We've all been there, Debby, smile. It's our problems and mistakes that now make us able to help others. 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 Mon, 11/2/09, Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Paragraphs > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 2:43 PM > Hi Bob! > > Thanks! I hope I didn't mess up my first book causing > it to be rejected. Since I am not too far into the > book I'm proofing now, I can start over and stop messing > with it so much. I showed my inexperience and how > bright green I am. > > Debby > > At 09:31 PM 10/31/2009, Bob wrote > > There is probably a paragraph mark between paragraphs. > Most reading software does what you tell it to do with > paragraphs (i.e. indent, put in a blank line, etc.) > > > > I wouldn't bother with them as you will mess this up > by putting extraneous lines in the text. Besides, the > bookshare tool takes all your arduously put in blank lines > and throws them away. [Sorry about that.] > > > > Bob > > > > "We know the future will outlast all of us, but I > believe that all of us will live on in the future we make," > > Senator Edward M. Kennedy > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debby Franson" > <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 9:02 PM > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Paragraphs > > > > > >> Hi everyone! > >> > >> When I proofed my first book and this one, all of > the paragraphs were together without a blank line between > each paragraph, unlike the way it is often done when writing > on the computer and how the OCR software does it, at least, > OpenBook does. I suspect that is because of the file > being saved in the RTF format, which probably loses some of > the attributes. > >> > >> Both for the first book I proofed and the one I > just started, I have been putting the blank lines back > in. Is that necessary? I read each line one at a > time by down arrowing so that I can read carefully to > determine where one paragraph ends and the next one > begins. I thought I should do that, because it didn't > seem like each paragraph started with an indent. Am I > wrong? Is it really indented? > >> > >> Debby > >> > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 9.0.698 / Virus Database: 270.14.40/2471 - > Release Date: 10/31/09 02:53:00 > > > -- > 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.