[bksvol-discuss] Re: Table of Contents

  • From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:04:57 -0500

When was it decided not to put a table of contents into a table? I've been 
doing that the past year, and I really like it from a sighted standpoint, it is 
much easier to find the page numbers.

Thanks!
Valerie 

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On Apr 23, 2013, at 7:16 AM, misha <mishatronics@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Netta,
> 
> Back a while ago, a group of us came up with a very minimalist table of 
> contents format.  Do not put it in a table.  If it is in a table, convert to 
> text.  If it has
> chapter number then the title then page number
> next chapter number then next title next page number
> and so on like
> 
> 1. First chapter 5
> 2. second chapter 15
> 
> we leave it like that, but make sure that there are no tabs.  At least at the 
> time we had this discussion, the bookshare converter did not convert tabs to 
> a space, but just removed the tab.  So the chapter number or page number 
> would be right next to the word. Not good.  If the chapters are not numbered 
> in the table of contents, you don't have to number them.  For extra credit, 
> to put more distance between the page number and the chapter title, you can 
> put an elipsis (three dots with blank space before and after) between the 
> title and the page number.  If the actual book had more than three dots 
> between the title and page number, reduce it to only 3.  That's all the 
> formatting that's needed, except if the page begins with Contents or Table of 
> Contents, make that 16 point bold and the rest of the table 12 point regular.
> 
> 
> On 4/22/2013 9:45 PM, Dornetta wrote:
>> Blank
>> Hey guys:
>> This is my first book with a table of contents. I'm wondering how to format 
>> it.  The scanner removed the table but should I place those asterisks in 
>> front of each list item or bullets? I vaguely remember having a list at the 
>> end of a teenage series book I did last year and Madeleine sent it back to 
>> me for more proofing and told me I need to insert asterisks. She also did 
>> the same thing with a Shiloh book I did. Anyway, how are the table of 
>> contents handled?
>> Oh one more thing, preliminary pages should be numbered with lower case 
>> roman numerals right? I always leave the "beginning of the book" stuff for 
>> the final check before I'm ready to submit so, I'm wondering before I submit.
>> Thanks,
>> Netta
>> "Until lions tell their tale, the story of the hunt will always glorify the 
>> hunter."-African Proverb
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