[bksvol-discuss] Re: Validating

  • From: "Rose Combs" <rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 18:41:44 -0700

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-----
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[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
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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