Cindy:
Try saving in Microsoft word's format. Perhaps this
will take care of
whatever is bothering it.
Then try to save it as rtf. Otherwise you will have
to release it because
txt won't save page breaks.
Good luck.
***
Grace
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 8:40 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] txt validation/page breaks
>I downloaded a copy of Plum Bun that had been on
the
> list for a while and that people were having
trouble
> with. I have a copy of the book, not the exact
same
> one but the text and pagination of the text are
the
> same.
>
> However, even though it was an rtf file, I'm
pretty
> sure, something in it causes my Word, no matter
which
> version I use, to crash within a few seconds. I
tried
> releasing and re-downloading it, checking my
computer
> to be sure it's in top-running condition, waiting
a
> day.
>
> I have discovered, however, that I can validate it
in
> txt. Of course, not only any font styles but hard
page
> breaks disappear when saved, as it reverts back to
> txt.
>
> I can put in page numbers--in fact, I think
they're
> there, just in the wrong places--but how do I
indicate
> page breaks? I'm guessing I should use line spaces
> before and after, but how many? Or should I
release
> this and let someone else have it. I can't
remember
> what the problem was in the first place that it
was
> released and I felt I needed to take it.
>
> Apparently it is an important book--first
published in
> 1929 (not 1928, as the submitter thought) it's
part of
> the "Rediscovered Literature of Historical
> Significance" series, and part of a "Black Women
> Writers" series, written by by one of the Harlem
> Renaissance movement's "most important and
prolific
> authors." --interesting, since her output consists
or
> 4 novels.
>
> I suspect it's required in Women's and in Black
> Studies programs in universities and colleges.
>
> Having finally discovered a form in which I can
work
> on it, I'll await opinions as to what I should do
> before I do any more work on it.
>
> Cindy
>
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