[bksvol-discuss] Re: merging words

  • From: "Gerald Hovas" <geraldhovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 19:13:49 -0500

Shannon,

It's up to you, but if you listen to how it reads with the words split
between pages, then you'll understand why volunteers prefer to put them
together.  Like I said, though, it's up to you, and it won't make any
difference in whether or not your book is approved.

Gerald

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Gerald said:
Also, if you find a word where the first half is at the bottom of one page
and the second is at the top of the next, then please go ahead and put the
two
halves back together.  It doesn't matter which page the word ends up on
either.  Just choose the one which looks the most appropriate for that
situation.

  Ah Gerald, can I weep now!!  I am working on a book where most of the
pages end in hyphenated words.  I have been, (keep in mind I just started
here a week or two ago), carefully making sure that there were hyphens in
the right places, etc!  And now, *sob, sniffle, howl), you tell me I can put
the word parts together on one of the pages?  <grin>
  Okay so I have three choices.  I can either leave the word halves I've
already fixed,nicely hyphenated, as they are, split between the first 72
pages I have edited and from here on out I can do as you say and merge the
word parts onto one page, or I can leave what I did alone but fix it in the
way you suggested in the future editing of this book, or I could get drunk
and cry.  But the third choice doesn't interest me much, so of the two, what
would you suggest I do?
  Shannon

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