[bksvol-discuss] Re: Pavi on Footnotes (was Re: footnotes)
- From: susan lumpkin <slumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 21:06:41 -0500
Judy,
Thanks for your instructions. Hopefully a braille proofreader will respond as
to how these should be formatted
for the braille translator.
On Wed, 12 May 2010 20:58:17 -0500, Judy s. wrote:
>Here's what Pavi posted on how to handle footnotes, as of 4/23/2009:
>
>"Standardized Guidelines for Footnotes, Superscript and Sidebars:
>
>Bookshare appreciates the insertion of punctuation (brackets or
>parentheses) around footnotes but does not require it. Footnotes
>may be retained as they appear in the scanned copy.
>
>Bookshare advocates the retention of superscripts where possible,
>but in cases where your scanner pushes them onto the line above
>or omits them entirely, please drop superscripts into the text
>line. This can be done through a global drop. For more
>instructions (will include a link to detailed global drop
>directions [in the volunteer manual, eventually])"
>
>Judy s.
>
>
>
>Valerie Maples wrote:
>>I am going to be repairing a baseball book already in the collection,
>>currently
>>rated as good. It has a lot of footnotes and looks like that was one of the
>>reasons it is rated lower.
>>
>>I have never done footnotes; can anyone give me a quick primer?
>>
>>Thanks!
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