It's easy to get rid of the line breaks if there is a blank line between paragraph. The problem is that if there is just one paragraph mark after the paragraph, too you can't do a global replace because it takes out the paragraph mark at the end of the paragraph also. That's waht I ran into on the last book I scanned.
What is confusing is why it happened on that book when the one I scanned before it put two paragraph marks at the end of the paragraph so I could do a global replacement and get rid of the one's at the end of each line. It seems like it would work the same in each book, but it doesn't seem to.
Denise At 11:27 AM 8/2/2009, you wrote:
Roger, 1st, that is what u should get--a blank space between paragraphs. However, if u backspace over the line & the line becomes longer, then another thing to try out is your margin setting. Make certain it's an inch or less. Also make certain your paper size is set to letter or legal. This should eliminate the phenomenon of "soft page breaks" as well. I've been working w/another volunteer on this list w/a lot of the same issues. She hasn't yet let me know what the outcome of that was. So I'm keeping a bit mum on this till I find out whether in fact my suggestions worked for her. Another feature EdSharp has is a join lines option, & it is designed to remedy exactly this kind of rot. On 8/2/09, Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I found a setting for font size under visual settings. I have ignored that> set of settings until now because I assumed that it had only to do with what> the document looked like and that doesn't apply to me. However, on your> suggestion I just changed it and tried scanning a test page. The default was> 14 > and I lowered it to 8, the lowest setting. That, apparently, did not work. > That is, it did not work providing I am correctly observing what a line> break is. Again,as I arrow down a document line by line within a paragraph I> move from one line to the next without blank lines. The blank lines occur> between paragraphs. When I backspace from the first letter in the first word> in a > line to the last letter in the last word in the preceding line I hear the > word blank. After placing a space where the blank happened the line is> longer. I am supposing that the blank I hear when I do that backspacing is a> line > break being deleted. If that is correct then changing the font size did not > work. > > Please be sure to let us know when that software you mentioned is ready. I > think I want to try it out and see if that is a good way to remove the line > breaks if I can't stop them from appearing in the first place. > > "If you> tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine."> Che Guevara > > The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com/txtindex.shtml > Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com > Granma International: http://granma.cu/ingles/index.html > _ > > table with 2 columns and 6 rows > Subj: > [bksvol-discuss] Re: A proofreading problem to watch out for. > Date: > 8/2/2009 2:54:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time > From: > abletec@xxxxxxxxx > Reply-to: > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent from the Internet > (Details) > table end > > Yall: > > Many of u on this list may know Jamal Mazrui. He is a programmer, > works w/the fcc, & basically does a great deal of accessibility work > for the blind & is in fact blind himself. > > He has written an editor called EdSharp, & it can edit rtf files. He > has, at my request, recently added a feature so that page numbers > display on the status line. Searches can be performed for stuff like a > line break by using \n (backslash n), for example. Although he > originally designed it as primarily a programming/html editor, we > (that is, Jamal & some volunteers on this list & myself) are now in > continuing discussions as to how to make this a very useable > alternative to word for bookshare volunteers, as he himself is a huge > proponent of bookshare. The commands pretty much duplicate those in > word or wordpad & the interface doesn't get any more accessible. I > really rather suspect that within the next week or 2, we'll have > ironed out what glitches remain & it'll be yet 1 more tool in our > arsonel. Unlike Microsoft, where you've gotta wait forever for a > change to take effect, Jamal is responsive within days. Plus it's open > source so if any of u aspiring programmers out there wanna change the > code yourselves, knock yourself out! Plus Jamal, as talented & > knowledgeable as he is, nonetheless remains a really nice guy to work > with. No ego there. > > It's available from: > www.empowermentzone.com > I believe. > > Roger, u may want to look at your font & make certain it isn't too > large. Sometimes large fonts produce line breaks that go away when the > font is made smaller & the proper amount of text can fit on the page. > > Night & blessings, yall. > > On 8/1/09, Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Thanks, Valerie >> >> Cindy >> >> >> >> Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and >> books-being-scanned list available at sites below >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List >> >> >> >> Books Being Scanned List: >> https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List >> >> --- On Sat, 8/1/09, Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A proofreading problem to watch out for. >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Date: Saturday, August 1, 2009, 8:06 PM >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I proofed and submitted Cherry >> Ames, Army Nurse and it has been added to the collection >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> Valerie >> >> >> >> Please pray for Doug's Dad & visit his website: >> >> >> >> http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/billkoonce >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: >> bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamie Yates, >> CPhT >> >> Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 10:00 PM >> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A proofreading problem to watch out for. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Ok Cindy, try this link: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.michrxtech.com/original_Books_Being_Scan.html >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> All I did was change the >> extension from .txt to .html. 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