Hi, Debby, I'd agree with you. As the song says "Nice work if you can get
it". I'll email you off list and talk shop. Regards, Kim.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Debby Franson
Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 9:21 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question
Hi Kim!
Yes, with that many changes, why not let Word do the heavy lifting for you,
(smile).
Debby
At 08:37 PM 12/18/2009, Kim Friedman wrote
>Hi, Christina, Mayrie ReNae gave me the same advice you did. I did what
>was suggested and I think the character was replaced 380 some times.
>Boy, what a break for the delete finger! Regards, Kim.
>
>
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>From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christina
>Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 3:35 PM
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question
>
>Hi, Kim.
>Yep, it's time for a search and replace.
>In word, hit the control key and the h key. This pulls up the search
>and replace option. Type in carat and then the plus sign. That is ^+
>Then tab once and type in -- that is two hyphens and then tab over and
>hit the "replace all" button. As a result of some Daisy conversion
>thing, or maybe the .brf formatting thing, Bookshare likes us to
>convert the mdashes into two hyphens.
>HTH,
>Christina
>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <mailto:kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>Kim Friedman
>>To: <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 6:17 PM
>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] question
>>
>>I'm proofreading a book and have found something called an M-dash.
>>What is it? I deleted it when I encountered it and just put in a
>>regular dash, i.e., two hyphens. I hope that was correct. I'm thinking
>>this book I'm proofing is going to take some work on my part. The scan
>>is very good. I think everybody is correct when they say every new
>>book to proofread brings its own challenges. Regards, Kim. P.S.: Maybe
>>this is where I learn about the find-and-replace thing? I'm just
>>correcting things as I read. K.
>>
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