[bookport] Re: Searching Backward from the end of a book
- From: "Dale Lieser" <drlieser@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 07:49:10 -0600
I've experienced the same thing, and would like to search backward from the
end of a book sometimes.
Dale
----- Original Message -----
From: "ptorpey" <ptorpey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 7:34 AM
Subject: [bookport] Searching Backward from the end of a book
>I think this behavior started occurring when the Bookport software was
> updated so that if you were at the end of a book and pressed the read
> key, the Bookport would start riding from the beginning of the book.
> Maybe this has always been the case though - I'm not sure.
> Anyway, go through these steps:
>
> 1. Enter a search string (either from the braille keyboard or
> marking the text).
>
> 2. If you are in the beginning or middle of a book, you can use the
> 8+9 and 7+8 keys to find the next and previous occurrences of the text.
>
> 3. Now, hold down the 3 key for one beep to get to the end of a
> book.
>
> 4. Press the 7+8 key to find the previous occurrence of the text
> string in the book (in this case, this would be the last time the text
> occurred in the book). You will find that the search backward function
> does not work in this case.
>
> Presumably, once you move to the end of the book with the 3 key held
> down for one beep, the pointer must be changed to point to the beginning
> of the book. So, is there a way to search backward from the end of the
> book?
>
> -- Pete
>
>
>
>
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