[bksvol-discuss] Re: So what did we decide?
- From: "Rui Cabral" <rui@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 12:56:30 -0500
Hi Everyone:
The hard page breaks are what bookshare needs here.
Keep in mind there is a difference between soft and hard breaks.
A hard break is something that is inserted in the file by hitting
control-enter usually.
This will indicate a new page.
While a soft break is something that is superimposed on the file by the
software you are using.
I am pasting in a message written by Pratik Patell on 6/6/04 regarding this
issue.
--
Folks,
If you like editting in Word, which is a horrible, horrible program--my
opinion only, you should try to make sure that when you're done, you
select all (ALT+E, A or CTRL+A), copy the text to clipboard (ALT+E, C or
CTRL+C), and, then, paste it into something like K1K. Resave the file
to what you desire after that. Unlike word, K1K honors the page
boundaries, however they may be set. Word has definite ideas about the
page size. Alternatively, In Word, open the document you're working on.
Go to the File Menu and Page Setup (ALT+F, U). Press CTRL+tab to go to
the "paper" page in the dialog. Tab over to the "paper size" combo.
Choose "custom." You'll have to use the down arrow quite a few times to
get there. Tab over to the "paper width." You can leave this at 8.5:.
Move over to the "paper length" with the tab key. Change this to a
rediculously high number like 20" or 25". Your problem with page
spanning should be resolved.
Hope this helps.
Pratik
-- Rui
Bookshare.org Unofficial Volunteer Scanning Page
http://members.cox.net/booksharescans
----- Original Message -----
From: <socly@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 8:23 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: So what did we decide?
> I'm not sure, Sarah, whether bookshare requires hard page breaks or the
spacing between page
> breaks will do. I think it's the page numbers that are the important
thing, but I guess we'll have to
> wait for what Marissa finds out. In the meantime I'll stick to rtfs.
>
> Cindy
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: So what did we decide?
> Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 16:04:17 -0600
>
> >
> > Cindy, That was a good idea before, but won't really help now that page
> > breaks are required. You don't need to change the font to eliminate
page
> > breaks in text files especially, since none of that is retained. In RTF
> > files it would be a good idea to set the page length to something like
15
> > inches or something impossible to prevent the problem you wrote about.
> >
> > I'll try to be interested in a text file for my next validation, so I
can
> > help to get rid of some of the problem books. Can anyone suggest some
> > interesting text files that need help? Please, no fair quality
romances. I
> > won't touch those.
> >
> > Sarah Van Oosterwijck
> > http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <socly@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 2:09 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: So what did we decide?
> >
> >
> > > Shannon,
> > >
> > > What I've done with the two or three txt books I've validated recently
is
> > leave a line space before and after the page number, so it stands alone.
And
> > I've put a note in the long synopsis that the page numbers appear at the
top
> > or the bottom of the page, depending on where they were in the book, of
> > course. In one case the headings had been retained so it was easy to see
> > where the page numbers belonged. I didn't bother putting in a hard break
> > because when I saved and then reopened to work again the hard break was
> > gone.
> > >
> > > What I didn't do, at least in one book, and probably should have, was
> > change the font to eliminate the natural breaks that were created. I
think I
> > did do that in the others when I realized I could.
> > >
> > > Cindy
> > >
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