Hi, Lori. I didn't see an answer to your question and thought I'd write. I think I'd just number the blank pages and I would copy the sentence "This page is blank." to your clipboard so you could just hit control v on a blank page and keep going. Would that work for you? As for why the blank pages are there, I can't figure that one out, especially since they fit with the numeric scheme of the rest of the book. Definitely odd.
Monica Willyard Lori Castner wrote:
Hi, Everyone,I am validating "tar Baby" and have run into a problem with numbering pages. In the book the page number seems to be only on the righthand page in the upper corner. I have been adding the "missing number" to the top of the left page so that every page of the text will be numbered.Page breaks are fine. Suddenly around page 175, blank pages are occurring every five pages or so. I am validating an ark file with openbook. These pages are not being added. When I check the pagination of the book if numbered these blank pages would fall right into the numeric sequence of the book. There is also no missing text. I downloaded the nls web Braille version of the book to my bookport and am comparing the text when these blank pages occur. However, these blank pages are appearing often enough that I think it would be annoying to mark each one and insert the words "this page is blank." On the other hand, I do not like to change the actual page numbers as printed in the book. I can't understand why there are so many blank pages as occasionally the blank page will occur right in the middle of a sentence. Does anyone have thoughts about whether I should 1) number these blank pages and identify the pages as blank so that the numbers remain sequential, 2) take out the blank pages and have some page numbers missing but the remaining ones match the print book, or 3) leave out the blank pages altogether and change the page numbering of the file so that pages are sequential? Sorry to go on so long but wanted to explain clearly the problem I am having. Thanks. Cat Lover Lorichange the pages
