This is purely my take from the U.K. Many people find it extremely difficult to try and align a braille form into a brailling device, be it a Perkins, Mountbatten, slate & Stylus or whatever. When it comes to forms which requires to be completed, we tend to suggest that the questions are numbered, and that the respondent is asked to provide answers, quoting the relevant question number on a separate sheet. George Bell. ________________________________ From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Deborah Barnes Sent: 31 January 2007 19:35 To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [duxuser] Question about forms Hi everyone, I just have a question, maybe mainly for those who read Braille, but it is Duxbury-related. I'm filling out a form that has name, address, etc. The print form has Name: then a line that translates, of course, into dots 46 ... grrrr!!! Then it has Address: (same kind of line) etc. My question is this: if a Braille reader wants to fill out that form, is the line a nuisance. You have to skip past all the dot 46's, whether they're translated as dots 36 or 25's or whatever, before you can fill out the form. So as a Braille reader, would you rather have a short line of (whatever characters) and then lots of room to write or do you prefer the lines of characters. Personally, I like not to have the characters at all. But I'm just looking for opinions. This form is a form that will be filled out by people with varying levels of Braille skills,and we're hoping to be able to make it accessible on line, too, so anyone can fill out the form who needs to. Anyway, I just wanted some opinions and anyone can write me off list if needed. Re Duxbury, the replace feature definitely comes in handy here. Deb B.