Great idea! I would have it as a menu choice and have it save what ever you put in as a file called note pad and use space e to save and exit. It would be your job to delete what you do not need, but you could get there with, mostlikely, the letter N.
Terry Powers -----Original Message----- From: FunGuy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 10:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]; 'Joseph Lee'; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Braillenote] opening files on the MPower Amen Donna! I too would love to see a feature like this. I'm sure HW won't appreciate this; but why not put a note pad option off the menu. If you want to save it at the end of your work you could give a command that would esentially be like creating the file but would close and save the notepad. If you just closed the file the data would be gone. Or, perhaps if you closed the file the data would be put in a bak file and would be preserved for one generation. It wouldn't be hard to write a user specification for this and I think it would be a popular feature. It is, after all, called the Braille Note! Alan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Goodin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Joseph Lee'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 6:06 AM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] opening files on the MPower > Hi Terry, > > I guess what I am used to is a system more like Windows, where you can > create a file, and don't have to choose either a filename or folder > until you're ready to exit and save the file. This means that with the > notetaker I'm currently using, you can open a new file with anywhere > from two to four quick keystrokes, depending on certain variables. It > also means that if you're just jotting something down that you need for > a few hours, say directions, a phone number or whatever, you can open a > file to write the info down, but don't actually have to save a file > which you might later just want to go in and delete. What your > suggesting seems OK if that file exists, but if it doesn't than you have > to select all that stuff right up front, which seems time=consuming to > me. > > Best, > Donna > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 8:24 AM >> To: Joseph Lee; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] >> Subject: RE: [Braillenote] opening files on the MPower >> >> >> Joseph; >> Say she wants the file Notes. Can't she go to general then >> to list of all files and type the letter N and then all her >> files beginning with N would come up. Then she would only >> have to arrow to notes and enter. If it was her only N folder >> she would be there right away. >> >> Terry Powers >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Joseph Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 11:15 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] >> Subject: re: [Braillenote] opening files on the MPower >> >> Hi there, >> Unfortunately, BN does not have those >> function keys found under PM BX. But there >> are shortcuts to applications. If you need >> to jot down something, pressBACKSPACE with >> ENTER with w (FN plus 4 on QT) to go to >> Wordprocessor, choose a folder name (General >> will do) then at the document to open prompt, >> just type a name like "short memo." Then >> press ENTER then y to create the file (if it >> does not exist). Then jot down your notes >> then press SPACE with dots 1-2-3-4-5-6 (MENU >> key on QT) to return to Main Menu. >> Cheers, >> Joseph >> >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "Donna Goodin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >To: <[email protected] >> >Date sent: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:05:23 -0400 >> >Subject: [Braillenote] opening files on the >> MPower >> >> >Hi all, >> >> >I went yesterday to look at the BN, and have >> a question. I noticed how >> >time-consuming it is to open a new file, i.e. >> that you have to enter a >> >filename up front, etc. It strikes me that >> this could be unnecessarily >> >slow in a situation where, for example, >> you're talking to someone and >> >they give you information that you just want >> to jot down quickly. Is >> >there any way to circumvent the menu system >> and the prompts so that you >> >can rapidly open a new file? >> >TIA, >> >Donna >> >___ >> >Replies to this message will go directly to >> the sender. >> >If your reply would be useful to the list, >> please send a >> >copy to the list as well. >> >> >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/br >> aillenote >> >> >> ___ >> Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >> If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >> copy to the list as well. >> >> 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 >> > > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > 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 2430 (20070731) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. 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