[bksvol-discuss] Re: releasing "To Have and to Hold" by Jane Green

  • From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:31:00 -0700 (PDT)

Me, too--never seen this before.

Cindy

--- Dan Beaver <dbeaver@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Cindy,
> 
> Yes, I use an unzip program.  Of all the BookShare
> downloads I've done so 
> far this is the first one that has done this.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Dan Beaver
> IBM Global Services Lexington
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> 
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> Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> 
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> Dan,
> 
> I've had that happen before. I think you have to
> unzip
> it to hve it readable. Do you have an unzip program,
> like Winzip or Stuffit Expander? Also, when I first
> had that problem when I first started, I was told
> not
> to try to change anything when you start to
> download.
> I forget what the options are, but I was selecting
> one. I was told just to ignore those options and
> download, then the unzip, and then an rtf copy comes
> out. Then you can change it to Word to work on or
> keep
> it in rtf. It automatically, at least on my machine,
> changes to Word whenit opens and goes back to rtf
> when
> it closes, but it retains everything you've put in,
> unlike the txt files.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Cindy
> 
> --- Dan Beaver <dbeaver@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >                 Ok, looks like I have something
> else
> > to learn about.
> > 
> > I downloaded this book thinking I'd validate
> > something that I wouldn't 
> > normally read.  I extracted it and opened it in
> > Word.  It is full of what 
> > looks like some kind of control strings or
> > something.  It has lots of 
> > \par, \fs, \page and other strings.  It says it is
> > an RTF but I've never 
> > seen this kind of thing in an RTf before.  Does
> > anyone else know what this 
> > is and how to handle it?  It is released back onto
> > the validation list if 
> > anyone wants to look at it.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Dan Beaver
> > IBM Global Services Lexington
> > outside: 1-859-243-3411
> > tie-line: 8-545-3411
> 
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