Bob, that was delightful! Thank you. Your sense of humor is so much fun - like a glass of good sherry. Delicious with a bit of dryness behind every sip. grin.
Judy s. Bob wrote:
Speaking of the new web site, I think a little poetry is in order.EldoradoGaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado.But he grew old-This knight so bold- And o'er his heart a shadow Fell as he found No spot of ground That looked like Eldorado.And, as his strengthFailed him at length, He met a pilgrim shadow- "Shadow," said he, "Where can it be- This land of Eldorado?""Over the MountainsOf the Moon, Down the Valley of the Shadow, Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied- "If you seek for Eldorado!"Poetry provided by Edgar Alan Poe, synicism provided by Bob (the list jester).----- Original Message ----- *From:* Carrie Karnos <mailto:ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Sent:* Monday, December 01, 2008 11:07 PM *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Stripper No, we don't have a new stripper yet. It is part of the new website, and will make its debut when the new website makes its debut. (And before you ask, no, I don't know when the new website will be deployed.) HTH, Carrie ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* Julie & Miss Mercy <mercy421@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:mercy421@xxxxxxxxx>> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Sent:* Monday, December 1, 2008 8:54:02 PM *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Stripper I haven't been keeping up with my mail and have done a few mass deletes in this folder over the past few weeks. Do we officially have a new stripper now or is this talk about when we do? Thanks. EVAN REESE wrote: > There's no need to make the chapter titles bold. If they are, then that's fine. I would just do things the way you've been doing them; that is, leaving them the way they are in the book. > > Evan > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Rosenthal" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 8:09 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Stripper > > >> Thanks, Monica. I never thought of trying to retain >> color; I haven't seen that many books using it--I >> suppose it's more expensive--but when I have I just >> used bold instead. >> >> BTW, not all chapter titles are bold in books; >> sometimes they're in italics or caps or just a larger >> font. I've been doing whatever the book does. Should I >> be making them bold? Is this a bookshare thing? >> >> Cindy Ro >> >> --- Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >> >>> Cindy, no, I don't mean bold. I mean text color, >>> like if the text is red on >>> black or blue on white. I don't know what happens on >>> the Bookshare end as >>> far as processing goes. Fortunately, people who use >>> daisy files can usually >>> adjust the fonts and colors to suit them. I do know >>> that Braille readers >>> don't see color information in their files. By >>> default, screenreaders don't >>> announce colors either, though you can turn on a >>> feature to do that. For >>> most totally blind readers, you could make the text >>> white on white, and we'd >>> never know since our screenreaders don't care and >>> speak normally. We do have >>> some sighted readers who use Bookshare due to a >>> physical or learning >>> disability. They can see colors and might be more >>> aware of what the finished >>> Bookshare files look like. As for me, I'm still >>> working on keeping the bold >>> and italics straight in terms of what they look >>> like. It has taken over a >>> year for me to really remember that chapter names >>> are supposed to be bolded >>> and that I should make sure the font on the title >>> page is normalized. >>> >>> Monica Willyard >>> "The best way to predict the future is to create >>> it." -- Peter Drucker >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >>> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject >>> line. 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