[bksvol-discuss] Re: intro and a few questions

  • From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:01:10 -0800 (PST)

Oh, Sorry I don't know about voice over maybe someone else on the list can help 
you --Oh! That's what vo was--not a  typo smile

Cindy




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> From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 7:27 PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: intro and a few questions
> 
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>Microsoft word is *not* accessible for mac users running voice over so I'm 
>working with text edit since I trust it and have used it for 2 years. I could 
>also use bean maybe that might work better?
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>Take care.
>
>Sarah Alawami: owner and founder of WICS Radio America. 
>Check us out on the web at http://wics.cc and thanks for listening 
>
>On Feb 15, 2012, at 11:54 AM, Valerie Maples wrote:
>
>Sarah, and Mayrie;
>>
>>
>>I cannot pull your email from your message unfortunately, Sarah, so I need to 
>>write via the list.  Feel free to email me at vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx  I did 
>>not think Text Edit was sophisticated enough to edit at a Bookshare level, 
>>but I can try and look at it.  I use  Microsoft Word 
>>or Pages, preferably Word since Pages does funky things in RTF.  Unless there 
>>are more Mac users here, we can take this private so as to not clog the list 
>>with confusing things.  Pages, does, though, eliminate page breaks, but in a 
>>replaceable way that can, unfortunately, add additional page breaks.  It can 
>>get a little dicey if not in Word, in my experience.  
>> Valerie
>>
>>
>>Keep up with Nichole's recovery:
>>http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/nicholemaples
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Sent: Tue, February 14, 2012 6:00:23 PM
>>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: intro and a few questions
>>>
>>>
>>>HI Sarah,
>>> 
>>>I hope that one of our Mac users can help you out.  But I want to stress 
>>>that you do not want to get rid of page breaks.  You do, however, want to 
>>>get rid of section breaks if they exist in your file, and replace them with 
>>>page breaks.  A book without page breaks is a book very likely destined not 
>>>to be added to the Bookshare collection.  I know that all of the terminology 
>>>is confusing, so with any luck, you meant to say that you want to delete 
>>>section breaks, or more accurately to replace them with page breaks. 
>>> 
>>>I'm sorry, I have absolutely no Mac experience, and can't help with the 
>>>specifics of that.
>>> 
>>>Mayrie
>>> 
>>> 
>>>
>>>
>>>________________________________
>>>From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>>>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami
>>>Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:59 PM
>>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] intro and a few questions
>>>
>>>Hello. I'm very very new  to the volunteer process. I have a few questions. 
>>>I read the sample document and the instructions but I am on a  mac running 
>>>is10 lion. How am I to strip all the page breaks out using text edit and I 
>>>forgot what else I need to do. Maybe I should not have chosen a 90 page gook 
>>>for my first task lol! I'm in college and want to try and do this as time 
>>>permits so I won't give up but thats my first question is how do I remove 
>>>all page breaks with out looking for them in text edit?
>>>
>>>
>>>thanks all and I hope to do you guys good.
>>>
>>>
>>>Btw I'm visually impaired myself.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Sarah Alawami: owner and founder of WICS Radio America. 
>>>Check us out on the web at http://wics.cc and thanks for listening
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