[bksvol-discuss] Re: Page Breaks Was: font Question
- From: "Ixchel, Jackie" <starsandhearts2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:28:05 -0400
Hi,
I was putting them on top anyways, thanks for clarifying.
Jackie
On 3/16/12, Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Usually when I get a rejection of that command it is because I had CAPS lock
> or
> shift lock. That is always my first place to check. also, the ABBYY
> FineReader
> Pro scan engine places section breaks (^b) where there are page breaks, but
> I
> don't think that's a problem in kurzweil, but someone can correct me if I am
> wrong. I am sighted, so using different software for scanning.
> Valerie
>
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>>
>>From: Kim Loftis <kll2277@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Sent: Fri, March 16, 2012 6:01:06 AM
>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Page Breaks Was: font Question
>>
>>
>>Hi Mayrie,
>>
>>I started out in Word, per your suggestion in the instructions. Planned
>> to
>>move to Kurzweil for the actual full read-through. Perhaps I'd done
>> something
>>wrong previously, though, because this morning upon doing the find and
>> replace
>>commands ^m to be replaced with ^p^m^p, all worked well, and it didn't
>> throw
>>off my page count. So maybe it was me. *smile*
>>
>>Thanks for the instructions to do this via Kurzweil, too. I'll keep those
>> for
>>future reference.
>>
>>Warmest,
>>Kim
>>
>>
>>From: Mayrie ReNae
>>Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 10:15 PM
>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Page Breaks Was: font Question
>>
>>
>>Hi Kim,
>>
>>Are you proofreading in Kurzweil or Microsoft Word. The ^m replaced with
>>^p^m^p are instructions for Word. That won't work in Kurzweil.
>>
>>In Kurzweil, the command would be \p replaced with \n\p\n instead.
>>
>>Does that help?
>>
>>Mayrie
>>
>>
>>
>>
> ________________________________
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kim Loftis
>>Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 4:28 PM
>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Page Breaks Was: font Question
>>
>>
>>Hi Reggie and all,
>>
>>Thanks very much, Reggie! I'm glad I'm not the first to have this
>> question.
>>*smiles* I'm trying to commit as much as possible to memory now, to save
>>myself tons of re-reading later. LOL
>>
>>Oh, I do love my reading hole, too! Sometimes I have to remember to crawl
>> out
>>long enough to work, eat, etc. Such an inconvenience. LOL
>>
>>Okay, another quick newbie question before I proceed here. This one
>> regards
>>page breaks. In one section of the manual, (Mayrie's very comprehensive
>>section on proofing using Kurzweil), she mentions having blank lines
>> around
>>each page break, and the method of making sure this is done. Find and
>> replace,
>>^m, and replace all with ^p^m^p. But when I tried this, it threw off my
>> pages
>>by a lot. Contents from one page ended up on another, etc, etc. Is this
>> still
>>a necessary step, and if so, where's my mistake here? I feel like I'm
>> missing
>>(or misunderstanding) something really obvious. LOL
>>
>>Hope to have this done by sometimes tomorrow. Thank you Anastasia S for
>> an
>>excellent scan!
>>
>>Thanks as always, everyone! I'm getting the hang of this, and really
>>appreciate everyone's kindness and patience!
>>
>>Warmest,
>>Kim
>>
>>
>>From: Regina Alvarado
>>Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 6:40 PM
>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: font Question
>>
>>
>>Exactly Kim. I change my whole book to the font and 12-point. Then I go
>> back
>>and enlarge book title to 16-point or larger depending on whether there
>>are chapters and numbers and still other titles I want to make larger
>> within
>>the chapter. (I know there is a name for those, but this fossil's brain
>> is
>>having a moment, smiles.) Remember also that you can put Chapter in front
>> of
>>one or 1 to help the reader.
>>
>>
>>Now I'll go back to my reading hole, which I crawl out of every now and
>> then to
>>ask a question or answer a question such as this one which I had to get
>> help
>>with too! Hope this helps!
>>Reggie
>>
>>
>>
> ________________________________
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kim Loftis
>>Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 4:24 PM
>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] font Question
>>
>>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>Well, I'm just about to begin proofing my first Bookshare book! *gulps*
>>Before I did it, I wanted to familiarize myself with the steps, and, as
>> much as
>>possible, get comfortable with them. I know practice and the routine of
>> doing
>>them over and over for books will make it easier. Hahaha. Hopefully
>> after
>>successfully completing this one, I won't feel so daunted. *sheepish
>> grin*
>>
>>My question is about the font. This particular book has a font that my
>> Word
>>2003 doesn't have installed, so it said it would show me the closest font
>>available. I understand that Times New Roman is an easy font to read, and
>> know
>>from the documentation that it's a recommended font. I already know that
>> I
>>can't change text. But is it okay to change the type of font. In other
>> words,
>>could I select the entire content of the rtf, change it to times new roman
>> 12
>>point, and then change the size of particular chapter titles, book title,
>> etc,
>>as required?
>>
>>Any info is very much appreciated!
>>
>>Thanks much!
>>
>>Kim
>>
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