Hi Lori, I can comment only educatedly on one of your points. The elipsis should be preceded and/or followed by a space unless a punctuation mark precedes or follows the elipsis immediately. That said, as long as spaces do not occur within the elipsis, the braille translation software will render the elipsis accurately. The spaces before and after the elipsis are only rules that need to be followed if the braille code is intended to be taken into consideration. Hope that clarifies at least that point. Mayrie _____ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lori Castner Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 9:53 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Limited Comments on Bookshare Manual Hi, Scott and Everyone, I am going to make just a few comments on the content of the volunteer manual. In 4 I the discussion of ellipses, I am puzzled by the instructions. The issue has come up over and over on this list and I thought the last consensus was that when an ellipses occurs midsentence, the ellipses should be preceeded and followed by a space. I will follow the instructions in the manual and hope the translation software will handle them correctly. The instructions say to not include a space before a mid-sentence ellipses, but to put a space only after the ellipses and before the following word. In 4 K regarding bullets, the manual says that it is not necessary to change a tab following a bullet into a space. Does the translation software now change tabs into spaces? In the sections on ellipses and bullets the text gives exampoles. In these examples each line is preceeded by a number of spaces. Personally, I wish those spaces were not present. Whhen I read those lines by moving through character by character to see what is happening the spaces are just a nuisance. I never could access the Section When and How to Reject a Book In the section on How to renew a Book the instructions refer to clicking the Volunteer Home link on the left side of the taskbar--that is a visual orientation. Under D5, volunteers are instructed to notify Bookshare if they want a hold removed from a book. I thought that a book would not languish-as the manual states-but would be removed if the book sat on the checkout page for two weeks. I wish I could make more comments, but I do not have the fortitude to continue struggling with the navigation of this manual; for me, it is too painful. I would rather spend my time proofreading. Lori C.