Ah, Shelley. But I have Hidden Characters available to view. Admittedly I haven't downloaded andy txt files lately, so I will, but before I didn't see any boxes, and I'm pretty sure they weren't there. BUT -- even though I have Microsoft Word, I do also have a Mac. Maybe that't the difference. That Bill Gates does make life difficult. Cindy --- "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ah, I see. > > O.k. guys, what you need to do is go to Font and > then uncheck the box that > says "hidden" characters. Warning for jaws readers > this READS every single, > punctuation and "hidden character" so we might be > wanting to strangle the > computer before long. > > It is called a "Hidden character" and you uncheck > the box and wellah they > appear. > > Still does not solve the great debate Marisa, do we > send up files without > the little devices or not. > > > Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden > juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. > Graduate Advisory Council > www.guidedogs.com > > The vision must be followed by the venture. It is > not enough to > stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. > > -- Vance Havner > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marissa Mika" <Marissa.M@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 3:40 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Page Breaks in TXT > files > > > Hi Cindy, > > You still won't be able to upload a file that's > originally in txt into > rtf, if my memory serves me correctly. > > You can edit the txt file in Microsoft Word if you > open up the txt file > from the Word application. If you turn on the > function that allows you > to see all of the punctuation characters and > symbols, you should be able > to see whether or not page breaks have been > maintained. > > Thanks, > Marissa > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Cindy > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 12:19 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Page Breaks in TXT > files > > Thanks, Marissa. The squares didn't appear in the > books I did before, I'm pretty sure. I think if they > repeated I would have noticed and asked. > > I'll try another book now and follow your suggested > method -- but wait. If I download a txt book and > convert to Word and then RTF, which is what I did > with > my very first txt validation, will I be able to > upload > it as rtf? bookshare wouldn't accept it before > except > as a txt document, and then all the page breaks and > italics I'd put in disappeared. > > I'll wait to hear from you before I download from > the > validation list. > > Cindy > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Jazz up your holiday email with celebrity designs. > Learn more. > http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com