Vic, I am using Linux, which generally gives a better view of what is actually in a file, though there may be Windows programs that do the same. Even if there were spaces between </strong> and <strong> they would be ignored. The only way to get the right translation is to have right xml. John On Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 05:07:53PM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote: > Paul, > > > > The test5.xml that was attached to the previous message is the file I was > talking about. When you say it looked OK, do you mean in XML or in Braille? > > > > > > Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A., > > > > Vic > > E-mail: <mailto:vic.beckley@xxxxxxxxxx> vic.beckley@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Wood > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 12:43 PM > To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Missing spaces in translated text > > > > Sorry Vic, There wasn't a file attached to this email and the one before > looked ok. > God Bless > Paul > > On 2 November 2011 16:29, Vic Beckley <vic.beckley@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Paul, > > > > I think I have reproduced your bug. See my previous document with the > attached file. Thanks for the forum address. > > > > > > Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A., > > > > Vic > > E-mail: vic.beckley@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Wood > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:48 AM > > > To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Missing spaces in translated text > > > > I had similar behavour with <em> at the beginning of a paragraph. In my case > it didn't tag the first word. This I believe was due to some weird tags > added by MS Word so the word xml tagging was split up. You could try > creating a blank document with a heading 1, so it validates, then paste that > paragraph in. check the results. then do the same document, but this time > type it in fresh. check those results. If you find they are different it's > the bug I had, but with <strong>. > > Anyway more help with the Save-as-DAISY plug-in is available through their > forum: http://www.daisy.org/forums/save-as-daisy-microsoft > > > > HTH > > Paul > > On 2 November 2011 14:17, Vic Beckley <vic.beckley@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > John, > > There is a space between the </strong> and the next <strong> tags. This is > how the Word DAISY plug-in saved the XML. I thought it was a strange way to > save it too. There was nothing unusual about the Word document. The whole > phrase was bolded. Do you know if there is any way to get in contact with > the DAISY plug[ins creators to report something like this? > > > > Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A., > > Vic > E-mail: vic.beckley@xxxxxxxxxx > > -----Original Message----- > From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. > Boyer > Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 6:16 PM > To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Missing spaces in translated text > > > Hi Vic, > > The problem is that each word is individually enclosed in <strong> tags. > If you enclose the whole phrase in a single pair of tags the problem > should go away. You might also try putting a space after the </strong> > ending tags. > > John > > On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 01:38:21PM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote: > > John, > > > > In the attached XML document, when I emboss it with Braille Blaster, there > > are no spaces within the text that is within <strong? And <em> tags. The > > spaces are there in the actual XML. At the beginning of paragraph 4, the > "S" > > at the beginning of "start" is not capitalized. It is in the XML. Can you > > duplicate this? > > > > > > Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A., > > > > Vic > > E-mail: vic.beckley@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > -- > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer > Abilitiessoft, Inc. > http://www.abilitiessoft.com > Madison, Wisconsin USA > Developing software for people with disabilities > > For a description of the software, to download it and links to > project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com > > For a description of the software, to download it and links to > project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com > > > > > > > -- > > ____________________________________________________ > > Paul Wood, Technical Services Leader > > Torch Trust > > Torch House, Torch Way, > > Market Harborough, Leics. 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