[duxhelp] Re: Codes in Help
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- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 13:58:28 -0000
Hi Ann,
Did you not note that you will be able to look at any Help topic in 10.5 and
hit an "Emboss" button to get a braille copy on your braille embosser?
George.
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> Sent: 22 March 2004 13:46
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> Subject: [duxhelp] Re: Codes in Help
>
> I sure would like to have that big old help file in a brf so
> I could emboss it. My primary medium is Braille. I like to
> look things up and read instructions in braille. Somehow, my
> brain gloms onto it better that way.
>
> Ann Foxworth, Braille Consultant
> Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, Division
> for Blind Services Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center 4800 N.
> Lamar BLVD Austin, TX 78756
> PH: (512) 377-0353
> E-mail: ann.foxworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Bell [mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 7:37 PM
> To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxhelp] Codes in Help
>
>
> I wonder if I could ask for some feedback on the hairy and
> complex subject of Codes please?
>
> I'm endeavouring to write simple explanations with examples,
> but applying a logical grouping of Codes is tricky, as you
> may have seen from comments on Duxuser.
>
> I'm beginning with the premise that DBT Codes should only be
> used it you are either, "totally back to the wall", or, are
> an experienced transcriber who needs very precise formatting.
>
> I won't say "Everything can be done via the normal DBT
> interface menus.", but that's the way I believe most main
> stream users should work.
>
> So, I'm trying to put myself in the mindset of someone
> preparing ANY kind of document asking how things should be
> laid out in braille.
>
> Bearing in mind that DBT is an Internationally sold product,
> my first line of thought is that where special layout matters
> are concerned, users should refer to their local braille
> authority. BANA produce Layout recommendations, as do BAUK
> here in Britain, as do many other braille authorities. I do
> NOT see it as Duxbury's task to spell out how, for example,
> poetry should be laid out, even if it does contain Styles
> which are principally American.
>
> If there is no braille authority, and/or national
> recommendation of layout, then I believe one usually finds
> that a country will follow those of another country who do
> have formatting recommendations.
>
> On that basis, might I be right then in thinking that the
> next real question will be, "So how do I apply this way of
> formatting to my braille document?"? Indeed, am I also not
> right in thinking that 90% of the questions that come up on
> Duxuser are of that nature? "I want to start with Roman
> numbers, then change to Arabic, and after the first volume, I
> want a new file where the numbering continues from the last
> volume. Oh yes and I want different Headers and Footers on
> odd and even pages, which change with the wind!"
>
> I'd better also add that at this point, I'm just trying to
> cover literary braille codes, not maths, or anything technical.
>
> So, any comments on the following groupings? t is a topic page on its
> own, B is a Book which contains Topics. Am I missing any
> broad Books.
> I've not broken down the books, but can do if needs be.
>
> Codes:
> t - Manually Inserting
> t - Amending Codes
> t - Navigation Codes
> t - Finding & replacing Codes
> t - DBT Codes Quick Reference.
> B - Page and Numbering
> B - Paragraph
> B - Line
> B - Text
> B - Alignment
> B - Tabulation
> B - Translation
> B - Miscellaneous
>
> I'd better warn you all that the Help file is now up to 3.5
> Megabytes, and there's still a lot of writing to do. For
> these who want to see it, I hope to have something half
> reasonable in a few days to a week.
>
> All the best,
>
> George Bell
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