Cindy, please be careful making up rules like this. New folks may believe you really mean it about moving footnotes and putting comas between them.
At 12:27 AM 9/17/2007, you wrote:
You put both numbers, with a comma between them. smile Cindy > 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 > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > No virus found in this outgoing message. > >> >> >> > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >> >> >> > Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: > >> >> 269.13.19/1008 > >> >> >> - Release Date: 9/14/2007 > >> >> >> > 8:59 AM > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > 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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