[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fountainhead again
- From: "Gerald Hovas" <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 11:57:01 -0600
Thanks, robin
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robin Mandell
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 11:49 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fountainhead again
No, that's not the problem. I wqorked on the file in Word.
Though that trick about saving the .rtf file again in Word was very helpful
to me the other day. Good thing this list is here and I pay attention.
I have had the download problem with large books...one that is over
2000 pages...still no luck with that.
At 12:37 PM 18/03/2006, you wrote:
>Grace,
>
>Thanks for the details. For some reason I was thinking the book was one
>of those 1000 plus page books.
>
>I was wondering. Has anyone made sure it's not the problem that K-1000
>has (or had) with conversion to RTF? It seems like someone mentioned
>working on it in Word, but I don't remember for sure.
>
>I'm talking about the trick the list has mentioned in the past about using
>Word to save the file by typing a space then hitting backspace to take the
>space back out then saving with Word. Doing this apparently has been
>correcting a problem that K-1000 has (or again had) with conversion to
>RTF. From what I recall, the error that K-1000 introduced during
>conversion prevented the book from being uploaded.
>
>BTW, does anyone know if this bug has been fixed yet?
>
>Gerald
>
>
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>From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Silvara
>Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 11:24 AM
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fountainhead again
>
>Hi Gerald:
>
>If you would ask the staff about this I would appreciate it. The book is
>615 pageslong and the file size is 1900KB, unzipped. But as I said I can't
>upload it zipped either.
>
>Grace
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>Gerald Hovas
>To: <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 10:03 AM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fountainhead again
>
>I need to call Bookshare to check on a few things for the list anyway, so
>I'll bring this issue up again.
>
>Cindy, I doubt it has anything to do with the upgrade that took place this
>week because this is a problem that has been going on for some time. It's
>likely that this problem has existed since the beginning and that we don't
>see it very often because there are not that many 1000 plus page books.
>
>Gerald
>
>
>
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>From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Silvara
>Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 8:20 PM
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Fountainhead again
>
>Hi folks:
>I also have tried to upload this book without success. In the 4 years of
>validating I have never been unable to upload a book.
>There's no punctuation in the file name, and I've even shortened the file
>name.
>As Ernie said, it gets up to 99 percent and hangs. When I zip the file it
>gets up to 38 percent and it hangs. I saved the file as txt and then back
>to rtf hoping it would get rid of any strange formatting, but no luck.
>I've tried to upload it on 3 separate occasions.
>I have broad bend connection.
>I am stumped. Any suggestions, comments would be appreciated.
>
>***
>Grace
>
>For scanning and validating tips
>check out
><http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/tl.asp>http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/tl.asp
>
>
>
>
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