[bksvol-discuss] Re: another formatting question

  • From: "Katie Star" <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 09:19:17 -0700

HI Cindy and all:)

Maybe the wild island was fully justified before it went to print. That
could have caused words to be spread out and bunched together on some lines.



Katie Hill 
Miracles happen not in opposition to Nature, but in opposition to

what we know of Nature.

-St. Augustine

Saturday June 3 9:20 am

-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lisa Belville
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 2:47 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: another formatting question

Hi, Cindy.

I read my books with speech, and I have never noticed any difference 
depending on how lines are justified.  However, the gaps between words might

be a pain for Braille users, so maybe left justifying is the way to go.

The reason the fully justified lines have large spaces between words is 
because the word processor is trying to line both the right and left margins

up perfectly straight, and so it moves words around to make this happen.  I 
can remember seeing what this looks like when I read print and it could look

kind of funky.  <smiles>

Lisa

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 2:42 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] another formatting question


> I'm asking this belatedly, having been validating
> books for several years (I've forgotten how many, and
> my profile doesn't say when I started), but as I
> looked at a line in the file i'm validating now---
>
> In some book files the alignment of the text is
> justified, and in others it's flush left. I usually
> leave it as it is, and when I submit a book I make it
> flush left. Looking at the justified lines, I realized
> suddenly that there are sometimes large spaces between
> words--this never happens when the text is flush left.
> Does it make a  difference to you braille and audio
> readers? Would flush left be better? I don't remember
> that the instructions ever said.
>
> Cindy
>
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