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.
