[duxuser] Re: New user needs basics
- From: "Terri Pannett" <pann1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:25:09 -0800
Dear Ray,
Duxbury uses different commands than the other word processors. There is a
tutorial in the help menu and all of the help menu is excellent. You can
also use the alt key to access the menu bar and explore each menu and play
around.
Duxbury will automatically translate paragraphs correctly. But for some
reason unknown to me, it offen interprets ASCII text documents as poetry.
But the poem code can be deleted.
Actually, centering text is simple. Place your cursor at the beginning of
the text to be centered. Press f8 to bring up the styles list. press h.
That should bring you to the heading style. Press enter. Your text will be
centered like a heading. You don't have the highlight anything to get the
style to work.
Duxbury is my main word processor. This PC didn't come with a good word
processor. I feel more comfortable using DBT than anything else.
Best wishes,
Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX,
California
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Dawson" <ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 12:28 AM
Subject: [duxuser] New user needs basics
>
> 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
>
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