[bksvol-discuss] Re: Blank lines and page numbers
- From: Nimit Kaur <kaur.nimit@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:36:55 -0400
Hi! Got it!! I have done blank lines after and before the page
number before on the five books that I proofread. So, I don't know.
I will write that down on my set of bookshare notes. Thanks! So,
wait!!! Just so I am right, you don't have to have the blank lines
before the page numbers as long as the page number is itself on its
own line with 12 font? Am I getting it right? Thanks!!
On 3/19/13, Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Madeleine,
>
> The blank line before and after the page number is there because it
> helps the bookshare converter tool find the page number accurately and
> consistently. So that's why it's highly recommended to do it. Mayrie and
> I and other Bookshare volunteers tested this at great length. smile.
>
> Unless the conversion tool has been rewritten, I think it's a bad idea
> to change this standard. Just my opinion, but based on years of experience.
>
> Judy s.
> On 3/19/2013 2:42 PM, Madeleine Linares wrote:
>>
>> Hi Roger,
>>
>> Honestly, I have no idea. I'm reporting to you all what I was told
>> when I started working here and what I was told when I just today
>> double checked with older and more experienced staff! I wonder if the
>> use of a blank line before and after page numbers came about as a way
>> to ensure that all proofreading tools left the page numbers on a line
>> by themselves. I don't know for sure, but perhaps it is more difficult
>> to tell when there are only a few numbers or characters on a line with
>> nothing else on that line, depending on the tool that you are using?
>>
>> Like I said before, if anyone wants to continue to put blank lines
>> before and after the page numbers, I will not return it for more
>> editing (unless there are other issues!).
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Madeleine
>>
>> *From:*bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Roger
>> Loran Bailey
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 19, 2013 12:36 PM
>> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Blank lines and page numbers
>>
>> #
>> Uh, when did that change? From the beginning of my volunteering I
>> recall being told that a blank line must appear before the page number
>> to keep the converter from stripping out that page number. I was also
>> told that a blank line needed to be placed after the page number and I
>> was not quite clear on why that was until relatively recently when an
>> old timer on this list explained that it was to help the converter
>> find the page number. Every time the subject has come up on this list
>> since I first subscribed the conclusion has been consistent with what
>> I just explained. Did something change and it slipped by me?
>>
>> On 3/19/2013 2:03 PM, Madeleine Linares wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Sorry for my delayed response to these questions. I do get each
>> email individually, but, as you may imagine, when you combine the
>> discussion list with my other emails, it's a lot of volume!
>>
>> Page numbers must be on their own line with NOTHING ELSE on that
>> line. They must be font size 12 or less. The converter will remove
>> blank lines so if you want to put blank lines in, fine, but the
>> converter will remove them. The only requirement for our converter
>> to recognize page numbers is that they be size 12 font or less and
>> on their own line with nothing else. It doesn't require blank
>> lines above and below.
>>
>> Please let me know if you need more clarification.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Madeleine Linares
>>
>> Volunteer Coordinator
>>
>> Bookshare, a Benetech Initiative
>>
>> 650-644-3459
>>
>> madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>
>
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