[bksvol-discuss] Re: Page Breaks Was: font Question
- From: "Ixchel, Jackie" <starsandhearts2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:29:16 -0400
Hi Mayrie,
Yes, what you said was what I was trying to say--I make sure that page
numbers are right with word+the preliminary stuff. Also, page numbers
are supposed to be at the top, right?
Thanks,
Jackie
On 3/16/12, Kim Loftis <kll2277@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
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> 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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