Well gang, I wanna thank you all for trying to get me out of this mess i got myself into. alex, your idea was on the money, i had forgotten to specify the extension name when i changed the file's name. so, it would or should have been simple to go back and do this. i did, but when i put it into the BN, it still didn't come up. so i popped it back into the pc to make darn sure it was still on there. but somehow, in all of this maneuvering , the file has just disappeared. I can't even find it on the PC in the folder where i had saved it. and of course, i've checked every other folder as well.
Oh yes, Joseph, thanks for the tip about loading a previously opened file back into memeory with "space" dots five, six. but, alas, my file is no more. that'll teach me to refuse to do something. guess i'll be reading that chapter over again anyway. But not tonight. I should have quit when i was ahead and tackled it in the morning. Que sera! thanks guys and dolls. think i'm gonna like it here. Paula On 3/22/10, Joseph Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I also concur with Alex's words here. > A file exjension essentially is a marker that tells a computer > what the file is and what it contains. For example, a "doc" > extension is a > Microsoft Word file; a "wma" tells a computer that is an audio > file that should be played with Windows Media Player (by > default). > When you change an extension, the computer opens the > file using (possibly) "wrong" applications (although some of us > have "fooled" around with this a couple years before; I'm talking > about zip file instructions that are on my site prior to KeySoft > 8.0's release). > As Alex have said, try renaming the file (type the file name, > then try typing .kwb), transfer it onto the mPower and see what > happens. > And, another tip: you don't really need to search your mPower to > find the file you are looking for. At the "document to open" > prompt, simply press SPACE with DOTS 5-6 (RIGHT ARROW on QT) to > access recently opened files (it will even work with files stored > on the storage card). > Hope this helps. > Cheers, > Joseph > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alex Hall <[email protected] > To: "Dreicer, Zachary, Survey" <[email protected] > Date sent: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:12:52 -0400 > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] I can no longer access my file > > I think I know what you did, and it is something that most of us > have > done before. I am willing to bet that you accidentally changed > the > extension. The extension of a file, just in case you do not > know, is > the part that comes after the period; the extension of notes.brf > is > brf. Were you working with a brf file or a keyword braille file? > If > brf, find the file on the pc and rename it with a .brf extension; > if > keyword braille, rename it with a .kwb extension. The bn will > hide > this extension by default, but the pc will not. Let us know what > happens! > > On 3/22/10, Dreicer, Zachary, Survey <[email protected]> > wrote: > again another weird problem. Did you try listing all (including > hidden) files on the braillenote? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paula (Karla) Brintley" <[email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date sent: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:54:01 -0400 > Subject: [Braillenote] I can no longer access my file > > hey, Braille Noters, > > It's paula. I've done something stupid. In my defense i'll just > say > that i was tired and should have stopped working before i did > this. > > I was looking for a particular file on the MPower Bt and couldn't > find > it. I couldn't remember what folder i put the file in. so, i > get > this brilliant idea to just pop my compact flash card into the > computer and search for it that way. It seemed quicker. It was. > I > found the file in the wrong folder and moved it to the correct > folder > using the PC. then, another brilliant idea! Hey, why not rename > it > while i've got it on the computer and then i'll access it on the > Mpower. Wrong! I just assumed that i could change it's name > using > Windows XP and still be able to access it on the braille Note. i > couldn't get to it. MPower wsn't recognizing it even when i > changed > its name back to the original file name...no go. > > Another brain storm idea. I thought well maybe i could access it > through duxbury since it's a braille file and all. After all, i > had > converted .doc's to braille files and used them on MPower, right? > Wrong, again! couldn't pull it up and still can't access it > through > MPower. did i mention that i was tired? anyway, i refuse to > write > all those notes again which would mean rereading the entire > chapter. > Lord, how i miss highlighting. > > Please, tell me that there is a way i can access this file. > Please! > any hhelp is desperately needed. > > paula > (Whose going to take a little nap now.) > -- > Karla L. Brintley, CMT > Certified Massage Therapist > Lansing, Michigan > > ___ > 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 > > > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > > ___ > 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 > > -- Karla L. 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