This is doable, actually, using keybase (ks7 or later). Create a new database in keybase (see the manual for specifics). Once done, go to import, select the csv file, and there you go. Each row will be a record, so, with two columns, your database will have two fields in it and so each record will have two items.
On 1/17/11, Dean Martineau <[email protected]> wrote: > Fun question! Here are a few things to try. > > You could save the file as a space-delimited .prn file. Before transferring > it to the BN, I would rename the resulting file with a .txt extension. > > You could save it as an htm file and then open it in Keyweb. Text is > converted to a table,but with two columns, this shouldn't be bad. > > You could convert to a .csv file, comma-separated. This would read well if > you're reading in braille. > > I would think with these files if you set the reading mode to line, with > either the prn or csv approach, with both renamed to .txt documents so the > BN can recognize the file format, you would be able to use the spreadsheet. > I have bus schedules in .xls format that I saved to .txt, less elaborate > than the formats I suggested to you. Line breaks were preserved. As for > accents, I would think they would be preserved, but you would then want to > set computer braille to Spanish. > > Dean > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Oscar Corella > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 5:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Braillenote] Converting a file from excel to BN > > Hi, I hope I am not too far off topic here but I have a large excel > spreadsheet with two columns of text and I need to save it in a way that the > MPower can access it. > > Saving it as a txt file does not preserve the formatting and everything ends > up on one very very long contiguous line. > > On top of that, the file has Spanish words and I need to preserve the accent > signs. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > I tried going through ms word but no luck. This is not my area of expertise > and I am way out of my element. > > > > thank you > > ___ > 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
