[bksvol-discuss] Re: soft page breaks
- From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:09:09 -0400
Yes, the page count announced by a screen reader will be different from the
number of hard page breaks if soft page breaks are encountered in Word, which
can be a source of great confusion. That's why people should adjust their page
length so as to eliminate them.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 11:36 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: soft page breaks
Now I'm a little confused, and I thought I understood this.
In word, if one encounters a soft page break does the page count at the
bottom of the page (the one that speech announces when it changes) does that
page count increase? If so, then the page count and the number of hard page
breaks would be different. (Yuck!)
Then, of course, there is always section breaks to worry about... but that's
another story for another day.
Good night all.
Bob (wonders off muttering incantations)
- "Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same
time."
----- Original Message -----
From: EVAN REESE
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 10:18 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: soft page breaks
The Bookshare tools don't "get rid" of soft page breaks because they aren't
actually in the rtf file. They are simply artifacts that word displays when the
page size is too short between hard page breaks. The hard page break is an
actual character in the rtf file that the Bookshare software can see and count.
The soft page break that Word shows is not. Not having soft page breaks
doesn't do anything to the page numbering because only hard page breaks count.
So if the page numbers and hard page breaks match up, the page numbering is
accurate.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: Cindy
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 8:44 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] soft page breaks
I didn't realize that they didn't count, and I've always deleted
them, though usually when I put in a hard break they disappear. Does the
conversion process get rid of them? But what does that do to the page numbering
sequence?
Cindy
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--- On Fri, 7/3/09, Melissa Smith <mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Melissa Smith <mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: now soft vs hard page breaks was
New and a couple questions
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 5:22 AM
How do you determine what is a hard or soft page break? I'm using
Microsoft Word XP and WindowEyes 7.1 to do my proof reading.
Thanks,
Melissa
Jamie Yates wrote:
> Hi Melissa and welcome! I would add that you want to make sure
that the extra page breaks are true page breaks and not soft page breaks that
don't count. If you had a real page break and a soft page break next to each
other, and you deleted the true one, thinking the soft page break was the real
one and the real one the extra one, now you wouldn't have enough page breaks.
>
> -- Jamie in Michigan
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