That's good to know. I'll call on you the next time I have a book with them (I can send you the page as an rtf file)(or I'll release the book and ask you to proof it smile. Cindy --- On Tue, 6/14/11, Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: proofing boooks with tables > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 7:12 PM > I've proofread a lot of books with > tables, and not had any > problems with them turning out. smile. I've also helped > scanners > and other proofreaders convert tables that didn't make much > sense > into a form that does, and I'm always glad to help anyone > out > with that. > > Using Word's table feature, like Melissa mentioned, is the > key to > keeping a table intact in the text of a rtf file. > Tables done > that way translate very well into braille and DAISY and > into XML. > smile. > > Judy > > Cindy wrote: > > I've spent a lot of time in the past trying to proof > books with tables. Sometimes I've translated them into words > and paragraphs; recently I tried converting them to text; > (that didn't work well). Most recently I had to give up. I > found that most often the table merely illustrates what's > said in the text and isn't really necessary. In some cases I > merely said. "bar graph or table. (though tables are usually > titled in the text. > > With my last 2 books I finally gave up and deleted the > tables and explained that they were merely illustrative, not > essential. > > Bookshare told me that they can convert or do > something with tables, but when I uploaded the books they > were returned to me > > I guess it depends on the kind and size (length, I > mean the width of the table. > > > > > > Cindy > > --- On Tue, 6/14/11, Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > >> From: Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: way to refer to > other books? > >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 11:23 AM > >> Let me second Sue on this -- I'd love > >> to have a book like this on Bookshare. I > don't scan, > >> but if you'd be willing to try scanning it, > Charisma, I'd be > >> willing to proof it, as long as you keep the > images of the > >> pages until the proofing is done. That way I > can get a > >> page image from you if I need it when proofing > tricky parts > >> like tables. smile. > >> > >> Judy s. > >> > >> Sue Stevens wrote: > >>> Hi Charisma, > >>> > >>> Some of us cannot hear audio books, so having > a book > >> on the Bard site would do us no good. True > we are a > >> small group, but we appreciate it when such books > are in > >> Bookshare. > >>> Sue S. > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- From: Charisma > >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 12:55 PM > >>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] way to refer to > other > >> books? > >>> I was looking to see if Bookshare had a copy > of this > >> book because I > >>> wanted to listen to it. > >>> I checked the publisher and the site and etc > and it is > >> not there. So I > >>> was about to scan it when I remembered that I > had > >> listened to it > >>> initially through NLS/BARD. Since they have it > I am > >> not going to scan > >>> it. > >>> > >>> But I wish there was a way to refer folks to a > place > >> that has a thing > >>> when Bookshare does not. It looks as if the > brain > >> injury books on > >>> Bookshare are regarding pediatric injuries > only, but > >> this one is for > >>> any age. > >>> > >>> IS there a way? This has been an extremely > helpful > >> book to me and at > >>> least one of my doctors. If it was not so > tricky with > >> tables and all I > >>> would go ahead and push through if it was not > >> available anywhere else. > >>> > >>> Charisma > >>> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank > Email to > >>> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the > subject > >> line. 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