Reinette, I live in the UK and I suspect that this is the case as I am not familiar with the import tables as I have only recently started using it. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks. Karina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reinette Popplestone" <rpopples@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 8:21 AM Subject: [duxuser] Re: Symbols > dots 2346 for the at sign is what is used in UK Computer Braille. Which > tables are you using, Carina? And where do you live? Perhaps your programme > is importing the default BANA tables. > > Hope this helps. > > Reinette > > > UK, indeedfor > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Dresser" <s.dresser@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 4:03 AM > Subject: [duxuser] Re: Symbols > > > > Karina, > > > > I've never seen that. In computer braille here in the U.S. the at sign is > > dot 4. > > > > To answer your question, you'd have to alter the tables, and I don't know > > of an easy way to do that. Maybe someone else knows how, or has a better > > answer. > > > > Steve > > > > On Sunday 11/28/04 19:04 Karina Gregory wrote: > > > > >Dear Steve, > > > > > >I have seen the at sign written as the t h e sign in email addresses. Is > > >there no way of getting Duxbury to translate that way? Most publications > > >use it in their email addresses. > > > > > >Any help is much appreciated. Thanks. > > > > > >Karina > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Steve Dresser" <s.dresser@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > >To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 10:58 PM > > >Subject: [duxuser] Re: Symbols > > > > > > > > > > Karina, > > > > > > > > What you've described is normal behavior for DBTW because there are no > > > > representations for these characters in translated braille. If you > want a > > > > character such as the at sign to remain untranslated, you could use > the > > >[q] > > > > code to force DBTW to write out the symbol. For example, to write the > at > > > > sign, you would code [q~@]. This also means that you could write > anything > > > > you want in place of the at sign by using it as the parameter of the > [q] > > >code. > > > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > On Sunday 11/28/04 12:08 Karina Gregory wrote: > > > > > > > > >Dear List Members, > > > > > > > > > >Please can someone advise of what I can do to enable DBT 10.5 to > > >recognise > > > > >symbols such as @ and backslash, as at the moment it is writing them > out > > > > >in words. > > > > > > > > > >Thank you for your help and I look forward to hearing from you soon. > > > > > > > > > >Karina > > > > > > > > > > > > * * * > > > > * 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 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 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 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 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 * * *