[bksvol-discuss] Re: Two ^p's?
- From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:33:16 -0500
Most books indent paragraphs, but once in a while you find one with blank
lines in between instead of indents between paragraphs.
HTH!
Valerie
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> Then do all books indent their paragraphs?
>
> Bob
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> From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 7:51 PM
> 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
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> >> *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
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------
> >> *From:* bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of
> *Christina
> >> *Sent:* Monday, September 21, 2009 1:26 PM
> >> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> *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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