I prefer them at the top of the page. Again, Cindy, I think the idea is be
consistent in your placement of them.
Susan
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Thank you all. I'll retain Arabic numerals and hope for best.
and am I correct in remembering that it doesn't matter if the numbers are at
the top or the bottom of the page as long as they're consistent? top left or
center? Do any of you have a preference?
On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 8:06 AM, Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
Well, that is very odd. It has always been the policy, as far back as I can
recall, that if the text begins on a page other than Arabic 1, to put Arabic
numerals prior to that until you get back to 1, then use Roman numerals for any
pages preceding those.
Evan
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Yes, Roger, and that's what I did with the previous book I proofed and with
this one;;the previous book was returned to me; the main part started on p. 19
and I was told to put roman numerals on the preceding pages; so this time,
after having done the same thing, using Arabic numbers up to p. 21; I
anticipated the book's being rejected and so went back and changed the
preceding page numbers to Roman numeral;s; it took several hours because the
print book's pages stuck together and I had to separate them,count to be sure
what the numeral should be, and replace the Arabic number with the right roman
numeral;I couldn't just assume. oh well, every thing's done now; a last spell
check and pagination check of the final chapters and I can check in the book
On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 7:01 PM, Roger Loran Bailey
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
Before I start a book I always check to find out what page has the first page
number and then count the pages backward to find out if I have to add any Roman
numerals. The pagination formatting is too variable from book to book for me to
just assume that there will be preliminary pages before page one. It is
something that should always be checked before starting.
On 10/29/2016 8:03 AM, Cindy Rosenthal wrote:
That makes perfect sense. Unfortunately, that information has come too late.
Chapter 1 begins on. p. 21 If I hadn't spent so long going back and putting in
Roman numerals (the print pages stuck together so it took time separating them
and sure I had the right numbers for the right page and changed the Arabic
numbers on that page to the Roman numerals i I'd have this book checked in now.
But for a previous book I proofed I'd done that and was told I had to put in
the Roman numerals The book was rejected and sent back to me for that
correction after I'd checked it in
Vanessa -- clarification please.
Cindy
On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 4:06 AM, Deborah Murray <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Hi Cindy,
You don’t have to use Roman numerals if the text of the book begins on a page
other than page 1. Your first inclination was correct—simply number back from
the first numbered page of the book until you number back to one. Use the Roman
numerals if you still have un-numbered pages, or if the print copy has used
Roman numerals for the preliminary pages.
Does that make sense?
Deborah
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I've just spent a few hours changing pages that precede the main text of a
book to lower case Roman numerals. Originally I'd numbered them with Arabic
numbers to end up with p. 21 which is the page on which Chapter 1 is.
Why, since the book has Arabic page numbers do we have use Roman numerals for
preceding pages? I thought we're not supposed to do things differently from
the print book
Cindy
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