Hi guys: I began to follow the thread in my new e-mail address and found what you can do to txt files. Thank you for your support. Although I would like that submitters put the page numbers<grin>. I, Robot will be up as soon I get the book copy. Very truly yours Dilsia A. Martinez --- "Dilsia A. Martinez" <dilsiam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi volunteers: > > I downloaded a txt file to validate but it is > frustating that the file doesn't have the page > numbers, nor page breaks. I am not sure if txt allow > page breaks but the book I 'm validating I, Robot is > a > too good scan to reject just for the lack of page > numbers at least.<sigh> > > Very truly yours > Dilsia > > > > --- Sarah Van Oosterwijck > <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I would write privately, but there just might be > > someone else out there > > experiencing the same problem. The solution for > the > > scrolling issue is to > > turn on word wrap in notepad or what ever program > > you are using. The option > > is in the edit menu in notepad, but may be in > other > > places in other > > programs. > > Sorry I can't help with a better program to use > > because I always use > > Kurzweil or word for editing books. > > > > Sarah Van Oosterwijck > > curious entity at earthlink dot net > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxx> > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 1:09 PM > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: TXT and page breaks > > > > > > > Jesse, > > > I agree with what Pratik said. > > > Furthermore, often it's a choice of me, the > > volunteer, putting the page > > > breaks into the txt file, or having none at all. > > > For myself, a dedicated > > > BRF file user, page breaks make no difference at > > all, but Guido says the > > > lack of breaks really screws up the Daisy files. > > > So I try to do the best > > > job I can, and put them in, which turns out to > be > > a gigantic pain. If I > > > could only convert the txt to rtf, it would be > so > > much easier. > > > > > > I tried Textpad, but I have the same problem > with > > it that I have with > > > Notepad, namely that the lines go on way past > > where Jaws reads, so to read > > > them I need to keep scrolling right. I guess > that > > kind of scrolling is > > > easy with a mouse, but it's not with Jaws. If > > anyone knows how to do it > > > without physically moving the cursor, please > tell > > me privately. > > > carcione@xxxxxxxxxx > > > But perhaps Textpad will serve for putting in > > these pesky page breaks. > > > Tracy > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Jesse Fahnestock wrote: > > > > > > > Tracy -- > > > > > > > > The answer as to why txt submissions need to > be > > resubmitted as RTF is, I > > believe, that our system is set up to minimize the > > introduction of errors or > > new elements (the latter of which is questionable > in > > terms of copyright). > > While I'm not suggesting you wouldn't get the > pages > > right, allowing > > volunteers to resubmit in RTF would allow the > > potential for incorrect > > structure and formatting to be added to the book, > > "by default" as it were > > (or by MSWord). At least I believe that was the > > thinking. > > > > > > > > I understand that it's possible to enter "form > > feed" page breaks in text > > files. Pratik, was it not you who told me about > > that? Can you clarify for > > Tracy? > > > > > > > > Finally, I heartily recommend TextPad > > (www.textpad.com) as a quality > > free editor for text files (and HTML, if you need > > that). > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On > > Behalf Of Tracy Carcione > > > > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 1:40 PM > > > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] TXT and page breaks > > > > > > > > > > > > When I got the txt file I'm working on, it had > > page breaks, but as soon > > as I > > > > brought it into Word to work on and saved it, > > the page breaks > > disappeared. > > > > Is there any way to stop this happening? And > > DON'T say to edit it in > > K1K, > > > > because it ALWAYS crashes, sooner or later. > > > > > > > > I never got an answer as to why, oh why, do I > > have to put a txt file > > back as > > > > txt, when, if I only had the option of putting > > it back as RTF, I could > > > > easily fix the page breaks, and not have to > > hassle with K1K's > > problematic > > > > editing, which is the only way I know to get > the > > pesky breaks to stay in > > > > txt. Why must I suffer? Is there actually a > > reason txt must stay txt? > > I > > > > want an answer from Admin, not someone else's > > guesses. > > > > Tracy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Vote for the stars of Yahoo!'s next ad campaign! > http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/yahoo/votelifeengine/ > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail