Okay, what I don't understand is if I'm validating a book with page numbers are at the bottom (which I'm doing now), why the Stripper does not strip away the top line of text on every page if it so determinedly chomps away a chapter name which only looks like a line of text to the Stripper. (I think capitalizing the 'S' in Stripper makes it sound more animate and intentional.) Why don't I have to protect the top line of text if I have to put asterisks or other junk text above a chapter name that only appears once? Devorah -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:03 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Protecting chapter anemes/page numbers If the page numbers are at the bottom of the page you definitely have to put something like the *********** at the top of pages with section/chapter/story names (as the first reader found out all too painfully from a book I recently validated *groan*). You would think this stripper would know that the first time a new header comes up it is a title to be kept. But no, it's outa there with that title unless you give it something else above the title to remove. Also, if there is a page number with nothing else on the same line at the top of the page, that too will protect chapter names. Misha Shelley Rhodes wrote: > Good response Cindy, > > I also put a row of ********* above the Chapter title, to give um, the > stripper something to eat so it leaves my chapter numbers alone! > > > Shelley L. Rhodes M.A., VRT, CTVI > and Guinevere, Golden lady Guide > guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx > Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. > Graduate Alumni Association Board > www.guidedogs.com > > "Courage is not being without fear, > but courage is to go forward in spite of > fear." > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 5:50 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Protecting chapter anemes/page numbers > > > Sigh. Mary Anne, I was hoping someone else would reply to your question, but > no one has so far, so here goes. (I say that because I don't explain things > as clearly as some others do). > > Bookshare has automatic stripper (which we all keep hoping will strip itself > and disappear). It's intended to automatically delete headers, but it > doesn't do a very good job of that. It's intended, I think, to take out > words that are repeated exactly, on the first line, and so it will delete > the word Chapter unless something is put on the line in front of the word. I > think it takes out page numbers if the header is on the same line. So we who > scan or validate usually remove the headers by oursleves, put a line space > and then the page number and then another space, and thus, because the page > number is always different on every page, the word chapter, which is usually > a couple of lines below the page number, is preserved. > > HTH > > G.Cindy > > >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Protecting chapter anemes/page numbers >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008, 7:12 AM >> Could someone please explain what is meant by protecting >> chapter names and >> page numbers? I've seen this but can't find what >> it means. I'm in the >> process of scanning a few books for submission so I'd >> like to do it right. >> Thanks. >> >> -- >> Mary Anne Lynskey >> >> 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. >> > > > ________________________________________________________________________ ____________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > 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. 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.