[bksvol-discuss] Re: intro and a few questions
- From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:27:35 -0800
Microsoft word is *not* accessible for mac users running voice over so I'm
working with text edit since I trust it and have used it for 2 years. I could
also use bean maybe that might work better?
Take care.
Sarah Alawami: owner and founder of WICS Radio America.
Check us out on the web at http://wics.cc and thanks for listening
On Feb 15, 2012, at 11:54 AM, Valerie Maples wrote:
> Sarah, and Mayrie;
>
> I cannot pull your email from your message unfortunately, Sarah, so I need to
> write via the list. Feel free to email me at vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx I did
> not think Text Edit was sophisticated enough to edit at a Bookshare level,
> but I can try and look at it. I use Microsoft Word or Pages, preferably
> Word since Pages does funky things in RTF. Unless there are more Mac users
> here, we can take this private so as to not clog the list with confusing
> things. Pages, does, though, eliminate page breaks, but in a replaceable way
> that can, unfortunately, add additional page breaks. It can get a little
> dicey if not in Word, in my experience.
>
> Valerie
>
> Keep up with Nichole's recovery:
> http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/nicholemaples
>
>
> From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tue, February 14, 2012 6:00:23 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: intro and a few questions
>
> HI Sarah,
>
> I hope that one of our Mac users can help you out. But I want to stress that
> you do not want to get rid of page breaks. You do, however, want to get rid
> of section breaks if they exist in your file, and replace them with page
> breaks. A book without page breaks is a book very likely destined not to be
> added to the Bookshare collection. I know that all of the terminology is
> confusing, so with any luck, you meant to say that you want to delete section
> breaks, or more accurately to replace them with page breaks.
>
> I'm sorry, I have absolutely no Mac experience, and can't help with the
> specifics of that.
>
> Mayrie
>
>
>
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami
> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:59 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] intro and a few questions
>
> Hello. I'm very very new to the volunteer process. I have a few questions. I
> read the sample document and the instructions but I am on a mac running is10
> lion. How am I to strip all the page breaks out using text edit and I forgot
> what else I need to do. Maybe I should not have chosen a 90 page gook for my
> first task lol! I'm in college and want to try and do this as time permits so
> I won't give up but thats my first question is how do I remove all page
> breaks with out looking for them in text edit?
>
> thanks all and I hope to do you guys good.
>
> Btw I'm visually impaired myself.
>
>
> Sarah Alawami: owner and founder of WICS Radio America.
> Check us out on the web at http://wics.cc and thanks for listening
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