[bksvol-discuss] Re: removing extraneous linebreaks
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:22:43 -0800 (PST)
They will show up if you do a final spell-check, though. That's partly why I do
the spell-check after I've proofread the book. smile
Cindy
> Hi Julia,
>
> You would have gotten replacements, but the words that had
> originally beenseparated by paragraph marks where they
> shouldn't have been
> would have then been run together without a space between
> them. The space
> is to keep words that should be separated from being run
> together.
>
> Mayrie
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Julia
> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 8:52 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: removing extraneous
> linebreaks
>
> Oh, and I would've typed (a), and probably got zero
> replacements, smile.
> Julia
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mayrie ReNae"
> <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 10:25 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: removing extraneous
> linebreaks
>
>
> > Hi Sue,
> >
> > What you want to put in the replace box is space a
> That way the
> > paragraph mark will be replaced by a space instead.
> And just to be ultra
> > clear you hit the space bar and then type a lower case
> letter a Is that
> > clearer? Sorry to confuse.
> >
> > Mayrie
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of siss52
> > Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 7:20 AM
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: removing extraneous
> linebreaks
> >
> > I do not understand the "replace with" box.
> It said a)
> > Is that correct?
> >
> > Sue S.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 7:36 AM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: removing extraneous
> linebreaks
> >
> >
> > Extremely interesting. Thank you. This seems far
> easier than some
> > systems I have heard folks use.
> >
> > E.
> >
> > At 08:24 AM 2/8/2009, you wrote:
> >>HI E.
> >>
> >> Here's the pertinent part of that
> note.
> >>
> >>
> >> The character string that denotes a
> paragraph mark in K1000 is
> >> \n.
> >>Very often text is OCRed with extra paragraph marks
> in it. You can do a
> >>find and replace to get rid of these. For each
> letter of the alphabet,
> >>you
> >>can do the following:
> >>In the find box of the find and replace dialogue
> type \na (that is back
> >>slash, n a)
> >>You want to make sure to pay attention to case
> sensitivity.
> >>In the replace box type (space a).
> >>This will join lines of text that OCRed into two
> paragraphs that shouldn't
> >>have been separate paragraphs.
> >>Make sure to use lower case letters or you'll
> trash all paragraph marks
> >>and
> >>be in a world of curses!
> >>I do this with every letter of the alphabet in
> lower case.
> >>
> >>Also, very often dialogue gets condensed into one
> paragraph where it
> >>shouldn't be.
> >>You can search for " " (quotation mark,
> space, quotation mark) and replace
> >>with "\n" that is (quotation mark,
> backslash n, quotation mark). This will
> >>separate dialogue that didn't get separated by
> the OCR process.
> >>
> >>Mayrie
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Behalf Of E.
> >>Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 4:40 AM
> >>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] removing extraneous
> linebreaks
> >>
> >>I never got a posting talking about how to remove
> extraneous
> >>linebreaks Mary. Please re-send it.
> >>
> >>E.
> >>
> >>
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