[bksvol-discuss] Re: Two ^p's?
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:28:40 -0700 (PDT)
That's a good point, Roger. I forgot. If a book, often history or nonfiction
even if not technical manuals, is published with the text justified, there
usually is a space rather than indentations between paragraphs because it's
easier for sighted people to read
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--- On Mon, 9/21/09, Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Two ^p's?
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, September 21, 2009, 6:32 PM
> For the most part books
> indent their paragraphs, but I have come across a few,
> usually technical manuals, that use block paragraphing with
> a blank line between paragraphs. Even those ordinarily use
> indented paragraphs though.
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> "The end
> may justify the means as long as there is something that
> justifies the end.
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> " Leon Trotsky
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> The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com
> Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com
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> Then do all books indent their paragraphs?
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> believe that all of us
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Judy s."
> <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 7:51 PM
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> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Two ^p's?
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> > Hi Christina, You've got it exactly right. One
> paragraph mark is just a
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> > new line, but not a blank line.
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> > For the sighted reader, printed books do not have a
> blank line between
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> > paragraphs. However, they do have a blank line
> between page numbers and
>
> > text because that makes it easier for the eye to scan
> and sort of ignore
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> > page numbers without interruption in the flow of the
> text, while still
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> > having them there if you need them, if that makes any
> sense.
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> > Hmm, how to translate that into something that sort of
> makes sense... how
>
> > about this?
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> >
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> > Putting a blank line between a page number and the
> contents of a page is
>
> > sort of like the pause in music between the main verse
> and the refrain.
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> > You really don't pay attention to the pause, but
> it's there if you need
>
> > it, and sort of helps your ear and brain distinguish
> the verse from the
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> > refrain. It maintains continuity without breaking up
> the flow or running
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> > them together.
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> > Judy s.
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> > Christina wrote:
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> >> Hi, Mayrie.
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> >> Thanks for the info.
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> >> So, one paragraph mark is just a new line but
> not a blank one then? And
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> >> two are an actual blank line?
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> >> Think I've got it now.
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> >> Thanks.
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> >> Christina
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> >> ----- Original Message -----
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> >> *From:* Mayrie ReNae
> <mailto:mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
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> >> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> >>
> <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> >> *Sent:* Monday, September 21, 2009 6:01 PM
>
> >> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Two
> ^p's?
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> >>
>
> >> Hi Christina,
>
> >> It is not necessary to have two paragraph
> markers in a row. You
>
> >> are right that two in a row creats a blank
> line between lines of
>
> >> text.
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> >> Not all books use a blank line between
> paragraphs. In fact, I
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> >> think that most don't. Generally, I
> think that a blank line between
>
> >> blocks of text is reserved for scene
> changes denoted by white space,
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> >> or between the running header and the text
> on the page, or the
>
> >> chapter heading and the text on the page.
> To answer your question
>
> >> directly, no, we do not need to have blank
>
> >> lines between paragraphs in scans for
> bookshare.
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> >> Perhaps Judy and Valerie, and Cindy can
> comment on what they see in
>
> >> books and on their screens when
> proofreading scanned books regarding
>
> >> paragraph marks if it is different from my
> experience. They deal
>
> >> with printed text every day in its book
> format so would know best
>
> >> what they encounter.
>
> >> I can tell you that scans done with Open
> Book are more likely,
>
> >> in my experience, to have blank lines, or
> two paragraph marks
>
> >> between paragraphs than any other scanning
> and OCR software whose
>
> >> scans I've proofread.
>
> >> Mayrie
>
> >>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> >> *From:*
> bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> >>
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of
> *Christina
>
> >> *Sent:* Monday, September 21, 2009 1:26 PM
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> >> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> >> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Two ^p's?
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> >>
>
> >> Hi, guys.
>
> >> I'm confused about something.
>
> >> In Word, is there a need for two ^p's
> I.E. paragraph markers in a
>
> >> row? I know they're in the print
> copies but do we need them in our
>
> >> scans/proofread copies?
>
> >> When there are two in a row, it just looks
> like a blank line to me.
>
> >> So, my question is, how are two different
> from one?
>
> >> Thanks.
>
> >> Christina
>
> >>
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