[bksvol-discuss] Re: Tabs question
- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 08:41:50 -0700
Hi Sue,
What it sounds like to me is that you have paragraph marks breaking up the
lines. So, it sounds to me like you have new paragraphs starting at these
weird breaks in text that you're seeing. Do you think that is what might be
happening?
They might also be manual line feeds. You could try typing caret l without
the space between in the find box of the find and replace dialogue, and type
a space in the replace box and see if they disappear.
If that doesn't work, I'm thinking that that icky, long process that you
didn't want to do is the next thing to try. And that is a bit of a tricky
process involving more stuff than it sounds like you want to deal with.
I know this isn't sounding very fun. I wish I had a simple solution.
To answer your direct question, I don't know what you should see if you
paste the blank space that you're seeing in the find box of the find and
replace dialogue. Sorry!
Another possible solution would be to release the book, have someone run
that long process to get rid of unwanted paragraph marks and preserving them
where they belong, then upload it to the approval queue, requesting that
Carrie put the book back on the checkout page with a hold on the book for
you.
Mayrie
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sue Stevens
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 8:29 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Tabs question
Hi Mayrie,
I am wondering if I miscalled my problem. I mean, I can get the cursor one
space to the right of the first portion of a line with this white space.
But then, if I press right arrow, it goes to the first letter of the word
right after the white space. And if I paste either of those to my
clipboard, it selects either the whole first portion or the whole second
portion, depending on where my cursor is. In other words, I can't space
within the white space areas, so is that tabs, or would it be white space?
I know this is unclear. What should I see in the find what box if I truly
select a tab? Does that make sense? (smile)
I tried the other thing with caret and t, and it didn't change anything.
Thanks, Mayrie, and I hope I haven't muddied the waters with this post.
(smile)
Sue S.
From: Mayrie ReNae <mailto:mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 8:54 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Tabs question
HI Sue,
You could place your cursor on the first tab or white space that you'd like
to remove, press shift plus right arrow to highlight it, open the find and
replace dialogue by pressing control plus h and that highlighted tab will
appear in the find box. In the replace box, type a space. Then hit enter
on "replace all". If that doesn't work, you could try this.
I think the thing to type into the find box to get rid of tabs and replace
them with spaces is ^t, that's caret followed immediately by the letter t.
In the replace box type a space. Then hit enter on replace all. I'm not
sure I have remembered the write notation for a tab though. I should know
this! I checked, that's the write character string to type in. My memory
isn't slipping as badly as I thought it was, whew!
Maybe one of those things will work. I hope so! Extra spaces do make
proofreading a little frustrating, don't they?
Good luck! Let us know what happens.
Mayrie
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sue Stevens
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 7:52 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Tabs question
Hi Valerie,
I'm not scanning, I am proofing. (smile) I don't know how to replace tabs.
I know replacing line breaks is a lot of trouble with a lot of steps.
I don't know how to send you a page. (smile)
Thanks,
Sue S.
From: Valerie Maples <mailto:vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 9:47 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Tabs question
Hi, Sue!
It sounds possible that someone or something substituted a line break with a
tab. I would be glad to look at a page and test for you to see if you can
then do a global replace of tabs with spaces. Or you could try that and
revert if it does not work.
Which scan engine are you using?
Good luck!
Valerie
On Jun 30, 2011, at 8:58 PM, Sue Stevens wrote:
Hi All,
In the book I have started proofing there is a problem with tabs on some
lines, not on all lines. There will be a portion of text, then a big space,
then the rest of the line. If I backspace between the first and second
parts of a line, the last word of the first portion is up against the first
word of the second portion. Then if I space just one, it goes back the way
it was. As I understand it, the tool takes out these spaces, but I would
feel a lot better if I knew a way to remove them. They are not tables. It
is a novel, and they just continue the story. Is there a way to correct
this problem? Oh, and I have Word 2010. (smile)
Thanks,
Sue S.
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