[bksvol-discuss] Re: still more errors I'm finding and need to ask about
- From: "Lynn I" <lynnskyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:35:36 -0500
Mayrie,
thanks for this. I too have run into this "read only" issue in the last
couple of days, and wasn't sure how to address it.
Also, I've recently had a message when I spell check that says something
like "words previously spell checked or ignored have been skipped". the
problem was, I was still finding a few misspellings. Jackie helped me with
this, but I'd never seen that before. Can this be addressed by the Windows
Application context menu also?
Lynn I
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 7:59 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: still more errors I'm finding and need to ask
about
Hi Jamie,
Okay, here's how you can change a file from "read only."
Find the file where it lives on your computer. Hit the context, or
applications key, you know, that one to the immediate left of the right
control key? Up arrow there to properties. Hit enter. Now you can tab
through there and uncheck the place where it says the file is "read only."
I know, it's frustrating when a submitter marks a book excellent when it
doesn't seem like it is! But you're on the right track. And if you choose
to continue with this one, I can guarantee you'll feel a sense of
accomplishment when you finish it!
One more thing to check, as this might decide the entire issue for
you. Occasionally, books that have these hyphen issues also have the issue
of not having any paragraph marks in them. That means that the book is
really one and only one paragraph. If that is the case, I, personally,
would reject the book, as I can't see to mess with inserting paragraph marks
properly from the print book. And for me, it would be faster just to rescan
the book, if I could get a copy. But that is just me.
I don't know what editing software you're using. If using Kurzweil, the
paragraph mark that you'd be looking for in the find dialogue is \n In
Microsoft Word, the character string that you'd be looking to find is ^p in
the find dialogue. If you find those at appropriate places, then you're
good to keep correcting scannos and extraneous hyphens. If they're not
there, well, then it's your call. You can release the book and let someone
else work on it, or reject it, hoping that a better scan can be had.
Sorry to rattle on.
Good luck! You're a trooper!
Mayrie
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamie Prater
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 4:59 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: still more errors I'm finding and need to ask
about
Hi, thanks, this is definitely not dialet related. I let those stay, but
this is ridiculous. This is why I don't take time to scan much as there are
so many things you can and should tweak and I've never had time to learn
this stuff. I'm a medical transcriptionist, I proof all day, but thanks for
the compliment. I found out that the file is a read only file and I don't
know how to change this, so am not sure what I can do with this book after
all. I thought I was getting an easy one as it said excellent, almost no
errors, but it definitely needs a bath.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 6:53 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: still more errors I'm finding and need to ask
about
> Hi Jamie,
>
> I would definitely fix hyphens where they shouldn't be. And if
> you're worried that something isn't right, you're likely right. Trust
> your
> knowledge of how the English language works, and your intuition about
> dialogue and I think you'll do swimmingly.
>
> Also, if settings aren't set correctly in the OCR software, words that
> were
> originally split on two lines won't have the connecting hyphens removed.
> It's definitely okay, in my opinion to remove improperly placed hyphens
> unless they reflect some sort of dialogue.
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> Mayrie
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamie Prater
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> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] still more errors I'm finding and need to ask
> about
>
> Hi, I'm finding words hyphenated like holding, confessed, and others.
> There
> is even a sentence where it should say "two hundred dollars, and", and it
> says two hundred dollarsmand. Is it okay to fix this? Thanks.
>
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