Hi, Tara:
You could change your keyboard to a 30 cell, but I don't know of
a way to make it be a 18. In regards to your second question
about using your QWERTY keyboard as a Braille keyboard:
1. From the Main Menu, press W to get into KeyWord.
2. Press C to create a document.
3. Press Ctrl with X to select Braille document type. (You can
go all the way to "Braille document, Keyword type", which would
mean you can write your file name in Grade Two, or you could use
a .brf. Your file name would be in Computer Braille, but the
inside part of the document would be using the home row as the
Braille keyboard.)
4. Press control G followed by number 2 for grade two Braille.
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