[bksvol-discuss] Re: the list comes to the rescue
- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 09:24:39 -0700
Hi Bob and Nancy,
To bring up the find and replace dialogue in Microsoft Word, the key
stroke is control+h, not alt+h.
Mayrie
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 8:55 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: the list comes to the rescue
I can only tell you how to find section breaks in MSWord. I suspect you can
do this in pocket word, doubt you can do it with the Braillenote or
OpenBook, and know you can't do it in Kurzweil. If I am wrong about any of
the above hardwares and softwares, please someone write the list and tell us
how.
In Microsoft Word bring up the search and replace function with alt+h.
In the find box put caret b (shift 6 followed by b). In the "replace with"
box put caret p caret m and caret p without any spaces. That looks like
this: ^p^m^p. Tab over to the "replace all" button and press enter. When
it's finished, Word will tell you how many changes it made. Hit escape to
get out of the find and replace dialog. At this point I usually use the
"save as" dialog to save the book under a different title in case there are
any problems. However, this usually works great.
Hope this helps.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Martin" <nancyam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 10:20 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: the list comes to the rescue
> Hi all,
> How do you search for section breaks? I can find the word chapter but I
> suspect you are talking about something I haven't learned yet.
> thanks for making me smarter,
> Nancy Martin
> Oklahoma
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chanelle Hill" <chanellemh@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 8:06 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: the list comes to the rescue
>
>
>> Dear Bob,
>> Thank you for sharing your discovery about section breaks. I rejected
>> a book last week because page numbers were randomly interspersed
>> throughout the text and there were twice as many page numbers as pages
>> in the file. Now I know to look for section breaks. I have learned so
>> much from being on this list. Unfortunately, I don't read every
>> message, but I try to read all that concern topics related to
>> volunteering--especially since I am still somewhat new.
>>
>> Chanelle
>>
>> On 5/27/09, Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hello gang.
>>> I just finished proofreading a book. When I got the book, the number of
>>> pages that Kurzweil said it had did not match at all with what the book
>>> thought it had. It wasn't even close, and I knew that the bookshare
>>> staff
>>> wouldn't accept a book in that much disarray. So, grumbling horrendously
>>> I
>>> started putting in page breaks where there were page numbers, and taking
>>> out
>>> page breaks that Kurzweil had kindly inserted at random. Those who have
>>> changed a book in this manner will testify to the fact that it is a long
>>> an
>>> arduous task.
>>>
>>> Then up popped a topic on this list about page breaks, line breaks and
>>> line
>>> feeds. And I thought to myself--I live alone so I might have even
>>> thought
>>> out loud--"I wonder if this book might have section breaks where page
>>> breaks
>>> should be. So I brought the book up in word and discovered that indeed
>>> there
>>> was a section break where I wanted a page break. Those of you who have
>>> been
>>> on this list for any length of time know that we've had numerous
>>> discussions
>>> about this very topic. In fact, I used to automatically check for
>>> section
>>> breaks as a matter of form, but, I got so many "section break not
>>> found"s
>>> that I quit doing it.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I changed all the section breaks to page breaks, brought the
>>> book up
>>> in Kurzweil and, ahhaa! it worked.
>>>
>>> So, thanks to the list, I don't have to grow old with this book still in
>>> my
>>> proofreading cue. It's sent off for staff to check out.
>>>
>>> Although this is a good advertisement for scannors and proofers to read
>>> this
>>> list, the folks who need the testimonial won't read it. Therefore, let
>>> me
>>> just say thanks to a supportive group like this one.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
>>> committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is
>>> the only thing that ever has."--Margaret Mead
>>>
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