[bksvol-discuss] Re: double dashes instead of em dashes
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:23:50 -0800 (PST)
I realized that as I was writing back to you both. I'm
sorry I didn't think of it sooner, a couple of books
ago.
I went to the book I'm doing now and searched for the
em dashes I'd but in but nothing showed up. I don't
know why. But since you say it doesn't matter how it
looks, I'll just leave them alone in the future. smile
Cindy Ro
--- Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Cindy,
>
> If you change the width of your MS Word window, the
> dashes will be displayed next to each other. The
> only reason they are split is due to wrapping the
> text in the window. It's just how they are
> displayed, nothing to be concerned about as far as
> the final book is concerned.
>
> HTH, Carrie
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 11:46:06 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: double dashes instead
> of em dashes
>
> You don't understand; smile I'm talking about when
> they are split up--one dash is on one line and the
> next is on the next line, and I can't really shorten
> the margins any more--well, I suppose I can, from
> .75
> to .5. I suppose if the pages aren't being printed
> the
> side margins don't matter?
>
> Cindy
>
> --- Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > So do I.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: EVAN REESE <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 9:26:14 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: double dashes
> instead
> > of em dashes
> >
> > I just leave both dashes at the end of the line.
> >
> > Evan
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cindy Rosenthal" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 8:54 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] double dashes instead of
> > em dashes
> >
> >
> > > Carrie,
> > >
> > > What do you suggest we do if the double dashes
> are
> > > split up at the end of a line? In the few cases
> > where
> > > that has occurred, I've changed them to em
> dashes;
> > the
> > > only other thing I could think of was to hit
> > return in
> > > front of the first one, but I thought that would
> > be
> > > way more annoying. Does anyone have any
> > suggestions?
> > > Or when you read in Braile or audio does it not
> > > matter if the dashes are split up?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Cindy
> > >
> > >> 2. Please change em-dashes (�) to space,
> > hyphen,
> > >> hyphen, space ( -- ). I'm hoping that the
> > cataloging
> > >> tool in the new website will eliminate this
> sort
> > of
> > >> change. We'll see!
> > >
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