[bksvol-discuss] Re: question
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:58:30 -0800
Hi, Mayrie, it helps considerably. Thanks. This message is a keeper.
Regards, Kim.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mayrie ReNae
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 5:01 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question
Hi Kim,
You did the right replacement. However, you can keep from having to replace
em dashes by hand by, yep, you guessed it, by using the find and replace
dialogue.
Are you using microsoft word? If so, and using Word 2003, here's how to
replace em dashes with two hyphens. This replacement does need to be made,
as bookshare's braille translator doesn't handle em dashes properly,
interpreting them as it does as a hyphen.
So, here goes with how to replace em dashes with two hyphens using the find
and replace dialogue in microsoft word 2003.
Place your cursor at the top of your document
Open the find and replace dialogue by pressing control plus h (That is hold
down the control key and press the letter h).
In the find box type ^+ (That is shift the number six followed by the plus
sign).
Tab once so that you are in the replace box. Here type two hyphens
Tab until you get to the "replace all" button, and hit enter.
Word will tell you when it's done by announcing how many changes it has
made.
Save the changes to your document and continue happily proofreading.
I hope this helps.
Mayrie
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kim Friedman
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 3:17 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] question
I'm proofreading a book and have found something called an M-dash. What is
it? I deleted it when I encountered it and just put in a regular dash, i.e.,
two hyphens. I hope that was correct. I'm thinking this book I'm proofing is
going to take some work on my part. The scan is very good. I think everybody
is correct when they say every new book to proofread brings its own
challenges. Regards, Kim. P.S.: Maybe this is where I learn about the
find-and-replace thing? I'm just correcting things as I read. K.
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