[duxuser] Re: Why is resetting margins preferable to using the tab key to...
- From: "Blackburn, Alan" <Alan.Blackburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 10:40:18 +1100
Warren et al
Thanks for all your informative replies, when properly explained it does
indeed make sense to use Word. I suppose at some point I, and many like
me, will have to bite the bullet[point] and get on another steep
learning curve!. I think though, that I am not alone in being under the
pressure of deadlines etc, and finding time to learn such a complex (
hey guys-it is when ya don't know it --I'm still having problems with
E-mail !!) piece of software is always a problem. One might argue that
the time saved in the long run is worth it but tell that to the kids who
need that 500 page science text for class tomorrow by last week!
Thanx, Alan
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From: WarrenDFig@xxxxxxx [mailto:WarrenDFig@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, 27 November 2003 9:49 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Why is resetting margins preferable to using the
tab key to...
In a message dated 11/26/2003 3:18:32 PM Central Standard Time,
Alan.Blackburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Forgive my ignorance, but I don't get the point! Why use Word to
edit your files before you import them into DBT. It sounds like you are
going to have to edit the file anyway (at the very least Braille
formatting is nothing like print formatting) so why not do it in DBT in
the first place and edit once. I am not a Word user and can't see the
sense in learning to use Word to edit something in 2 programs-twice!
Alan
I am responsible for the formatting of both print and braille documents
so I have had to learned skills in both word processors and braille
production software.
I use Word as an editor
Because I can edit so much faster in Word. DBT's editor is not the
greatest. (It's getting better but it has a long way to go.)
Because Word has an undo feature and DBT doesn't--There are times when I
have done dumb things and undo has saved me.
Because Word has a do-this-again single keystroke which saves tons of
time when applying the same style of format throughout a document.
Because I can undo sloppy formatting like multiple columns typed as one
with tabs and spaces much easier in Word
Because Word's find and replace features and macros make editing so much
easier than in DBT.
Because I've been using Word since the mid 1980s so I'm comfortable with
its features. I like Word just as many of you folks liked Word Perfect
5.1.
I don't view it as editing twice. I merely accomplish some things in
Word and other things in DBT.
It's a comfort zone thing for me--I work where I can produce braille in
the shortest time possible.
Warren
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