[bksvol-discuss] Re: word search puzzles in books
- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:48:06 -0700
Hi Jamie,
Yes, people can tell if something is bolded if they make their software tell
them that. It isn't a default setting generally though. I think we need to
ask Sue though whether bold shows up in the brf copies of the book. I
assume that it does, or someone would have been upset that it was a problem
before now.
Sounds like an interesting book!
The book with the dashes sounds like it'd be quite confusing! It's good you
don't have to do anything but read it! I love when I discover that about a
tricky book!
Mayrie
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It's not a kids book, it's actually a quite cool book called The Grammar
Devotional: Daily Tips for Successful Writing from Grammar Girl by Mignon
Fogarty. It's part of the Quick and Dirty Tips series of books.
The other thing about this book is parts of it are in red font. I haven't
decided yet if red means something or just makes it stand out.
I think I could cut and paste your answer key explanation into it too,
smile.
I'm still just "considering" scanning it though.
It looks like not many of the answers intersect in the searches. Some do but
not tons. Without sight would people be able to tell that it is bold? Or
red? Red doesn't stay in the file anyway I think.
It's a Henry Holt book so I know it won't get PQ or else I wouldn't even
consider scanning it.
The print book I'm reading now I was thinking this would be a nightmare to
scan because while it's British, it doesn't use the typical British
punctuation. Dialog is indicated by a space dash space then the dialog then
no ending thing to indicate the end of dialogue. On top of that space dash
space is also used instead of an em dash and sometimes both in the same
paragraph so you don't know if they're talking, done talking, or emphasizing
something with what we'd use an em dash for.
But luckily it is a PQ book in the collection already! Good luck to the
reader figuring it out though. I'm having a hard enough time myself figuring
out when they're talking or just thinking to themselves.
--
Jamie in Michigan
Currently Reading: The London Train by Tessa Hadley
See everything I've read this year at: www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html
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