Book 2 Important Request, Please read

[rover]

It is 150 words total. Lets not get crazy though, just be close if you have to edit stuff down. Tech info doesn't count.

Think of this...there will be two parts of the book, the first is contains the images. We want this to be more than the focus, we want it to overwhelm the text. With 100ish participants you can imagine how big the text part can be. So, One Bio and two photo descriptions, 150 words. Again, tech info does not count.

 

[jan normandale]

word count feature?
really?
i never heard of that!

i have word perfect & word...do they have this mystery feature?

joe

Joe , I'm using Word for Mac. I think the feature is the same for a PC ... go to the toolbar and click on the dropdown menu titled 'tools' this should show a feature 'word count' about a quarter the way down the menu.

 

[back alley]

i found it in word, my copy is old, word 2000, but it's there.

nothing so far in word perfect.

joe

 

[DougK]

Here you go Joe... word counting in WordPerfect

http://www.computer-2tr.com/tips/04/20040610.html

 

[rover]

Bump for those just waking up from the holiday.

 

[darkkavenger]

I'll be able to check this once I'm back home from holidays, monday 9th/ sorry!

 

[SalmanA]

I have just now sent revised and reedited image description and bio text that now all adds up to just under 150 words. I didn't include camera, lens, and film details (or the the image file attachments) as they were already included in the first email.

 

[vladhed]

Hmm, I guess 243 words is a bit over - I just resent my edit down version, which incidentally is probably better (I cut out my attempts to justify why I like the photos).

 

[RayPA]

I'm compiling the bios, descriptions, and tech data information and most of us are well above 150. 🙂 I expected this from digital shooters, but from film shooters, who supposedly compose carefully before pressing the shutter release? 😉

BTW, I'm seeing basically two types of bios: the straight-forwarded chronological/historical type, and the 'my philosophy towards photography' type. Either one is fine. If you're having trouble keeping the word count down and you are using one, maybe try switching to the other.

Also, if you wrote in the third-person please switch it to first-person and submit again.

We have a varied and fascinating group here, the bios have all been great. This information will be in the back of the book, but the book is going to be excellent from cover-to-cover.

🙂

 

[Swann]

Gosh, I was sure the 150 words limit included the Tech Info! Only the: Camera: Film: Lens: Exposure: twice took me eight words. Anyway gone is gone.

 

[Pherdinand]

Mister Editors - did I make it or was I too late? :redface:
Also, i think i ended up with 157 words total, shall i cut it even shorter?

 

[Bertram2]

If you feel you have submitted text over the 150 word limit, please edit your submission yourself, and resend it. .

I felt so and checked my submisson . Downsized it to 5% of it's original size and resent it today, now within the limit of 150 words in total. 😉

Best,
bertram