Engineering has said that the Stripper doesn't always produce the correct DAISY tag for pages without page numbers, so it is best to add a page number to pages which are blank. That way the Stripper doesn't have to decide which page number to put in the tag for a blank page. If the Stripper produces a tag based on the wrong page number because it has done a ppoor job of keeping up with which page number is next, then it can create a duplicate page number which could cause confusion or possibly an error if someone tells it to go to the page number which is duplicated. The bottom line is that it is best to add the page number to blank pages to help the Stripper, but doing so also has the added benefit of making the page no longer blank which can protect against software packages which discard blank pages. HTH Gerald -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Julie Morales Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 3:25 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: opinions on blank pages wanted Hi, Lissi. I personally leave it just as it is in the book. The automated tool will pick up on the page breaks, and I don't think the automated tool accounts for missing pages, anyway. That's the submitter and validator's job. *smile* I don't even number the blank pages or put that they're blank. I know many do, but I don't. As long as I'm sure it's blank, and as long as the sequence of page numbers picks up where the other left off, I just leave it alone. Take care. Julie Morales To be in your children's memories tomorrow, you need to be in their lives today. -- Unknown mercy421@xxxxxxxxxxx Windows/MSN Messenger (but not email): mercy0421@xxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: Estelnalissi To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 11:45 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] opinions on blank pages wanted ~Hello Everyone, Sometimes in the book I'm validating there's a blank page after a chapter. Page breaks are there one just below the other. I've been placing a blank line under the page break, writing, blank page on the second line and leaving another blank line beneath. I thought the stripper might delete my 2 words. The other question is whether you think I should write a page number on the page. That's an oxymoron if ever there was one, because the blank page would now contain the words blank page and after a skipped line, a page number. Some blank, huh? In the book, that blank doesn't have a printed number, but it has been taken in to account on the following page where the chapter begins. for example, last page of chapter is 80, blank page, first page of next chapter is 82. I'm asking because I have this bleary notion we're supposed to account for all pages. I'm afraid if I don't write a notice that there's a blank page and assign it's number, the uploading program might think I've left pages missing. Is that extra page break enough to account for the blank page? I've been using my judgment on this detail, but wonder what the rest of you do or if there's a right way to process these blank pages. Thank you in advance. Always With Love, Lissi