I do globally replace, and on a few occasions a word or name was deleted from the text, but since I read everything while I proof it was easy to find the where the missing word belonged. smile Cindy Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites below Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List Books Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List --- On Mon, 12/21/09, Lori Castner <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Lori Castner <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Stripping headers > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Monday, December 21, 2009, 12:44 PM > > > > > > > > People have made several > useful suggestions for > stripping headers with global search and replace, but even > so I always remove > them manually as I read through the book. For me, > removing them manually > just feels safer. > > Sometimes I go through the > text page by page and > remove the headers before reading the book; that way the > text reads more > smoothly and without interruption. But either way, I > remove them one by > one! > > But I do proofread fewer > books than many of you > do. > > Lori C. > > > ----- Original Message > ----- > From: > EVAN REESE > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Sent: Monday, > December 21, 2009 12:27 > PM > Subject: > [bksvol-discuss] Re: Stripping > headers > > > Thanks, Jamie. I have > suggested this before. > Oftentimes, there is a tab after the header and before > the page number on the > right page, and a tab before the header and after the > page number on the left > page. I have used this technique of removing headers with > their associated > tabs to eliminate thousands of headers without fear of > removing text that I > shouldn't. > > It is also true, as you > say, that search and > replace should always be used with care. > > Evan > > > ----- Original Message > ----- > From: > Jamie Yates, > CPhT > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Sent: Monday, > December 21, 2009 1:33 > PM > Subject: > [bksvol-discuss] Re: Stripping > headers > > > Lots of times there is a tab after the header. If > you search for the > text plus a tab you might have better luck in doing a > global replace, but I > recommend using a global replace very carefully. > > For example if it is The Catcher in the Rye that > is the header look for > The Catcher in the Rye^t (^t is the tab symbol in Word > 2003). > > -- > Jamie in Michigan > > Currently Reading: While My Pretty > One Knits by Anne Canadeo > > Earn cash for answering trivia questions > every 3 hours: > http://instantcashsweepstakes.com/invitations/ref_link/49497 > > See > everything I've read this year at: www.michrxtech.com/books.html > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.