[duxuser] Re: A Transcribing Question
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- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:00:50 -0500
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----- Original Message -----
From: "George Bell" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 1:27 PM
Subject: [duxuser] Re: A Transcribing Question
> 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
> > ********Original Message -----
> > 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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