[bksvol-discuss] Re: lines and page numbers
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 00:23:14 -0800 (PST)
Dear Lissi,
I've come across the exact same problem in several
books. I know no way of deleting those spaces except
doing it the way you're doing it. There is one thing I
may have tried that worked better, in the sense that
it prevented me from losing lines--but I'm not sure I
remember correctly. I think I went down to the first
line beyond the blank space, put the arrow to the left
of the first word, and hit delete, and kept hitting it
until I got up to the previous page. But it was a
while ago so I'm not sure.
Good luck.
Cindy
--- Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear Bud,
>
> Rules aside, it's very considerate of you to insert
> the blank lines above
> and below page numbers. There's no shortcut for
> doing this that I know, but
> if it hasn't been done by the scanner, I always take
> time to enter those
> blank lines. I don't mind doing it at all, but
> having it done for me is
> certainly a treat. I rarely grasp the technical
> reasons we do what we do,
> but have heard from braille readers that these blank
> lines help ensure that
> the actual page numbers appear in the braille/brf
> downloads.
>
> Like many of the volunteers who have been scanning
> and validating much
> longer than I have, I keep finding new quirks as I
> take on new books. In one
> of the files I'm working on now a strange phenomenon
> has cropped up.
>
> At the end of each page is a huge expanse of blank,
> space that looks like
> solid white on the computer screen. It takes several
> page downs for me to
> reach the start of the next page. If I'm careful in
> finding the top of that
> next page, I can delete the empty space by
> highlighting with control up
> arrow and and then delete,. twice. My eyes see that
> when I do the control up
> arrow the first time the whole screen turns solid
> black. The next time I do
> it, a thin ribbon of black appears vertically up the
> left margin. These
> highlighted areas disappear with the deletes but
> sometimes I lose some lines
> at the top or bottom of one of the pages. I try
> placing the cursor
> carefully, but can't see that I've highlighted some
> of the print by mistake.
>
> Has anyone used Microsoft word while validating to
> delete these blank
> expanses that seem as vast as shopping mall parking
> lots? I love this book
> and wouldn't give up on it for anything, but it's
> slow going. I'm a third of
> the way finished so your help could save me several
> hours. Thanks for any
> ideas.
>
> Always with love,
>
> Lissi
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bud Schwab" <budschwab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 11:20 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] lines and page numbers
>
>
> > Hi Gang,
> >
> > I'm trying for the first time to make sure that
> the page numbers are one
> > blank line above the text and a blank line above
> that at the top of the
> > page. I find this very time consuming and figure
> there might be a better
> > way than I am using. I'm just going from page to
> page and doing it all
> > mannually. Is this the way the validators do it?
> I've spent about two
> > hours so far and olnly have 100 [pages finished.
> I suppose there's no
> > magic machine at bookshare that does it
> automatically. Maybe I'm just
> > slow and will pick up speed as I go along.
> > Thanks for any suggestions.
> >
> >
> > Bud Schwab
> > W 6 Z Y P
> > Malibu, California
> >
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