[bksvol-discuss] Re: Strange dotted lines in text
- From: Dasha Radford <dasha95@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:17:40 -0400
If you want a cheap one where the voices aren't necessarily great that you can
get decent ones try NVDA.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 25, 2012, at 4:10 PM, "John Simpson" <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am beginning to proofread a book entitled Communicating for Productive and
> Fulfilling Relationships .
> The scan looks pretty clean, but I do have some questions. There are no page
> breaks or section breaks in the entire document. However, at various places
> throughout the text there is a dotted line that goes clear across the page.
> It is not a page break, nor a section break. This is when I open it in
> Microsoft Word (2003). When I opened it in Open Office Writer, the lines
> disappear. Cut-and-paste removes some of the lines, but not all. I am
> attaching a short RTF document that illustrates what I am talking about.
> Since I am sighted, I do not have a good screen reader to see how it's
> interpreted by that.
>
> Also, a number of examples are given in the book. Usually they are in
> italics, but with the occasional words in normal type. These words do not
> appear to be normal type for purposes of emphasis. I am presuming I should
> convert the entire piece of text to italics.
>
> Finally, if someone has a good, simple screen reader to read the contents of
> a Word or RTF document, I would appreciate a suggestion. Thanks all.
>
> John
>
>
> <Bookshare.rtf>
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