[bksvol-discuss] Re: a tip on the short synopsis
- From: "Jake Brownell" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 19:05:02 -0500
Scott,
Yep my method is similar. If we could get the BookShare engineers to
look into adding a maxlength attribute to that text box...The max length
simply would not allow more than 200 characters to ever be entered, thus the
elimination of the entire problem and the need for a somewhat annoying work
around.
Grin...
Jake
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Blanks" <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 3:31 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] a tip on the short synopsis
> Hey all,
>
> I just wanted to throw this suggestion out to anybody on the list. I've
> seen the occasional mention of people encountering difficulties because
> their short synopsis was too long.
>
> What I have been doing is writing my synopsis in MS Word, then accessing
the
> word count feature off of the tools menu. This handy little dialog box
> shows you the number of words, characters, lines, etc. Obviously the only
> critical statistic would be the number of characters. Then I select the
> text and copy it to the clipboard, return to the Bookshare page, and paste
> the text into the synopsis edit box.
>
> My friends have told me that I have a very meticulous, and on occasion
> obsessive, personality. I suppose this is one example that might qualify,
> but I hope it might help someone.
>
> Scott
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