[bookshare-discuss] Re: problem with scanned book
- From: "Lou Kolb" <loukolb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 20:22:14 -0400
Great idea, Grace. Hadn't thought of that one. Thanks. Lou
----- Original Message -----
From: "Silvara" <silvara@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 7:26 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: problem with scanned book
> You could also launch the ark file into Word and save it as rtf.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lou Kolb" <loukolb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 12:46 PM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: problem with scanned book
>
>
> > Jana,
> >
> > I'll very likely end up doing just that. However, I can't help being
> > curious about why it's happening. Anyway, thanks for the suggestions.
> > Lou
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 12:04 PM
> > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: problem with scanned book
> >
> >
> >> Hi, Lou! An easy way to fix it would be to do a find and replace in
Word,
> >> Control-H. Put the sequence in the find field, and leave the replace
> > field
> >> blank. Alternatively, you could just use the text file for submission.
> >> Thankfully, validators can upload txt files in rtf format. Hope this
> > helps!
> >>
> >> Jana
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Lou Kolb" <loukolb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 7:43 AM
> >> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] problem with scanned book
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hi all,
> >> > I guess this question would be better asked on the Open Book list but
I
> >> > dread joining yet another list and thought I'd pose it here first
since
> >> > the book in question is intended for Bookshare.
> >> >
> >> > I scanned God's Neighborhood by Scott Rowley and, having read it in
the
> >> > Bookport as a text file, I figured I'd clean up the scannos and
submit
> > it.
> >> > As usual, I saved it as a .rtf file both for bookshare's sake and
> > because
> >> > I thought it would be easier to edit in Word. I've never been
> > comfortable
> >> > editing in Open Book 6.01. Upon opening the file in Word, I found
that
> >> > there was a lot of what I assume to be markup language displayed.
For
> >> > instance, at the beginning and end of each paragraph, there is a
> > backslash
> >> > followed by the letters par, apparently indicating a paragraph.
> >> >
> >> > Does anyone have any idea how I might get rid of this junk? I could
> >> > certainly go through and delete every instance of it but it seems
there
> >> > should be a way to save the file without it being there in the first
> >> > place. Thanks. Lou
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
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