[duxuser] Re: upgrade to 10.5
- From: "Rick Boggess" <rboggess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:37:16 -0500
Late Friday afternoon, I downloaded and installed 10.5. I wasn't thinking
and overwrote my version 10.4. Today I decided to uninstall 10.5,
reinstall, 10.4 and reinstall 10.5 in a separate directory. I'm not sure
everything uninstalled since my templates from 10.4 were still intact after
the uninstall/reinstall. I used add/remove programs in Windows 98.
First, I need to set up a startup icon for one of the programs in the start
menu. As I recall, there wre several templates to chose from in 10.5, but
they do not seem to be there now. Second, I have tried to open several word
files and cannot get them to open in 10.5. Should I once again uninstall
everything and try to reinstall. By the way, I have activated 10.5 since I
just purchased this version of 10.4 about two months ago.
I typed a short document in Duxbury 10.5 this afternoon in the office so I
could print it on the network printer. The printing went fine on the
thomas. However, the 27 lines default for the 11in paper was too much for
the page. I noticed that if I changed to the 12inch paper the default
number of lines was 30, which I suspect is too many. I reduced the number
to 25 with a 1 line tope margin for my 11 inch paper and things worked fine.
Will I have problems if I deactivate and reactivate the software if I need
to reinstall?
We have another licensed version 10.4 on another computer in our office.
I'm assuming that if I create a document in 10.5 the assistant will not be
able to load and print the document in 10.4.
One observation I've made is that, while I like the idea that one can setup
several embossers, I'm not sure I like the fact that the embosser
information stays with the file. In addition, do I understand that one must
set up embossers for each template? It would sure be nice if one could
transfer those settings from template to template.
I was very disappointed to discover that the ability to do columns and
tables, which MegaDots does very well, has not been incorporated.
Thanks.
Rick Boggess
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Steve Dresser
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 11:31 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: upgrade to 10.5
Dave,
As George said, Version 10.5 doesn't have to overwrite your previous
version. When you're installing 10.5, just pick a different folder than the
one it defaults to. If the folder doesn't yet exist, the installer will
create it. That's exactly what I did because, like you, I wasn't quite sure
I wanted to overwrite the old version, and it worked perfectly.
Steve
On Monday 9/6/04 11:10 Dave Durber wrote:
>Given the fact there are and, will continue to be teething problems
>with DBT 10.5, I am hoping that we will be able to have both versions
>of the software on our computers, in the same way as JAWS for Windows.
>
>My suggestion would be that the program folder should be called Duxbury
>10.5 or simply DBT 10.5.
>
>If DBT 10.5 is allowed to overwrite or update DBT 10.4, then it will
>prevent individuals like myself from producing our braille output with
>a version of DBT that does what we want it to do.
>
>This means, for example, if I import a file from DBT 10.4 into DBT
>10.5 that has a custom-saved template and I create that template in DBT
>10.5 and, for example, I have problems embossing that file within DBT
>10.5, I should be able to load that file back into DBT 10.4 and emboss
>the file in a way that I know that the file will be embossed correctly.
>
>This will not be possible if DBT 10.5 is allowed to overwrite or update
>the default folder for DBT 10.4, which has, up to now, been called
>"Duxbury".
>
>This problem should be given the most urgent attention.
>
>Sincerely:
>
>Dave Durber
>
>On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 07:40:51 +0100, you wrote:
>
> >Hi Ken,
> >
> >You do NOT need to remove DBT 10.4 first. The installation program
> >will then automatically find your License file a proceed accordingly.
> >
> >George Bell.
> >
> >________________________________
> >
> >From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Stewart
> >Sent: 06 September 2004 04:00
> >To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [duxuser] Re: upgrade to 10.5
> >
> >
> >When upgrading from 10.4 to 10.5, we do need to uninstall
> >10.4 don't we or will the install program take care of that?
> >Thanks
> >Ken Stewart
> >
> >
> >
> >
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