[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question about paragraph formatting
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:41:08 -0800 (PST)
This isn't going to be helpful, Judy, when when faces
with that situation I do indent the paragraphs. I
change "first line" in Paragraph in the Format
whatever-it's-called to .2 and then just hit return
when I come to the end of paragraph. This does mean
that when the first line of a new page isn't supposed
to be indented I have to go back and change "First
line" to None and then rechange it to .2 for the next
paragraph, but I don't suppose changing it to none
would really be necessary.
I've validated a couple of books where two sentences
in the middle of paragraph are together without any
spacing. I've learned, from checking the print books,
that that's because there should be a new paragraph
there; somehow the paragraph indication was deleted,
perhaps by someone doing a global delete.
G.Cindy
--- "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Guido, and thanks for your thoughts on this.
>
> Many of these books don't have paragraph
> indentations. So leaving them alone
> actually leaves out the visual cues a sighted reader
> uses. On the other hand,
> adding in the indentations is a pain in the butt
> because it messes up paragraph
> formatting over page breaks that then has to be
> corrected by hand.
>
> So, the crux of my question remains: Is there any
> agreed-upon standard
> paragraph format regarding indentation for
> bookshare? smile.
>
> I have full vision and personally prefer
> indentations, but I'm one of only a
> handful of sighted bookshare members. I have no
> idea what impact, if any,
> paragraph indentations have on braille readers or
> printed braile.
>
> Judy s.
> cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Guido Corona wrote:
> >
> > I suggest you leave paragraph indentations alone.
> They are visual
> > queues that can be useful to some low vision /
> dyslexic reader.
> >
> > G.
> >
> >
> > Guido Dante Corona
> > IBM Research,
> > Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC)
> > Austin Tx.
> > Phone: 512. 838. 9735.
> > Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Web: http://www.ibm.com/able
> >
> > ". . . Maybe it was only those who were most
> certain they were right who
> > were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe, just
> maybe, those who
> > questioned the most were in the end those who came
> closest to being wise."
> > [David Poyer, The Command]
> >
> >
> >
> > *"Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>*
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> >
> > I'm using Word to validate rtf files that I'm
> downloading from step 1.
> > Some
> > scans I've downloaded come through with paragraphs
> all the way through
> > the book
> > that have zero indentation. Other scans have each
> paragraph indented
> > anywhere
> > from .2 to .5 inches.
> >
> > Is there any preferred way, or required way, that
> paragraphs should be
> > formatted
> > in regards to indentation when it comes to
> cleaning up a scan during
> > validation?
> >
> > Judy s.
> > cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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