[bksvol-discuss] Re: asterisks white space?
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 12:22:38 -0700 (PDT)
thanks, Roger.
Cindy
--- On Sun, 5/29/11, Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: asterisks white space?
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, May 29, 2011, 10:04 AM
> I think the words "blank line" would
> be an annoyance. It would be too easy to confuse with the
> flow of the text itself and would leave the reader confused.
> As for the asterisks, three of them is just fine. I don't
> see that putting a space between them makes a diffference.
> In either case, I hear the words "star star star" and I
> really don't detect a difference in speed whether there is a
> space between them or not. At least I don't with my screen
> readers. I suppose there might be screen readers out there
> that I have not tried that might handle them differently,
> but mine read them at a pretty rapid clip and its just fine
> that way. I think that less than three might make it go by
> too fast. If there is a single star or just two stars
> pronounced one just might miss them, but three is hard to
> miss. Actually, the more there are the harder they would be
> to miss. However, I would think that more than five would be
> excessive. You sure would not miss six or more stars in a
> row, but you might want it to stop so that you can move on.
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 2:28 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: asterisks white space?
>
>
> Depending on what you just, read that could be one I just
> proofed. A couple of the books I just finished proofing, and
> the one I'm doing now, has lots of blank line spaces--some
> the equivalent of 2 lines, some larger spaces, e.g., the
> quivalent of 5 lines. I wonder if it would be less annoying
> to "read" [blank lines], the way we put [blank page[
> What think you all.
> Cindy
>
> --- On Sat, 5/28/11, Charisma <wishfulfish@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Charisma <wishfulfish@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: asterisks white space?
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Saturday, May 28, 2011, 10:10 PM
> > Oh! So it is read as asterisk
> > asterisk asterisk? I was just about to
> > report a book for having one thousand million
> "asterisks"
> > in it! Of
> > course, they are not in blank spaces but in the middle
> of
> > stuff so it
> > needs to have a note placed on it anyhow. But now I
> know
> > something
> > new.
> >
> > Again.
> >
> > Will I EVER know enough? lol
> >
> >
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