
or number or whatever, and do put the note in a
smaller font. If my text is 12 pt, I put the note in
10 pt.

Where the footnote numbers are in the text, I used to
put the number in the regular font but surrounded by
parentheses. That was before I found that in the
Format file (in Word), clicking on Font will take to a
screen with Font, Character Spacing, and Animation
across the top. Clicking on Character Spacing gives me
the opporunity to raise or lower a letter or number. I
raise the footnote number 2 or 3 spaces and also
change the font to 10 so it's smaller. 

I hope that's clear. Probably someone else can explain
better. In any case, depending on how the numbers show
up in your file, it's probably easier just to put
parentheses around them and put a note of explanation
in the long synopsis.

Cindy
--- Monica Cortada <MCortada@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>    I'm working on a book that has an occasional note
> on the bottom of the
> page.  In the print version the note is separated
> from the text by spacing,
> an asterick, and a smaller font.  How do I handle
> these notes?
> 
>  
> 
>    In addition there are regular footnotes
> throughout the book.  These are
> indicated with a tiny superscript number, although
> the notes themselves (all
> 29 pages of them!) are at the end of the book.  How
> should I handle these
> footnote numbers?
> 
>  
> 
>    It's a really good book and (I think) well worth
> the effort.  It's
> called, "A Perfect Red:  Empire, Espionage, and the
> Quest for the Color of
> Desire."  The history of the brilliant red dye,
> discovered in Mexico in
> 1519, and prized by kings. Cardinals, and the
> powerful, is a great story.
> But scanning this is a bit of a challenge.
> 
>  
> 
> Monica in Maryland
> 
>  
> 
> 


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