[bksvol-discuss] Re: Tables in books or boxes
- From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 05:32:33 -0400
Donna,
You have an interesting point about stripping table formatting by the
Bookshare automatic tools. I'd like to get some clarification on that by
the staff. I haven't directly noticed this but its very much possible.
What do you say, Jesse?
Pratik
Pratik Patel
Managing Director
CUNYAssistive Technology Services
The City University of New York
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Donna Smith
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Tables in books or boxes
I like Pratik's suggestion about using "begin box" and "close box" to denote
text so blocked in the print book.
I think the conversion process used by BookShare strips out table
formatting, so it is not a good use of time to make tables accurate. Since
I review scans before submitting or validate in Word, I use the "convert
table to text" function in the tables menu, and then do my best to make sure
that the resulting text makes sense. It's a case-by-case call as to whether
the table information is redundant to the text information already provided.
Peace and Hope,
Donna
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