[bksvol-discuss] Re: Help with steps, and sending instructions

  • From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:12:42 -0700

Open the edit menu. click on Find or replace;  either one opens a box;
at the top is a space next to words Find what. put your cursor there;
at the bottom of  at the bottom of the Find and replace box, on the
right-hand side, you'll find a small rectangle with the word special
and small arrows. click on the up arrow and at the top you'll find the
words paragraph mark.  click on that an then you can find all the
paragraph symbols. you'll want to put a space in the replace box.
you're safest to replace each one at a time. after you've done this
for a while, you can, very carefully highlight a section, i.e.,
several lines and do a replace all; but you have to be very careful
not to include the paragraph symbol that's at the end of the
paragraph. I really recommend, if you're reading what you're proofing
sentence by sentence, that you delete the end-of-line paragraph
symbols as you go along, but if you're feeling up to it,  and want to
try the global replace method, go ahead. Just be very careful or
you'll end up with a page-long, document-long single paragraph.
Although Ii know how to do it  and have done it successfully,  I don't
do it when I'm proofreading, i.e., reading the file anyway. I delete
them line by line.

On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:31 PM, Angel Murphy <angel.murphy83@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ok Cindy thanks for the help. But now I'm wondering one thing though. Is 
> there a faster way to find my paragraphs in MS Word 2007? Pleast me know.
o to
>
> Angel Murphy
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Mar 16, 2013, at 2:20 AM, Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx> 
>> wrote:
>>> I agree with you Nimit, and I do that, too--even after all these
>>> years. It definitely is safer than the global replace which I did once
>>> or twice--very carefully-- for a book that had been returned to the
>>> download list that I really didn't want to read. If we're proofing by
>>> reading, deleting the paragraph symbols as we go along doesn't take
>>> that much more time; and if we forget to replace with a space
>>> occasionally the final spell-check will catch the two words joined
>>> that shouldn't be.
>>
>> The paragraph symbol is  an open backwards p (I tried to copy from one
>> of my files and paste here but it didn't work.   It should be at the
>> end of a paragraph but some are mistakenly put at the ends of lines
>> when the next thing is a line and not a new paragraph
>>
>>
>> Wait. I googled and found this one that I copied ¶   except,  that
>> what is black in this example is usuall open and there is space, not
>> closed black
>> I also found that it's called a  pilcrow. (that might come in useful
>> should I ever need to know it for a crossword puzzle; grin
>>> Cindy
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 7:41 PM, Nimit Kaur <kaur.nimit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Hi sue,  I totally agree with you.  The replace will take out hyphen
>>>> from compound words.  But, I do most of the proofing manually since I
>>>> feel it's most accurate.  I am taking the paragraphs breaks out
>>>> manually once I get the book.  I think that takes a little time, but
>>>> thanks to bookshare volunteer staff to give us options to renew, or I
>>>> would be out of my credits.  I don't always get enough time to do that
>>>> work, because of school and stuff.  I am a busy person.  Well, sorry
>>>> to get out of topic a little, but all I wanted to say that doing
>>>> things manually might be a little too much, but it's more accurate.
>>>> Thanks!  Have a good day.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3/15/13, Sue Stevens <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Nimit,
>>>>>
>>>>> That is how I do it. I am reading through the book anyway, so I just 
>>>>> connect
>>>>>
>>>>> those words as I come to them. Word sometimes like to pull a funny on you
>>>>> when you do a global find and replace. One thing it can do is take out all
>>>>> the hyphens, including those that are meant to be hyphenated as compound
>>>>> words.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sue S.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Nimit Kaur
>>>>> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 3:12 PM
>>>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Help with steps, and sending instructions
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Angel!  OH.....  I think all that step is saying that if you have a
>>>>> book where on the last page a word has a hyphen and it finishes on the
>>>>> next page. You connect that word.  I'll give you an example if I
>>>>> confused you.  Well, let's say if you have a word, brilliant.  The
>>>>> scanner has it like that:
>>>>> Bril (hyphen) or dash
>>>>> Page number (12)
>>>>> Liant )the word continued.)
>>>>> So, now what you have to do is reconnect that word brillliant all
>>>>> together.  There is a way to do it by replace all, but I haven't done
>>>>> it and I just do it manually.  Is that right, everyone?  If I am
>>>>> wrong, please come to explain.  Thanks and have a good day.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 3/15/13, Angel Murphy <angel.murphy83@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> No they haven't yet. Step 11 says, reconnect words across page breaks
>>>>>> I have to do a hyphen carete and a lowercase letter p. And then it says
>>>>>> correct each instance you find.
>>>>>> What do I need to do after that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Angel Murphy
>>>>>> Sent from my iPod
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mar 15, 2013, at 3:38 PM, "Martha Rafter" <mlhr@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Angel,
>>>>>>> I'm sorry I've been away from my desk for the day.  Did someone help
>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>> with combining words over 2 pages?  If not, let me know!
>>>>>>> Marty
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Angel Murphy
>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 10:12 PM
>>>>>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Help with steps, and sending instructions
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes I am referring to the proofing file. And I think it was from mardy
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Angel Murphy
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPod
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mar 14, 2013, at 9:25 PM, "Dornetta" <dornetta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hey Angel;
>>>>>>>> Are you referring to the proofing file that was sent to you? And if so,
>>>>>>>> which file are you using--the one from me or the one from Marty, maybe,
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>> think?
>>>>>>>> Netta
>>>>>>>> "Just because you are blind does not mean you lack vision"-Stevie
>>>>>>>> Wonder
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>>>> "Just BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE DOESN't MEAN YOU CAN'T HEAR AND THINK!!"
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