Hey, Pratik, I am going to be starting a book that has a section with three columns on each page. What happens to pages that are so long when the Bookshare processing gets hold of them? Can I just put the columns end to end as you describe here for three of them? Well, K1000 will probably - should probably - just do that anyhow; so should I just leave it like that?
Thanks. Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 3:35 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: double column formatting
Lissi,The trouble with this method, especially when submitting a book, is that you then end up having more pages in a book than warranted. Unless you only do this for your personal use, you should follow a slightly modified method of just putting the second column at the bottom of the first column and let thepage continue. Pratik -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Estelnalissi Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:13 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] double column formatting Dear Bookshare Volunteers, My solution for dealing with indices and pages with long double columns isto put each column on a new page and to label the pages a and b. If page 364is a glossary with 2 columns I label the page with the first column 364a andat the end of that column put in a page break. I label the next page 364b and then put in the second column flush with the left margin as I did thefirst. That way, I don't get overlong pages and numerically the pages remaintrue to the text and best of all, I don't have to worry about how to formatthe second column. When I've tried putting the 2 columns in a table,navigating as I validate is clumsy because I really don't know how to makethe cursor move between columns. My solution is as low tech as it gets with Microsoft word but it gets me through those long academic appendices, letting me concentrate on the accuracy of the content more than formatting. From my point of view as a braille Bookshare reader as well as a validator, this method is uncomplicated, and easy to negotiate in a brf file.Cindy, if I get caught up enough in my reading and validating, I'll let youknow how your columns appear in the braille file of 100 Women who Shaped World History, but even if they're scrambled, I'm sure the text will be terrific and pleasant, informative, reading. The double columned contents of, The Devil and the Giro, which I recently finished validating, appeared in a table, and out of curiosity, I left it that way. I'll be curious to see if the tools morphed the table in to somedifferent arrangement. There again, if the contents are muddled, the storieswill still be in tact. I hope any of you who have a different approach for formatting double columns or who have read books in the collection which have them will tell us what you do or how the columns look to you as braille or audio readers. Always with love, Lissi----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 4:32 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] columns questionI know how to create columns on page using Word. Are they retained when bookshare converts the books? When viewing the page in Page Layout the page appears in two columns, as it should, but only as one long column with the continuous section break in the other View options. A couple of years ago when I had to create columns for a Table of Contents to Fit on a page, and some pages, I did it using tabs, so the book must look awful. I didn't know tabs got erased. I could redo the book with the columns that the book itself had if columns are retained. Has anyone downloaded 100 Women Who Shaped World History from the collection? It's a wonderful reference book for both children and adults. Does it need reformatting when I get the chance? Cindy____________________________________________________________________________ ________Sponsored Link Mortgage rates near 39yr lows. $310k for $999/mo. Calculate new payment! www.LowerMyBills.com/lre 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list ofavailable commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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.
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