Re: apostrophe again

Thanks. Dave.  Oh well.  Your tips for the dictionery manager have made a big 
improvement even without being able to represent hard carage returns.

Bob.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: dave-d0619 
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 12:36 PM
  Subject: Re: apostrophe again


  Hello Robert:

  In my last reply, I did not answer your question!

  As far as I know, there is no way to represent control characters, such as 
hard line feeds, hard page breaks, and hard carriage returns, in the Dictionary 
Manager.

  Sincerely:

  Dave Durber

  ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Robert Logue 
    To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 1:14 PM
    Subject: Re: apostrophe again


    Hi Dave.  That is really great!  Thanks.  Do you think it could also be 
used with carriage returns for apostrophes that start at the beginning of a 
line or are at the end of a line?

    Bob
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: dave-d0619 
      To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 6:54 AM
      Subject: Re: apostrophe again


      In the Dictionary Manager, you will have to enter several entries, such 
as:

      The following examples are for the apostrophe as it represents an open 
single quotation mark.

      Actual Word:

      space character apostrophe character

      Replacement Word:

      space Character double quote character.  (If that does not work, enter 
the word quote instead)

      Use the above replacement example to change left square bracket 
apostrophe and left parenthesis apostrophe

      The following examples are for the apostrophe as it represents a close 
single quotation mark.

      Actual Word:

      apostrophe character space character

      Replacement Word:

      Double quote character (or the word quote) space character

      Use the above replacement example to change apostrophe comma, apostrophe 
period, apostrophe question mark, apostrophe exclamation mark, apostrophe right 
square bracket and apostrophe right parenthesis.

      HTH

      Sincerely:

      Dave Durber

        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: Robert Logue 
        To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
        Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 7:24 PM
        Subject: Re: apostrophe again


        Yes.  I did try that but it made words with apostrophes sound strange 
like don t and can t.

        Thanks for the idea.  

        I just don't understand why this is still a problem.  So many editors 
have "smart quotes" that seem to make apostrophes instead of quote marks.  

        I tried all the punctuation levels in jaws but can't shut them up.

        Bob

          ----- Original Message ----- 
          From: john.falter 
          To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
          Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 8:13 AM
          Subject: Re: apostrophe again


          You could use the jaws dictionary to change apostrophe to quote, but 
then you would never hear apostrophe.

            ----- Original Message ----- 
            From: Robert Logue 
            To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
            Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 8:23 PM
            Subject: apostrophe again


            My favourite voice is Eloquence.  When I read some scanned books, 
they have apostrophes instead of quotes.  How do I get Jaws to stop saying 
apostrophe when there is a quotation?  It drives me nuts!

            I tried setting punctuation levels but it doesn't stop apostrophes 
being spoken when they are used instead of quotes.

            Bob

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