Chad and all, Though it is true that the Query Cursor Position command (SPACE with dots 1-5-6 or READ with Q) will tell you what page your on, this is not really a good way of determining page count, especially for BT users. As Ann had pointed out, if the document was written in contracted Braille, and then ink-printed, the reported number of pages for the Braille document will be different from the number of pages actually ink-printed. The Query Cursor Position command may work for text documents, so it's a fair enough gauge for QT users, but things like side margins, page numbers, and full justification can also cause incorrect page counting, particularly for rather long documents. Ann's suggestion of basing it on the number of words (reported after doing a spell-check of the whole document, but the upcoming v5.1 is announced to have a Word Count utility) is fine, yet a crude way of dealing with the situation. What then should the student do?
Trick the BN into telling you the number of pages when the document is ink-printed. I say, "trick it", because you won't need to ink-print it first before you can find out the number of pages. You only pretend that you wish to ink-print it. To clarify, follow these steps: 1) From the Main Menu, press W then P twice as though you will ink-print a document. 2) Select the drive and folder that contains the document whose length (in pages) you wish to determine. Next, select the document. 3) The BN will ask, "Printer ready?". Here's the trick, type N for no. 4) You will be placed in a list of options, asking for the page number where the ink-printing will start and end, as well as the number of copies you wish to make. By default, the starting page is the first so the BN says, "1". Now press SPACE or SPACE with dot 1 (DOWN ARROW) and the next item will report by default the last page number of the ink-print result, not the document in the BrailleNote. Therefore, if you chose a Braille document consisting of 10 pages, this Last Page Number given may be higher. This is because the BN translates the Braille documents that it will send out to a printer. Thus, this is the sure way of figuring out what the page count will be if a document is ink-printed for submission. 5) Press SPACE with E or SPACE with Z (ESCAPE) twice to exit the Printer option, and you can then continue with whatever you're doing. HTH, Roselle >----- QUOTED MESSAGE ----- >Sent by: Chad Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Hello folks. >I have a question on counting pages. >Let's say a student is writing a paper in the braillenote. >Is there a command to have the braillenote tell you how many pages you have >written. >Thanks. >Chad Brown
