[bksvol-discuss] Re: Stripping headers
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:08:43 -0600
Dear Lori;
for what it is worth, I am like you. I do my proofreading in layers, and the
first layer is confirming/correcting/adding pagination and stripping headers or
footers. Occasionally in that same part of the process I will format and
protect chapter headings, but since in my books they frequently need
correction, that is usually a step of its own.
I don't know how many books the average person here does, but I probably
average 2 or 3 a week of a combination of proofreading and scanning. All of my
scans are proofread, too, though. About the only things that I do with global
replace are things like standardizing ellipses and replacing em-dashes.
Valerie
On Dec 21, 2009, at 2:44 PM, Lori Castner wrote:
> People have made several useful suggestions for stripping headers with global
> search and replace, but even so I always remove them manually as I read
> through the book. For me, removing them manually just feels safer.
>
> Sometimes I go through the text page by page and remove the headers before
> reading the book; that way the text reads more smoothly and without
> interruption. But either way, I remove them one by one!
>
> But I do proofread fewer books than many of you do.
>
> Lori C.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: EVAN REESE
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 12:27 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Stripping headers
>
> Thanks, Jamie. I have suggested this before. Oftentimes, there is a tab after
> the header and before the page number on the right page, and a tab before the
> header and after the page number on the left page. I have used this technique
> of removing headers with their associated tabs to eliminate thousands of
> headers without fear of removing text that I shouldn't.
>
> It is also true, as you say, that search and replace should always be used
> with care.
>
> Evan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jamie Yates, CPhT
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 1:33 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Stripping headers
>
> Lots of times there is a tab after the header. If you search for the text
> plus a tab you might have better luck in doing a global replace, but I
> recommend using a global replace very carefully.
>
> For example if it is The Catcher in the Rye that is the header look for The
> Catcher in the Rye^t (^t is the tab symbol in Word 2003).
>
> --
> Jamie in Michigan
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