I had no trouble using this spreadsheet with Jaws. My only quibble is that, when I opened it up, I landed in a blank worksheet, and had to ctl-page-up to get to the actual lists. Tracy > Having spreadsheet version is an intermediary step to updating the Wish > List on the wiki. On second thought however, I am wondering if that format > isn't a step backwards for Jaws users. Attached is a version of the Wish > List from several weeks ago as a spreadsheet. Maybe a couple people could > try to read it with Jaws, or other potentially problematic apps, and do a > quick quality analysis of the idea. Format choice isn't necessarily a bad > thing. > > From the larger perspective its seems appropriate that we continue to be > generous about reformatting documents for each other. I have certainly > been the beneficiary of volunteer help lately as my email sends out junk > characters or "invisible" emails. Sharing Google documents and Excel > spreadsheets between the various flavors of apps we all use has also > driven this home to me. > > Maybe, in a smaller discussion off list with Cindy, a few people could > figure out a good alternate format strategy and self-organize to test it > for a few months. The solution might be for Cindy to continue with the few > tweaks she is introducing along with a team that republishes a digest > spreadsheet version for quick reference? Copy me in. I'd like to be part > of that discussion. > > The Wish List is both an important resource and a unique tradition in the > Bookshare volunteer community. Cindy carries it 100% for the benefit of us > all. The geek network administrator in me says "redundancy is good risk > management." The manager asks, "What succession path do we have in place > to let Cindy train helpers?" It sounds like a few people are offering to > be understudies with you, Cindy. > > Scott > > ________________________________________ > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ellen Bartlett > [starry10286@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 4:24 AM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books that are a series or a part thereof. > > I'm siding with Scott. The file is a bear to read sometimes. I would even > be > willing to fix it up if you don't have time for it, Cindy. > > Ellen > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.