Hi Ray, This, and others, will be fixed in Service Pack 2, currently being Beta tested. What can I say but, sorreeeee! George Bell. -----Original Message----- From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray Dawson Sent: 09 March 2005 16:56 To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [duxuser] Re: New user needs basics I've been there and done that. Put 'Italic' into Help Index and it says Code Used: [] Keystroke: None at present Cheers, Ray D > Ray, let's start with a general answer to your questions. The new > version of DBT has a very fine Help system. When you have any document > open in DBT, press Alt+H. Select the entry Help topics. This page has > four or five tabs on it. When you enter this help, you are positioned > on the table of contents. This is a standard Windows contents page. If > you want to search for specific entries, you have the choice of the > Index or Search tabs in this window. > Give this a look. This Help system is superb! > > -- 6311 Franklin AVE Des Moines, IA 50322 > > > > Hi, I've downloaded the trial version of DBT with the aim of moving > > from my present braille translator to DBT - if I can get it to do > > what I want. > > > > Is there an FAQ or idiots guide anywhere? > > > > I want to import text files and add codes to make DBT do some basic > > formats, ie centred text, right aligned and italic/bold text. I also > > want paragraphs to indent by two spaces. > > > > I have found that selecting text and using Shift-F6 centres it, but > > selecting and Shift-F7 offers to replace the block with a right > > align command. If I put the cursor in front of text I want to right > > align and press Shift-F7, the the first word is right aligned but > > other words go on the next line. > > > > I haven't found a way of putting in bold/italic commands yet. > > > > Any help to get these basics done would be gratefully received. If I > > can get DBT to do these simple things then it's worth buying and I > > can spend more time learning about its other facilities. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Ray D * * * * This message is via list duxuser at freelists.org. * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with * unsubscribe * as the subject to <duxuser-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive * is also located there. * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com * * * This Message has been scanned for viruses by McAfee Groupshield. * * * * This message is via list duxuser at freelists.org. * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with * unsubscribe * as the subject to <duxuser-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive * is also located there. * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com * * *