[bksvol-discuss] Re: Proofreader's Checklist -- send me your ideas
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I didn't necessarily know that they were called optional hyphens, but what I
think you are saying is that they are the hyphens that occur at the end of a
line to indicate that the word is continued on the next line. Those have to be
eliminated by the submitter or the proofreader as far as I am concerned. Even
worse are the ones that appear at the end of a page.
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Hi Denise,
I think the optional hyphen is the hyphen that appears at the end of
a line of text in the print book, but since when you OCR the lines aren't
the same length as they were in the printed book necessarily, those
remaining hyphens from the printed text in the book are optional. Does that
make sense? I feel like I've botched that description somehow.
Mayrie
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Denise Wagner
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What's an optional hyphen!
Denise
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Hi Jamie and all,
I'm so glad that you mentioned optional hyphens! I have my OCR
automatically remove those, so forgot completely that they can be a problem.
They aren't even on my list of stuff to worry about, which isn't a good idea
for anyone else using my list of things that I do.
I love good advice!
Mayrie
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I change optional hyphens (^- in word) to nothing. I also change tabs to
spaces but not until I've done a "find" to look for the tabs, because often
where there is a tab is a problem spot in the scanning. Sometimes the page
scanned crooked and the text is a little off or has lots of hard returns in
it where there are a lot of tabs. In word I also look for al occurences of
-^p (hyphen hard return) and fix those.
Mayrie will have a good list for you that she regularly uses.
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Jamie in Michigan
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