[bksvol-discuss] Re: Quantity deleting

  • From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 12:04:28 -0700

I didn't know we had permission since nothing is said about it in 
Bookshare's instructions. Thank you for that clarification; of course, here 
again, the submitter should be doing this header elimination, not the 
validator.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerald Hovas" <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 11:12 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Quantity deleting


> Jill,
>
> Bookshare expects the Stripper to remove them, so I don't understand why 
> you
> think a validator must have the permission of a submitter to do it.  The
> only reason why the Stripper would fail to do it is if they are messed up 
> in
> the first place.
>
> I asked Marissa last year if there was any reason why we couldn't just
> remove headers by hand instead of normalizing them in order to make it
> possible for the Stripper to remove them, and she said that removing them 
> by
> hand works the best and to go right ahead and remove them manually.  So, 
> if
> you still want to look at it from a permission standpoint, in a sense we
> have already gotten permission from a staff member, so why ask a 
> volunteer?
>
> Gerald
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jill O'Connell
> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 12:57 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Quantity deleting
>
> In my opinion, I don't think that validators should remove headers without
> asking the permission of the submitter. This is one more reason why when
> validating we should know how to contact the submitter.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gerald Hovas" <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 10:25 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Quantity deleting
>
>
>> Lissi,
>>
>> The location of the text from the header isn't an issue with removing 
>> them
>> all at once, but their content is.  They need to be identical for you to
>> remove them all at once.  This can be done with a global search and
>> replace
>> if you're very careful.  In the best case, the header is very unique or 
>> in
>> all caps and can be replaced without having to worry over removing
>> anything
>> from the main text.  I'd suggest selecting the pages where you want to
>> remove the headers, though, because you don't want to accidentally delete
>> any text from the frontmatter or the book jacket like the title or
>> author's
>> name.
>>
>> If you aren't sure how to do global search and replaces yet or know much
>> about them, then maybe you should get someone to give you a lesson.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Estelnalissi
>> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 10:10 PM
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Quantity deleting
>>
>> Dear Volunteer Friends,
>>
>> If a book has the title on all even numbered pages and the chapter name 
>> on
>> the odd pages, is there a way to delete all of each different title with
>> one
>>
>> set of commands? I can't leave them as they are for the stripper to 
>> remove
>> because they appear randomly sometimes above the page number and 
>> sometimes
>> under it. Getting rid of them one by one is OK, but I thought I'd check.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Hmmm, Thanks in advance without the exclamation mark is 15 characters so
>> does that mean it equals TIA X 5?
>>
>> Always with love,
>>
>> Lissi
>>
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