[bksvol-discuss] Re: More Questions about proofreading.

  • From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 18:48:10 -0800

Yes, I think the conversion tool moves them from the bottom to the top if
scanner and/or  proofer leaves them a the bottom


On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 7:00 AM, Martha Rafter <mlhr@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Nimit,
>   I put the page numbers at the top too as it is less confusing to me.
>  I'm pretty sure the Bookshare conversion tool puts them at the top.  HTH!
> Marty
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Nimit Kaur
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 10:55 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: More Questions about proofreading.
>
> Hi, HMM?  I don't know about print book, but I never encountered this
> in braille books?  Not the ones I read so far...  I personally like
> the page numbers to be at the top, it is just easier for me to proof
> and to know where I am in the book...  No, I amm not sighted, but I
> still find it useful, surprisingly.  I wonder what the Conversion Tool
> does witht the page numbers at the bottom?  I have not come across a
> bookshare book with page numbers in the bottom.  They are always at
> the top, so does the tool thingy move it at the top even if you decide
> to put it in the bottom for some reason?  Just out of curiosity....
> Have a nice day, people!
>
> On 11/19/13, Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> #
>> I've often wondered about that myself. I often run into books where the
>> page numbers appear at the top except on pages where a new chapter
>> starts and then they are at the bottom. Just to be sure I move them to
>> the top.
>> On 11/19/2013 4:34 PM, Judy s. wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Madeleine, I just re-read these and a clarification question popped
>>> into my head on one of them, the one that says "Page numbers should be
>>> consistent throughout the text but they can be at the top or at the
>>> bottom of the page."
>>>
>>> I want to make sure I'm interpreting that correctly. That means that
>>> the converter works properly if and only if: all the page numbers in a
>>> book are consistently at the top of the pages or all the page numbers
>>> are consistently at the bottom of all the pages. Is that right?
>>>
>>> In other words, the converter doesn't work correctly regarding what it
>>> does with page numbers if we submit a book that has all the page
>>> numbers, but some are at the top of the pages and some are at the bottom.
>>>
>>> I would therefore assume we as volunteers really have two goals
>>> regarding page numbering.  One, all page numbers must be retained and
>>> Two, we should always move page numbers so that they are all at the
>>> top of pages, or all at the bottom of pages if within the original
>>> printed book they sometimes appear at the top of the pages and
>>> sometimes at the bottom.
>>>
>>> Correct?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Judy s.
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