[bksvol-discuss] Re: Help with Software, Please!

  • From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 13:46:35 -0700

Hi Sandi,
 
I can't help with your missing paragraph marks, but I can help with the
quotation marks, I think.
 
There are things that Word formats automatically, and that can be turned
off.  If the quotation marks you're talking about are smart quotes, they can
be turned off.  However, OpenBook in the past uses those by default.  Since
your scanning into Word, perhaps turning them off in Word will do the trick.
Here are some things that when using Word need to be turned off in the
autoformat menu.  Sorry I don't know how to tell you how to deal with them
in Word 2007, but hopefully you can figure it out.
 
Here's a bit about what needs turning off and how to do it for Bookshare's
purposes.  You need, by the way, only turn these things off or change them
once and they don't come back the next time you open Word.
 
Hope this helps.  See below. Please do let us know if you discover why
paragraph marks have been stripped from your documents so that we can add
the reason and its fix to our wealth of knowledge to help others in future.
I know I'd appreciate knowing.  Thanks!
 
Mayrie
 
1.

Stop conversion to border lines:

Go to Tools Menu  (short cut = alt T), 

Click on "Autocorrect Options"

click on tab "AutoFormat As You Type"

Uncheck box labeled "Border Lines"

asterisks (and equal signs, dashes, etc.) will no longer convert themselves
to lines (or borders).

 

2.

Fix smart quotes:

Go to Tools Menu, 

Click on "Autocorrect Options" 

Click on tab "AutoFormat"

uncheck "Straight quotes with smart quotes".

 

Go to Tools Menu, 

Click on "Autocorrect Options", 

Click on tab "AutoFormat As You Type"

uncheck "Straight quotes with smart quotes".

 
 

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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandi Ryan
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 12:33 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Help with Software, Please!


Hi Group,
 
I have received excellent feedback from my first two scanned books, and they
contained a problem I'd rather not perpetuate.
 
Somewhere in the process, my document was stripped of paragraph breaks.  I
promise I did not do this with keystrokes or menus.  Also, the quotation
marks are curly rather than straight.
 
I use Word 2007 and OpenBook 8 at this point for scanning and correction.  I
scanned in RTF, and the text came out really well.
 
What is happening to cause this problem?
 
If you can help, please either reply to this message or e-mail me off-list
at sjryan2@xxxxxxxxxx
 
Thanks much.
 
Sandi

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