[bookshare-discuss] Re: problem with scanned book
- From: "Cheryl Fogle" <cfogle@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 14:37:49 -0600
You could use the find and replace command in word that's control h. In the
find box write the characters you want to delete, and in the replace box hit
a space bar. Then tab over to the "replace all" button and hit enter. Word
should tell you how many replacements were made. Then save the file to keep
the changes.
Cheryl Fogle MA
Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology, University of New Mexico
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lou Kolb" <loukolb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 6:43 AM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] problem with scanned book
> Hi all,
> I guess this question would be better asked on the Open Book list but I
> dread joining yet another list and thought I'd pose it here first since
> the book in question is intended for Bookshare.
>
> I scanned God's Neighborhood by Scott Rowley and, having read it in the
> Bookport as a text file, I figured I'd clean up the scannos and submit it.
> As usual, I saved it as a .rtf file both for bookshare's sake and because
> I thought it would be easier to edit in Word. I've never been comfortable
> editing in Open Book 6.01. Upon opening the file in Word, I found that
> there was a lot of what I assume to be markup language displayed. For
> instance, at the beginning and end of each paragraph, there is a backslash
> followed by the letters par, apparently indicating a paragraph.
>
> Does anyone have any idea how I might get rid of this junk? I could
> certainly go through and delete every instance of it but it seems there
> should be a way to save the file without it being there in the first
> place. Thanks. Lou
>
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