[bksvol-discuss] Re: Two ^p's?
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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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Then do all books indent their paragraphs?
Bob
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Two ^p's?
> Hi Christina, You've got it exactly right. One paragraph mark is just a
> new line, but not a blank line.
>
> For the sighted reader, printed books do not have a blank line between
> 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
> page numbers without interruption in the flow of the text, while still
> having them there if you need them, if that makes any sense.
>
> Hmm, how to translate that into something that sort of makes sense... how
> about this?
>
> 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.
> 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
> refrain. It maintains continuity without breaking up the flow or running
> them together.
>
> Judy s.
> Christina wrote:
>> Hi, Mayrie.
>> Thanks for the info.
>> So, one paragraph mark is just a new line but not a blank one then?
And
>> two are an actual blank line?
>> Think I've got it now.
>> Thanks.
>> Christina
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Mayrie ReNae <mailto:mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
>> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *Sent:* Monday, September 21, 2009 6:01 PM
>> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Two ^p's?
>>
>> 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.
>> Not all books use a blank line between paragraphs. In fact, I
>> 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,
>> 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.
>> 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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*Christina
>> *Sent:* Monday, September 21, 2009 1:26 PM
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>> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Two ^p's?
>>
>> 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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