I didn't realize the tool preserved subscript and superscript. Does someone have a book suggestion I can look at so I can see how they are handled and if they are the same as in Word. Just curious, you know. LOL Valerie Join us in celebrating our 10th Anniversary! Bookshare: Bringing Reading to Life for 10 Years http://www.bookshare.org/ ----- Original Message ---- > From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sat, March 17, 2012 9:36:59 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Efficient Way To Treat/Include Footnote >References > > > > Kane, what's the book, and how long is it? I like proofing biographies and I >actually enjoy footnotes. I enjoy putting them in superscript; As sighted >person I find them much less confusing when reading a book than when they're >in >brackets or on the line above the line of text in regular fonts. I probably >sounds odd (some of us proofreaders are odd, smile) but I find the file with >proper footnotes aesthetically pleasing. Some scanners of books I've proofed >have carefully raised the number to the l line above (format, font, character >position, raise) then put in how much in the space. I don't remember what >they've put there. Maybe .3 or 3. Ican't tell by sight if they are actually on > >the proper line so I change them to superscript; sometimes, too, the scanner >has >forgotten to raise the number part way through, and sometimes a numeral , is >too large 2, 8,9 to fit comfortably on the proper line.I've learned to make >them superscript from the > beginning rather than leaving what I think is o.k. and then finding I need >(want) to go back and change them). > > TinyURL.com/752cyrs > > > > > > > >________________________________ > > From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> > >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 4:02 PM > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Efficient Way To Treat/Include Footnote >References > > > >Hi Kane, > > > >You can leave the handling of footnotes for the proofreader, as this is a > >proofreading task technically. However, please don't get rid of your print > >copy of the book until the book has been added to the Bookshare collection. > >The person who chooses to proofread it may need to contact you to verify or > >clarify accuracy of text, and a book with footnotes as you describe is > >likely to spark lots and lots of clarifying questions from a proofreader > >trying to give Bookshare patrons the cleanest and most accurate reading > >experience possible. > > > >I have no idea whether there is a way to change super or subscripted text to > >sit where regular text does when using Kurzweil 1000. > > > >There isn't a quick way to handle footnotes properly to have them read > >accurately for Bookshare submissions. > > > >Sorry I haven't been of more help. > > > >It's great to have you volunteering with us, and thanks for having such > >great attention to details! That kind of thing is very much appreciated! > > > >Happy scanning. > > > >Mayrie > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kane Brolin > >Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 12:24 PM > >To: Kurzweil 1000 Discussion List; bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Efficient Way To Treat/Include Footnote References > > > >Hello. I'm attempting to finish scanning my first-ever Bookshare > >contribution: a nonfiction biographical work that includes a lot of > >citations. These citations exist primarily in the form of endnotes; but of > >course the numbering of these endnotes is visible throughout each page. I'm > >trying to figure out an efficient way to mark these up in Kurzweil 1000 so I > >don't have to spend endless time reading the entire book on my PC, placing > >each number citation in the right syntax manually. > > > >When I looked through the Bookshare Volunteers' manual, I found the > >following reference on such citations: > >https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/4.8+C.+Footnotes%2C+Superscripts+and+S > >ubscripts%2C+and+Sidebars. > >It says that square brackets should go around each of these citation > >numbers within the body of the text. It also says, though, that OCR > >software has a "global drop" feature that can be invoked to cause all > >superscripted text to be lowered visually to the same height as the body of > >the document. But I don't know how this would work in Kurzweil 1000, or if > >there is any efficient way to adjust or standardize citations of this kind > >that will permit me to complete scanning this accurately without taking a > >whole year to scan this book. In some cases, I've counted as many as 20 > >citations on one page. > > > >Thanks for any advice you can provide. I've written this to both the > >Kurzweil 1000 discussion list and the Kurzweil Volunteers' discussion list. > > > >Kind regards, > > > >Kane Brolin > >To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of > >available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > >To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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