Dave, Kenneth must have something special because I have never seen a better scanning job. In fact, I am gooiing to look in the onsite library and see if this book is already there. <smile> ----- Original Message ----- From: <talmage@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 3:56 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: : Tudor England You can get a number of junk characters, typically at the beginning or end of a line, they include- J I F \ | & ^ ~ ; , as well as some others I probably forgot. The scanning software may try to recognize any imperfections in the print, or smudges at times. One way to cut down on this, but not a fool proof method, is to have de-speckle turned on when scanning the book. HTH Dave At 01:05 PM 10/27/2004, you wrote: >E., this is not as tough as I thought. Kenneth did a good job of scanning. >One question I have is: Do you sometimes just see an extra letter? In one >spot the letter f appeared before Henry VII. Does this mean it is just an >extra letter? Nothing seems to be missing in the context at that point. I >have read a lot of historical novels that took place during this period of >English history and that makes it easier to read. It will take awhile but >not as long as I thought. > >Sue