[bksvol-discuss] Re: TXT and page breaks
- From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:07:37 -0500
Hi, Dilsia! If you've read through the book and you're sure that no text is
missing, go ahead and upload it. Thanks!
Jana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dilsia A. Martinez" <dilsiam@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 9:48 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: TXT and page breaks
>
>
> Hi volunteers:
>
> I downloaded a txt file to validate but it is
> frustating that the file doesn't have the page
> numbers, nor page breaks. I am not sure if txt allow
> page breaks but the book I 'm validating I, Robot is a
> too good scan to reject just for the lack of page
> numbers at least.<sigh>
>
> Very truly yours
> Dilsia
>
>
>
> --- Sarah Van Oosterwijck
> <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I would write privately, but there just might be
> > someone else out there
> > experiencing the same problem. The solution for the
> > scrolling issue is to
> > turn on word wrap in notepad or what ever program
> > you are using. The option
> > is in the edit menu in notepad, but may be in other
> > places in other
> > programs.
> > Sorry I can't help with a better program to use
> > because I always use
> > Kurzweil or word for editing books.
> >
> > Sarah Van Oosterwijck
> > curious entity at earthlink dot net
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 1:09 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: TXT and page breaks
> >
> >
> > > Jesse,
> > > I agree with what Pratik said.
> > > Furthermore, often it's a choice of me, the
> > volunteer, putting the page
> > > breaks into the txt file, or having none at all.
> > For myself, a dedicated
> > > BRF file user, page breaks make no difference at
> > all, but Guido says the
> > > lack of breaks really screws up the Daisy files.
> > So I try to do the best
> > > job I can, and put them in, which turns out to be
> > a gigantic pain. If I
> > > could only convert the txt to rtf, it would be so
> > much easier.
> > >
> > > I tried Textpad, but I have the same problem with
> > it that I have with
> > > Notepad, namely that the lines go on way past
> > where Jaws reads, so to read
> > > them I need to keep scrolling right. I guess that
> > kind of scrolling is
> > > easy with a mouse, but it's not with Jaws. If
> > anyone knows how to do it
> > > without physically moving the cursor, please tell
> > me privately.
> > > carcione@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > But perhaps Textpad will serve for putting in
> > these pesky page breaks.
> > > Tracy
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Jesse Fahnestock wrote:
> > >
> > > > Tracy --
> > > >
> > > > The answer as to why txt submissions need to be
> > resubmitted as RTF is, I
> > believe, that our system is set up to minimize the
> > introduction of errors or
> > new elements (the latter of which is questionable in
> > terms of copyright).
> > While I'm not suggesting you wouldn't get the pages
> > right, allowing
> > volunteers to resubmit in RTF would allow the
> > potential for incorrect
> > structure and formatting to be added to the book,
> > "by default" as it were
> > (or by MSWord). At least I believe that was the
> > thinking.
> > > >
> > > > I understand that it's possible to enter "form
> > feed" page breaks in text
> > files. Pratik, was it not you who told me about
> > that? Can you clarify for
> > Tracy?
> > > >
> > > > Finally, I heartily recommend TextPad
> > (www.textpad.com) as a quality
> > free editor for text files (and HTML, if you need
> > that).
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> > Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
> > > > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 1:40 PM
> > > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] TXT and page breaks
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > When I got the txt file I'm working on, it had
> > page breaks, but as soon
> > as I
> > > > brought it into Word to work on and saved it,
> > the page breaks
> > disappeared.
> > > > Is there any way to stop this happening? And
> > DON'T say to edit it in
> > K1K,
> > > > because it ALWAYS crashes, sooner or later.
> > > >
> > > > I never got an answer as to why, oh why, do I
> > have to put a txt file
> > back as
> > > > txt, when, if I only had the option of putting
> > it back as RTF, I could
> > > > easily fix the page breaks, and not have to
> > hassle with K1K's
> > problematic
> > > > editing, which is the only way I know to get the
> > pesky breaks to stay in
> > > > txt. Why must I suffer? Is there actually a
> > reason txt must stay txt?
> > I
> > > > want an answer from Admin, not someone else's
> > guesses.
> > > > Tracy
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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