> I personally would be happy if I can convince those who scan to spell check. (wistful smile) How about getting them to run rank spelling? (hope hope) If I can see a way to come up with six hundred smackers, and upgrade to K-1000, I would be happy to run rank spelling. But for now, it is just a fig tree of my imagination, and a hope. But I do now do a spell check with my Word program before submitting a book. Heck, why not. Rik -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Elizabeth and Burton Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 9:57 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: words split across pages I personally would be happy if I can convince those who scan to spell check. (wistful smile) How about getting them to run rank spelling? (hope hope) E. At 12:52 PM 10/2/2006, you wrote: >Thanks for mentioning this, E. > >I think it really does make a big difference not to have the sentences >interrupted by the headers and page numbers. I too have been adjusting to >see that the ends of pages end in complete sentences. I figure if I have to >look for the hyphenated words at the end of pages, I may as well make the >page end with a complete sentence. And as you say, this is ESPECIALLY >important when there are footnotes at the bottom of the page. A reader can >really get lost when the text of the page gets interrupted by a bunch of >sentences in footnotes. > >Although this is something we can do when validating, it would make me happy >as a clam if the person who scanned the book and submitted it took the time >and care to do this. > >I am beginning to feel that scanning in batch mode creates a heck of a lot >more work down the road than just doing the scan a page at a time, or 2 at a >time in 2 page mode with most books. And to at least spot check each >paragraph of each page. Then if the scan is bad, you can just delete the >page right then and there and do a re-scan. Happy as a clam all over again. >Time for a clam bake. Put on your Elvis Presley record, and pull out that >old 1960's Elvis movie Clambake, . (smile) But who the heck really knows >how happy a clam is anyway? (That could be a topic for Andy Rooney, huh? > >Rik > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Elizabeth and >Burton >Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 6:36 AM >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: words split across pages > >As a validator, I move words and sentence fragments so that sentences end >on one page or begin on another. This is taking some liberty with the >positioning of text though not with the text itself. I do this to make >reading go more smoothly for both braille users and voice users. I find it >particularly necessary to do this in cases where footnotes at the bottom of >pages break up the flow. > >Hope this helps. > >E. > > 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. 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.