[bksvol-discuss] Re: fabulous help here
- From: "Katie Star" <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:54:31 -0700
Hi Lissi,
You are welcome and have become a valuable member of this community. Have a
great evening:-)
Katie Hill
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Estelnalissi
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 6:10 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] fabulous help here
Dear Volunteer Friends,
I wish the list was busy now because I'd like everyone to read this post.
It's a huge thank you to Gerald and Tom for answers to my questions which
have made me a better validator and more sophisticated with Microsoft Word
than I ever dreamed of being. Make no mistake, I'm still not smart about
computers, but with patient help from all of you, and by monitoring your
answers to questions from other volunteers and saving everything, I'm
improving. It's surprising what nice files of computer tips and validating
tips I've compiled from the many posts from many of you which I was able to
understand. I can't remember all of you, but the long list includes Katy,
Pratik, E, Sue, Julie, Cindy Shelley Jake, Jan, Scot, Kellie, Donna, Grace,
Robert, Carrie, Sarah, Monica, Amber Rick and a cast of thousands...cast of
dozens!
I'd like to describe the triumph which led to this outpouring of gratitude.
I'm validating 2 Irish books right now, one a history of the Celts and
another a novel short listed for the Booker Prize and both contain numerous
words with accents. Once, Gerald ended an e mail of accent instructions with
a hint...challenge..."Maybe you'll actually use accents when you validate a
book." I wanted to virtually pat him on the head and reply, "Good try, but
no way!" I was convinced it was really too hard for me and too much trouble!
Now, months later, In The Deposition of Father McGreevy, a book Amber kindly
scanned, I made my first attempt to add the accent acute over the e , which
is used in the name seamus making it appear correctly as Séamus. So,
Gerald, I learned your lesson.
After fixing Séamus 2 more times, I got up my courage to follow Tom's
instructions for making a global replacement. I'd forgotten how to do it,
but my files did their jobs and I found his instructions. After doing the
replacement for S - a - m - u - s which is how the scanner misspelled it, ,
Jaws told me it had corrected Séamus 80 times! Imagine how much time that
global replace saved!
So to all of you who take the trouble to explain how things can be done,
often over and over as new volunteers join or as Volunteers with little
computer sense, stumble along, your efforts are truly valuable and make a
big difference. You are great teachers!
Always with love,
Lissi
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