[bksvol-discuss] Re: did Mayrie's thing now more questions
- From: jlc <whoschu@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 14:26:33 -0700 (PDT)
I really appreciate all your help on this, Mayrie. I definitely want to do the
most helpful thing and I know it's hard to keep manuals up to date. Thanks!
Julie
>________________________________
>From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 1:33 PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: did Mayrie's thing now more questions
>
>
>Hi Julie,
>
>The manual has obviously not been corrected, or the later
version of the braille transcription manual reads differently. I'll have
to download that and see what it says. However, let's please surround them
with spaces for now.
>
>I'll do my best to look up the exact wording of the most
recent version of the braille transcription manual which is our bible on this
subject and I'll get back to the list by the end of the upcoming week. I
apologize if I have been inaccurate, and will get a definitive answer by
Friday,
5-27-11.
>
>Mayrie
>
>
>
>
>________________________________
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jlc
>Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 1:20 PM
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: did
Mayrie's thing now more questions
>
>
>Here's what I just copies from the online manual, for
proofing:
>
>
>1) Replace each "ellipsis character" with 3 periods
> First go to the very beginning of the document
by doing a:
> Control + Home
>
> To bring up the Find and Replace dialog, do a:
>
Control + h
> In the Find box, type:
>
^0133
> (That is: a caret, then the 4
digits.
> "^0133" is the code for an ellipsis in
Word.)
>
> In the Replace box, type:
> ...
> (That is: exactly 3 periods)
>
> Click Replace
All
>
>
>2)
No spaces before nor within ellipses
> If the following are not done, ellipses will not
be represented properly in Braille:
> A. Make sure there are no spaces before the 3 periods.
> Not this:
>
Eventually ... the cows came
home.
>
> Instead, do this:
> Eventually... the cows came home.
>
> B.
Make sure there are no spaces between the 3 periods.
> Not this (a space between
the 1st and 2nd periods):
> Eventually. .. the cows came home.
>
> Nor
this (a space between the 2nd and 3rd periods):
>
Eventually.. . the cows came
home.
>
> Instead, do this:
> Eventually... the cows came home.
>
>
>
>
>Julie
>
>
>>________________________________
>> From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 1:00 PM
>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: did Mayrie's thing now more questions
>>
>>
>>Kes, I was surprised, too. I've been replacing ellipses with spaces between
>>and before and after them with ellipses with no spaces at all. Hopefully
>>someone will clear this up for both of us. I'd like to do whatever is best
>>for both Braille readers and people who listen to their books (is that Daisy
>> readers?)
>>Cindy
>>
>>--- On Sun, 5/22/11, Kestrell <kestrell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>From: Kestrell <kestrell@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>Subject:
[bksvol-discuss] Re: did Mayrie's thing now more questions
>>>To:
bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Date: Sunday, May 22, 2011, 7:08
AM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>So there is supposed to be a space before and after the ellipsis? I could
>>>swear that I read in the volunteer scanning documentation that all spaces
>>>were supposed to be eliminated. Perhaps I misunderstood what was meant by
>>>"all"?
>>>
>>>Kestrell
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: Cindy
>>>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 3:47 AM
>>>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: did Mayrie's thing now more questions
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thanks, Valerie;
>>>>Cindy
>>>>--- On Sat, 5/21/11, Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>From:
Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>Subject:
[bksvol-discuss] Re: did Mayrie's thing now more
questions
>>>>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>Date:
Saturday, May 21, 2011, 9:33 PM
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>There is another quirky arrow (not just a straight line), called an
>>>>>optional hyphen, and those you DO delete. Maybe those are what you are
>>>>>thinking of or have seen, Cindy. I would be interested in learning how
>>>>>it is identified in Braille or by speech.
>>>>>
>>>>>Valerie
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On May 21, 2011, at 8:32 PM, Cindy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>I never knew what those little arows were; I though maybe paragraph
>>>>>symbols so I just deleted them, and there didn't seem to be any problem
>>>>>with wha remained.
>>>>>>Cindy
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--- On Sat, 5/21/11, Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>From:
Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>Subject:
[bksvol-discuss] Re: did Mayrie's thing now more
questions
>>>>>>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>Date:
Saturday, May 21, 2011, 5:08 PM
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I am thinking the right pointing error is a tab, and would be replaced
>>>>>>>by a space unless you want your material formatted as a table, then it
>>>>>>>can be used for creation of a table.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>If you are in Word and not wanting to make a table, do a find and
>>>>>>>replace by putting ^t in the first box and a single space in the second.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>HTH!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Valerie
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On May 21, 2011, at 4:47 PM, Jamie Yates, CPhT wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The right pointing arrows are something you need to eliminate. In word
>>>>>>>you just replace all of the ^l with a space, unless it's truly where a
>>>>>>>paragraph ends then you replace it with ^p.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>But usually it's a temporary line
break so that it looks like the print book, but
is very annoying in braille and needs to be
eliminated.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
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