Ok, I have decided I'd like to be a validater I have microsoft word and I've never edited anything before, no that's not all true but I think when I get home from work I'm going to see what I can find on step one in the childrens book land as someone said.
thanks all for your help and trust me I'll need it again, please be patient. I am a quick learner but I have a feeling I don't know a lot grin.
Lelia----- Original Message ----- From: "Christina" <greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:41 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: validating
Hello.This might sound obvious but a good validator/proofreader should correct any errors he/she finds in the book. This includes anything from misspelled words to extra junk characters or missing pages or chapter titles. I say this because validators don't always do this. If a validator has any questions about a book, he or she can contact the submitter or, if that person isn't available, this discussion list. This is a group of very helpful and informed volunteers who have all sorts of experience and resources to share.Christina----- Original Message ----- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 11:31 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: validatingHi, I agree, reading a book from cover to cover does make for the cleanest copy of the book. I'd like to add one thing to what E has said. Please make sure that all chapter headings are present before removing headers. If chapter headings are just numerals, and no words, they oftenwon't scan. If chapter headings are missing, it is often easy to tell thisand where to put them, before removing headers, because books rarely haverunning headers on the pages where chapter headings appear. If you removeheaders before accounting for all chapter headings, you may well not know where to insert missing ones. Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of E. Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:20 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] validating To our new volunteers, First welcome welcome. Now for you validators here are a few ideas: Whatever you use to validate, please use a spell checker when you start. You can then check for missing pages, remove the title and author at the tops of pages and read through the book. A spell checker finds some things. Reading a book cover to cover is what really works when validating though. So please pick a book you find interesting so you are willing to read it. Again welcome. E. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list ofavailable commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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