Got it this time. Thanks! I didn't get the first one. Take care. -- Julie Morales Email & Windows/MSN Messenger: mercy421@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype mercy0421 AIM mercylab421 http://juliemorales.avonrepresentative.com/ Currently in Winchester Regional, Virginia Mostly Cloudy, Thunder In The Vicinity; Lightning Observed 73°F Wind:W-260° at 5mph "Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Adams" <ladams@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 9:48 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: E-mail Attachment Braille Files Hi, Julie. I sent the file to your e-mail address, but you must not have gotten it, so I will try to send it from the list. It will be a BRF attachment. Linda Adams ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie & Miss Mercy, avon representative" <mercy421@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:34 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: E-mail Attachment Braille Files > I'd like to have that file, too, please? Thanks! Take care. > -- > Julie Morales > Email & Windows/MSN Messenger: mercy421@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype mercy0421 AIM > mercylab421 > http://juliemorales.avonrepresentative.com/ > Currently in Winchester Regional, Virginia Partly Cloudy, Rain With > Thunder > In The Vicinity; Lightning Observed 73°F Wind:NW-310° at 6mph > I don't mind going nowhere, as long as it's an interesting path. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:05 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: E-mail Attachment Braille Files > > > > Thanks, Evan. I am the friend of whom Linda Adams spoke. However, I was > making the mistake of trying to save it in SAVE AS, instead of SAVE > ATTACHMENT, and I was trying to open it. I took your suggestion and saved > it on my compact flash without opening it, and that worked. > > By the way: The file was a transcription of the chatroom meeting which > took > place this week on validation. Linda transcribed a summary of the > session, > organizing it for easy accessability. She did this so that Julie Morales > and I could know what went on, and her transcription was superb!!!! > > Thank you, Linda. > > Sue S. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Evan Reese > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 6:17 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: E-mail Attachment Braille Files > > > The file was apparently sent successfully. What is your friend trying to > do > with the file? Do they want to read it on a Braille display, or open it > in > a word processor such as Word or WordPad? Windows doesn't know by default > how to open a brf file the way it does a txt or rtf file. You have to > tell > Windows what program it needs to use. Windows has a list of such > extensions > and the programs that are associated with them, and brf isn't yet on the > list apparently. > > If this is just a one time thing, your friend could just rename the file > with an rtf or txt extension without actually converting it, then Windows > will use whatever program it usually uses to open such files. If they are > trying to read it on a Braille display, if they have a Compact Flash card, > then they can just keep the brf extension and copy the file to the card > without opening it. If your friend regularly wants to open brf files in a > word processor such as WordPad or Word, then they need to go into the Open > With section and read down the list of choices of programs Windows lists > and > select the one they want Windows to use. > > Evan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Linda Adams > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 3:51 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] E-mail Attachment Braille Files > > > Hi, Everyone. I just tried to send a file done in braille on the Braille > Lite as an e-mail attachment to someone. My machine let me insert the > file, > which I gave a BRF extension, as an attachment, but when the person tried > to > open, the message was that Windows had to find a program to open it > through > the control panel. Is there a simple, straight-forward to send a braille > file intact by e-mail, or must it always be converted to text or Word > first? > If there is a simple way using a Compact Flash card, please let me know > step > by step. Thank you. > > Linda Adams > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.