Christine, Which book are you using? Can you contact me off list? Maithe maithe007@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: Christine Parsons To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 9:58 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Difficult scan Hi all, I am currently scanning a book that is giving me quite a lot of trouble, and perhaps some of you can give me a hand. I'm fairly new at scanning entire books (mostly I've had experience with handouts and short packets for my classes). This is a book of poetry in multiple languages. Each page contains a poem centered on the page, then below it there is a literal English translation in two columns. Is there any setting in OpenBook 7.0 that will make this any easier to scan? I have actually been placing a blank sheet of paper over the columns, then scanning the poem with "recognize columns" turned off. Then I uncover the columns, place the sheet of paper over the poem, and scan the columns with "recognize columns" turned on. The poems by themselves scan fairly well with "recognize columns" turned off, and the double-column English translations by themselves scan beautifully with "recognize columns" turned on, but I can't get both parts to scan well if I try to scan them all at once with "recognize columns" turned on or off. I know my method probably sounds crazy, but I can't figure out any other way to do it. What I'm doing now is really time-consuming, too, which is why I am hoping some of you might have some suggestions. Thanks in advance for any advice. Also, if there isn't an easy answer, maybe you could recommend a similar book that is already in the collection. My instructor said that we can use any book of poetry, as long as it has the poem in its original language accompanied by a transliteration (a literal translation of the poem). I've done some searching of the collection, and I haven't come across anything like this, but maybe (hopefully) I'm missing something. Thanks again for any suggestions. Christine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.8/1235 - Release Date: 1/21/2008 9:39 AM