[bksvol-discuss] Re: formats (rtf txt) and page breaks
- From: "cheryl fogle" <cfogle@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:27:23 -0600
Thanks, Jake. I just hadn't known rtf files to miss pagebreaks before and was
curious.
Cheryl Fogle
Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology, University of New Mexico
----- Original Message -----
From: Jake Brownell
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 8:08 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: formats (rtf txt) and page breaks
Hi Cheryl,
TXT files can contain page breaks, but lots of software out there does not
handle them correctly and so they can be lost in the validation stage quite
easily.
This wasn't the only reason why TXT files aren't going to be accepted
anymore. They contain little structural data, for instance they don't contain
font information like bold, itallic and underlining.
As for RTF being promoted because it handles page breaks. That's true, but
it's more because pretty much all editors that handle the format don't muck
around with page breaks, and next to TXT it is the most widely cross platform
file format. You'll notice that ARK, KES, WYN and DOC all get returned to
BookShare in RTF during the validation process. This'll make further book
processing more consistent as well.
Jake
----- Original Message -----
From: cheryl fogle
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 8:42 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] formats (rtf txt) and page breaks
Hi,
I've been wondering about formatting in differnt programs. I just rejected
a slew of rtf filews without page breaks and rtf is promoted partly because it
retains pagebreaks, so how are they lost? The books were a series of romances
by Karen Kallmaker submitted by the infamous bookshare volunteer. See Jake's
reject list for titles.
And yet, Amber sent up a txt file with all page breaks present and
supposedly the reason to stop txt submissions is their lack of page breaks. Any
thoughts?
Cheryl
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