[bksvol-discuss] Re: unique format, any suggestions?

  • From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 23:49:02 -0400

Dear Tom,

Thank you for taking the time to address my question. I'm afraid I don't understand the concept or method of replacing globally. I don't understand what replacing a w with an empty space would do.

As for saving as, I'm not sure if I do that with the name of the file in my validation in progress folder, do it at the top of the file when it's opened or highlight the contents of the file and then trying the save as. I also unsuccessfully tried cutting and pasting.

I did experiment with copying my files, but failed. I always got the message to choose whether I wanted to substitute the new file for the old one. I'll try again, attempting to change the name of the new copy...but I'm not on solid ground.

Always with love,

Lissi
----- Original Message ----- From: "tom hawkins" <tjhawk1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 12:59 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: unique format, any suggestions?


Hi Lissi, Have you tried replacing globally a carrot w with a single space? Then "saving as" giving the file a new name, that way you preserve the original file, just in case you don't like the result. Tom
----- Original Message ----- From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 5:39 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] unique format, any suggestions?


Dear Readers,

I'm validating a memoir with a format I'm not sure how to adapt in an RTF file Using Microsoft Word.

Paragraphs are deeply indented, but that's not anything difficult to deal with. What's unique is the dialogue. It is always preceeded by a double dash and indented way far in. This makes the first line of dialogue short and the second line is more indented than the paragraphs.

It's as if the dialogue is short little paragraphs within paragraphs. Most of the time the dialogue is short bursts of only a few words on a single line.

If I understand correctly Bookshare tools ignore tabs. Does this mean I should indent using the space bar? Will these indents disappear on portable braille reading devices? I'm asking so I can avoid too much empty space or confusing the reader. The Dashes before each quote are a good indicator, so maybe the deep indent isn't needed and I could indent dialogue like any paragraph and the double dashes will alert the reader. Oh, and to add to the mix, there are no quotation marks or apostrophes bracketing the quotes.

I read the author has theater background and the almost centered bursts of spoken words remind me a little of some script formats.

To follow the book's print format exactly I'd need to indent 4 spaces for paragraphs, 6 spaces for the second and subsequent lines of dialogue and 8 for the first lines of dialogue.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance. While I wait for your ideas, I have a second book to upload in as many days. The last one was only 139 pages long and an easy one. I'm making headway on my validation queue.

Always with love,

Lissi.
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