[bksvol-discuss] Re: Strange Character
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:52:34 -0700 (PDT)
Unfortunately, if you replaced them with nothing and not with a space, two
words may be joined together. If that hyphen was in the middle of a word that
should be together, no problem. If it was between to words in a sentence and
they are now one word and shouldn't be, that is a problem, but a spell-check
will find that and youo can correct it.
G.Cindy
--- On Mon, 6/30/08, Christina <greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Christina <greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Strange Character
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 8:35 AM
> Hi, Grandma Cindy.
> I replaced them with nothing so I should be good.
> Thanks for the reminder though.
> I learn so much from you guys and I truly appreciate all of
> your help.
> Hugs,
> Christina
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grandma Cindy"
> <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 3:41 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Strange Character
>
>
> > Hi, Christine,
> >
> > I hope you made the changes after reading Jake's
> note about replacing the
> > character with a space rather than nothing. Otherwise
> you'll have two
> > words run together. However, if that's the case
> and you do a final
> > spell-check, your spell-check with find the errors and
> you can fix them.
> >
> > G.Cindh
> >
> > --- On Sun, 6/29/08, Christina
> <greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Christina <greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Strange Character
> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Date: Sunday, June 29, 2008, 6:42 PM
> >> Hi, Jake. That worked!
> >> There were 677 replacements made. This would have
> taken me
> >> forever to fix
> >> if I went one by one.
> >> Thanks so much!
> >> Christina
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Jake Brownell"
> <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 7:49 PM
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Strange Character
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hi Christina,
> >> >
> >> > It sounds similar to a problem I had earlier
> this year
> >> with some files my
> >> > university gave me. The culpret in that
> circumstance
> >> was an optional
> >> > hyphen. In Word 2003 you can use the
> Find/Replace
> >> dialogue to eliminate
> >> > them. You would want to try replacing ^- with
> nothing.
> >> >
> >> > Best of luck,
> >> > Jake
> >> >
> >> > Jake Brownell
> >> > QA Engineer, Bookshare.org
> >> > jake.b@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "Christina"
> >> <greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 4:36 PM
> >> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Strange
> Character
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Hello. I am still having this problem.
> I will
> >> explain as clearly as I
> >> >> can what I've done to attempt to
> resolve it
> >> and I welcome any advice you
> >> >> can give me.
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm using one of the older versions
> of
> >> Microsoft Word, 2003, I think and
> >> >> JAWS 7.1 to validate this book.
> >> >> JAWS pronounces some words differently
> than
> >> normal, prompting me to go
> >> >> over them character by character. There
> is a
> >> pause between some of the
> >> >> letters but JAWS doesn't read
> anything. I
> >> tried selecting this mystery
> >> >> character by hitting shift and then the
> right
> >> arrow, so that I can do the
> >> >> Search and Replace thing and remove all
> instances
> >> of it from the
> >> >> document, but it doesn't select
> anything. I
> >> had a sighted friend look at
> >> >> the document and he said that there is
> nothing in
> >> between the letters but
> >> >> that some of the words are in a different
> font.
> >> So, I went into the Edit
> >> >> menu and hit Select All and then I went
> to the
> >> Format menu and changed
> >> >> the font to Arial but that still
> didn't solve
> >> the problem. I tried
> >> >> switching it to Times New Roman next;
> still no
> >> luck.
> >> >> Does anyone have any ideas? Is there an
> easy fix
> >> for this? There are a
> >> >> lot of words in this book like this and
> so I'd
> >> rather fix them all at
> >> >> once than word by word.
> >> >> Thanks for any help.
> >> >> Christina
> >> >>
> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> >> From: "Jackie McBride"
> >> <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> >> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 5:16 PM
> >> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Strange
> Character
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>> Christine, its extended ascii value
> is 173. U
> >> didn't tell us what
> >> >>> software you're using to validate
> with,
> >> but, probably the easiest way
> >> >>> to fix this if u have search &
> replace is
> >> the following:
> >> >>> 1) Put your cursor on the weird
> character;
> >> >>> 2) select it, in most word processors
> it's
> >> shift right arrow;
> >> >>> 3) Copy it, usually control c in most
> word
> >> processors;
> >> >>> 4) Use your software's search
> &
> >> replace function--control h in word &
> >> >>> clones, sometimes control r in other
> packages;
> >> >>> 5) Paste the character into the
> search
> >> box--control v in most word
> >> >>> processors;
> >> >>> 6) Go to the replace with box &
> don't
> >> enter anything;
> >> >>> 7) Hit the replace all, &
> they're
> >> history.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> HTH.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On 6/28/08, Christina
> >> <greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >>>> Hello, all. I am currently
> validating a
> >> BSO of Dragon Bones by
> >> >>>> Patricia
> >> >>>> Briggs. There is one, or
> possibly several
> >> different, character/s that
> >> >>>> keep
> >> >>>> appearing. Could someone please
> tell me
> >> what these characters are?
> >> >>>> I've
> >> >>>> copied some of the words that
> contain them
> >> below.
> >> >>>> I put my cursor on it and pressed
> the
> >> Insert key, I use JAWS, and the
> >> >>>> number
> >> >>>> five and I heard a bunch of zeros
> followed
> >> by 255255255. I have no
> >> >>>> idea
> >> >>>> what that means.
> >> >>>> Thank you.
> >> >>>> Christina
> >> >>>> hunting
> >> >>>> wandering
> >> >>>> dinner
> >> >>>>
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