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Proposed Proofing Interface Help

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Proofreading Interface Help

For questions specific to the WordCheck interface, see the WordCheck FAQ.

How do I ...?

How do I keep a page to work on later?

The button "Save as 'In Progress'" saves your page. To leave the proofreading interface, use the button "Stop Proofreading." This takes you back to the project page. If you want to work on that page again, choose it from the "In Progress" list on the project page. Be careful about saving pages as "In Progress" when a project is almost complete! If all the other pages in the project have been proofed, any pages you have "In Progress" will lose the changes you made and be sent back to the pool for other proofreaders. That way, books don't get stuck if we forget about a page we were working on.

How do I finish a page?

When you have finished proofreading a page, use the "Save as 'Done'" or the "Save as 'Done' & Proofread Next Page" buttons. If you realize later that you need to change something on a page you thought was finished, you can access it from the project page as long as the project is still in the same round of proofreading. On the project page, you can access the last 5 pages you've worked on under "Done," and all the pages of the project under "Images, Pages Proofread, and Differences" or "Just my Pages." If the project has moved on, and you think it is a serious problem, you can leave a note in the project forum (choose "Discuss this Project" on the project page). Be sure to mention on what page number the problem occurred.

How do I get rid of a page I don't want to work on?

If there is a problem with the page that would be a problem for any proofreader, if, for example, the page image doesn't match the text, choose the "Report Bad Page" button. Before reporting a bad page, make sure you can't fix the problem by zooming in or out or reloading the page in your browser. A blank page is not a bad page. A corrupted or missing scan is a bad page. Be sure to report the bad page in the project discussion forum (via the link on the project page) so that the project manager can fix the problem.

If you just don't want to proof that page, if, for example, it is entirely in Danish, then choose "Return Page to Round" so that someone who likes proofreading in Danish can work on it. That page will be the next page up to be proofread, so you can either work on a different project until someone else takes that page, or you can save the page you don't like as "In Progress", take a new page, and "Return Page to Round" when you finish proofreading for the day.

How do I see what the page I'm working on will look like?

You can choose the "Show All Text" button. This opens a new window with just the text you have been working on. If there is any formatting in the text, the "Show All Text" button will show the formatted text. Remember, though, to only format text in formatting rounds and not in proofreading rounds. A lot of proofreaders will take premature formatting out again so that they can see the text better, and catch more scannos. There is a button on the interface just to take formatting out if it has been added too soon.

How do I see just the original scanned-in page without the proofreading interface?

Choose the "Image" link (next to "Project Comments") to see a new window with just the original scanned-in image of the page.

How do make the picture of the page bigger or smaller so I can see that word?

The "+25%" and "-25%" buttons make the scanned-in image bigger or smaller. You can click them repeatedly to make the image much bigger or much smaller. The "Original" button returns the image to its default size.

How do I make my text editor bigger so I don't have to keep scrolling across all the time?

On the Green Bar at the top of any PGDP page, choose "Prefs" (it's over on the right side). You can change the look of the interface under the "Proofreading" tab. Second from the bottom on the right side, you can change the "Length of Text Lines" to fit your personal taste. Remember that the changes won't show until you reload the proofreading webpage.

How do I know what page number to refer to in a forum/private message?

The PGDP internal page number (which rarely matches the original book's page number) is listed on the proofreading interface right under the first set of buttons.

How do I correct a mistake on a page I've already saved as done?

If the project is still in the same round, you can edit pages you have saved as "done." The project page lists the last five pages you've saved (it also lists up to five pages you've saved as "in progress"). You can access all the pages you've worked on from the project page by using the "Just my pages" link. If the project has moved to the next round, you can't make changes yourself, but you can leave a note in the project forum (access it from the project page by the link "Discuss this project").

How do I see what happens to a page after I've worked on it?

Once a project moves on to other rounds, you can use the "Images, Pages Proofread, & Differences" link on the project page to look at the pages in the project. Images are the scanned in pictures of the original book. Pages proofread are the texts for each page as they now stand. Differences show just what has changed in each round. Looking at your differences means seeing what changes the next proofreader made to the pages you proofed. It can be very helpful for improving your proofreading skill.

How do I know who has worked on this page before me?

If you are proofreading in P2 or P3, the user names of the previous people to work on that page are listed next to the page number. If you click on the user name, it will open a window to send that user a private message. That way you can say, "Great Job" on a hard page, or make a POLITE suggestion on how to handle a tricky text.

How do I check back to the project page to make sure I'm following all the project-specific rules?

While you are proofreading, you can open the project page in a new window by clicking on the "Project Comments" link. In that window, you can see the instructions specific to that project, or link to the project discussion ("Discuss this Project") to check if the problem you are having has been talked about already. The main difference between this page and the real Project Page is that it doesn't have a link to "Start Proofreading" because you already are proofreading, with a page open.

How do I add that strange letter/character?

The proofreading guidelines explain how to handle non-latin characters. The proofreading interface has several tools to help. The drop-down menus have accented vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and the ae ligature (under the letter a). There is also a drop-down menu of other letters and symbols starting with +.
If you are dealing with Greek letters or Egyptian Hieroglyphs, there are pop-up tools. Choose either "Greek Transliterator" or "Heiroglyphs," and a new window opens up. In the window you can see the Greek or Egyptian characters (in Egyptian you have to choose sub-sets to make the process more manageable). Click on the characters that look like the one in the scan, and the pop-up tool will put the appropriate roman letter(s). Copy and paste those letters into the [Greek: ] or [Egyptian: ] brackets.

How do I get rid of formatting that was added prematurely by P1/P2?

Highlight the entire text, and then click on the crossed-out x (just left of the Help button). Any formatting (italics, etc.) will be removed so that you can see the text more easily.

What is that button for?

Save as 'In Progress'

This button saves the page you are working on as "In Progress". That is, your changes are saved. This button does not close the proofreading interface. It does reset the scanned image size back to the original, if you have zoomed out or zoomed in. See above<"work on later">

Save as 'Done' & Proofread Next Page

This saves the page as complete and opens the next page of the project for you to work on. If there are no more available pages in that project, it returns you to the P1, P2, or P3 main page, according to what level you were proofreading.

Save as 'Done'

This saves the page as complete, and returns you to the project page.

Stop Proofreading

This saves the page as "In Progress" and returns you to the project page.

Report Bad Page

This button sends you to the form to report bad pages, that is, pages that no one could proofread because something is wrong with the scan. This button only exists in the P1 interface.

Switch to Vertical (Horizontal)

This changes the orientation of the proofreading interface. Either the scanned image will be above the text box, or it will be on the right, and the text box on the left, of your screen.

Show All Text

This opens a new window with the text by itself. If there is any formatting in the text, "Show all Text" will italicize, etc. the text in the new window. This shows the text as it currently exists in the proofreading interface whether or not it has been saved as "In Progress."

Return Page to Round

This returns the page you are working on to the proofreading pool for someone else to work on. Any changes you have made will be lost, even if you had previously saved the page as "In Progress."

WordCheck

This opens the WordCheck interface. See the WordCheck FAQ for more info.

Page: ###

This tells you the PGDP internal page reference number for the page you are working on. This is rarely the same as the page number (if any) in the scanned-in image.

P1:(links)

This tells you the username of the person who P1ed the page you are working on. See above.

P2:(links)

This tells you the username of the person who P2ed the page you are working on. See above.

View: Project Comments | Image

The "Project Comments" link opens the project page in a new window. This version of the project page does not have an option to "Start Proofreading" because you already are proofreading.
The "Image" link opens a new window with just the scanned-in image of the page you are working on.

Image Resize: -25%, +25%, Original

These buttons make the scanned-in image larger or smaller, or return it to the size it was when you opened the proofreading interface. You can press tehm multiple times to make the image much bigger or much smaller.

Drop-down letters: AEIOU+ (textbox)

These drop-down menus let you pick some non-Latin or accentented characters to add to the text. The last character from the lists that you used will appear in the box next to the drop down-menus, so that you can copy & paste it if you need it again. The ae ligature (æ) is under the letter A. C with a cedilla (ç) and guillemets (« ») are under the plus.

2 textboxes

These are a way to copy and paste the Markup shortcuts (see below) if your browser doesn't add them automatically when you click on them.

Crossed out x

This button deletes any formatting in highlighted text. Proofreaders use this to remove formatting added prematurely by P1 or P2.

ABC, Abc, abc

These buttons make highlighted text ALL CAPITALS, Mixed Case, or all lower-case. Proofers don't usually need these buttons. Formatters use these buttons, so even if what you are proofreading isn't in the right case, your proofreading does matter. An eror will still be AN EROR, unless the formatter happens to catch it.

Help ---> ?

This opens the page you are now reading.

Markup shortcuts:

[Greek:]
[** ]
[]
{}
[Blank Page]
If you press these buttons, the characters they show will be added to the text wherever your cursor is. These are just short-cuts for mouse-oriented people.

Pop-up tools:

These open a new window with a useful tool.

Search/Replace

This is explained really well in depth in the wiki.

Greek Transliterator

This window has a clickable Greek alphabet (lower and upper case). Click on the letters that match the scan, and then copy and paste the Latin letter replacements into a [Greek: ].

Hieroglyphs

Like the Greek transliterator, but for heiroglyphs. A little more complicated, because there are a lot more characters.

Guidelines

This links to the proofreading guidelines.

Proofreading Diagrams:

High Res
Medium Res
Low Res
This is the same flow-chart in varying resolutions, showing all the potential paths of a page through the proofreading system. Great for getting the bigger picture.