Hi, Bob. What you're describing is a bug that seems to crop up sometimes but that doesn't happen consistently. That's why it's been tough to fix for good. Some of us have started using a work-around. People often use the WordPad program that comes with Windows to do a quick save on a file if it won't upload correctly. It is annoying to have to do that last step. As far as I understand it, it's caused by something in the way rtf files are saved that the Bookshare validation tool doesn't like. It doesn't happen on everyone's computer and doesn't occur on every file. Because I don't like the hassle of finding out which files are affected on my machine, I just run my file through WordPad or Microsoft Word as a last step before uploading. I made an AutoHotkey script that does it for me when I press a keystroke. My script opens the selected file in Word, inserts a blank line at the top, deletes the line, and saves the file. Then it opens the Bookshare website, logs me in, and gets me to the step 2 page. Yes, that's because I'm lazy. (smile) I know that the Bookshare tools are being upgraded. I hope there will be a fix for this bug on the Bookshare end.
Monica Willyard Bob wrote:
Hi Siobhan.If you will send me the book, I'll fix it in word and send it back to you. It'll probably be late this evening or tomorrow morning, though.Does anyone know if this problem exists if someone gets a .kes file from the site, edits it in Kurzweil, converts it to .rtf in Kurzweil, and uploads it?Otherwise, how can anyone validate with Kurzweil alone? Bob----- Original Message ----- From: "Siobhan" <littlesailorgirl@xxxxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 10:22 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: not saved in rtf?There's on little problem, I don't have word, but I'll see if word pad will do that.----- Original Message ----- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 11:23 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: not saved in rtf?Hi Siobhan,You're not doing anything wrong. You're encountering a little glitch that happens when you create rtf files in Kurzweil. Here's how to fix it. Open your rtf file in Microsoft Word, press the spacebar to insert a space at the top of your file, back space over it so it is gone, then save the file in Microsoft Word. Then, upload that file to Bookshare. That should work, always does for me. It just seems that rtf documents created with Kurzweil aren't recognized as such by the Bookshare tools. By opening the file in Word, making a minor change, then resaving the file in Word, you get around that.If I have been unclear, please, don't hesitate to ask more questions. You're showing very impressive stick-to-itiveness!Peace, Mayrie At 07:59 AM 11/22/2007, you wrote:Hi all, I scanned the book for as many errors as I can, but the upload won't finish because it says that the file isn'ta valid rtf. I double checked, and saved again, and i haven't touched the file name at all. Can anyone help me figure out whythat happened? thanks for the renaming suggesting I forgot about that.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.-- No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.3/1144 - Release Date: 11/21/2007 4:28 PMTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
