[bksvol-discuss] Re: Tabs question

Hi Mayrie,

I am wondering if I miscalled my problem.  I mean, I can get the cursor one 
space to the right of the first portion of a line with this white space.  But 
then, if I press right arrow, it goes to the first letter of the word right 
after the white space.  And if I paste either of those to my clipboard, it 
selects either the whole first portion or the whole second portion, depending 
on where my cursor is.  In other words, I can’t space within the white space 
areas, so is that tabs, or would it be white space?

I know this is unclear.  What should I see in the find what box if I truly 
select a tab?  Does that make sense?  (smile)

I tried the other thing with caret and t, and it didn’t change anything.

Thanks, Mayrie, and I hope I haven’t muddied the waters with this post.  (smile)

Sue S.


From: Mayrie ReNae 
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 8:54 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Tabs question

HI Sue,

You could place your cursor on the first tab or white space that you'd like to 
remove, press shift plus right arrow to highlight it, open the find and replace 
dialogue by pressing control plus h and that highlighted tab will appear in the 
find box.  In the replace box, type a space.  Then hit enter on "replace all".  
If that doesn't work, you could try this. 

I think the thing to type into the find box to get rid of tabs and replace them 
with spaces is ^t, that's caret followed immediately by the letter t.  In the 
replace box type a space.  Then hit enter on replace all.  I'm not sure I have 
remembered the write notation for a tab though.  I should know this! I checked, 
that's the write character string to type in.  My memory isn't slipping as 
badly as I thought it was, whew!

Maybe one of those things will work.  I hope so!  Extra spaces do make 
proofreading a little frustrating, don't they?

Good luck!  Let us know what happens.

Mayrie




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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sue Stevens
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 7:52 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Tabs question


Hi Valerie,

I’m not scanning, I am proofing.  (smile) I don’t know how to replace tabs. I 
know replacing line breaks is a lot of trouble with a lot of steps.

I don’t know how to send you a page.  (smile)

Thanks,
Sue S.


From: Valerie Maples 
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 9:47 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Tabs question

Hi, Sue! 

It sounds possible that someone or something substituted a line break with a 
tab.  I would be glad to look at a page and test for you to see if you can then 
do a global replace of tabs with spaces.  Or you could try that and revert if 
it does not work.

Which scan engine are you using?

Good luck!


Valerie



On Jun 30, 2011, at 8:58 PM, Sue Stevens wrote:


  Hi All,

  In the book I have started proofing there is a problem with tabs on some 
lines, not on all lines.  There will be a portion of text, then a big space, 
then the rest of the line.  If I backspace between the first and second parts 
of a line, the last word of the first portion is up against the first word of 
the second portion.  Then if I space just one, it goes back the way it was.  As 
I understand it, the tool takes out these spaces, but I would feel a lot better 
if I knew a way to remove them.  They are not tables.  It is a novel, and they 
just continue the story.  Is there a way to correct this problem?  Oh, and I 
have Word 2010.  (smile)


  Thanks,

  Sue S.



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