[bksvol-discuss] Re: word search puzzles in books

  • From: "Sue Stevens" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:27:04 -0500

Yes, it does show up in the BRF files, and also the rule of font size makes 
navigation possible in the BRF files.  We may not be able to tell whether it is 
in all caps or bolded, but we can tell that it is emphasized.

Sue S.


From: Mayrie ReNae 
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 6:48 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: word search puzzles in books

Hi Jamie,

Yes, people can tell if something is bolded if they make their software tell 
them that.  It isn't a default setting generally though. I think we need to ask 
Sue though whether bold shows up in the brf copies of the book.  I assume that 
it does, or someone would have been upset that it was a problem before now.

Sounds like an interesting book!

The book with the dashes sounds like it'd be quite confusing!  It's good you 
don't have to do anything but read it!  I love when I discover that about a 
tricky book!

Mayrie




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Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 12:08 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: word search puzzles in books


It's not a kids book, it's actually a quite cool book called The Grammar 
Devotional: Daily Tips for Successful Writing from Grammar Girl by Mignon 
Fogarty. It's part of the Quick and Dirty Tips series of books.

The other thing about this book is parts of it are in red font. I haven't 
decided yet if red means something or just makes it stand out.

I think I could cut and paste your answer key explanation into it too, smile.

I'm still just "considering" scanning it though.

It looks like not many of the answers intersect in the searches. Some do but 
not tons. Without sight would people be able to tell that it is bold? Or red? 
Red doesn't stay in the file anyway I think.

It's a Henry Holt book so I know it won't get PQ or else I wouldn't even 
consider scanning it.

The print book I'm reading now I was thinking this would be a nightmare to scan 
because while it's British, it doesn't use the typical British punctuation. 
Dialog is indicated by a space dash space then the dialog then no ending thing 
to indicate the end of dialogue. On top of that space dash space is also used 
instead of an em dash and sometimes both in the same paragraph so you don't 
know if they're talking, done talking, or emphasizing something with what we'd 
use an em dash for.

But luckily it is a PQ book in the collection already! Good luck to the reader 
figuring it out though. I'm having a hard enough time myself figuring out when 
they're talking or just thinking to themselves.



-- 
Jamie in Michigan
 
Currently Reading: The London Train by Tessa Hadley

See everything I've read this year at: www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html

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