I know what I would do; I would ignore it and go by what is in the book. If there are no numbers on preliminary pages, I do not intend to insert them, lower or higher case. What is the idea of a lower case roman numeral anyway? I too hope that Bob can come up with some humor in this nitpicking situation. I for one need clarification as to whether this makes DAISY navigation better. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lori Castner To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 4:10 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Puzzling Problem Hi, Everyone, I have a very minor puzzling situation in a book I'm proofreading. In one of the newer documents on what to do as a proofreader, it states that we are to number preliminary pages with lower case Roman numerals beginning with i. However, in this book I am proofing, the acknowledgments begin on IX (Roman numeral nine), but there are ten actual pages before the acknowledgments begin. One is a blank page which I can remove, but even so there will still be nine preliminary pages before the first page with a page number, Roman numeral nine. Do I begin my lower case numerals with zero--is there a Roman numeral for zero? And why are we numbering these unnumbered preliminary pages anyway? Bob, I'm waiting for a humorous answer from you, but also seriously what do I do when the number of unnumbered pages is greater than the lower case numerals? Lori C. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.71/2331 - Release Date: 08/28/09 06:26:00