Also, if you are editing in Word and turn on the show all command (control+shift+number eight from the top row) you can check the end of a paragraph to be sure the paragraph mark is there. You don't have to check this throughout the text, but when you see the mark a few times yu will feel confident that the paragraphing is done correctly.
In Word, you can indent the first line of every paragraph by selecting the entire document using control+a, and then doing the following:
go in to the format menu with alt+o Press p for the paragraph option;tab through the options to special (which is a combo box) arrow down to first line tab to next option which will be set at .05 then tab until you get to okay and press enter.
This action will indent the first line of each paragraph in your bookIndenting the first line of paragraphs is not required, but not a bad idea either.
Lori C.----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 8:31 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Paragraphs
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] ParagraphsHi 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 --Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless; it is like chasing the wind.--Ecclesiastes 6:9 NLTTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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.
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