[bksvol-discuss] Re: More Questions about proofreading.
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 14:26:36 -0800
I guess I'll continue to move them myself; it does make checking the
pagination easier if the numbers are at the top
On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Actually, I have not found that to be the case in my children’s books or
> books that have some on bottom and some on top, so I still make them
> consistent, all top, or all bottom, and when I have time and inclination,
> move them to the top
>
> the inconsistencies really frustrate me some times, so I make it how I
> would expect it to render to hopefully minimize damage or misses by the
> tool. Still ruins many children’s books, but all I can do is report and
> fuss. Wink.
>
> Valerie
>
> On Nov 16, 2013, at 12:06 AM, Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Cindy,
>
> Yes, if page numbers are on the bottom they are moved from the bottom of
> the page to the top. The numbers are moved to the top left, as the
> converter changes all formatting so everything is left-aligned.
>
> Judy s.
> On 11/15/2013 11:09 PM, Cindy Rosenthal wrote:
>
> Good question. Page numbers can be moved from bottom of page to top by the
> coverter? is it to top left? I no longer have to do it myself? I probably
> will, though, because it maks it easer for me to double-check the
> pagination before checking in the book
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> When did it change that section breaks don't need to be changed to page
>> breaks? Last I'd heard a book was rejected if it was uploaded to the
>> approval queue with section breaks instead of page breaks.
>>
>> It would be incredibly helpful if us volunteers had a current list of
>> what the conversion tool can handle. smile. We've been told, for example,
>> that it can convert:
>>
>> m-dashes
>> tabs to a blank space
>> strip extra blank lines
>> move page numbers from bottom of page to top of page
>> apparently section breaks get converted to page breaks
>>
>> What else?
>>
>> Judy s.
>>
>> On 11/15/2013 1:04 PM, Madeleine Linares wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jim,
>>>
>>> Illustrations should be removed. We unfortunately cannot process books
>>> with images at this time, though it is something we are working towards.
>>> You should delete them. If any have captions included in the image itself,
>>> the captions should be retyped and placed in brackets.
>>>
>>> Section breaks are fine, and our converter handles them exactly the same
>>> as page breaks. You do not need to worry about converting them to page
>>> breaks.
>>>
>>> Please let me know if you still have questions about this book. To post
>>> to the discussion list, simply send an email to
>>> bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> As for Poet, we are currently not giving out book ID numbers to
>>> individuals. We're actually restructuring the volunteer process at the
>>> moment in order to get entire books completed with the highest quality
>>> image descriptions. Right now we're only working with groups of people, but
>>> I'll let you know when we've figured how to manage the individual
>>> volunteers and their work. I apologize that this is taking so long. We are
>>> working hard to make sure that this new structure is the most productive
>>> and sustainable, so it is taking some time to hash that out.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Madeleine
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Jim Siewert [mailto:jesiewert@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 12:41 PM
>>> To: Madeleine Linares
>>> Subject: More Questions about proofreading.
>>>
>>> Hello again. I hope I'm not seeming too out of touch. I have started
>>> looking at a book to proof read.
>>> I decided, since I don't have any pre-ordained preferences, to work on
>>> the books which have been on the list the longest.
>>>
>>> The book I chose was:
>>>
>>> Dental Computing and Applications: Advanced Techniques for Clinical
>>> Dentistry
>>> By Andriani Daskalaki.
>>>
>>> Two items popped out immediately.
>>>
>>> First, in general , I noticed, since Word 2003 initially brings the book
>>> up in Print view, that there are a large number of illustrations, mostly
>>> drawings and photos in this case. My first question is how do I handle
>>> these? The drawings don't show in 'normal' mode, but the captions
>>> generally do.
>>>
>>> Second, the book has no page breaks, only various section breaks.
>>>
>>> Near the top of the book is this sequence:
>>> -----------------------
>>> Section break (Next Page)
>>>
>>> 6 lines of text
>>>
>>> Column break
>>>
>>> Multiple lines of text one letter at a time
>>>
>>> Section break (continuous)
>>>
>>>
>>> --------
>>> If I look at it in print mode, the 6 lines of text is a column and the
>>> multiple lines of text resolve themselves into a second column aligned with
>>> the 6 lines.
>>>
>>> When I change the section breaks to page breaks and remove the column
>>> break and try to re-arrange the text from the two columns, I can't save the
>>> document successfully. Word gives me a warning about breaking up columns
>>> and the resulting saved document is corrupt.
>>>
>>> Does this make the book rejectable?
>>>
>>> Should I put this question out the the discussion group? How exactly
>>> do I
>>> do that? I've been getting the digest, but I'm not sure how to submit.
>>>
>>> Also, I still do not see anything on the POET website which allows me to
>>> find books to work on.
>>>
>>> Jim Siewert
>>>
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