Yep, they can put blank pages in, for Artistic effect. smile. They are sometimes used to show, an "intermission" like that in a play. Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. Graduate Advisory Council www.guidedogs.com The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. -- Vance Havner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Blanks" <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 3:54 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] strange scanning experience HI all, Just completed scanning a paperback novel which came out quite nice, with the exception of four pages. When I scanned those pages, and I'm using Openbook by the way, all I got back were a few lines of random text. The text immediately before and after the seemingly missing section appears to fit together, so I'm leaning towards the possibility of a couple blank pages in the book. Does this happen often, blank pages in the midst of a novel? I've scanned the book on multiple scanners, using Kurzweil and omnipage as well, and both of those programs thought the pages were blank. Thoughts? Suggestions? Thanks, Scott -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.0/27 - Release Date: 6/23/2005