Hi Laura, I had not thought of deleting page numbers this way. I think that just might work for me and I'll save your message for future reference. Stacey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Wolk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 4:03 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Page numbers in web Braille > Hi Stacey: > > I'm sorry... I had written a message that responded to this yesterday, but, > alas, forgot about the ridiculous feature in keymail. Thus, the message was > sent from my other address (which is not subscribed to this list), and > therefore my message bounced. > > First and foremost, the argument about the BN being a PDA is even more > irrelevant in this topic than it is in other innumerable threads on this > list. There is nothing wrong with Stacey asking if her machine can perform a > specific function. > > Stacey, like you, I edit out all page numbers from Web Braille. Though the > method Bob suggested is semi-valid, it has it's problems. For instance, if > you have a book with dates in it, replacing the number sign followed by one > would edit all of those occurances as well. Number sign followed by a four > would edit out all words which end in a bled. So, this is my method of > editing out numbers. It's still time consuming, but its the easiest and > fastest that I could come up with. > > >From the top of the document, enter the find menu by pressing space with f > (read with f). In the "find" field, type the number sign (dots 3,4,5,6) > followed by dot 1 for the number 1. Press enter. You will, most likely, be > taken to the page number one. After editing out the number and the > surrounding spaces, instead of going into the find menu again, simply use > the "find next occurance" command by pressing space with n (read with n). > This way, you will quickly be taken to page 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 and, if the > volume has over a hundred pages, to all of them as well. Go back to the top > of the document and repeat the procedure with numbers 2 through 9. As I've > said, it's far from quick, but it's definitely quicker than typing in each > number, and you still get the luxury of previewing whatever you're editing > out, which the "replace all" command does not allow for. > > HTH, Laura > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stacey Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Braillenote list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 12:01 PM > Subject: [Braillenote] Page numbers in web Braille > > > > Hi, can someone tell me if there's an easy way to strip apge numbers out > of web Braille books with the VNQT? I usually just search for them one by > one, but I'm wondering if there is a way that I can use the find and replace > feature to find them all and replace them with a cleared field. > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Stacey Robinson > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >
