[bksvol-discuss] Re: Strange dotted lines in text
- From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:31:38 -0400
Well, after reading Dornetta's message above, if you are sure that new pages
correspond with those lines of dots, then you could do a search and replace and
put in the page breaks with almost no work. I was thinking of a more manual
procedure. But if it's as simple as that, then there's no need to reject the
book. That's only if you are sure though. If you're not, then you have to
decide whether to insert them manually or reject the book.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: John Simpson
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 6:36 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Strange dotted lines in text
Thanks Evan. That sounds like the best plan. Too bad, I was looking forward
to the book.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Evan Reese
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 3:00 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Strange dotted lines in text
Hmmm, well, if I were proofreading it, (and I don't do much proofreading
these days, but I used to), I'd reject the book on the basis of no page breaks.
It should be the scanner's responsibility to make sure the file has page breaks
in it. The proofreader isn't obliged to do that.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: John Simpson
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 4:10 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Strange dotted lines in text
I am beginning to proofread a book entitled Communicating for Productive
and Fulfilling Relationships .
The scan looks pretty clean, but I do have some questions. There are no
page breaks or section breaks in the entire document. However, at various
places throughout the text there is a dotted line that goes clear across the
page. It is not a page break, nor a section break. This is when I open it in
Microsoft Word (2003). When I opened it in Open Office Writer, the lines
disappear. Cut-and-paste removes some of the lines, but not all. I am attaching
a short RTF document that illustrates what I am talking about. Since I am
sighted, I do not have a good screen reader to see how it's interpreted by that.
Also, a number of examples are given in the book. Usually they are in
italics, but with the occasional words in normal type. These words do not
appear to be normal type for purposes of emphasis. I am presuming I should
convert the entire piece of text to italics.
Finally, if someone has a good, simple screen reader to read the contents
of a Word or RTF document, I would appreciate a suggestion. Thanks all.
John
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