Oops. I meant to say I do exactly as Deborah does., not tell you what to do. smile Cindy Join us in celebrating our 10th Anniversary! TinyURL.com/752cyrs >________________________________ > From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> >To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 4:21 PM >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question about indicating notes in text > > > do exactly what Deborah does > >Cindy >Join us in celebrating our 10th Anniversary! > >TinyURL.com/752cyrs > > > > > > >>________________________________ >> From: Deborah Murray <blinkeeblink@xxxxxxxxx> >>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:35 PM >>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question about indicating notes in text >> >> >>Hi Chanelle, >> >>You were correct in that the quotation mark should have been an asterisk. >>However, I don't think you should move the note from the bottom of the page. >>I scan a lot of nonfiction with footnotes that are either marked by a number >>or an asterisk, or some other character. >>I always end the body of the page by a line of three asterisks separated by >>spaces. Then a line break followed by the note(s). >> >>Someone, maybe Mary, will have to answer definitively if moving the notes is >>permissible, but my vote is to not move them. >> >>Deborah >> >> >> >>From:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chanelle Allen >>Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 5:13 PM >>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] question about indicating notes in text >> >>Dear Volunteer list, >>I was proofreading a book when I discovered that there was a line of text >>followed by two blank lines and then another line of text which did not seem >>to belong to the previous sentence. A page break followed the text. I >>realized that the last text I saw was a note. Oddly, it began with a quote >>whereas its reference further up on the page had a * at the end of a word. >>After finding the sentence to which the note referred, I placed the note >>after it so that the page flow would not be disrupted. A blank line was >>inserted before and after the note. I also replaced the quote with a star. >>Was the * meant to be some type of superscript that was not scanned >>correctly? Remembering the recent discussion on the list and reading the >>directions regarding footnotes in the scanning and proofreading manual, I did >>not put begin note and end note in brackets. Was this correct? Or do I need >>to put the whole text of the note, which is bolded, in brackets? >>I am sorry for asking so many questions, and I hope that what I have written >>makes sense. >> >>Chanelle >> >> > >