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| * great attention to detail | * great attention to detail | ||
| * basic understanding of homeopathy | * basic understanding of homeopathy | ||
| - | * good command of English language | + | * good command of the English language |
| * patience | * patience | ||
| * basic computer skills (mainly file manipulation -- editing, copying etc.) | * basic computer skills (mainly file manipulation -- editing, copying etc.) | ||
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| - Open sample.html in your web browser (double-clicking should do it). | - Open sample.html in your web browser (double-clicking should do it). | ||
| - Open sample.pdf in Adobe Reader or similar software (again, double-clicking should suffice). | - Open sample.pdf in Adobe Reader or similar software (again, double-clicking should suffice). | ||
| - | - Open sample.html in your text editor of choice (usually File / Open) | + | - Open sample.html in your text editor of choice (usually File / Open). |
| - Read the text in the web browser, compare to the original in sample.pdf and make corrections in the text editor. | - Read the text in the web browser, compare to the original in sample.pdf and make corrections in the text editor. | ||
| - Send us the modified sample.html via [[en:contact|email]] or [[en:contact|contact form]]. | - Send us the modified sample.html via [[en:contact|email]] or [[en:contact|contact form]]. | ||
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| - | **sample.html** is a standard HTML file which can be opened by any web browser (such as one you are using now to view this page) | ||
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| - | **sample.pdf** is the original image of the page from the magazine (use Adobe Reader to open) | ||
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| - | The corrections are to be performed upon sample.html file, by editing it in a suitable plain text editor. | ||
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| ===== Do's and don'ts ===== | ===== Do's and don'ts ===== | ||
| - | * The text is from the 19th century magazine, so some words are written differently, for example "dyspnoea" instead of modern "dyspnea" -- do not correct these (only if it is really an error). | + | * The text is from the 19th century magazine, so some words are written differently, for example "dyspnoea" instead of modern "dyspnea" -- do not correct these (only if it is truly an error). |
| - | * The HTML file's code __must not be changed__ in any way, so please use such an editor that will prevent this from happening. ([[http://www.editpadlite.com/download.html|EditPad Lite]] is very suitable for this purpose.) | + | * The HTML file's code __must not be changed__ in any way, so please use such an editor that will prevent this from happening. ([[http://www.editpadlite.com/download.html|EditPad Lite]] is very suitable for this purpose.) Word, OpenOffice and similar are a no-no. |
| - | * To edit the HTML file, open it in the EditPad Lite via File / Open, and make the corrections without touching the HTML tags. HTML tags perform the formatting of the text and they look like this -- <p></p> <i> </i>etc. For example <i>some words</i> would make the text display in italics, like this -- "//some words//". They must not be changed, only the text itself. | + | * To edit the HTML file, open it in a suitable text editor (usually) via File / Open, and make the corrections without touching the [[wp>HTML_element|HTML tags]]. HTML tags perform the formatting of the text and they look like this -- <p></p> <i> </i>etc. For example <i>some words</i> would make the text display in italics, like this -- "//some words//". They must not be changed, only the text itself. |
| - | * Do not rewrite the article, do not insert words, just correct the errors. | + | * Do not rewrite the article, do not insert words (unless UTTERLY necessary), just correct the errors. |
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