Ever since I learned that you all prefer the ellipses without the space in between I've been doing it that way -- except, as Sarah says, I've been leaving a space after an end-of-sentence period and the three dots of an elipsis, and a space after the ellipsis and the next word. I recently noticed in a print book I was reading that the three dots were together instead of spaced. I wonder if that's a new publishing thingie. Cindy -- Sarah Van Oosterwijck <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > No I did not ask for bookshare's approval because I > don't feel that DAISY > books are more valuable than BRF and therefore I > choose the better quality > result. Making elipsies without spaces does not > actually cause any > problems in print or for reading aloud. In fact > most synthesizers seem to > also prefer them that way. I do make sure that if > there are 4 periods in a > row I have the period correctly attached to the > sentence with a space and > then the three dots without spaces. Word will > create a special character > elipsis if you type three periods in a row, but will > not create the > character if you put spaces between them. I also > take that as proof that > space-free elipsies are legal, and I don't think > anyone could change my > mind about that. :-) > > Sarah Van Oosterwijck > Assistive Technology Trainer > http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 10:53 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Quick processing of my > book > > > >I think you have just answered something I have > been wondering about, the > >replacement of periods with elipses. Did you ask > for Bookshare's approval > >or just start doing this? I'm a braille reader too > so don''t know how this > >is handled in the Daisy format but surely is > annoying when we see the > >periods in braille. Also what are you doing about > words that should be > >accented but, of course, are not. > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - > Release Date: 7/28/2005 > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs