Web braille books are already .brf files. That's why the extension will work.
Terri, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lindsay Yazzolino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] need help with transfering a file : Yes, Terri, I tried this with a test document and see that you are : absolutely right. Hmmm...I wonder why I was able to convert WebBraille books : to .brf documents this way? And milissa, do not do what I suggested in my : previous e-mail because it will corrupt the file. : Lindsay : E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : AIM: LindsayYazz : MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288 ... : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Terri Pannett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> : Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 9:58 AM : Subject: Re: [Braillenote] need help with transfering a file : : : > That won't work! You need to export the document to Word, not rename it! : > Just changing the extension won't make it readable. : > : > Terri, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, : > California : > ----- Original Message ----- : > From: "Lindsay Yazzolino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> : > Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 9:47 AM : > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] need help with transfering a file : > : > : > : Hi Milissa, : > : : > : Go to file manager and press enter on "rename file." Select "hard disk" : > from : > : the drive list, followed by the appropriate folder and file. When it : > prompts : > : you for the new file name, type it with a .doc extention. The .qwt : > extention : > : you have encountered means that the file is a Keysoft qwerty Braille : > : document, which the computer will be unable to recognize. This is why it : > is : > : necessary to convert any files you want to read on the computer to : > Microsoft : > : Word documents. It may be possible to also convert files to .txt : > documents, : > : but I am unsure of this and know that others on the list will know : > better : > : than I. Also, from personal experience, I have found that it is never a : > good : > : idea to rename a Braille document by simply pressing control r from : > keyword, : > : because I have learned the hard way that it will corrupt the specified : > file. : > : I have not found this to be the case with Microsoft Word documents and I : > : couldn't say about other file types since I have never tried to rename : > any : > : other such documents. Maybe some others on this list might know why this : > is : > : the case? Hope this helps. : > : Lindsay : > : E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > : AIM: LindsayYazz : > : MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > : 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288 ... : > : ----- Original Message ----- : > : From: "Milissa Garside" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > : To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> : > : Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 9:30 AM : > : Subject: [Braillenote] need help with transfering a file : > : : > : : > : Hey all, : > : : > : I have a file I have created in Keyword and would like to copy it onto : > my : > : thumb drive so that the file can be read on a computer. I copied the : > file : > : onto my thumb drive using the file manager. However, when I pulled up : > the : > : file from the thumb drive on my computer, the file had a KWT extension : > and : > : windows would not open it. Is there a way to change the file extension : > : before copying the file so that windows will recognize the file on my : > : computer? : > : : > : Milissa and Jockey, the energizer doggy : > : E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > : MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > : AIM: thumpytail99 : > : Skype: jockster2002 : > : ___ : > : 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 1.1463 (20060330) 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 1.1463 (20060330) 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
