[bksvol-discuss] Re: file conversion question, txt file dilemma

  • From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:31:56 -0700 (PDT)

Yes, Sue. Again I didn't express my complete thought, which was that she could 
put hard breaks where the spaces between the pages were, if those spaces were 
retained when the file was converted to rtf. I seem to remember, too, that 
often there were page numbers as part of the last sentence--or maybe the first, 
depending, so if the file was converted to rtf she could put in the page breaks 
and the page numbers.If she didn't think it was to much trouble.

Cindy



--- On Fri, 8/29/08, siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: file conversion question, txt file dilemma
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 5:02 PM
> Hi Cindy,
> 
> What you remember is correct, but the submissions must have
> HARD PAGE 
> BREAKS.  Bookshare no longer accepts .txt files.
> 
> Sue S.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 5:48 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: file conversion question, txt
> file dilemma
> 
> 
> I'm a little confused. txt files can be saved as rtf
> and then submitted. I 
> seem to remember that losing page breaks et al was the
> situation in 
> reverse--you could validate in rtf but when converted to
> txt everything was 
> lost. Back when txt files were submitted, I downloaded and
> converted them to 
> Word and then rtf and validated them and then uploaded them
> as rtf when I 
> was finished.
> 
> I would think that you could convert her txt files to rtf
> and then work on 
> them. the only problem would be knowing where the page
> breaks and numbers 
> belong, but I seem to remember--and I might be wrong
> because it was quite a 
> while ago--that there were spaces between txt pages, though
> not hard page 
> breaks.
> 
> Cindy
> 
> ***WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE
> COLLECTION)IS 
> AVAILABLE AT
> http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm
> http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
> http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm
> 
> A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT 
> http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/scanning.html
> http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
> 
> Jake's site for useful links:
> http://www.jbrownell.com/bkslinks.html
> 
> 
> --- On Fri, 8/29/08, Jamie Prater
> <jdprater@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > From: Jamie Prater <jdprater@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: file conversion
> question, txt file dilemma
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 6:19 AM
> > Hey, yep, you've got that right.  Some's
> better than
> > none and with
> > technology the way it is, the some is growing and
> I'm
> > determined to be
> > content with that.  Have a blessed day and thanks.
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Mayrie ReNae"
> > <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 7:58 AM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: file conversion
> question, txt
> > file dilemma
> >
> >
> > > Hi Jamie,
> > >
> > > I'm sorry to confirm that submissions in txt
> > format are not accepted
> > > by bookshare.  But, on the bright side, all of
> the rtf
> > and ark files are
> > > still acceptable file formats for submissions. 
> And
> > the txt files don't
> > > have
> > > the formatting that Bookshare requires.  Too bad.
>  But
> > some of a
> > > collection
> > > being available is a lot better than none of it,
> > isn't it?
> > >
> > > Hopefully.
> > >
> > > Mayrie
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> > Of Jamie Prater
> > > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 5:42 AM
> > > To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Cc: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] file conversion
> question,
> > txt file dilemma
> > >
> > > Hi, all, I've heard from at least one
> reliable
> > source that .txt files
> > > can't
> > > be used on bookshare and if they are saved as rtf
> > files, they'll lose
> > > formatting.  The file I have, I had to save to
> this
> > format because the
> > > book
> > > wouldn't read properly with pdf adobe and
> jaws,
> > and while I was getting
> > > signed up as a bookshare member, I was told I
> could
> > submit txt files by a
> > > bookshare staff member.  I believe my reliable
> source
> > that says you can't
> > > submit .txt files to bookshare, I just wanted to
> ask
> > out here as well to
> > > see
> > > if there's any hope at all whatsoever as
> I've
> > got a friend who has quite a
> > > few books on txt as well as rtf and a few
> ark's,
> > and all totaled, she has
> > > a
> > > sizable collection that I'd love to see added
> to
> > the bookshare library.
> > > Any
> > > suggestions or light on the subject would be
> greatly
> > appreciated as
> > > neither
> > > of us felt that it would be a problem to save
> files
> > this way or we would
> > > have saved them originally as rtf so they would
> be
> > appropriate for
> > > bookshare.  Thanks a bunch and have a blessed
> day.
> > >
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