Hi Debby!
There's some explanation of how blank pages are to be treated in the
Volunteer Manual which you can access on Bookshare's volunteer page.
It's important not to delete blank pages, especially if they are numbered.
If you delete these, it could impact the final page count of the book.
Number pages which have no text should be identified with a [ (left bracket)
followed by the phrase This page contains no text. followed by a ](right
bracket).
The page number needs to have a blank line above and below it; and there
should be a blank line after the right bracket, before the page break.
Here's what it should look like.
top of the page
blank line
page number
blank line
[This page contains no text.]
blank line
page break
HTH
Blessings.
Lynn I
----- Original Message -----
From: "Debby Franson" <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 10:02 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Page numbering
Hi Mayrie!
Thanks for such a helpful message.
I am proofreading with Word 2000 and I am a Window-Eyes user. I noticed
the page breaks and there were two or three blank pages at the very
beginning of the book, so I deleted them.
That was very helpful about going to the last page to have a number to ad
preliminary pages to.
I read the Scanning and Proofreading Manual as well as the Volunteer
Introduction, so I just needed your assurance that I am on the right track.
Debby
At 12:07 AM 10/26/2009, Mayrie ReNae wrote
>Hi Debby,
>
> Word will tell you where page breaks are, either visually, if you
>can see, or auditorily if you are using a screen reader. So, if you aren't
>seeing page breaks, you might need to tell us more about what your software
>is, and whether you are using any adaptive software and what that is.
>
> Don't worry that bookshare's tools disagree with the page count.
>The book won't be rejected if the number that you get and the number that
>the tools get are not the same. Bookshare's tools don't always seem to
>count well unless pages are numbered with arabic numerals, so get confused
>about preliminary pages. The best way to be certain about the proper
>number
>of pages in a book is to find the number of the last page in the book, and
>add the number of preliminary pages to that number. That will give you the
>total number of pages.
>
> If I haven't answered your questions sufficiently, please, ask
>again. Also, you might find the scanning and proofreading manual a helpful
>resource as you figure out all of the vagueries of proofreading. And we're
>always here to help you out!
>
>It's great to have you with us!
>
>Mayrie
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Debby Franson
>Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 9:50 PM
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Page numbering
>
>Hi Lori, Cindy and everyone!
>
>I just started proofreading a book for the first time today as I just
>signed
>up for volunteering yesterday.
>
>It seems like a bit of guess work in determining where a page is exactly
>before the page numbering in the book starts. Do I just make my best
>guess?
>Also, when I loaded the book into word, I discovered there were a few more
>pages than what is the number of pages in the book information page. If
>the
>number doesn't come out to be exactly the same as what is given in the book
>information page in the end, will the book be rejected?
>
>I'm proofreading "Love on Its Knees" by Dick Eastman, and thoroughly
>enjoying reading as I proofread.
>
>Debby
>
>At 05:53 AM 10/25/2009, Lori wrote
> >That's it exactly. I get so caught up reading I lose track of numbering
> >and then have to go back and look at the last number, etc.
> >
> >Lori
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 10:33 PM
> >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Page numbering
> >
> >
> >>I don't know of any way. Someone once said Word had a way to put the
> >>page numbers in automatically. Either I tried it once and it didn't
> >>work or I didn't try it.
> >>
> >>I do what you do. The only problem with that is that at times I got so
> >>involved with the story that I either numbered the same page twice or
> >>misnumbered, or forgot to put in a number. I found out because after I
> >>finish proofing a book by reading I do a final spell-check and then a
> >>final page numbering check, by hitting the page up and down arrows.
> >>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 Sat, 10/24/09, Lori <lori@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>>From: Lori <lori@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Page numbering
> >>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009, 2:43 PM Hi all,
> >>>
> >>>At this point I have been adding in page numbers by hand making sure
> >>>to have a blink line above and below. I'm currently working on
> >>>Douglas Winter's "Clive Barker: Dark and Fantastic" which is over 600
> >>>pages. I'm reading through it so can add missing numbers by hand, but
> >>>wanted to ask if there is another method that I am not aware of
> >>>besides manually adding them.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks for help in advance.
> >>>
> >>>Lori
> >>>
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