Hi Anne: Thanks. I'm ging to try this for the sake of learning it. But, I did go buy the book.:) Still good to know.
Carolyn HOn Jan 19, 2011, at 3:19 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Carolyn, > > The conversion was almost certainly done using a PC, but you can fix the > problem fairly easily by using the Replace All function of the Find command. > > Work out what each wrong character should be, then select the first > occurrence of that character, press Cmd-F, paste it into the first edit > field, go to the next edit field and put in the character it should be, then > click Replace All. Navigating left you'll see how many were changed. > > Use Cmd-` to switch back to the main window and repeat the exercise for the > other erroneous characters. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 19 Jan 2011, at 22:21, Carolyn Haas wrote: > >> Hi Zack: >> Thanks. At least you didn't holler at me to just go buy the book and deal >> with it.:) Actually, probably that's what I'll do. >> >> Thanks >> Carolyn H >> On Jan 19, 2011, at 2:13 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: >> >>> Hi Carolyn, >>> This sounds distinctly like a character set conversion problem. >>> Unfortunately, i'm unfamiliar with the specifics of character sets on the >>> Mac and the process the person used to convert your book. The most I can >>> do is recommend that they run the conversion again, paying attention to >>> character set choices if at all possible. I'm not sure what if anything >>> you might be able to do on your end to fix the problem, as I've not used >>> TextEdit much as of yet. >>> Hope this helps somewhat, >>> Zack. >>> >>> On Jan 19, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: >>> >>>> Hi: >>>> I have a related question. I have a book someone turned from a PDF into a >>>> text edit. It is an excellent book. But, all the apostrophes, quotation >>>> marks, and some other weird markings make it kind rough reading. I went >>>> through actually word by word, I'm embarrassed to say, and fixed most of >>>> one chapter. I have since decided there were much better ways to spend my >>>> time. Anyone know what makes an apostrophe turn into "i-circomflex,' and >>>> a quote into "I-with-combining-grave accent"? (other than too much >>>> baccarty:)? >>>> aAnyone know of an easier way to make corrections? Thanks for any >>>> suggestions. >>>> >>>> Carolyn H >>>> On Jan 19, 2011, at 3:46 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello Trahern, >>>>> >>>>> There isn't much you can do directly from a PDF document, But if you can >>>>> select text and copy it into a TextEdit document, you can use the command >>>>> "Add to iTunes as a spoken track". >>>>> >>>>> You need to make sure that this service is available by selecting text in >>>>> a TextEdit document, then going to the Services menu where you should >>>>> find this item. If not, go into System Preferences and Select Keyboard. >>>>> Choose the Keyboard Shortcuts tab and select Services in the first table. >>>>> In the second table, make sure that "Add to iTunes as a spoken track" is >>>>> checked, and you can set a shortcut for it while you're there. >>>>> >>>>> Once you've created all the sound files for a given document, use either >>>>> Audiobook Builder or Audiobook Binder to create your audio book. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Anne >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 19 Jan 2011, at 07:24, trahern culver wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> hey all i have sevral pdf instruction manuals that i'd like to turn in >>>>>> to audio books with sections and chapters that i can navagate like a >>>>>> normal audio book that a person would buy in itunes how can i make >>>>>> this happen? is there any software i can use? >>>>>> >>>>>> your hhelp with this question would be most welcom!!! >>>>>> >>>>>> kind regards trahern. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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