[duxuser] Re: From MS Word to Duxbury.
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 01:40:59 +0100
Hi Amiyo,
As you are based in India, before any of us try to answer your
questions, can you please tell us which standard of English braille you
are working towards?
Is it, for example, English American, or English British?
Although English, there are subtle differences between British and
American English Braille.
I would also say that it is very important to teach your MS Word users
how to use Styles in Word properly, as this can save you a great deal of
work when you import Word files into DBT.
George Bell.
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On Behalf Of Blind Persons' Association
Sent: 12 June 2004 01:12
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Subject: [duxuser] From MS Word to Duxbury.
Hello everybody,
Some of our readers type text in ms word for us which we later emboss in
braille. In most cases they try to use all sorts of style to make the
text resemble the actual print. But we note that very little formatting
in ms word is saved in the process of import.
We have prepared some instructions for these volunteers which I am
mentioning below. Please check it carefully and suggest your revisions
and additions:
By the bye, ours is an Indian organisation. We are using dbtWin 10.4 and
word 2000 professional. We get materials in word 97 or 2000 or even xp.
With best regards,
Amiyo.
Here is the instruction:
1. Two enters for a paragraph: When you start a new paragraph, press the
enter key twice that each paragraph is separated by a distinct line.
2. No alignment: Do not align a paragraph while writing text.
3. Centre heading: If a heading is required, write the heading in a line
and press the enter key twice to make it separate. Then apply centre
alignment to the heading line.
4. No style: Do not apply bold, italic or underline style. It will be
ignored by Duxbury.
5. Asterisk for footnote: Do not apply superscript or subscript style.
When a reference number is required for a footnote, simply put an
asterisk (*) before the number like the following:
*1
6. Three dots for ellipses: When ellipses or a series of dots are
required, only put three fullstop signs.
7. No extra space: No extra space: In print we often use extra spaces
for clarity. We sometimes put a space before a fullstop or a colon sign.
In braille text extra spaces are not applied before a punctuation.
8. Two hyphens for a dash: Carefully note hyphens and dashes as they
have distinct identity in braille. When a hyphen is required, say for
instance, inside a compound word like reporter-in-chief, put a single
hyphen. When a longer puctuation is implied by a hyphen or a dash sign,
say as in Calcutta--700017, put two hyphens without space on either side
of them.
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