[bksvol-discuss] Re: reading brf books
- From: "J.M." <inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 17:01:28 -0700
OK, this is basically the same thing I said, so sorry for the duplicate. Take
care.
Julie Morales
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When God puts a tear in your eye, it is because He wants to put a rainbow in
your heart.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jana Jackson
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 3:37 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: reading brf books
Hi, Jill! This information is found on the site for Web Braille, but I
thought it might be helpful for you.
Q1. Is there an easy way to download Web-Braille (.brf) files with Internet
Explorer?
A1. If your Internet Explorer opens .brf files and you would prefer to have
the option of downloading these files without opening them first, one way to
do this is to create a registered file type for .brf file extensions.
For all versions of Windows:
1. Open My Computer or Windows Explorer.
2. Do an alt-v (Windows 95 and 98) to open the View menu or an alt-t (Windows
ME, 2000, and XP) to open the Tools menu.
3. Select "options" or "folder options".
4. You will be presented with a tabbed dialog box. Press the tab key until
you reach the tab controls and right arrow twice to reach the "file types" tab.
5. Tab until you reach "new..." or "new type..." and press enter.
For Windows 95 and 98:
6. Tab through the fields and fill in the following:
A. Description of type: Here you can enter whatever you like, these are the
words you will see on the file types list. One possibility is: "formatted
braille
file".
B. Associated Extension: brf
c. Content Type: application
For Windows ME, 2000, and XP:
6. Tab through the fields and fill in the following:
a. For "file extension" type "brf".
B. tab to "advanced" and press enter. You will be in the "file type
associations" combo box.
C. Start typing the word "application" fairly quickly and when you reach
appl, you should land on it. Tab to ok and press enter.
For all versions of Windows:
Once you have created a file type for .brf files, if you want to be able to
view the file online, you will need to specify an action. If you don't wish
to specify an action at this time, tab to "close" and press enter.
For Windows 95 and 98:
7. Keep tabbing until you reach "action" and then tab once more to "new...".
For Windows ME, 2000, and XP:
7. Tab until you reach the registered files type listview and be sure the brf
file type is highloighted.
For Windows ME and 2000:
8. Tab until you reach "Advanced" and press enter. Then tab until you reach
"action" and then tab once more to "new...".
For all versions of Windows, except XP:
9. Press enter on "new" and fill in the following two fields:
A. Action: open
B. Application to perform action: (here you can put in any editor that you
would like to use. If you don't know what to put in, try: "C:\program
files\accessories\wordpad.exe"
"%1" Be sure to use the quotes, they are important.
For Windows XP
9. Tab until you reach "Change..." and press enter. You will be in a treeview
of "Programs". Press the first letter of the program you want, such as "n"
for "Notepad" or "w" for "Wordpad".
10. Tab to ok and press enter.
11. Tab to close and press enter. You are back in the options dialog box.
Now when you select a .brf file while in Internet Explorer, you will be
prompted to either "save this file to disk" or "open this file in its current
location".
You can also designate the directory where you would like the file saved.
Jana
----- Original Message -----
From: Jill O'Connell
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 5:14 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] reading brf books
Thanks to those of you who responded to this question. My operating system
is windows XP home. When I downloaded a book in BRF format, after unpacking the
book, when I tried to open it to read I got this message: (name of book).brf is
not a valid win32 application. So I don't even have the option of turning off
speech and reading it. Am I missing an option here?
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