hanks, Valerie, but Imeant "older in a relative sense ( compared to the one my husband is giving me. Mine is an imac with X10. Cindy Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites below Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List Books Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List --- On Mon, 1/25/10, Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ot: computer problems > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 8:10 PM > Oh, Cindy! > > I wish i had known you are on an older Mac; I searched for > 4 months to find a home for my old iMac, and just found one > yesterday, literally! And, they are taking it as a > "lesser" alternative, just for space saving, dreading the > platform difference. Ugh! > > Good luck with the new machine and hope you follow my > favorite pastime of backup, backup, backup! Wink. > > Valerie > > > On Jan 25, 2010, at 7:02 PM, Cindy wrote: > > > Speaking of computers that make strange noises. Mine > started to have a horrible smell I think it is literally > fried. My husband is going to transfer everything to an > extra one he has so I can get back to work. (at the moment > he's at work, so I'm using his computer. He spent hours last > night but wasn't able to finish. I was able to stand the > odor for a few minutes and so was able to send out the > being-scanned and wish list. Hopefully I'll be able to send > them tonight > > he can get the new computer with my files on it > working tonight. > > > > Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) > and books-being-scanned list available at sites below > > > > Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List > > > > Books Being Scanned List: > > https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List > > > > --- On Mon, 1/25/10, Melissa Smith <mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > >> From: Melissa Smith <mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx> > >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Looking for proofer > >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 8:00 AM > >> I scanned BakeWise by Shirley O. > >> Corriher. I started editing it before submission, > but after > >> about 10 Min. of working on it, my hard drive > starts making > >> strange noises. It is a rather large book, and I'm > assuming > >> that my laptop is feeling a bit overwhelmed. Is > there > >> someone who can take on this project? I know that > many of > >> the ingredient measurements didn't scan correctly, > but, I > >> think the rest scanned really well. I've been able > to do > >> things like standardize font, eliminate multiple > blank lines > >> and spaces, all page numbers are present and > running headers > >> are stripped. Chapter headings have been > formatted, but the > >> individual recipe headings have not been > formatted. I have > >> the print book that I can send, if you can't get > it from > >> your library. > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Melissa > >> > >> 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. > > > > 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.