[bksvol-discuss] Re: FW: RESEND: A method to always get the correct page count of a file, Official Version
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:54:37 -0700
Hi, Susan, glad to help out. Mind you, I'm not losing any sleep over
this and it's early days for proofreading the file but when something
weird happens, I really want to know why it happened in the first place.
I wish to find a way to lessen bewilderment and if there is something
concrete one can do to deal with it, I want to try it out. If the
explanation is understandable and clicks in my brain, so much the
better. If I can avoid doing tedious processes, then that's the best of
all. No hoop-jumping for me. Regards, Kim.
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Susan Lumpkin
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: FW: RESEND: A method to always get the
correct page count of a file, Official Version
Thanks so much for posting this Kim!
Susan
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kim Friedman
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 8:27 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] FW: RESEND: A method to always get the correct
page count of a file, Official Version
Hi, here is the message that is the preferred method for determining
page count for a file (read hard page breaks). Regards, Kim Friedman.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Costa [mailto:rickc@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 5:10 PM
To: Kim Friedman
Cc: Scott Rains; Carrie Karnos
Subject: RESEND: A method to always get the correct page count of a file
Hi Kim,
Shame on me for not running the instructions I sent you earlier, past
Carrie first. Things that go into Carrie's brain always come out better!
Please delete that email. I hope you haven't posted it to the discussion
list. If you share, use the instructions below instead, which are better
and shorter.
Also, since there's no break at the very end of the file, to get the
page count we add one to the number of replaces made. (Another thing
Carrie reminded me of a while back, but which I forgot today.)
Rick
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We'll do a "dummy" global replace to get Word to tell us how many
replaces it made. This number will be the number of hard page breaks in
the file. Add one to this number and you'll have the page count of the
file.
* The method assumes the book was scanned correctly, ie the scan
contains the correct number of hard page breaks to begin with.
* To determine the page count of a file, Bookshare counts only hard
page breaks. Soft page breaks are not included in the count.
1. Start at the very beginning of the file by doing the keystroke
combination: Control + Home
2. Bring up the "Find and Replace" dialog box by doing the keystroke
combination: Control + h
3. In the "Find what" box, type "^m" (without the quotes).
This is a caret, followed by a lower case letter 'm'.
4. In the "Replace with" box, type the same thing as above: "^m".
5. In the next step, Word will tell you how many replaces it made.
Be ready to remember or record this number.
6. Do a Replace All with the keystroke combination: Alt + a. (Or,
click "Replace All".)
7. Note the number of replaces Word made. Click "OK".
8. Exit the Find and Replace dialog box by either pressing the Escape
key, or by clicking "Cancel".
9. Add one to the number of replaces made and you have the page count
of the file.
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