[duxuser] dxb braille files
- From: "Jean Menzies" <jemenzies@xxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:42:15 -0600
I normally don't work directly with dxb braille files, but I have been asked
to edit one at work. I have some questions.
This file was originally a Braille 2000 ABT file. It was converted to dxb
format in Braille 2000's Save As where you can choose Duxbury dxb. When I
open the file in Duxbury 10.7, I first get the warning about the file being
created with an earlier version of DBT . that's fine. Then when I look at
the file there are virtually no codes. Maybe line break codes, but nothing
else. Headings are centred with spaces. Page numbers are there as text as
they would be in a BRF file. The file is little more than a BRF file, and
editing will be very tedious.
I am pretty sure dxb files created via DBT contain codes. Am I right with
that? But is this normal for a so-called conversion like this? My temtation
is to back translate to a DXP print file, copy and paste it back into Word
and reapply the codes, basically starting from scratch. It will mean
ignoring the braille work someone else did, but I think it might be faster
to follow the hard copy braille and reapply styles once I remove all the
endless blank lines and spaces.
Is there a better way to work with different types of braille files from
different programs like this? I can't always be "redoing" files, and I'd
like to get comfortable with working directly in DBT for the times when that
might be the best option. But this one just looks to messy for my liking.
Jean
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