When I've downloaded books to proof, I save them with only the title--no uunder scores or dashes. After I proof in Word I save them as rtf files with the ext. and then upload them. If I have a problem uploading I check to be sure there are no apostrophes and that the extension s correct. Cindy Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites below Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List Books Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List --- On Sun, 1/3/10, Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Is there anything? > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Sunday, January 3, 2010, 4:33 PM > Hi Ann! > > I am in the habit of uploading files to Bookshare with > underscores in the filenames too, and was a little surprised > when I forgot and the Bookshare tool didn't choke on > spaces. > > I go back to the DOS days too, getting my first computer in > 1991. > > Debby > > At 07:54 AM 12/29/2009, Ann Parsons wrote > > Hi all, > > > > Debbie, you got to forgive this ol' Linuxer. > I've been writing filenames since the old DOS days, and I > guess I've gotten pretty set in my ways. I use > underscores, and I don't imagine I'll change my habits. In > the DOS days you had to limit your filenames to eight > characters, be grateful I didn't tell you you had to do that > too. <grinning> The thing about Linux or > Unix is that it will sometimes reject filenames with spaces > in them, or it used to do so. Putting underscores just > eliminates any problems that may come up. Again, > habit, old habit, what can I say? I tend to > think in universal terms. Underscores are accepted by > all operating systems even the latest version of DOS, though > nobody uses that any more. Habit, habit, so shoot me! > > > > Ann P. > > > > -- > > Ann K. Parsons > > Portal Tutoring > > EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > web site: http://www.portaltutoring.info > > blog: > > http://www.samobile.net/users/akp/blog > > Skype: Putertutor > > > > "All that is gold does not glitter, > > Not all those who wander are lost." > > > > Email services provided by the System Access Mobile > Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about > accessibility anywhere. > > 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. > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 9.0.722 / Virus Database: 270.14.123/2592 - > Release Date: 12/29/09 01:47:00 > > > -- > mailto:<the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> > -- > Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't > have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless; it is > like chasing the wind.--Ecclesiastes 6:9 NLT > > 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.