[bksvol-discuss] Re: a question about formatting footnote references
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:59:01 -0700
Hi, Jill, I've seen footnotes in Braille books. Generally, what you'd see is
an asterisk followed by a number following a sentence in the text where the
footnote is mentioned. Sometimes, one would see just an asterisk. In that
instance, a note would appear at the bottom of the page separated from the
text by a line of dashes going across the page. The asterisk plus number
type of footnote is used in literature texts where one would see words like
"ibid." or "op. cit." If you are reading a science or anthropology book, the
footnotes would be quite different in character. When you read a sentence
where the footnote is supposed to occur, you'd see an open parenthesis, the
author's name, the year of publication, then the page number followed by
the closed parenthesis. Hope this helps. Regards, Kim.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jill O'Connell
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 10:44 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: a question about formatting footnote
references
What would the braille translator do with superscripts; does anyone know?
----- Original Message -----
From: Lori Castner <mailto:loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 6:03 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: a question about formatting footnote
references
Hi, in the "Bound by Books" newsletter dated May 28, 2009, the following
information appeared regarding footnotes:
Bookshare appreciates the insertion of punctuation (brackets or parentheses)
around
footnotes but does not require it. Footnotes may be retained as they appear
in the
scanned copy.
Bookshare advocates the retention of superscripts where possible, but in
cases where
your scanner pushes them onto the line above or omits them entirely, please
drop
superscripts into the text line..
Lori C.
----- Original Message -----
From: Cindy <mailto:popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 4:22 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: a question about formatting footnote
references
I think they'd now li ike us to use superscript numbers for the foonotes,
if possible. Delete the pound sign, blacken the number and click on
superscript; in my Word it's in the format menue, under or by clicking on
character. (Can someone else give Doug better directions?
Cindy
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--- On Sat, 8/22/09, Doug Maples <wdmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Doug Maples <wdmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] a question about formatting footnote references
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 3:19 PM
I am proofing a book called Financial Peace Revisited by Dave Ramsey. It is
a nonfiction book about personal finances. I have run into a place where he
quotes a number of sources and denotes them with a # followed by a number.
This refers to the footnotes at the end of the book.
I need some help to know how to format this. Here is an example from the
book.
short years.#2 A recent survey conducted by Consolidated Credit Counseling
Services found that 71 percent of Americans say debts are making their home
lives unhappy.#3 A recent study in The Wall Street Journal states that 70
percent of the American public lives from paycheck to paycheck.#4
Interestingly, a Marist Institute poll published right after that Wall
Street Journal article stated that 55 percent of Americans "always" or
"sometimes" worry about their money.#5 If 70 percent are broke and only 55
percent are worried, I guess the other 15 percent are asleep..
Thanks for any help!
-- Doug
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