George,
Yes, that's what I thought. I'm thinking that Braille 2000 simply calls it
a
DXB file because I can then open it in DBT. But it's not a "true" DXB
file.
Hmm, rather misleading me thinks.
Jean
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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On
Behalf Of George Bell
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 11:28 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: dxb braille files
I hate to say this, but from your description, it does rather appear that
the file is not really being saved as a proper Duxbury .dxb file and
indeed
is little more than a .brf.
By the sound of it, your suggestion of back-translating and re-styling in
Word may probably be the best option in this case.
George.
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On
Behalf Of Jean Menzies
Sent: 13 September 2008 15:42
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] dxb braille files
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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