So, Lissi, are you sayng that as a Braile reader it would be better not to have two columns on a page but to have the one column and the pages marked a and b as you do? I think I did that with one book but I do't remember which one. Cindy --- Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear Bookshare Volunteers, > > My solution for dealing with indices and pages with > long double columns is > to put each column on a new page and to label the > pages a and b. If page 364 > is a glossary with 2 columns I label the page with > the first column 364a and > at the end of that column put in a page break. I > label the next page 364b > and then put in the second column flush with the > left margin as I did the > first. That way, I don't get overlong pages and > numerically the pages remain > true to the text and best of all, I don't have to > worry about how to format > the second column. When I've tried putting the 2 > columns in a table, > navigating as I validate is clumsy because I really > don't know how to make > the cursor move between columns. > > My solution is as low tech as it gets with Microsoft > word but it gets me > through those long academic appendices, letting me > concentrate on the > accuracy of the content more than formatting. From > my point of view as a > braille Bookshare reader as well as a validator, > this method is > uncomplicated, and easy to negotiate in a brf file. > > Cindy, if I get caught up enough in my reading and > validating, I'll let you > know how your columns appear in the braille file of > 100 Women who Shaped > World History, but even if they're scrambled, I'm > sure the text will be > terrific and pleasant, informative, reading. > > The double columned contents of, The Devil and the > Giro, which I recently > finished validating, appeared in a table, and out of > curiosity, I left it > that way. I'll be curious to see if the tools > morphed the table in to some > different arrangement. There again, if the contents > are muddled, the stories > will still be in tact. > > I hope any of you who have a different approach for > formatting double > columns or who have read books in the collection > which have them will tell > us what you do or how the columns look to you as > braille or audio readers. > > Always with love, > > Lissi > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 4:32 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] columns question > > > > > > I know how to create columns on page using Word. > Are > > they retained when bookshare converts the books? > When > > viewing the page in Page Layout the page appears > in > > two columns, as it should, but only as one long > column > > with the continuous section break in the other > View > > options. > > > > A couple of years ago when I had to create columns > for > > a Table of Contents to Fit on a page, and some > pages, > > I did it using tabs, so the book must look awful. > I > > didn't know tabs got erased. I could redo the book > > with the columns that the book itself had if > columns > > are retained. > > > > Has anyone downloaded 100 Women Who Shaped World > > History from the collection? It's a wonderful > > reference book for both children and adults. Does > it > > need reformatting when I get the chance? > > > > Cindy > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Sponsored Link > > > > Mortgage rates near 39yr lows. > > $310k for $999/mo. Calculate new payment! > > www.LowerMyBills.com/lre > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email > to > > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the > subject line. To get a list > > of available commands, put the word 'help' by > itself in the subject line. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of available commands, put the > word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Rates near historic lows - $200,000 mortgage for $660/ month - http://yahoo.ratemarketplace.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.