I still have a lot of work to do, but my husband helped with some of the problems. Having the ability to eyeball it and mouse it helps I guess. Rose Combs rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of The Pardees Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 5:57 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Validating Cindy, So far I haven't had that trouble, probably because I scan and correct in Kurzweil and do very little validating. I'm glad Rose solved her problem. She really worked hard and deserves a lot of credit. Jim At 03:46 PM 7/4/05, you wrote: >Hi, JIm, > >I've tried that with a couple of things and for some >reason the things I've pasted aren't recognized and >aren't changed -- nor have they been when I've typed >them in. Usually that works, but with some things, it >doesn't. The only thing I can figure is that although >what I see looks normal, like the same thing in my >word, it's somehow different in the scanner's ocr. >I've had to change it manually. > >Cindy > >--- The Pardees <fpardee@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Rose, The only other thing I can think of is to copy > > and paste the > > characters you want to remove in to the find field. > > > > Jim > > > > > > 12:07 AM 7/4/05, you wrote: > > > > >I have tried searching for -/n and -/t and > > replacing with nothing but > > >every time I get zero corrections are made, but I > > can still find this > > >-/nl and I cannot get a rank spelling to work > > because so many word > > >endings are floating around. I am not into doing > > this all manually on a > > >900 page document, not even with tomorrow off. > > > > > > > > >Rose Combs > > >rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > > Behalf Of Rose Combs > > >Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 1:38 PM > > >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Validating > > > > > > > > >Thanks. I did not intend to start out big , I did > > not know the file was > > >going to be big, it turned out to be more than I'd > > bargained for but > > >since I have it I might as well do it. > > > > > >Thanks for the K1000 hints, I have used it most for > > reading and scanning > > >and have not done a lot of the rank spelling or > > editing yet. I have a > > >feeling that is about to change. Now, if it will > > quit locking up on me > > >today. > > > > > > > > > > > >Rose Combs > > >rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > > Behalf Of Kellie > > >Hartmann > > >Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 1:16 PM > > >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Validating > > > > > > > > >Hi Rose, > > >Wow, you're brave to take on a gigantic project > > like this for your first > > >validation effort. Your experience with medical > > terminology is a great > > >asset > > >for the Bookshare collection. Just make sure you do > > other more fun > > >validations too so you don't get Bookshare burnout. > > <grin> > > >Here are some instructions/suggestions for your > > situation. > > > > > >First, it may be that the tabs following the > > hyphens are throwing off > > >Kurzweil's auto-correction feature. Try replacing > > hyphen followed by tab > > >with just hyphen, then run the autocorrect again > > and see if it helps. > > >The > > >way to make a tab in the find/replace box is \t > > >If that doesn't work, what you might want to do is > > replace hyphen > > >followed > > >by newline, or hyphen followed by tab newline, > > whichever is occurring, > > >with > > >nothing. To do this in Kurzweil all you have to > > know is that the way to > > >make > > >a tab in the find/replace dialogue is \t and the > > newline character is \n > > >So to fix a hyphen followed by tab and linebreak > > you would hit ctrl-h to > > >enter the find/replace box, then type -\t\n and put > > nothing in the > > >replace > > >with field. After you've done a mass f/r such as > > this, it's always good > > >to > > >check around and make sure it didn't have any > > unintended consequences. > > >So I > > >would save any other changes you made before > > starting this so you won't > > >lose > > >any other changes you may have made if something > > goes funky with the > > >f/r. > > > > > >I'm sorry if this message is a bit scrambled, I've > > been dealing with a > > >three-day-long migraine, and between that and the > > unfortunately not as > > >effective as I'd like medicine I may not be running > > on all eight > > >cyllinders. > > >Kellie > > > > > > > > > > > > >____________________________________________________ >Yahoo! Sports >Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football >http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com