[bksvol-discuss] Re: More Questions about proofreading.
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 14:37:17 -0600
Actually, I have not found that to be the case in my children’s books or books
that have some on bottom and some on top, so I still make them consistent, all
top, or all bottom, and when I have time and inclination, move them to the top
the inconsistencies really frustrate me some times, so I make it how I would
expect it to render to hopefully minimize damage or misses by the tool. Still
ruins many children’s books, but all I can do is report and fuss. Wink.
Valerie
On Nov 16, 2013, at 12:06 AM, Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Cindy,
>
> Yes, if page numbers are on the bottom they are moved from the bottom of the
> page to the top. The numbers are moved to the top left, as the converter
> changes all formatting so everything is left-aligned.
>
> Judy s.
> On 11/15/2013 11:09 PM, Cindy Rosenthal wrote:
>> Good question. Page numbers can be moved from bottom of page to top by the
>> coverter? is it to top left? I no longer have to do it myself? I probably
>> will, though, because it maks it easer for me to double-check the pagination
>> before checking in the book
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> When did it change that section breaks don't need to be changed to page
>> breaks? Last I'd heard a book was rejected if it was uploaded to the
>> approval queue with section breaks instead of page breaks.
>>
>> It would be incredibly helpful if us volunteers had a current list of what
>> the conversion tool can handle. smile. We've been told, for example, that it
>> can convert:
>>
>> m-dashes
>> tabs to a blank space
>> strip extra blank lines
>> move page numbers from bottom of page to top of page
>> apparently section breaks get converted to page breaks
>>
>> What else?
>>
>> Judy s.
>>
>> On 11/15/2013 1:04 PM, Madeleine Linares wrote:
>> Hi Jim,
>>
>> Illustrations should be removed. We unfortunately cannot process books with
>> images at this time, though it is something we are working towards. You
>> should delete them. If any have captions included in the image itself, the
>> captions should be retyped and placed in brackets.
>>
>> Section breaks are fine, and our converter handles them exactly the same as
>> page breaks. You do not need to worry about converting them to page breaks.
>>
>> Please let me know if you still have questions about this book. To post to
>> the discussion list, simply send an email to
>> bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> As for Poet, we are currently not giving out book ID numbers to individuals.
>> We're actually restructuring the volunteer process at the moment in order to
>> get entire books completed with the highest quality image descriptions.
>> Right now we're only working with groups of people, but I'll let you know
>> when we've figured how to manage the individual volunteers and their work. I
>> apologize that this is taking so long. We are working hard to make sure that
>> this new structure is the most productive and sustainable, so it is taking
>> some time to hash that out.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Madeleine
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Siewert [mailto:jesiewert@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 12:41 PM
>> To: Madeleine Linares
>> Subject: More Questions about proofreading.
>>
>> Hello again. I hope I'm not seeming too out of touch. I have started
>> looking at a book to proof read.
>> I decided, since I don't have any pre-ordained preferences, to work on the
>> books which have been on the list the longest.
>>
>> The book I chose was:
>>
>> Dental Computing and Applications: Advanced Techniques for Clinical Dentistry
>> By Andriani Daskalaki.
>>
>> Two items popped out immediately.
>>
>> First, in general , I noticed, since Word 2003 initially brings the book up
>> in Print view, that there are a large number of illustrations, mostly
>> drawings and photos in this case. My first question is how do I handle
>> these? The drawings don't show in 'normal' mode, but the captions generally
>> do.
>>
>> Second, the book has no page breaks, only various section breaks.
>>
>> Near the top of the book is this sequence:
>> -----------------------
>> Section break (Next Page)
>>
>> 6 lines of text
>>
>> Column break
>>
>> Multiple lines of text one letter at a time
>>
>> Section break (continuous)
>>
>>
>> --------
>> If I look at it in print mode, the 6 lines of text is a column and the
>> multiple lines of text resolve themselves into a second column aligned with
>> the 6 lines.
>>
>> When I change the section breaks to page breaks and remove the column break
>> and try to re-arrange the text from the two columns, I can't save the
>> document successfully. Word gives me a warning about breaking up columns
>> and the resulting saved document is corrupt.
>>
>> Does this make the book rejectable?
>>
>> Should I put this question out the the discussion group? How exactly do I
>> do that? I've been getting the digest, but I'm not sure how to submit.
>>
>> Also, I still do not see anything on the POET website which allows me to
>> find books to work on.
>>
>> Jim Siewert
>>
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