P.S. I don't like working with Text Edit, which is, I believe, another way of saying rtf ; I find the format difficult to work with; and besides, I don't think rtf keep severything like BOLd and ita;cs. Oh. One more thing. After I have the file open in Word, I go to the View menu and click on Normal. Then you can see the pages On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I don't think I have Mountain lion on this computer; it shows I still > have OSX; but I use MIcrosfot Word for the Mac and it works just fiine. I > open I download the rtf file from checkout list and Save to my desktop. > Then I click on it (I don't open it, though you probably could and then > Save As Word) and I happily validate happily validate away. When you click > on the rtf file (don't open it, though you probably can d that it and hen > save it as a Word file. After clicking (not doouble-clicking--just one > click, I go to the File menu and scroll down to Open With Word. > > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 2:23 PM, John Simpson <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> You might want to try Open Office. Itis a free, downloadable office suite >> written in Java. It is very similar to Microsoft Office. Their download >> page >> shows a version for Mac on Intel platform. I have used it occasionally, >> and >> it seems pretty comprehensive. >> >> I am not a Mac user and I am not familiar with Text Editor. I can't verify >> that it will actually work for you. Since it's free, it's certainly worth >> giving a try if you don't find another solution that you like better. >> >> Good luck. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darrell >> Shandrow >> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 1:44 PM >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Questions about using a Mac for Bookshare >> validation work. >> >> Hello Fellow Bookshare Volunteers, >> >> I would like to know how to do the proofreading and editing work necessary >> for Bookshare validation on Mac OS MountainLion. Specifically, I am >> interested in knowing how to use find and repave in Text Editor, or >> another >> application, to work with page breaks, section breaks and other special >> symbols typically found in scanned books. Any ideas would be appreciated >> all >> over the place. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Darrell >> >> 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. >> >> >