Hi Shirley,
I don't know what your book is, so here's an exerpt from the proofing manual
that should cover the possibilities...
Page Numbers and Page Breaks
1. A page number must be on every page and correspond with the page numbers
in the original book.
a. If page numbers are not on every page, the Bookshare conversion
software may incorrectly re-number all the pages based on the page breaks.
b. A good way to check that page numbers correspond with the book's is
to make sure the chapter headings are on the same pages the table of
contents
indicates.
2. If the front and back covers or dust flaps have been scanned and
formatted as pages, these pages must be numbered and placed at the beginning
of the
book.
a. Sometimes the scanner will have placed these pages at the end of the
book. In that case, move those pages to the beginning.
3. Page numbers must be located on either the first or the last line of the
page. Keeping placement of page numbers consistent and at the tops of pages
is preferred.
4. Page numbers must be the only character on a line.
5. Don't use Microsoft Word's header or footer function to place page
numbers.
6. If page numbers are not present, volunteers must type the page numbers
themselves.
a. In children's books of 50 pages or less that don't have any page
numbers, don't add them.
7. Auto-numbering by Microsoft Word will not be recognized by the converter
(See Glossary).
8. Rarely a book has a group of unnumbered pages, often of images, which are
not included in the numbering sequence. Cut those pages, move them to the
end of the book, paste them there and begin numbering from the last page
preceding them.
The manual is here:
https://www.bookshare.org/cms/proofreading-home
Deborah
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Page numbers.
There are no actual page numbers in a book I am proofing. Each page says
something similar to "12 of 192" depending on the page. Should I put
numbers on the pages?
Shirley
