Thanks, Jean. Your suggestions are helpful and I'll try them. But I still prefer Keyword to any Windows word processing program. It's just more user-friendly because of its environment.
Terri, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Menzies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 8:55 AM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] A Call for Better Keyword Support and other things : Terry : : Just one message because this is straying into off-topic stuff. Word is a : powerful program, and maybe the reason you hate it is because you don't : understand it. Yes, if you don't set it up right and don't know what you're : doing and don't take the time to learn, it's frustrating. But don't shoot : it for your own lack of knowledge. Like any program, it typically does what : the user tells it to do... You can turn off the prompt to save : properties. Tools, Options, Save, and tab to the checkbox and uncheck it. : You can also clear the stored personal information and have Word save files : without any personal info. : : Yes, I'm a Word user and depend on it heavily. I hope the BN continues to : make strides for more and more Word compatibility. : : If you want any help with Word, you can contact me off list and I can try to : help. I won't try and convert you, but it is a powerful tool and works : better if you know what you're doing with it. : : Jean : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Terri Pannett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> : Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 10:33 PM : Subject: Re: [Braillenote] A Call for Better Keyword Support and other : things : : : > Your message has brought up one of the many reasons why I hate Word. Your : > document sounds plain enough, but no doubt Word is the culprit because it : > adds codes which the BN doesn't support. Microsoft expects everybody to : > cater to them and their products! : > : > I can see why Word users want the BN to communicate better with Word. : > : > But there is one thing I hope the BN will never ever do: add properties to : > documents! Word forces me to add author, title and other unnecessary : > information about my documents and I can't turn the blasted things off! : > : > I loathe Word so when I need to export a document so my PC can read it, I : > will export it as a wp5 txt or .brf file. : > : > Terri, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, : > California : > ----- Original Message ----- : > From: "Tiffany Manosh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> : > Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 5:26 PM : > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] A Call for Better Keyword Support and other : > things : > : > : > : Hello Jonathan, : > : I am curious to know why the BN can not open all Microsoft Word : > : documents. I recently needed to open a file which I created in : > : Word 2003 and saved it to my jump drive. I then tried to open it : > : because I needed a phone number from it. I had no tables or : > : bulleted information. It was a document that had names,room : > : numbers, phone numbers and such information. I also, just : > : received an attachment that is a word document and the BN will : > : not open it. I have no clue as to its content, but it crashed my : > : machine when I tried to open it. I look forward to any : > : suggestions you have in this matter. : > : Tiffany : > : : > : ___ : > : To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to : > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > : To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit : > : http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote : > : : > : : > : __________ NOD32 1.1393 (20060203) Information __________ : > : : > : This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. : > : http://www.eset.com : > : : > : : > : > : > ___ : > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to : > [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit : > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote : > : > : : : : ___ : To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit : http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote : : : __________ NOD32 1.1397 (20060207) Information __________ : : This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. : http://www.eset.com : : ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
