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From: "Mike Lowe" <>
Subject: Re: transcribing
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 11:19:08 -0000
References: <002901c74626$338e16c0$0d8e9e51@oemcomputer>


Thank you Allen
thats that sorted then

bye for now
mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Allan Raymond" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: transcribing


> Mike
>
> There is absolutely no need to recheck the file having done it once.
>
> FreeBMD does give a warning at time of upload.
>
> When you first upload a file either via your File Management or via WinBMD
> you will receive a
> warning message which indicates the file has been successfully uploaded
> but also including details
> of the cause of the warning.
>
> Allan Raymond
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Lowe" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: 01 February 2007 14:46
> Subject: Re: transcribing
>
>
> Thank you Allan
>
> I had of course followed the help link and read the message but it did not
> mention about the red warning.
>
> The answer then is to click on the red warning in case something else is
> wrong with the transcription, but I thought freebmd would have informed
> the
> transcriber if something else was wrong at the time of the upload.
>
> Will the red highlight remain for ever? If so it will mean checking the
> same
> file often in case something else is wrong with it.
>
> Cheers
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allan Raymond" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 1:11 AM
> Subject: Re: transcribing
>
>
>> Mike
>>
>> You don't need to do anything, it is purely a warning message.
>>
>> If you click on the "Warning" link and then the "Help" link it will take
>> you to the following
>> explanation:
>>
>> The format of the page field was not as expected. The page number should
>> normally be number,
>> optionally followed by a single letter and optionally preceded by a
>> letter
>> A. Some punctuation
>> characters ( , / ) are also allowed. Uncertain characters are also
>> permitted. However, other
>> constructs (such as "See D/1868") may also occur and will be accepted.
>> This was found at line number
>> n and the line contained line.
>>
>> When you see a warning message it is advisable to check it out to ensure
>> you have transcribed the
>> entry in accordance with the scan.
>>
>> Allan Raymond
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mike Lowe" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: 01 February 2007 00:44
>> Subject: transcribing
>>
>>
>> Hi All
>>
>> hope someone can help with this query.
>>
>> If there has been a written addition at the end of a page I enter the
>> addition in the appropriate
>> marked place in the file on that page.
>>
>> All ok until I get to the page column where the entry is usually
>> something
>> like see s/22 or see
>> S/1922 When I upload the page to freebmd, although accepting the file it
>> gives me a warning that
>> there are illegal characters in the page column.
>>
>> Looking at the file in freebmd I notice these files are highlighted in
>> red.
>>
>> Are there any further actions I should take to get rid of the red
>> highlights on the freebmd site?
>> Thanks for any help
>>
>> cheers for now
>> michael 1839
>>
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