Well, the easiest way to emboss a .kwb document is to connect the BN to the embosser. My Index Everest has three different settings, so I have the embosser set up to braille either Duxbury files, .dxb .brf and kwb files.
Now, if I want to emboss a file created on the BN with my PC, I do the following: 1. Export the .kwb files as a .brf file. 2. Copy or move the .brf file from the CompactFlash disk to the C drive of my PC. 3. Open the file in DBT and make sure it looks ok. 4. Emboss the file. KeyWord braille files and KeyWord text files will not read properly on a PC. That's why they must first be exported to a generic braille file or generic print file before they can be read. Also, be sure you have deleted all block markers and underline, bold or italic fonts before exporting a braille file to a .brf file. If you want to keep the underline, bold or italic symbols in the braille document, replace the fonts with dots 4,6 before exporting the file to .brf. Remember that hard page breaks created in a KeyWord braille document will not be preserved in the .brf file. I've never used ActiveSync, and I don't think I ever will. Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF^CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Parsons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 1:21 PM Subject: [Braillenote] embossing kwb documents : Hi all, : : I have an unique problem. I have my braille Note connected to a : different computer from the one to which the embosser is connected. I : transfered a kwb file via the serial cable to the one computer and : placed it on a floppy. When I placed the floppy in the other computer : and told it to print the file, it printed gibberish at the beginning : where I used formatting commands, and then it didn't paragraph : correctly or anything. I finally had to convert the file to TXT, add : formatting commands for Turbo Braille, convert the 'bif' file to a brl : file and print it. : : Life shouldn't be this difficult! I think the ActiveSync progran : converted my kwb file to something unrecognizable. I find it : interesting that when I downloaded a 'brl' file, Braillenote was able : to use it just fine, no problems at all! How do I tell Activesync to : keep its paws *off* my files!!? : : I would think that my old Versapoint would understand a kwb file??? : Help! I'm doing tons of extra work here, folks! : : In frustration, : Ann P. : : P.S., <wailing> What's wrong with FTP? FTP doesn't muck with files! : : A.P. : : -- : Ann K. Parsons : email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp : "All that is gold does not glitter. : Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT : : : ___ : To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit : http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote :
