The Augusta Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 My hard drive in my old PC died and I now have a new one and need to copy and paste all my ancient authors into Word documents again. This is no problem on the Lacus Curtius site, but when it comes to the enormous Natural History of Pliny on Perseus Tufts has anyone else had the problems I have had? Although the site gives you the option to read each Book of the Natural History by book and not by chapter, clicking on this hardly ever results in a Book by Book presentation. Therefore it is a tedious business to copy and paste dear old Pliny chapter by chapter within each book. Add to this the slowness of the pages to load.... it's a frustrating business. I find Pliny's Nat Hist invaluable in my researches, and wondered if anyone has any tips for getting the site to present each Book completely. At 30-odd volumes with about 60 chaps per volume it's one heck of a task to go through each web page. Has anyone else got their Pliny this way? And if so, how did you get around all the hiccups? Any help you could give would be gratefully appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 My hard drive in my old PC died and I now have a new one and need to copy and paste all my ancient authors into Word documents again. This is no problem on the Lacus Curtius site, but when it comes to the enormous Natural History of Pliny on Perseus Tufts has anyone else had the problems I have had? Although the site gives you the option to read each Book of the Natural History by book and not by chapter, clicking on this hardly ever results in a Book by Book presentation. Therefore it is a tedious business to copy and paste dear old Pliny chapter by chapter within each book. Add to this the slowness of the pages to load.... it's a frustrating business. I find Pliny's Nat Hist invaluable in my researches, and wondered if anyone has any tips for getting the site to present each Book completely. At 30-odd volumes with about 60 chaps per volume it's one heck of a task to go through each web page. Has anyone else got their Pliny this way? And if so, how did you get around all the hiccups? Any help you could give would be gratefully appreciated. I use the Berlin mirror site... It's always seemed slightly faster to me. Perseus-Berlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Augusta Posted November 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 I use the Berlin mirror site... It's always seemed slightly faster to me. Perseus-Berlin Thanks PP- I'll give it a try. And you've also inadvertently helped with something else.... I can see now how to add a link with appropriate text, rather than just 'http://' etc. (It was something I'd been meaning to ask) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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