HI Debby, I'm so glad I could reassure you! Happy proofreading! Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Debby Franson Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 8:02 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Page numbering Hi Mayrie! Thanks for such a helpful message. I am proofreading with Word 2000 and I am a Window-Eyes user. I noticed the page breaks and there were two or three blank pages at the very beginning of the book, so I deleted them. That was very helpful about going to the last page to have a number to ad preliminary pages to. I read the Scanning and Proofreading Manual as well as the Volunteer Introduction, so I just needed your assurance that I am on the right track. Debby At 12:07 AM 10/26/2009, Mayrie ReNae wrote >Hi Debby, > > Word will tell you where page breaks are, either visually, if >you can see, or auditorily if you are using a screen reader. So, if >you aren't seeing page breaks, you might need to tell us more about >what your software is, and whether you are using any adaptive software and what that is. > > Don't worry that bookshare's tools disagree with the page count. >The book won't be rejected if the number that you get and the number >that the tools get are not the same. Bookshare's tools don't always >seem to count well unless pages are numbered with arabic numerals, so >get confused about preliminary pages. The best way to be certain about >the proper number of pages in a book is to find the number of the last >page in the book, and add the number of preliminary pages to that >number. That will give you the total number of pages. > > If I haven't answered your questions sufficiently, please, ask >again. Also, you might find the scanning and proofreading manual a >helpful resource as you figure out all of the vagueries of >proofreading. And we're always here to help you out! > >It's great to have you with us! > >Mayrie > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Debby Franson >Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 9:50 PM >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Page numbering > >Hi Lori, Cindy and everyone! > >I just started proofreading a book for the first time today as I just >signed up for volunteering yesterday. > >It seems like a bit of guess work in determining where a page is >exactly before the page numbering in the book starts. Do I just make my best guess? >Also, when I loaded the book into word, I discovered there were a few >more pages than what is the number of pages in the book information >page. If the number doesn't come out to be exactly the same as what is >given in the book information page in the end, will the book be rejected? > >I'm proofreading "Love on Its Knees" by Dick Eastman, and thoroughly >enjoying reading as I proofread. > >Debby > >At 05:53 AM 10/25/2009, Lori wrote > >That's it exactly. I get so caught up reading I lose track of > >numbering and then have to go back and look at the last number, etc. > > > >Lori > > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 10:33 PM > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Page numbering > > > > > >>I don't know of any way. Someone once said Word had a way to put the > >>page numbers in automatically. Either I tried it once and it didn't > >>work or I didn't try it. > >> > >>I do what you do. The only problem with that is that at times I got > >>so involved with the story that I either numbered the same page > >>twice or misnumbered, or forgot to put in a number. I found out > >>because after I finish proofing a book by reading I do a final > >>spell-check and then a final page numbering check, by hitting the page up and down arrows. > >>Cindy > >> > >>Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and > >>books-being-scanned list available at sites below > >> > >> > >> > >>Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List > >> > >>Books Being Scanned List: > >>https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List > >> > >> > >>--- On Sat, 10/24/09, Lori <lori@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >>>From: Lori <lori@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Page numbering > >>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009, 2:43 PM Hi all, > >>> > >>>At this point I have been adding in page numbers by hand making > >>>sure to have a blink line above and below. I'm currently working on > >>>Douglas Winter's "Clive Barker: Dark and Fantastic" which is over > >>>600 pages. I'm reading through it so can add missing numbers by > >>>hand, but wanted to ask if there is another method that I am not > >>>aware of besides manually adding them. > >>> > >>>Thanks for help in advance. > >>> > >>>Lori > >>> > >>>To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > >>>bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a > >>>list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the > >>>subject line. > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >>To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > >>bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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