Dear Kellie, Everyone will think I'm a nut when they read this. But one of the things I love about Duxbury is you don't have to go through conniptions to move text. This is the only Windows program I know which allows you to select text without having to drag and drop or hold down the control shift keys.
But the thing I miss in Windows is the ability to read a word-processing document in grade 2 braille without seeing split words and short displays. That's where the BN comes in handy. I can read and edit so easily! To make up for this deficiency on my PC, I translate all my word processing docs into DBT and I can read them seamlessly. When the BN is connected to the PC, (or any other display), these docs can be read by using the special hot keys WindowEyes has set up to make the display go from line to line. I have my lines set to 30 cells, so I can read text without getting the split words and short displays. Like you, I prefer to use my BN to edit rough drafts and even make copies of WP docs and export them to my PC and DBT for polishing and translation. It's so nice to be able to sit on the couch and work with my BN on my lap! I would like to see the BN continue to improve. Two things come to mind: I'd like to be able to see the page numbers on my display, like I can in DBT; and I would like to be able to copy text to a new document and have the BN automatically realize it's a new document, adjust the formatting accordingly for example, not copying a hard page breaks; and placemarkers set by numbers instead of letters--for example, 1 to 100 instead of a to z. People could really mark up a book well if they had 100 placemarkers to use! It would be nice if PDI could figure out a way to use codes which other "foreign" word processors could recognize. For example, I don't think the flush right code is preserved when a document is exported to WP and I know the automatic indents aren't preserved either. I would also like to see a true Word export instead of rtf. DBT doesn't like RTF, so I'm continuing to export everything to good old WP 5.1, which Keysoft still has, thank the Lord! Sorry to ramble so much, but the blocking of text got me started! Terri, Amateur radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California
