[bksvol-discuss] Re: understanding the Bookshare Stripper

  • From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 09:01:13 -0500

Hi Tracy,

I don't think you are obsessive-compulsive but rather  a good validator.
The stripper is very unpredictable.  Sometimes I have seen all of those
repetitive title and author headers throughout the book.

Sue S.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 8:38 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: understanding the Bookshare Stripper


Scott,
The safest way to protect a header is to put something above it.  So, to
protect a chapter header, I put the page number on the top line, then a
blank line or 2 before the chapter header.  If I don't know the page number,
I put a -, just to have something.

It is my understanding that the stripper removes exactly repeated text that
is either at the top of the page, followed by a blank line, or at the bottom
of a page, preceeded by a blank line.  However, if the header is garbled in
any way, it won't be removed.  I've taken to removing the headers by hand,
leaving the page numbers.  That way I'm sure they're gone.  Maybe a waste of
time, but I've read many books where the stripper only got about half the
headers.  Obsessive-compulsive?  Well, yeah, at least about validating.
Hth.
Tracy

At 06:38 PM 7/7/05 -0400, you wrote:
>Hey all,
>
>I'm always trying to improve my validating skills.  With that in mind, a
>couple questions regarding the stripper.
>
>1. If I wish to protect any kind of headers, such as page numbers, chapter
>numbers, etc. is it necessary to place a blank line at the top of the page,
>thus separating the header from the top of the page?
>2. If there is recurring text such as the book title or author shown near
>the top of the page, must I place this text at the very top or very bottom
>of the page in order for the stripper to remove said text?  Or, is it
>removed automatically if the stripper sees its recurrence throughout the
>book?
>
>Thanks,
>Scott
>
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