[bksvol-discuss] Re: pre-marking RTF files
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:47:55 -0700 (PDT)
Interesting. As a sighted person, I don't see it either, or do you mean it
shows up in Braille? I only get a line across if I hold the key down, not if I
click the asterisk 4 times.
Cindy
> From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: pre-marking RTF files
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 5:22 AM
> Hi all,
>
> Um, only one problem with using symbols like that is that
> in many
> cases, at least in Word, placing four such symbols on a
> line does not
> do what you think it does. If you place four stars on a
> line and press
> enter, you will get a horizontal line of stars across the
> page. As a
> blind person you will not see it, but it will be visible.
> dashes,
> equal signs, number signs and so on all produce these
> horizontal lines.
>
> That's why I'm advocating for the tag-like
> structure. Typing <h> or
> <i> or some such tag-like arrangement will not
> produce horizontal
> lines in the books when they aren't supposed to be
> there.
>
> Now, these horizontal lines are only made in Word, but many
> folks use
> Word to validate books. So, you've got a problem here.
> Hey, try it
> yourself. See what happens.
>
>
> Ann P.
>
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