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. > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank > >> Email > >> >> to > >> >> > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> >> > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the > >> >> subject line. 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