[duxuser] Re: A Transcribing Question
- From: "George Bell" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 18:27:27 -0000
Hi Karen,
I'm hoping that once we shake the remaining gremlins out of 10.5, and get
shipping, we'll be able to look at things like a Dummies Guide perhaps, and
even on-line classes. There certainly appears to be a demand.
George.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Karen Poulakos
> Sent: 16 March 2004 18:18
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxuser] Re: A Transcribing Question
>
> Thanks George,
>
> I've taken them out, and I think it reads much better.
> I did it the slow way by deleting each one. All that code
> stuff is very confusing to me.
> When are you going to write a book titled Duxbury For
> Dummies? I really need to learn more about Duxbury. I've
> had it for about 5 years, and have learned just enough to get
> by with my own transcribing. That's the very simple basics.
> I just don't get all the stuff about styles and codes.
>
> Have you ever considered doing an online class for beginners?
>
> Karen Poulakos
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> From: "George Bell" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:22 AM
> Subject: [duxuser] Re: A Transcribing Question
>
>
> > Hi Karen,
> >
> > I guess I may as well thrown my own 2 cents worth into the
> confusion.
> >
> > My semi-educated guess is that an italic font has been used, simply
> because it looks nice. It could have been Courier, Times New
> Roman or Monty
> Python's 15 point Script.
> >
> > In fact I have just experimented with a Windows XP font
> called "Abigail"
> which looks like joined up handwriting. If I italicise it,
> it still looks
> like joined up handwriting, it just leans a bit more to the
> right, that's
> all.
> >
> > It's a menu after all, and my guess is that the italics
> carry no meaning,
> just visual effect.
> >
> > On the other hand, if elsewhere was stated something like -
> "Menu items in
> italics are suitable for vegetarians", then that is an
> entirely different
> and serious matter.
> >
> > George Bell.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Karen Poulakos
> > > Sent: 16 March 2004 14:02
> > > To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [duxuser] A Transcribing Question
> > >
> > > I have been asked to transcribe some menus. Up to this point
> > > my embossing has been for my own use, so I set things up the
> > > way I like to read them.
> > >
> > > When I emboss the files I was given for the menus, dots 4 and
> > > 6 preceed each menu item. I'm guessing that the print might
> > > be italicized or something and that's why.
> > >
> > > My question is, should I leave it that way, or remove the
> > > dots 4,6. If it were for my own use I would remove them. To
> > > me, they're just unnecessary extra dots. I want to do this
> > > correctly. What do you recommend.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Karen Poulakos
> > >
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