[bksvol-discuss] bksvol digest v06 Issue 62 was re: proofreading question
- From: "Chanelle Hill" <chanellemh@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:37:03 -0600
Dear Bookshare volunteers,
I just started validating a book where the synopsis and list of books by the
author are the first pages before the title page. Should I move them to the
end of the book? I assume that the symopsis is from the book jacket but it
is not labeled so. Also, while beginning to read the book on my BrailleNote,
I noticed a profuse number of format markers. I am not sure what needs to be
ignored and what needs to be fixed. For example, one line reads $fm $i $fm
$fm $fm (I believe $fm means format marker and $i means indent). These marks
usually occur before quotations, but this is not consistent. $c is sometimes
on a line with no text. I should probably leave all of the bold and italic
marks though they sometimes enclose words or phrases that don't seem as if
they need emphasis. Do scanners sometimes insert extra bold or italics
marks? Some lines have $r (right justify) and others usually at the
beginning of a page have $t I with a number (I presume this has something to
do with tabs). When editing in Microsoft Word, some of the formatting marks
are not apparent except when pressing insert f in Jaws. Is there any way to
Get Jaws to announce manual page breaks in Word? What should margins be
justified to or does this matter?
I am sorry for asking all of these questions. I did read the post from a few
weeks ago about Mary Rene's process for proofreading and found it to be
helpful.
Chanelle
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