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Mar 2, 2004 12:44 am
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Thanks to everyone who pointed out the problem with the FAQ. I fixed it. I really appreciate you all taking the time to help out. Rae -- Rachel Rice Freelance...
Just curious here--does everyone but me "vet" the pages (examine to be sure they are all present) when they get them? I never have. And in hundreds and ...
At 08:25 AM 3/4/04 -0800, Charles Anderson wrote about vetting: I have come to the same conclusion: I don't like counting the pages and it would rarely have...
Pam Rider
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Mar 4, 2004 4:46 pm
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When I get a manuscript, I go through and write page numbers on each page in a consistent place and with an easy-to-read size and color. It takes some time,...
<<Just curious here--does everyone but me "vet" the pages (examine to be sure they are all present) when they get them? I never have. And in hundreds and ...
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Mar 4, 2004 6:31 pm
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... I say I never make the same mistake twice, I make new ones all the time. Therefore, I always check to see that all the pages are there as soon as I get the...
... Oh, my...this has happened to me once or twice. I really don't want the editor to know that his or her job has been put off that long, even if it is...
I also have found pages missing in almost every other book. I am lucky though, my son volunteers to vette the pages for me, and he finds them all! He also, as...
This is very interesting. I would suspect there is a direct connection with indexers' experience with particular publishers--in the sense of once burned,...
... Charles, the absolute worst case of missing and misnumbered pages I ever dealt with came from a small publisher, and it was one of the few times that I had...
Jeanne, Thank you very much for your helpful response to my question. I had experimented with uninverted entries sorted by initials, and sorted without regard...
... Make that three of us. If I closely vetted the 500+ books I've indexed the time spent would have more than offset the inconvenience of the one or two ...
In a message dated 3/4/2004 3:35:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... All of mine are coming this way, too, for the past 3 or 4 months. I've been wondering if PDF...
... I can't imagine any way for PDFs to be "blurry". "Blurry" is the result of mechanical movement of paper against print source, something that doesn't exist...
... a ... I haven't bothered to follow this whole discussion, because *of course* I vet, and I'm usually sorry if I haven't. To me, the prime reason for...
Peter Rooney
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Mar 4, 2004 9:20 pm
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In a message dated 3/4/2004 4:15:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Cool shortcut! Now, what's my problem??? LOL! The directory (publisher's server) where I go...
PDF's could be blurry on our end as well as the publisher's. A publisher can create a PDF at different resolutions, and that difference mostly shows up when...
I don't really, but I do mark page ranges before I begin working, and I usually discover missing pages then. It does happen a few times a year that I'll find...
... I'm not sure what you mean by this. WHat's the difference between a DOS directory and a Windows directory. I assume you are using some sort of FTP client...
In a message dated 3/4/2004 7:10:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Remember how DOS was directories and subdirectories that were text-based descriptions? Well,...
In a message dated 3/4/2004 7:29:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... However, I just tried creating a shortcut to the printer. And, I realized I was trying to...
... Yes. Have you been doing it some other way? You already have a shortcut in your Printers and Faxes folder in the Control Panel. You can open that folder...
In a message dated 3/4/2004 8:34:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... LOL! I had to think what I do. At the moment, I don't put them on my computer unless they are...
... The best part of using PDFs is having them readily available for searching while you're indexing, but if you don't have the room... ... That should be...
In a message dated 3/5/2004 12:01:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... HP 4300. I also bought extra RAM for it and the stacker (not the stacker/stapler). I don't...
<<...The best part of using PDFs is having them readily available for searching while you're indexing..>> I should "play around" more with my stuff! Do you...
<<<...HP 4300. I also bought extra RAM for it and the stacker (not the stacker/stapler). I don't remember if the second paper tray was standard or extra, but...
