As long as I am admitting to making changes, I also put back together
sentences broken in the middle by a picture caption.
E. At 09:31 PM 7/5/2006, you wrote:
Thanks for the info, Elizabeth. In the future I'll leave them alone.
Cindy
--- "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Please do not add parentheses around footnote > numbers. It adds nothing to > a book and changes the text. > By adds nothing, I mean that it is not needed for > improved access and, in > fact, changes the text. > > > E. > > > At 05:05 PM 7/5/2006, you wrote: > > >Hi, Bobbie, > > > >I don't know what, if any, the preferred form is. > >Jake's hints might have something. But here's what > I > >do: > > > >Because I started working with Project Gutenberg, I > >put the footnotes numbers in parentheses after the > >sentence if I can. But I admit that if the book is > >long and boring to me and I don't want to read it > as I > >usually do, I leave them as they are and let the > >reader do whatever he/she wants to do with them. I > >don't beleive we're required to do anything, but if > >I'm actually reading the book as I validate, which > I > >do most often, then I do what I've described above. > > > >If there aren't too many, and they have scanned as > >very small, I will make them raise them (format, > file, > >font). > > > >You may want to wait to hear from Gerald or Jake, > >though. smile > > > >Welcome to our volunteer group. smile > > > >Cindy > > > > > > > >--- Bobbie Hughes <hughebo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Hi folks, > > > I haven't been validating long and am wondering > if > > > any of you can give me > > > a suggestion about what to do with footnotes. > The > > > numbers come right > > > after the end of the sentences (with no spaces) > and > > > I'm wondering if I > > > should put spaces or just leave them as they > are. > > > If someone could let me > > > know the preferred standard, I'd appreciate it. > > > Thanks! > > > Bobbie > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank > Email to > > > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the > subject > > > line. To get a list of available commands, put > the > > > word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email > to > >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list > >of available commands, put the word 'help' by > itself in the subject line. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of available commands, put the > word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > >
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