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 <note important>If the book has the abbreviation St. for 'Saint' you will need to change it to the full word. The reader will read St. as 'street'.</note>
+<note tip>If you have any questions, check the archive below, if still not clear, post your question on the [[public:nnels:etext:q_a|Production Q&A]]
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+Q: I'm working on Purchasing Power and the notes section has a brief preface with common abbreviations. I've added the notes according to the workflow and I'm wondering what to do with the remaining abbreviation information. Can I add a heading for "Abbreviations"? Thanks for your help!
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+A: Good question. Adding a heading for Abbreviations is a good way to go!
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+Q: It Was Never Going to Be Okay features a poem featuring a bunch of emojis. What do I do with these? Is this an alt-text question?
+{{:public:nnels:etext:it_was_never_going_to_be_okay_adams_-_compatibility_mode.png?400|}}
+A: These are treated like symbols. You can use unicode for emojis. The direction is on the [[public:nnels:etext:symbols|Symbols, Abbreviations & Acronyms Page]].
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+Q: Another question for "Until We Are Free," in the article "7 Organizing Direct Action in the Digital Age" there is a star symbol next to the first occurrence of the term "direct action" and an asterisk in-front of the heading of the next sub-section title 'what is direct action?'. It seems the star is being used to inform readers that this term will be explained later in the text and not as an endnote. As it does not seem that the star is not being used as an endnote reference should it be removed or should the star be replaced using the unicode symbol?
+A: You can include an asterisk for both using your keyboard: *
+No need to use unicode for that symbol
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+Q: I'm working on Mina Parmi Les Ombres, a French book. The book mentions a century using roman numerals and a superscript "e" (which I'm presuming would be like "th" in English). I'm not sure how I should format this so the screen reader reads it properly. I don't see anything in the advanced symbols/special characters window. Do I need to install a French keyboard option?
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+A: Superscripts are not part of the symbols. You can use the direct formatting buttons on the home ribbon, and there are some short keys. [[https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/format-text-as-superscript-or-subscript-in-word-507cdffd-8169-4872-96ec-909ea5888dc6#OfficeVersion=Windows|Here is a link to more instructions.]]
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+Q: General question for a number of upcoming non-fiction books: Should we keep "COVID" all-caps? While it's a medical word, given that it is not pronounced letter-by-letter in general society, I'm wondering if it would be frustrating for listeners to hear it spelled out one letter at a time.
+A: Really good question. There are variations on how screenreaders will read the Acronym, and also people will be reading this book with a braille display. Since some screen readers will read it as a full word, and braille readers will need to proper acronym we should keep it in all caps.
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