[bksvol-discuss] Re: Is the Braille Translator Messing Up Ellipses?
- From: "Susan Lumpkin" <slumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 12:56:52 -0500
Thanks Judy! I just made the change as per your instructions! I too will
hold on to these.
Susan
!
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Judy s.
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 12:38 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Is the Braille Translator Messing Up Ellipses?
Hi Lori,
I think this is how I did it:
Choose Tools/Autocorrect. In the Autocorrect pane, scroll down in
"Replace as you type" list to the three periods entry (it's near
the top). Select the entry and click Delete. That should do it!
Judy s.
Mayrie ReNae wrote:
> Hi Lori,
>
> I can't find it now either. And the only way I could find to make it
> work was to type three periods, let Word create the ellipses character,
> then when I'm done, go back and do a find and replace with that
> character in the find box, and three periods in the replace box. It
> seems the autoformat only happens as you type, not upon opening a
document.
>
> I know there's a way to change this and make Word not create the
> ellipses character when you type three periods, but I can't remember
> how to do it now, and can't find it in the menus either.
>
> Frustrating! But finding one and replacing all of them in the document
> works. Guess it's something to do at the very end of proofreading.
>
> I'm sorry. I wish my memory weren't so awful!
>
> See how bad it is that I proofread primarily using Kurzweil? I'd know
> this if I used Word more!
>
> Again, I'm sorry!
>
> I'll bet Melissa, or Judy knows how to fix this! So, so sorry!
>
> Mayrie
>
>
>
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> *From:* bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Lori Castner
> *Sent:* Friday, April 08, 2011 9:46 AM
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Is the Braille Translator Messing Up
> Ellipses?
>
> Mayrie,
>
> I've looked everywhere under autoCorrect and autoFormat to verify that I
> have ellipses turned off. I can't find it anywhere.
> I have Word 2002.
> Lori C.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Mayrie ReNae <mailto:mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 07, 2011 8:06 PM
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Is the Braille Translator Messing Up
> Ellipses?
>
> Hi Evan,
>
> I'm discovering messages in my folder of volunteer e-mails that I
> never saw come in, so please forgive this very late answer to your
> probably long forgotten note.
>
> You ask about the ellipsis being inaccurately represented in brf
> copies of Bookshare's books. One cause of this may be that the
> proofreader didn't have the autoformatting feature of Word turned
> off that changes all ellipsis typed as three periods into the
> ellipsis character. If this is not turned off, when a person types
> three periods, or unites three periods separated by spaces, the
> resulting thing will be the ellipsis character, which the braille
> translator as yet can't translate properly. So, all proofreaders
> using Word need to turn off that autoformatting feature.
>
> Hope that makes sense.
>
> Mayrie
>
>
>
>
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> *From:* bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *EVAN REESE
> *Sent:* Sunday, September 12, 2010 8:33 PM
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Is the Braille Translator Messing Up
> Ellipses?
>
> I don't normally read books I've scanned after they get approved,
> since I either read through them before submitting them, or I
> scanned them for someone else that I myself didn't want to read, but
> knew they would read through completely before checking them in.
> Today though, I started reading a book that I didn't read when I
> scanned it, but that Lissi thought I would like. In the brf version
> of the book, I discovered that everywhere there is an ellipsis,
> (three periods in a row without spaces, not the special character
> ellipsis), the brf version of the file has not the three dot threes
> that are supposed to be there, but just one dot three. I checked a
> slightly older book that we did and found the same thing. I compared
> the brf file I downloaded from Bookshare with the original file I
> scanned, so there's no mistake. All the ellipses in the brf versions
> are just one dot three.
>
> I don't know how far back this goes. The book I originally
> discovered this issue in was added to the collection on July 30,
> 2010. The slightly older book I checked which has the same problem
> was added on April 16, 2010; so it's been going on for at least
> several months, unless it's been fixed since July 30. I'm sure that
> the brf versions used to have the ellipsis correct, but at some
> point it seems that a bug was introduced.
>
> Evan
>
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