[bksvol-discuss] Re: Eliminating Double Close Quotes
- From: "Devorah Greenstein" <DGreenstein@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:50:59 -0500
Thanks Cindy 4. All the quotes are replaced and I'm keeping the hint in
writing for next time.
I'm going to try scanning a book this weekend when I'm finished with
this validating project. I keep forgetting to check the page numbers and
they are all weird. I think the OCR critter had some sort of attitude
about numbers - or maybe it felt like being creative or something.
Loving this!
Devorah
And thanks Cindy 4 for being so welcoming.
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of groups Warford
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 3:19 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Eliminating Double Close Quotes
Hi Devorah and Lori
Regarding the "closed double quotes" I definitely would go with Lori's
method. I'm wondering though if unchecking the following setting would
help when transferring from Openbook to RTF. I don't scan, and so this
is definitely a wild guess and I have no idea if it will help.
In the RTF file Under the "Tools" menu, choose "Autocorrect options".
Choose the tab, "Autoformat as you type". There will be a list box of
items to check or uncheck. One of the options is:
"straight quotes" with "smart quotes"
and this option is checked by default in my 2003 version. I'm wondering
if you turn this off and then transfer from Openbook to RTF if this will
help. Again, I'm guessing and have no clue.
As for entering and searching for an ASCII character, simply put a carat
"^" in front of the ASCII character code. For example a carriage return
is 13 on the ASCII chart so you would enter
^13
In the find box.
Devorah, I would like to add my thanks to Lori's for your willingness to
validate and volunteer for Bookshare, and thank you both for your help!
I'm not sure if I'll ever not feel like a "newbee" <smile>.
Hope you all have a great weekend; I'm ready for it!
Cindy 4
A smile is the same in any language.
--Author Unknown
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Devorah
Greenstein
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 5:36 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Eliminating Double Close Quotes
I am a brand new volunteer, validating my first book. And I am having
the exact same problem. I have encountered "the double close quote."
I am familiar with the "smart quotes" that have a different appearance
at the beginning and at the end of a quote. I know in Microsoft Word
there is an option to turn the smart quotes into plain generic double
quotes. But this is an RTF file I'm working with and I tried to do a
find and replace by pasting the double close quote with a generic double
quote and it didn't work for me.
I have no idea how to put ascii characters into my find and replace
command.
If that helped Lori, would someone please tell me how to put in an ascii
character.
Feeling like an ignorant newbie. Oh, I wanted to say that one of the
things that made me feel like I could do this validation thing was an
old e-mail from Grandma Cindy saying she had looked back at her
application and realized how much she has learned. So I figured I'd
start and learn from you wise people!
Thanks for any assistance,
Devorah (on page 100 of my first book)
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lori Castner
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 4:16 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Eliminating Double Close Quotes
I really don't know what a "double close quote" is, but I pasted the
symbol into the first box in the find and replace fields then pasted "
in the replace field, and replaced all. That solved the problem.
Thanks.
Lori
----- Original Message -----
From: groups Warford <mailto:groups_warford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 7:25 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Eliminating Double Close Quotes
Hi Lori,
I'm not sure if I'm understanding so am not sure if this will
work. If it doesn't, could you send me an example?
If you want to search for a double quote in an RTF file using
the ASCII character, enter
^34
in the "Find" field. If I'm understanding correctly, you would
search for
^34^34
for the two quotes together.
Or, try putting two double quotes
""
in the "Find" box.
Again, my apologies; I'm not sure if I'm understanding what you
mean by "double closed quotes". But then again, I'm not understanding
much this morning.
Anyway, if you can clarify this for my feeble brain I'll try to
help.
Take care!
Cindy 4
cindy_warford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
A smile is the same in any language.
--Author Unknown
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lori Castner
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:48 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Eliminating Double Close Quotes
In a recent message, someone mentioned that when a file is
converted from .ark to .rtf, the quotation marks become double close
quotes.
I have lost this email and need to know what to do to replace
the double close quote marks with regular quotation marks. I think I
basically need to know the symbol for double close quotes.
Thanks for any help.
Cat Lover Lori
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