[bksvol-discuss] Re: new proofreader with questions
- From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:27:32 -0600
Hi Peggy,
What kind of indentations were you putting in at the beginnings of
paragraphs? If you were adding tabs, then no, that's not what's wanted.
All tabs will be replaced by the conversion tool that bookshare uses and
each turned into a single blank space.
While you can use Microsoft Word (for example) to format paragraphs to
have an indentation, the preferred format for a proofread book is no
indentations at the start of paragraphs. However, as a sighted
volunteer, I personally find it easier to format a book that I'm working
on so that it does have a formatted indentation at the start of each
paragraph as it helps me find certain kinds of errors.
If you were using Microsoft Word like this and using the formatting
commands to format paragraphs so that each has an indentation, it's OK
to do if it helps you personally proofread better. But be aware that the
bookshare conversion tool will strip that formatting and line up each
paragraph at the left edge as part of the conversion process to DAISY
XML and braille formats. So if you are doing it to make the book look
like a printed book -- don't. smile. It's wasted effort. And don't do
any formatting by adding a tab in front of each paragraph either -- make
sure to instead use your wordprocessor's formatting commands.
Hope that helps!
Judy s.
On 11/18/2013 11:00 AM, Margaret Min wrote:
Hello Bookshare community,
Providence Island is the first book that I have proofread for
Bookshare. I submitted it hoping to get feedback as I indicated in my
submitting comments. My specific question is about indentations at
the beginning of paragraphs. I had provided them page by page for the
first chapter, and I was asking if this is what is wanted.
I don't feel that the proofreading is completed. In fact I have
continued working on the file which I have saved.
I don't know how to interpret what I see on the Book Processing
History for Providence Island. I read in succession:
update
validate quality analysis (score 82)
update
convert
validate quality analysis (score 93)
accept
and finally, update-new DAISY segmented file
Does that mean the book has been accepted? As I said, I don't think
the proofreading was complete, and I want to know what to do about
paragraph indentations. Any guidance will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Peace,
Peggy Min
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