I once heard someone describe the southern repair kit. It consists of duct tape and WD40. If it moves and it ain't supposed to, use duct tape. If it doesn't move and it's supposed to, use WD40.
-----Original Message----- From: Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 11:12 pm Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: eliminating line breaks I have the reputation for being the best blind southern engineer on the planet. For those who don't know, a southern engineer is 1 who uses duct tape, baling wire, & other such tools extremely liberally & has gotten really good at same. What I do is this: 1) because these unwanted line breaks are generally single, I search for 2 line breaks in succession & usually substitute 2 grave accent marks or other characters I know the book won't use; 2) I then search for all single line breaks & replace w/a space;3) I then search for 2 grave accent marks & replace w/2 paragraph markers.
Southern engineered, I know, but this is why I've earned that rep. & yeah, it even works. On 10/4/08, siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<smiling> Well, yeah, Word sure is slow. Sometimes when I press
enter to
open a file in Word, it is soooo slow!!!!!So how does one go about valiidating a RTF file in Kurzweil? I mean,
do you
have to change the file to a .kes extension and then change it back?
I am
speaking of validating, where you download a RTF file. I'd love to
get out
of using Word if possible. Not only is it slow, but it pulls boners
on
you!!! <lol> Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 8:19 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: eliminating line breaks Hi Robert, You're right. Unfortunately, I do my work in Kurzweil 1000 becauseit is much less resource intensive on my computer. I think my
computer is
allergic to Word. Laugh. If there is a word more ponderous than
sluggish,
perhaps glacier-like, it would describe how well I can do things in
Word. I
use it as little as possible! But you are right. A macro would be
faster.
I just avoid Word like the plague, probably more than the plague as I
think
about avoiding Word actively and never think about the plague. Laugh. Shutting up. Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert
Riddle
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 5:49 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: eliminating line breaks You should make a macro to do that. It'd make your life easier. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 7:30 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: eliminating line breaksHi Cindy, I guess since this is coming up twice now, I'll tell you how I dealwith those pesky line breaks where they don't belong, in the middle
of
paragraphs. But first, to answer your direct question, yes, the
bookshare
tools will get rid of the extra space between words if there are two spaces instead of one. That's one thing the stripper is good for! I know that you, like I, prefer to read your books in order tovalidate them. However, I will admit to being a bit lazy. Not that
I
don'twant to do work, but if I can sit back and read without removing
those
peskyparagraph marks in the middle of paragraphs, I will and do. I use
the
findand replace dialogue to do this, which takes at most five minutes,
then
thegrand majority of inappropriate paragraph marks are gone before I
ever
startreading. Here is what I do. Since I know that you personally use
Word,
I'll tell you how I'd do it using word. I know I'm stating the obvious here, but paragraphs generally beginwith a capital letter or a quotation mark. I have never seen a
paragraph
begin with a lower case letter, so, what I look for are paragraphs beginning with lower case letters and join them to the word before them with a space. Does that make sense? In the find box I would type ^paIn the replace box I would type a (that is hit the spacebar
followed by
the lower case letter a) Then I replace all. I do this with every lower case letter of the alphabet. And yippee! Most of the extraneous line breaks are gone!Now I can sit back and read without fixing each of those occurrences
by
hand as they appear in my reading! Much smoother reading!For those using Kurzweil 1000 the paragraph mark is represented in
the
findbox by typing \n (that is backslash followed by the letter n) then
you
type the lower case letter you want to find. Have I made sense, or just confused the masses? I love makingthings easier on myself and allowing myself, however I can to sit
back and
read with as few corrections during the reading process as possible. Okay, I'm stopping now. Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 4:44 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] eliminating line breaks It is what either submitter or validator needs to do. Depending on my mood,since I read while I validate I either delete each line break
manually or
blacken the paragraph, being careful to leave the break at the end
of the
paragraph, and replace with a space, so two words don't run together.Sometimes this leaves two spaces between words instead of one, but
then
generally, at the end, replace two spaces with one; does the
bookshare
conversion do that automatically, perhaps?I've discovered, however, that with the first paragraph (each time
one
comes back to the file) one has to eliminate the lines spaces by using just "replace," not "replace all," or it makes the whole document oneparagraph--and unfortunately a couple of times I validated books
where
thatapparently had been done. After the first paragraph is done,
"replace all"
will work with each new paragraph and you're safe as long as you
don't hit
continue or whatever. Cindy --- On Sat, 10/4/08, Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Lord of the Rose To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 4:15 PM Hi E. Guess what, I have a solution for this one too! I get rid of exactly what you're talking about in every book that I submit or validate because I find the extraneous line breaks annoying too! Do you want to hear it, or should I leave you alone? Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of E. Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 2:30 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Lord of the Rose The situation with Lord of the Rose does not involve multiple line breaks. it involves single line breaks as in He walked across the room. In the above sentence the only line break which ought to be there comes after the period. These linebreaks are obnoxious on a braille display. E. 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. 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.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a
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