[bksvol-discuss] Re: footnote number locations

  • From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:56:29 -0700

Okay, I once again think we are not talking about the same kind of notes. I'm not talking about the footnotes at the bottom of the page, usually denoted by asterisks or daggers, but notes which appear at the end of the book or at the end of each chapter of a book. Those are not footnotes. The ones in the middle of sentences that I am refering to in the books I have mentioned are these kinds of notes - also, I believe refered to as endnotes, or just notes. They do indeed include source citations. I can give you chapter and verse - in a manner of speaking, <smile> - if you'd like.


But not tonight. <grin>

Evan

----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 1:46 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: footnote number locations


Again, let me emphasize that I DO NOT MOVE FOOTNOTE
NUMBERS. I leave them located where they are. And
again, I suspect that in the Tolkien they are next to
the words that the footnote, probably on the bottom of
the page, defines or explains, as is the case with the
Kipling Verse. But when footnotes refer to source
material or phrases or sentences or paragraphs from
source material they are usually at the end of the
sentence or paragraph although occasionally, if there
is a quoted paragraph, they may come at the end of the
quotation.

I have noticed that since there has recently been
accusations, and proof,of plagiarism on the part of
some famous historian writers, other writers are not
footnoting much more frequently. I've recently read a
couple of books--fortunately not validating
them--where almost every sentence is footnoted. It's
really annoying.

Cindy

--- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You'll find lots of them in the middle of sentences
in The Book of Lost
Tales, Parts One and Two, and in J. R. R. Tolkien's
Sanctifying Myth by
Bradley J. Birzer. In these books you will also find
multiple note numbers
in one sentence: In the Book of Lost Tales Part Two,
for instance, you'll
find two in one sentence on page 71, and again on
page 145. I did not check
the whole book. In the Birzer, you will see two note
numbers per sentence on
pages 31, 62 and 85. Once again, I did not check the
whole book.

But I think that's enough to show that moving note
numbers in the middle of
a sentence to the end will probably lead to problems
- of ambiguity of what
was meant if nothing else, especially when there is
more than one per
sentence. Besides, I think on the general principle
of trying to maintain
the integrity of the original as far as possible,
they should be left where
they were intended.

Evan

----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 6:56 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] footnote number locations


> In the books I've seen, the footnote numbers are
at
> the ends of the sentences that contain the
quotation
> or the specific information that the author wants
to
> identify, and often at the end of the last
sentence in
> the paragraph. I don't remember ever seeing a
footnote
> in the middle, except, perhaps, in Kipling's
poems,
> but maybe I just happened on books with the other
> kind. smile
>
> Cindy
>
> --- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I wouldn't put the footnote number at the end of
the
>> sentence because the
>> footnote number is associated with the word that
it
>> is printed next to.
>> Besides, you could have more than one footnote
>> number in a single sentence.
>> Then what?
>>
>> Evan
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 6:21 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: superscript and
>> subscript
>>
>>
>> >I have done that at times, but then at some
point
>> some
>> > readers said that it was too difficult to read
and
>> > could be just put the footnote number at the
end
>> of
>> > the sentence without parentheses. Perhaps
that's
>> > something that should be added to the manual if
it
>> > isn't already there.
>> >
>> > I just checked the copy I downloaded and it
isn't,
>> so
>> > I'll write to Lisa. I don't see it in Tips on
>> Jake's
>> > site, either.
>> >
>> > Cindy
>> >
>> > --- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I am looking into what the Braille translator
>> does
>> >> with them directly. The
>> >> one instance I found in a book I submitted
came
>> out
>> >> rather strangely,
>> >> although it is still recognizable as a
>> superscript.
>> >> For Braille readers, it
>> >> says: and-sign sup-number sign 2, followed
>> >> immediately by the number 20 in
>> >> Nemeth code. But someone with whom I often
work
>> says
>> >> that she adds
>> >> superscripts regularly for notes, so it looks
as
>> it
>> >> does in the print book.
>> >> We're going to try to look at some examples
today
>> if
>> >> possible and see what
>> >> they look like in the brf versions. I have
been
>> >> simply going on what I have
>> >> read here, so I want to find out directly.
That
>> one
>> >> example is not enough to
>> >> go on.
>> >>
>> >> I'll report back today or tomorrow on what I
have
>> >> found.
>> >>
>> >> Evan
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 12:20 AM
>> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: superscript and
>> >> subscript
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Good idea!! I hope I remember it, because
it's
>> >> much
>> >> > easier to do that then fix them one at a
rime
>> as
>> >> I've
>> >> > been doing. smile Thanks, Evan.
>> >> >
>> >> > Cindy
>> >> >
>> >> > P.S. I'll bet that will also work for raised
>> and
>> >> > lowered letters that I've been putting back
to
>> >> normal
>> >> > one incident at a time.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > --- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Another thing I just thought of is that she
>> could
>> >> >> select the whole text and
>> >> >> if any of the text is super- or
subscripted,
>> it
>> >> will
>> >> >> say so in the Font
>> >> >> dialogue box in Word. Then she can just
>> uncheck
>> >> >> either or both of them and
>> >> >> desuperscript and desubscript everything.
They
>> >> >> should be removed because the
>> >> >> Braille translator does not handle them
well,
>> if
>> >> at
>> >> >> all. I forget what
>> >> >> happens exactly, but they will definitely
not
>> >> appear
>> >> >> as they should in the
>> >> >> Braille version. I can't speak to the Daisy
>> >> version.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Evan
>> >> >>
>> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> >> From: "Grandma Cindy"
<popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> >> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 12:16 PM
>> >> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: superscript
and
>> >> >> subscript
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > Monica,
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I'm curious as to how superscript reads
in
>> >> Jaws.
>> >> >> In
>> >> >> > the sentence in the page Terra sent me to
>> look
>> >> at,
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> > letters e a r in the word year were in
>> >> subscript,
>> >> >> > i.e., small and raised above the line, as
>> >> >> footnotes
>> >> >> > often are in books. People have written
here
>> >> that
>> >> >> they
>> >> >> > prefer to have footnote numbers written
on
>> the
>> >> >> line
>> >> >> > after the period in the sentence, and
>> without
>> >> >> > parentheses (all this detail for newbies)
so
>> I
>> >> >> assume
>> >> >> > that superscript numbers are read
>> differently
>> >> in
>> >> >> Jaws
>> >> >> > or braille or both. How would parts of a
>> word
>> >> >> read?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I will say, for Terra, she's persistent
and
>> >> >> > courageous. This is only her second
>> validation
>> >> >> effort,
>> >> >> > and based on the page she sent me, there
are
>> >> lots
>> >> >> of
>> >> >> > different kinds of problems. She's going
to
>> >> learn
>> >> >> a
>> >> >> > lot from this one book. smile
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Cindy
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Cindy
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > --- Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> Hi, Terra. Now that's a question I've
never
>> >> been
>> >> >> >> asked. I don't have a
>> >> >> >> clue, and I'm not sure it matters in the
>> final
>> >> >> >> product since a lot of
>> >> >> >> extra formatting is stripped out. For
>> example,
>> >> >> all
>> >> >> >> tabs are removed. I
>> >> >> >> know they keep the bold text attribute,
but
>> I
>> >> >> have
>> >> >> >> no idea what they do
>> >> >> >> with things like fonts or italics in
text.
>> I
>> >> just
>> >> >> >> proofread the document
>> >> >> >> for accuracy and let the Bookshare tools
>> sort
>> >> out
>> >> >> >> things like fonts
>> >> >> >> unless the book is in a giant font that
>> Jaws
>> >> >> can't
>> >> >> >> read. Then I select
>> >> >> >> all text and adjust it to 16 point Times
>> New
>> >> >> Roman
>> >> >> >> and keep moving. Jaws
>> >> >> >> can't read text in a font size of
somewhere
>> >> >> around
>> >> >> >> 32 or larger, so that
>> >> >> >> forces me to adjust the font size. Other
>> than
>> >> >> that,
>> >> >> >> I figure I have
>> >> >> >> enough trouble proofreading the text
>> without
>> >> >> trying
>> >> >> >> to sort out how the
>> >> >> >> text appears on the screen. Maybe
someone
>> else
>> >> >> here
>> >> >> >> has a better idea of
>> >> >> >> how to help you.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Monica Willyard
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>  Terra Syslo wrote:
>> >> >> >> > Does anyone know how to tell in jaws
with
>> >> word
>> >> >> if
>> >> >> >> something is superscript
>> >> >> >> > or subscript and how to take that out?
>> Sorry
>> >> >> for
>> >> >> >> all the questions, I just
>> >> >> >> > want to make sure I'm getting
everything
>> >> right
>> >> >> >> with this book.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > email and MSN:  tlsyslo@xxxxxxxxx
>> >> >> >> > skype: tlsyslo
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