Hello Mellisa, here are the steps to save a document as a different type. 1. when in a you are in the document you want, press control s the unit prompts either document has not been modified file name, or document has been modified file name. step 2. aafter the prompt, hold control and press X until you here the file type you want . step 3. when you get to the file type you want release the control key and your unit will prompt file name. step 4. type the name you want and hit enter, and the document will now be saved as the file type you want to be able to read it on the computer. hope this helps Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lindsay Yazzolino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 1:07 PM 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 > ___ 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
