A brf file (Braille ready file) is ready to go to the embosser or a notetaker. It has no formatting commands in it--just braille characters, spaces, line endings and page breaks. If a line is centered, you'll see spaces before the text. It's usually made at the end of a transcription when all the work is done and editing is complete. BRF files are not easy to manipulate or edit. A dxb file is a Duxbury braille file. It includes formatting codes. A line may say that this is a heading or body text or an outline. It is useful during transcription when all the work is not completed and there's more editing and formatting and other changes to make. It is easier to manipulate than a BRF. Hope this helps. Warren _____ From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Whalen Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 2:55 PM To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [duxuser] Re: text editor Thanks for the information, I really appreciate all the help I receive on here. Now to further my knowledge what is the difference between a dxb file and a brf file. Thanks, Tom S von See <svonsee@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Tom, Use a program that doesn't add any formatting to the text file, such as Note Pad. At 12:13 PM 12/19/2005, you wrote: >This might seem like a silly question, but when people say open this in a >"text editor" what exactly does this refer too? MS Word, note pad, word >pad or any word processor? > Thanks * * * * This message is via list duxuser at freelists.org. * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with * unsubscribe * as the subject to . 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 * * * __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com