I could probably write a book about this, but I don't have time.
I think you are using Window-Eyes, which I also use. What you do depends
on whether you are receiving words from a Microsoft Word file, pasting
them into Duxbury from the Browse Mode buffer of Window-Eyes from a PDF
file or web page, or whether you are typing them into Duxbury's editor.
There is really no substitute for learning a little about Duxbury's codes
and styles. A first step is to examine a document in text mode (before
braille translation) with the codes revealed. Press Alt-F3 to activate
the display of codes in the document you are editing.
You probably want to start with a heading. I would write the heading,
then use the <h1> level 1 heading style on that line. If you want a line
break within the heading, between the title and author, perhaps, press
ctrl-L at the break point. If some of the lines are going to be longer
than your embossed braille line, start the lyrics by pressing ctrl-R, the
indented runover command, which puts a [ptys] (poetry start) code in your
document. Indented runovers continue until discontinued by a [ptys0] or
[ptye] code, which can be chosen from the F5 codes list. Each line could
end with [l] (a conditional line break). Then your blank lines can be
created in several ways, including ctrl-K (unconditional line break) which
generates a [sk1] skip-line code, or pressing the Enter key in the editor,
which creates a similar unconditional line break represented by [<]. If
you are doing your text entry in Word, you can generate line breaks
(without starting a paragraph) by using shift
-Enter, Word's line-break keystroke.
There are several ways to create a given braille result, and which method
you use depends on which editor you want to work in, as well as the source
of your material to be translated.
Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Senior Project Engineer
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress 202-707-0535
http://www.loc.gov/nls
The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of
the Library of Congress, NLS.
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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Bill Scherer
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 11:55 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Duxbury braille translation software for beginning
teachers
Greetings all,
New list member, Bill Scherer here.
I am not a teacher, actually wish I was.
I do have Duxbury and use it for mostly printing out lyrics for shows that
I'm a singer in.
I'm looking for a way to do simple formatting. I know it's in the help
section, but it seems to be written for smarter folks than I am.
<grin>Leaving a blank line between verses, hard caridge returns are most
of what I need but would certainly be interested in a tutorial to really
use this monster.
Another question is do I need to set line length or is that done
automatically by either the Duxbury program or the Embosser?
Thanks, and sorry to be asking such newbie questions.
Bill
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