Hi Evan, Well, I've encountered what you're talking about, but not very often. Just one more way of doing things, I guess. And there are so so many books out there that it isn't surprising that we can't find one way that always works for every book. I guess we all just have to play around with suggestions and do the things that work for each of us and not do the things that don't work. That's why I like hearing how people experience things differently. You're definitely not missing any settings, or anything like that, we've just experienced different things, that's all. Mayrie _____ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of EVAN REESE Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 9:24 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Stripping headers Hi Mayrie, This is just one of those things that goes to show that there is often more than one way of doing something. I always remove any extra spaces throughout the book before trying to strip headers because, in those cases where there are spaces associated with the headers instead of tabs, I have found that the amount of white space between headers and page numbers--if present--can vary quite a bit; which makes using a search and replace to remove headers work only partially. Then, you gotta do it again for the next set of headers that have a different amount of space, etc. Since this method works for you, I imagine you have some way of dealing with it? Hopefully, nothing that's sitting right under my nose, so to speak, such as a menu setting I've never paid attention to or something like that? <smile> Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: Mayrie <mailto:mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> ReNae To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 10:13 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Stripping headers Hi Evan and Jamie, When I use the find and replace, I select the entire line containing the header, including white space, except the page number if that line contains page numbers, and put that into the find box of the find and replace dialogue. There is almost always white space either in or around the header that prevents regular text as part of the story in the book from being removed, because that white space won't be in the book anywhere except in the headers. And case sensitivity enabling makes a HUGE difference. You can select an entire line by placing your cursor where you want it either be fore or after the page number, depending whether the page number is on the left or right end of the line and either pressing shift plus home to select to the beginning of the line, or shift plus end to select to the end of the line. Mayrie _____ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of EVAN REESE Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 12:28 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 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, <mailto:mirxtech@xxxxxxxxx> 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