We've all been there, Debby, smile. It's our problems and mistakes that
now make us able to help others.
Cindy
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--- On Mon, 11/2/09, Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Paragraphs
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 2:43 PM
> Hi Bob!
>
> Thanks! I hope I didn't mess up my first book causing
> it to be rejected. Since I am not too far into the
> book I'm proofing now, I can start over and stop messing
> with it so much. I showed my inexperience and how
> bright green I am.
>
> Debby
>
> At 09:31 PM 10/31/2009, Bob wrote
> > There is probably a paragraph mark between paragraphs.
> Most reading software does what you tell it to do with
> paragraphs (i.e. indent, put in a blank line, etc.)
> >
> > I wouldn't bother with them as you will mess this up
> by putting extraneous lines in the text. Besides, the
> bookshare tool takes all your arduously put in blank lines
> and throws them away. [Sorry about that.]
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > "We know the future will outlast all of us, but I
> believe that all of us will live on in the future we make,"
> > Senator Edward M. Kennedy
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debby Franson"
> <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 9:02 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Paragraphs
> >
> >
> >> Hi everyone!
> >>
> >> When I proofed my first book and this one, all of
> the paragraphs were together without a blank line between
> each paragraph, unlike the way it is often done when writing
> on the computer and how the OCR software does it, at least,
> OpenBook does. I suspect that is because of the file
> being saved in the RTF format, which probably loses some of
> the attributes.
> >>
> >> Both for the first book I proofed and the one I
> just started, I have been putting the blank lines back
> in. Is that necessary? I read each line one at a
> time by down arrowing so that I can read carefully to
> determine where one paragraph ends and the next one
> begins. I thought I should do that, because it didn't
> seem like each paragraph started with an indent. Am I
> wrong? Is it really indented?
> >>
> >> Debby
> >>
> >>
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