[bksvol-discuss] Re: Ok, I'm confused! What's next?

  • From: Gmail For Deb <djoutland@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:18:12 -0400

Thanks, Kim!

Yes it gives me some parts to work on tomorrow.  Do you typically work in word, 
or some other text editor?  OmniPage has a text editor, but I'd  rather not  
rely on the export of the book into rtf to just work without more tweaking 
afterwards.  It seems like  it would be better to do manipulation of the file 
in actual rtf format in an editor that plays nicely with it.

The one other item that would be helpful to know before I start is how to treat 
those boxed sections that are kind of like sidebars.  They are at least 
sometimes guided meditations that fit the general section of the book, but are 
placed (I believe) right out in the middle of the main flow of the book.  Any 
suggestions?

Again, thanks!
Deb Outland
Lexington, Kentucky

> On Jun 26, 2014, at 7:59 PM, "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Deb, sometimes headers and footers are either the book title and the
> author's name. If you see those, you can strip them. If you see a chapter
> number or title, then you only want those on the actual first page of a
> chapter. Subsequent pages don't need them. I'd also think if the chapter has
> sections in them, then you only want a particular section title to occur on
> the first page of the section and not on another page which is in the same
> section (do you follow me?). With regard to font, you want to make sure you
> have a font which is readable for the whole book (Bookshare likes Times New
> Roman with titles at 20-point, Parts at 18-point, Chapter titles at
> 16-point, sub-sections or sections at 14-point, actual body of the whole
> text at 12-point, Author's name at 20-point. (With regard to font, the real
> consideration is that it be readable so Times New Roman or Arial, or
> anything which is really clear to read is important.) Page setup should be
> legal or custom size, margins (I'd go for narrow (1.0 or 1.25 all round).
> Paragraph setup for the body of the text is generally on the left. I know
> what I used to do for paragraphs with regard to proofreading a document and
> I can send you my procedure for it, but I think other submitters will be
> better at giving you more specific information about what to do about
> paragraphs in your text. I hope what I've mentioned so far helps you out.
> Regards, Kim Friedman.
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