Dave,
If Word is a bad program to use then what do you suggest? I don't have K
1000 or open book.
Shannon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 10:11 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: So what did we decide?
> I was talking about submiting not uploading after validation, so that
> wouldn't be a problem for bookshare.
> Sorry about the confusion. I wish there was a solution for all the
> frustration, but it seems no one knows of a program that works for text
> files and isn't specialized and expensive.
>
> Sarah Van Oosterwijck
> http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 6:14 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: So what did we decide?
>
>
> > Sarah, as of now, bookshare won't accept a bookthat
> > was downloaded as txt in any other format.. That's
> > what happened to me the first time I did a txt file. I
> > validated in Word, converted to rtf, tried to upload
> > in rtf and then found out it had to be txt.. When I
> > converted to txt, all formatting changes I'd made,
> > include hard page breaks, disappeared.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > -- Sarah Van Oosterwijck <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Wouldn't it still be possible to return the book to
> > > RTF as the last step
> > > before upload? I understand the problem of the
> > > overly formatted file, but
> > > going to text and back to RTF would solve that and
> > > yet retain the page
> > > breaks.
> > >
> > > Sarah Van Oosterwijck
> > > http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 1:40 PM
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: So what did we decide?
> > >
> > >
> > > > I will submit a text file, if the Braillenote has
> > > decided I screwed with
> > > too
> > > > many of the .rtf markers to allow my edited book
> > > to be exported as a .rtf
> > > > file. That is usually the only time I do, or
> > > books that I have had
> > > forever,
> > > > and have not submitted which I have several I am
> > > slowly working through.
> > > >
> > > > I try to submit in .rtf but when I have no choice,
> > > and it is either submit
> > > > in txt, or or not at all, I do the .txt route.
> > > And yep been talking to
> > > the
> > > > tech guys at Pulsedata about it, their solution,
> > > save as text before
> > > working
> > > > on it on the BN, not happening. Another solution
> > > is to make multiple back
> > > > up copies of a file, while editing, not happening
> > > either.
> > > >
> > > > On the bright side, files that are .txt files on
> > > the Braillenote do
> > > maintain
> > > > page breaks, and some formatting.
> > > >
> > > > So... smile.
> > > >
> > > > That is why I do it.
> > > >
> > > > Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden
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