That's exactly what I've been wondering, and I haven't even had to use word for the RTF problem with Kurzweil in quite a while. Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 7:04 AMSubject: [bksvol-discuss] Soft Page Breaks (was: Re: Re: please more submits so I can proof read)
Hmmm, why not just edit in K1000, which does not insert soft page breaks? Then you can avoid the whole soft page break frustration. I know you bothhave it. What would you need to do in Word that you cannot do in K1000? Theonly thing I've used Word for lately is to ensure that Bookshare doesn't choke on K1000's flavor of rtf. Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 9:04 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: please more submits so I can proof readHi Ann, In case it helps, you don't need to manually remove soft page breaks. Those only have an effect when actually sending the book to a printer. I know it helps immensely not to have them to get an accurate page count. Just thought I'd let you know that you don't need to remove themunless you can't stand trying to figure out proper page count with them inthe book. I understand if they frustrate you. They do me too, as I get easily confused keeping count of hard page breaks among soft ones. Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ann Parsons Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 5:48 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: please more submits so I can proof read Hi all, Hmmm, I think rather than naming names, the better idea would be to ask Pavi if she could please speak with these particular volunteers and impress uponthem that proofing is *not* a twenty-minute job. If it were, I would have submitted the book I'm doing now a week ago. As it is, this book requiresremoval of headers, replacement of page numbers at the top of the pages, and may require a sighted volunteer to look at the pages. I have also discovered that this book, even though I have changed the paper size to Legal, has a huge number of soft page breaks which have to be removed. This is a tedious process. If she could impress upon them that these things needto be done to these books, they will become better proofreaders. The most important thing is to reiterate that the *only* way to be sure that a bookyou are proofing is as free from errors as possible is to read it, yes, readevery page, every word. That, IMO is the best way to get the best qualityfor Bookshare. Now, I understand that people have selfish reasons for volunteering, namely racking up credit against their membership fee. However, here's a nice little statistic for you. There are three hundred and sixty-five days in a year, except for leap Year. You have to contribute twenty books in order to pay for your membership. So, if you divide three hundred and sixty-five bytwenty, you get eighteen and a bit. That's eighteen days, folks, eighteendays per book. that is almost three weeks, folks. There is absolutely no, good, reason, for proofing a book in twenty minutes, none at all. Somechildren's books may take a day. Some reference books may take six weeks.Most books should take two to three days at least! I repeat, there isabsolutely no reason for twenty-minute proofing! You've got lots of time,lots of it, if you space out your books and you're careful about what you're doing. So, I'd recommend that instead of naming names, Pavi be asked to speak to these fol ks and tell them how it is. Tell them we're absolutely willing to help them when they need it and to work with them to improve their work. Wedon't want to lose them. All we want is for them to improve what they aredoing so that everyone benefits, not just the proofer or scanner who gets the $2.50. You're doing this so that others can read these books. If they can't read the books, then all your work is for nothing. Ann P. -- AAnn K. Parsons Portal Tutoring Email: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web Site: http://www.portaltutoring.info blog: http://www.samobile.net/users/akp Skype: Putertutor "All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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.
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