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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
