AWP 3.2.10.3 fails to read RTF scan files
AWP 3.2.10.3 fails to read RTF scan files
Yesterday I was working on an old paperback/pocketbook that I had scanned. I loaded the new version of Atlantis, 3.2.10.3, in the afternoon before continuing. It opened up the RTF file of the book I created under Atlantis with no problems. When I went to work on the next scanned page, a pair of pages are on each scan, the file opened was empty. There was only the default paragraph of Normal in it and it had no characters in it. In panic I opened a couple dozen more files/scans with the same result. When I calmed down I uninstalled the new version and went back to 3.2.10.1 and the scan files opened with the proper content showing. I did not see any new threads about version 3.2.10.3 before starting this thread. Please look at the attached file to see if there is an explanation for what happened to me.
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- BeyondTheBeyond__039.rtf
- Under 3.2.10.3 this file opened as 1 empty paragraph. Under 3.2.10.1 it opens as 2 pages with a header at the top of each page.
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Atlantis 5
Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
The next release will include the fix to this. Thanks.
Please download & run this patched setup file of Atlantis.
Please download & run this patched setup file of Atlantis.
A question
Alan, I applied the patched setup file.
Then I downloaded your sci-fi file and opened it. I do not want to post a graphic of your material without your permission, so I will just tell you what I saw. The file opened (in the patched Atlantis), but the page consisted of two extremely narrow columns of text. This was because the left page margin was huge.
I adjusted the page margins to something more normal, and the text showed up fine.
Did you have this same experience with the patched version of Atlantis? I am only asking because I wanted to make sure that the patched version does not have a problem. I mean, you have been working with these scanned texts, and I do not recall that you mentioned anything about extremely narrow columns of text.
By the way, I saved the RTF text as an epub file, and it was fine. It can be made to look really nice with some easy tweaking of the CSS code (I could post an example, if you want me to). But I know that you have already said that you do not want to try to work with the code.
Atlantis does not currently support drop caps (hint, hint), but I tweaked the code and made the first paragraph start with a nice drop cap.
Good luck in the project. I may have to do the same thing with an old book that I have from the 1970s (one of the volumes from the Vardis Fisher series of novels called The Testament of Man).
rolandraystroud@gmail.com
Then I downloaded your sci-fi file and opened it. I do not want to post a graphic of your material without your permission, so I will just tell you what I saw. The file opened (in the patched Atlantis), but the page consisted of two extremely narrow columns of text. This was because the left page margin was huge.
I adjusted the page margins to something more normal, and the text showed up fine.
Did you have this same experience with the patched version of Atlantis? I am only asking because I wanted to make sure that the patched version does not have a problem. I mean, you have been working with these scanned texts, and I do not recall that you mentioned anything about extremely narrow columns of text.
By the way, I saved the RTF text as an epub file, and it was fine. It can be made to look really nice with some easy tweaking of the CSS code (I could post an example, if you want me to). But I know that you have already said that you do not want to try to work with the code.
Atlantis does not currently support drop caps (hint, hint), but I tweaked the code and made the first paragraph start with a nice drop cap.
Good luck in the project. I may have to do the same thing with an old book that I have from the 1970s (one of the volumes from the Vardis Fisher series of novels called The Testament of Man).
rolandraystroud@gmail.com
Hi rstroud,
The narrow columns/wide margins are caused by the OCR software I use, only sometimes. It usually happens when a page starts with a chapter heading, not to be confused with the headers. For me this is not a problem as I copy and paste as environment to avoid the dozens of styles created by the OCR software and removing them, most paragraphs end up being First line indent only. I delete the scan file after having successfully copied over the text. The current book I am working on has 131 scan files which might double the time spent to get good copy for making an ePub for me to read if I used the RTF files as formatted files to insert into the final book file. I appreciate your offer of help and don't need it at this time. A look at the downloaded file should show that 95+% of the paragraphs are simple First line indent, i.e., normal fiction novel body text.
The narrow columns/wide margins are caused by the OCR software I use, only sometimes. It usually happens when a page starts with a chapter heading, not to be confused with the headers. For me this is not a problem as I copy and paste as environment to avoid the dozens of styles created by the OCR software and removing them, most paragraphs end up being First line indent only. I delete the scan file after having successfully copied over the text. The current book I am working on has 131 scan files which might double the time spent to get good copy for making an ePub for me to read if I used the RTF files as formatted files to insert into the final book file. I appreciate your offer of help and don't need it at this time. A look at the downloaded file should show that 95+% of the paragraphs are simple First line indent, i.e., normal fiction novel body text.
Atlantis 5
Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
Good job!
It sounds as if you have a handle on it all. Good luck with the project.
The document contains a sequence of sections separated with continuous section breaks. The first two sections have different page settings (including page margins). In Atlantis, such continuous sequences of sections are always displayed using the same page settings (of the first section from the sequence). MS Word treats such sequences differently.