This is mainly for UK Duxbury users, but others who use the UK's formatting
guidelines for UEB may also be interested.
In the UK, there is a publications called the, "Braillists' Manual - UEB
Edition" (BM), a pretty hefty publication which goes into great detail about
formatting braille.
We decided to look at this in detail, and consequently develop a basic DBT
Template which would, as far as humanly possible, follow what is advised is
this manual.
While it is still considered "experimental", and additional Styles, etc.,
need to be added or changed, you may wish to take a look for yourself. The
Template is currently called "English (UEB) - UK formatting (UKAAF)".
I will try to cover the changes more fully at a later date, but you may like
to take a look at a new topic in Help:
Templates Styles and Codes: Templates: Creating Your Own Template: English
(EUB) - UK Formatting (UKAAF)
In this Topic you will find quite a comprehensive table listing the Styles,
in some cases with a "More" button which opens up more details about the
Style and the Section/Rule in BM. Plus the DBT Beginning and Ending DBT
Codes are shown. These are also links if you want to find out what a Code
is used for.
One feature which seems to have testers quite excited, is that in DBT's
"Generate Table of Contents" option, there are now 2 UK Table of Contents
(TOC) choices. "UK Basic" and "UK Book".
In both, the TOC now ends with a colons separator line, but while UK Book
advance to a new page, the UK Basic does not. The latter is intended for
things like magazines and newsletters, where the TOC is usually quite short.
Any feedback, comments good or bad, likes, dislikes, suggestions are
welcome.
George Bell.
