SignPuddle questions

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
May 13, 2008

On May 12, 2008, at 2:31 PM, MARIA AZZOPARDI wrote:
> 5. Is there a way to 'save-as-you-go' in SignText. I'm inputting text
> verse by verse. I save the work when I come to the end of the verse.  
> Is it
> possible to save the work half-way through and to keep working?


Hello Maria!
Yes, we can save as we go...and add to the saved document later. Just  
push the SAVE button in the Editor. Later you can re-open that  
document to add more if you want...

However, at present, in SignPuddle 1.5, it is best not to make a  
document too long, for other technical reasons...

This is how we did the 21 chapters of the Gospel According to John in  
ASL:

1. Each verse of each chapter was created as a separate document, and  
added to the private ASL Bible Puddle. We named them like this:

John15v06
John15v07
John15v08
John15v09
John15v10

and so forth...that way you can search and find all the documents in  
John15 etc...

2. Then each verse starts with the signs: VERSE ___.

We write the sign for VERSE and the number of the verse with a period  
following at the beginning, all in ASL, and then start writing the  
actual verse after that...This helps the reader know what verse they  
are reading......see attached...it says VERSE 2. in ASL...




Then later, after you have written and saved all the verses, each  
verse as a separate document, later we put them all together in a book  
layout, using either SignBank DocumentMaker, a program we developed,  
or in Microsoft Word...and one verse will follow after the  
other...each verse has its number at the top of each verse, so there  
is no mistaking how to put the book together...

Want to see an example of this? We have a "first draft version" of the  
first three chapters of John, available for download on the web:

SignWriting Bible Passages in ASL
Romero Translation
http://www.signwriting.org/library/bible/

Download the first document John 1-3

That document was prepared in SignPuddle as described above, and then  
I used ColumnMaker and DocumentMaker to prepare the layout of the  
book. When the time comes, I will be happy to teach you how...

Val ;-)


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