Hello!
You will need to decide how you wish to write your original document, in
print or in braille. Usually the print document will go into properly
formatted braille if your braille settings and layout settings are correct.
It is good to proofread your document first before embossing it. I have
found if I translate a word document, it is better to translate or save it
as a text document (txt) extension to eliminate all the formatting commands
which appear in Microsoft Word before translating to braille. It would
probably be better to write in word originally then, translate
to braille. You then have it right for everyone else. If you originate in
braille, you'd need to put in the double carriage returns for paragraphs.
In short, if it is meant to be a braille document, write it as such. If
not, format your document more like a print document.
Please let me know how I can help further!
Jim Aldrich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Symes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Braille Note Mailing List'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 2:26 PM
Subject: [Braillenote] Word processor formatting
I've only had my Braille Note Mpower for about a month and a half, and I'm
just becoming daring enough to try major document formatting only now. I'm
writing a book on my Braille Note, separating each chapter into it's own
individual KeyWord doc for easier editing, then I'll join them all together
into a single file when I've completed a couple edits on the rough draft,
which should be a few months down the road yet. Right now though, I've got
each chapter file formatted with the chapter heading at the top of it's doc,
hitting a couple enters, then jumping into the text. I got the impression
from the manual that the heading style only applied to the line it was
inserted on, and once the BN encountered a new line, it would automatically
default to paragraph style. So for my heading, I've placed the heading style
marker, the chapter number, then hit a couple returns and started typing the
text without a paragraph style marker. When I embossed, my heading never
centered or anything, and my paragraphs never indented. I've also been
placing two enters at the end of each paragraph, thinking this was how the
Braille Note determines the difference between each paragraph, but I don't
like having a blank line on my embossed hard copy, preferring the standard
single new line most NLS-translated books use. Can I get away with hitting a
single enter at the end of each paragraph, and still have the Braille Note
recognize it as a paragraph?
Also, I want to be able to take each chapter and translate it to Word format
for sighted friends to look over. I want the Word doc to contain the
appropriate heading and paragraph markers as well, but I got pretty confused
by how the manual described the process of embedding print indicators in
braille-formatted docs. Could somebody explain this to me?
Thanks very much for any help anybody can give me.
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Jason Symes
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