E, What Gerald is pointing out is something like this: THIS IS A SIM- ple sentence. He is suggesting that he does the following with this sentence: THIS IS A SIMPLE sentence. That seems like a fair compromise to me. Yes, publishers do some weird things with formatting. Pratik Pratik Patel Director, CUNY Assistive technology Services (CATS) The City University of New York pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of E. Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 1:57 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question re caps Are you telling me that the original print would have a sentence where the first few words are in solid caps and the rest of the sentence is not? Example below. THIS IS A SAMple sentence. Isn't this a scanning error? E. At 11:47 AM 4/21/2006, you wrote: >Bud, > >Taking out the spaces is fine. Spaces in between letters is an OCR error >and not a factor of the original print. > >Thanks. > >Pratik > >Pratik Patel >Director, CUNY Assistive technology Services (CATS) >The City University of New York >pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx > > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bud Schwab >Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 11:32 AM >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question re caps > >Hi, > I leave the caps the way they are also except I take out the >spaces between letters which so often appear so it reads >better. Hope that's ok. > >BudAt 10:17 PM 4/20/2006, you wrote: > > >Hi Cindy, > > > >A lot of books I have downloaded from the collection to read in brf format > >have part or all of the first sentence in caps, and when I validate a book >I > >leave them that way. > > > >HTH, > > > >Sue S. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 11:04 PM > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Question re caps > > > > > > > The books I'm validating now has the first sentence of > > > every chapter in capital letters. In the past, if the > > > file I downloaded did not put them in caps, I didn't > > > either, since when I proofed for PG the rule was not > > > to. In fact, I might have change them to normal > > > sentence case. The last book I validated that had the > > > first words in caps,I did leave them rather than > > > change them, but now I'm wondering--especially for > > > those of you who listen to the books--I seem to > > > remember someone saying, at least as far as e-mails > > > go, that caps are louder and/or indicae emphasis. Is > > > this true in books? Shall I change the first lines of > > > the chapters to ordinary sentence case? > > > > > > Cindy > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > > > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > put 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.4/319 - Release Date: 4/19/06 > > > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >put 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. > > > >__________ NOD32 1.1275 (20051103) Information __________ > > > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > >http://www.eset.com > > >Bud Schwab >W 6 Z Y P >Malibu, California > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 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.