[bksvol-discuss] Re: fireworks, brass bands, ooze and ahs

  • From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 23:28:47 -0700 (PDT)

LOL.  And congratulations on validating and uploading
your first book and not giving up.

Cindy



-- Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> And the validation goes to Lissi!!!
> 
> applause...standing ovation!!!
> 
> I couldn't have accomplished this without the help
> of so many wonderful 
> people. My heartfelt thanks go to Carrie for
> scanning and off list advice, 
> Kaitlyn for a phone lesson, Mike and Cindy for
> patient, and clear step by 
> step instructions, Gerald for lending his
> professional expertise, for 
> talking me through it and for never giving up when
> my computer couldn't find 
> my corrected book, the Wednesday conference callers
> for their enthusiasm, 
> Robert and Maria for helping me download my first
> book, Peter and Marissa 
> for helping me to register and all of you on this
> list because through all 
> of my questions, I never sensed criticism. Thank you
> to God, to my parents 
> for having me, to Popeye and Blackberry for holding
> it when I wasn't at a 
> good stopping place while validating and...the
> orchestra blares, I'm firmly 
> herded off stage and we fade to a commercial...
> 
> My book was rated fair when I downloaded and
> excellent, with 99.96 accuracy 
> when it was accepted!
> 
> What a happy day!
> 
> Always With Love,
> 
> Lissi
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 9:26 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: help with upload,
> please
> 
> 
> > Good luck--and do let us know the solution. Gerald
> is
> > great, and hopefully he can help you.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> >
> > --- Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Cindy,
> >>
> >> Your instructions were easy to follow until I
> >> entered on browse. I couldn't
> >> find the brf to blacken, nor could I find the
> name
> >> of the file I made and
> >> saved, though all the files I originally had were
> >> there . Gerald has offered
> >> some very remedial help. I'll let you know how I
> >> progress, or maybe not as I
> >> might be headed to the bottom of the class. -
> sigh -
> >>
> >> Still determined,
> >>
> >> Always With Love,
> >>
> >> Lissi
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 6:30 PM
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: help with upload,
> >> please
> >>
> >>
> >> > Dear Lissi,
> >> >
> >> > I'm not good on phones, and there is the time
> >> > difference problem (I am, as you guessed, on
> the
> >> West
> >> > Coast.)
> >> >
> >> > But I think I can give you the directions
> simply,
> >> if
> >> > you're working in Word. This probably will be
> no
> >> help
> >> > if you're in KEZ. Follow these steps and see if
> it
> >> > works.
> >> >
> >> > 1. Open your book file.
> >> > 2. Go to the File menu at the top of the
> screen.
> >> > 3. Scroll down to Save As and click
> >> > 4. Put the title of the book followed by a dot
> and
> >> the
> >> > letters rtf.
> >> > 5. Underneath there should be a series of
> choices
> >> that
> >> > you can save in. click on RTF
> >> > 6. Save and close.
> >> >
> >> > When you go to upload, after filling in the
> blanks
> >> you
> >> > mentioned, when you come to the File box, at
> the
> >> other
> >> > end of the blank box is the word Browse. Click
> on
> >> > that. Find your book file and click on that.
> The
> >> title
> >> > will go into the box.
> >> >
> >> > There should be a space before that that asked
> you
> >> to
> >> > choose what form the file was in, and you
> should
> >> > blacken rtf
> >> >
> >> > Somewhere on that page there is an Accept and a
> >> > Reject.  Click on Accept, and you'll be taken
> to a
> >> > second page.
> >> >
> >> > Now the above may not help you at all (smile),
> >> because
> >> > I'm at a disadvantage not knowing what it is
> you
> >> don't
> >> > see. I've been told that the things I see on
> these
> >> > upload pages are not in the same places for
> people
> >> who
> >> > use the various technologies.
> >> > If these steps don't work for you,  hopefully
> >> someone
> >> > else will answer you soon.
> >> >
> >> > Cindy
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -- Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Dear Cindy, Mike Gerald and volunteers,
> >> >>
> >> >> Would anyone be willing to talk me through
> this
> >> on
> >> >> the phone? I've read
> >> >> Mike's message and I don't know how to follow
> his
> >> >> instructions. I'm so
> >> >> stuck.
> >> >>
> >> >> In hopes all of you won't think I'm completely
> >> daft,
> >> >> I've been following the
> >> >> discussion on confirming or searching
> copyrights.
> >> >> Now that's an issue I
> >> >> understand. Should I ever come across
> copyright
> >> >> issues, I'm confident I will
> >> >> be able to resolve them. Cindy's idea that
> >> Elizabeth
> >> >> Peters may have
> >> >> incorporated her various pen names under an
> >> umbrella
> >> >> with a publisher-like
> >> >> name was interesting.
> >> >>
> >> >> Always With Love,
> >> >>
> >> >> Lissi
> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> >> From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 6:06 PM
> >> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: help with
> upload,
> >> >> please
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > When I edit books, I tend to reject the
> >> supplied
> >> >> name and save in an
> >> >> > easier to remember and type file name in the
> >> old
> >> >> dos 8.3 format.
> >> >> > I've also found that the BookShare system
> less
> >> >> often balks on such file
> >> >> > names uploaded.
> >> >> > So, once I open the .bks downloaded file, in
> my
> >> >> case generally in K1000, I
> >> >> > create a new file name that is far shorter.
> >> >> > For reasons discussed last week in another
> >> thread,
> >> >> I save my files
> >> >> > initially as a .kes file and only convert to
> >> .rtf
> >> >> when I am ready to
> >> >> > return the book to BookShare.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
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