George,Oh man, even plain text has hidden codes. I did a dirty test and copied the text into a word document. It didnt look good either. Sigh. And I always thought plain text was plain. Now I know better.
I looked at the Join Lines, and see it has to be applied to each paragraph. I am working on a book. ;(
I dont recall if I did the Save As, think I did as I came up with the .brf file type. When I view this in DBT, it is apparent that there is a formatting issue.
I have a Braille Lite 40. I think I will load the text into it and save it as a .brf file but would also like to learn how to do it in DBT as part of my "education". Thanks George.
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To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 2:44 PM Subject: [duxuser] Re: Translating Text
Hi Robert, There a few issues here. First, it would be helpful to know what make and model your Braille notetaker is. Second, it's possible that your text document contains hard carriage returns in illogical places. Tricky to determine, but thankfully DBT has a "Join Lines" option in its Layout menu. Third, you will likely need to save your Braille document as a File Type .brf using DBT's "Save As" rather than Save. As regards general parameter advice, I suspect this may depend on your note taker, and I'm sure others will chip in when we know what it is. George. -----Original Message----- From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Clark Sent: 20 January 2007 19:59 To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [duxuser] Translating Text Hi, Its been ages since I was on the list due to other projects. Have a simple question I hope. I want to convert a text document into formatted braille for reading on my braille note taker. The text looks ok but when I view the translation in DBT and when I open it in my braille note taker, some lines do not wrap properly. DBT says Page Width Exceeded. So perhaps I need to set the margins? What are the ideal settings and is that all it will take? Am using DBT 6. Thanks. *---* *---* *---* *---* *---* If drinking and driving is illegal, then why do bars have parking lots? Robert & Dreamer Doll (Guide Dawggie) Newport, Oregon N24C 3G 8/2000 Hookup rclark0276@xxxxxxxxxxx http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.1/640 - Release Date: 19/01/2007 16:46 * * * * This message is via list duxuser at freelists.org. * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with * unsubscribe * as the subject to <duxuser-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive * is also located there. * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com* * *
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