I scan them using Open Book and so they are in ark format to begin with. After scanning and just before I submit them I convert them to RTF. "Philosophers have merely interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it." Karl Marx table with 2 columns and 6 rows Subj: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question from a new scanner Date: 5/8/2009 1:58:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx Reply-to: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent from the Internet (Details) table end Since we get them as RTF files, I don't change them. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Thompson" <deniset@xxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 7:39 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question from a new scanner > Actually I didn't remove them. My difficulty I thought was that I > couldn't find them and when I tried to play the file they were > spoken. So I was concerned that my file was no good because I didn't > know how to remove them. Thanks everyone for letting me know not the > try and remove them. But that does lead me to ask if others who scan > save their files as RTF right from the beginning or save them as Word > or text first and only change them to RTF before submission. I've > been saving them as RTF right from the beginning. Is that the best > way to do it? > > Denise > At 07:22 AM 5/8/2009, you wrote: >>Hi all, >> >>Denise, what you are hearing is the mark-up for RTF. Dunnow why >>it's showing up like that, but Word shouldn't be displaying those >>chars. Don't delete them because they are part of the RTF >>mark-up. I don't know what to say. I don't know why Word would do >>this. Your phone probably doesn't have the capability to read RTF >>files. So that's why your're getting them . I think if you deleted >>some of the chars, that may be why Word is displaying them. >> >>Don't use Wordpad to proof RTF files. It doesn't show the page >>breaks properly. Use Word or Kurzie or Open Office or something like >>that. >> >>Me, I think I'd change it to txt and then redo it in RTF or better >>yet, save as a word file first then put it into RTF. What you did >>by taking out the "par"s is you destroyed the format markers. I >>dunnow what to tell you to do. Your file's munged now. A good >>solid reason for making copies of files before you mess with >>them. Sorry for bringing you bad news. Please don't shoot the messenger! >> >> >>Ann P. >> >>-- >>AAnn K. Parsons >>Portal Tutoring >>Email: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Web Site: http://www.portaltutoring.info >>blog: http://www.samobile.net/users/akp >>Skype: Putertutor >> >>"All that is gold does not glitter, >>Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT >> >> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >>bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>put 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 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 - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.323 / Virus Database: 270.12.21/2103 - Release Date: 05/07/09 18:05:00 To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 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. ************** Remember Mom this Mother's Day! Find a florist near you now. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=florist&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000006)