[duxuser] Re: Suggestions for Duxbury

  • From: "George Bell" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:35:50 -0000

Hi Terri,

I'm afraid RTF is rapidly becoming history in favour of HTML, XML and
such like.

All you can really do is import into Word, save in a different format,
and then in to DBT.

George. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Terri Pannett [mailto:pann1@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: 20 January 2004 23:31
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Suggestions for Duxbury

Dear George,

Will we be able to import .rtf files or will we still have to convert
them to Word or WP files?

Terri, Amateur radio call sign KF6CA.  Army MARS call sign AAT9PX,
California
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Bell" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 4:10 PM
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Suggestions for Duxbury


> Hi Keith,
>
> You will be pleased to know that both you suggestions have been 
> addressed in coming DBT 10.5
>
> Misspelled words are highlighted, and you do get a suggestion list.
>
> I'm also happy to say that if you import a file from say Word for 
> Windows into DBT, it will retain the name, but change the extension.
> For example, keith.doc would become keith.dxp for the print/text file,

> and keith.dxb for the braille file.  You are of course able to 
> override the suggested name.
>
> All the best,
>
> George.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Christian [mailto:kchris1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 17 January 2004 17:44
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxuser] Suggestions for Duxbury
>
> Hi,
>
> Thank you for the remapping instructions.  I am happy to keep the new 
> keyboard!
>
> If suggestions are being taken for improving Duxbury, here are a few I

> would like to see.
>
>
> Spell check with a screen reader, in my case JAWS, does not work very 
> well.
> Perhaps I am using the spell checking correctly, but it would be very 
> helpful to have the spell check highlight the word that is not 
> recognized and there be a suggestion list to tab over to where I can 
> choose the correct spelling of the word.
>
> Please allow for the file names to be automatically inserted or 
> suggested like Word when doing a save or save as.  Many times I would 
> just like to save a pre-existing file or just change one letter  
> without having to retype the file name.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Keith
>
>
>
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