[bksvol-discuss] Re: "tab" at end and beginning of each line
- From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 23:46:34 -0500
Hi, Curtis! I think Tiffany is correct here. It's probably better to
replace those tabs with a single space instead of replacing them with
nothing. Should keep spelling errors away. <Smile> Happy scanning!
Jana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curtis Delzer" <curtis@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 10:28 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: "tab" at end and beginning of each line
> I just realized that a book I scaned and sent to bookshare had a lot of
tabs in it and I didn't replace them with nothing, should have. OOPS, there
were 1409 of them in Katapult alone, oops indeed! Oh well,
> suppose I live and learn, though nothing is said during the reading so
didn't think of it much. I wonder what other kinds of characters can be
gotten rid of with that backslash letter command, should look it up in the
> K1000 manual, but which are most prominent?
> Thanks!
>
> Curtis Delzer
> On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:12:55 -0700, bud schwab wrote:
>
> Hi Tiffany,
> Thanks, I'm going to finish scanning the book first and then will
eliminate
> all the tabs.
>
> I appreciate this groups knowledge and help.
>
> Bud
>
>
> At 03:58 PM 9/30/2004, you wrote:
> >tab to the visual eye appears as a cluster of spaces . I usually get them
> >depending on my programs margin set in comparison to the actual book
margin.
> >I don't honestly know what bookshare's staff thinks of us doing it, but I
do
> >get rid of them.
> >You do this by going to the top of the document with control home, then
open
> >the find dialog with control F.
> >In the first field you type in a backslash followed by the letter T. No
> >spaces or anything. Then in the replace field, which you get to with tab
or
> >alt R, I put a space. Now you can either tab a bunch of times to the
replace
> >all button, or the shortcut is alt A.
> >That should be all.
> >Tiffany
> >tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "bud schwab" <budschwab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 6:35 PM
> >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] "tab" at end and beginning of each line
>
>
> > > Hi gang,
> > >
> > > I am scanning a book and have discovered that if I go word by word
while
> > > checking it that it says "tab" at the end and beginning of almost
every
> > > line. It doesn't speak it in just normal reading. The way I
discovered
> >it
> > > was that every once in a while there was some other garbage like
tilda
> >and
> > > period and things like that which I delete. My question is why those
tabs
> > > are there and is there a way to delete all of them at once. I could
read
> > > the whole manual and probably find it but I figured some of you good
> >people
> > > have had experience with things like this and could save me a lot of
> > > time. I'm using the latest version of k1000.
> > > Thanks, I hope this was clear.
> > >
> > > Bud Schwab
> > > W 6 Z Y P
> > > Malibu, California
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> Bud Schwab
> W 6 Z Y P
> Malibu, California
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