I think the keystroke is the letter s. you can find out by pressing help whatever that is on a bt. I myself prefer qt notetakers.
Josh > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Sabahattin Gucukoglu <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 13:36:25 +0100 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] bn randomly deleting documents >Hi Lisa, >First, I know it can be upsetting, frightening and distressing when >technology doesn't work for you, but please try not to fret. Just take a >deep breath, and we'll try and assess this situation. No technology is >infallible or perfect. >>From what you have written, it sounds like you are dismissing the message >from the BrailleNote which is asking you about whether or not you want >your document saved in KeyWord format. By default, until told to do >otherwise, the BrailleNote asks you if you would like to save your >document in KeyWord format, so that your formatting is preserved. If you >opened or created your document in a format other than KeyWord, this is >what BrailleNote will do - it asks if you'd like to use the KeyWord format >on this occasion. You can say yes, no, or no and don't bother me again - >my personal favourite. >You must answer to this prompt. If you dismiss it, your document is not >saved. If your document is not saved and you subsequently exit >immediately from KeyWord, BrailleNote prompts you whether to abandon edit. > It is at this point that you lose your data - since you answer to >abandon, or reset, any data in memory will be erased so that last changes >are lost, or the files are not created if they were newly created with >what you have written before you exit KeyWord. >To your credit, pulseData could do two things better: >1. It must not endorse the KeyWord format! No, I don't care that my >formatting is lost, thank you very much. If I want an ASCII file, then an >ASCII file I will have! I hate proprietary formats, and KeyWord and >Microsoft Word are both examples of such formats. Good old ASCII! >2. KeyWord must be tolerant of distressed individuals. If someone in >this situation wants to save their document, and doesn't know how to >answer to your prompt, the default upon the prompt's dismissal must be to >save the document, not destroy it! If the document is saved, probably >best to an alternative file such as "original_filename.autosave", then >that individual can go back and find the work they think they've lost, and >all is not hopelessly gone. Equally, autosave is a common feature in word >processors as at a timed interval for purposes of crash recovery - it's >been a part of WordPerfect for years and years, ever since version 5, why >is it not in KeyWord? >So, Lisa, I am very sorry you have had to be inconvenienced. On the one >hand, you must try hard not to anguish and thereby aggravate the situation >- i.e. read the messages carefully, get help, respond to the messages and >the software as requested. On the other hand, this is one area where >PulseData want to improve the word processor, bigtime. >Next time you edit a document, choose to simply save your document in >KeyWord format, if that is what you want, or tell KeySoft you don't want >any more prompts (I don't know what the keystroke is on a BT - consult >help). Then, your documents are automatically saved upon exit and you can >be freed this distress. >Cheers, >Sabahattin >-- >Thought for the day: > Bagpipes (n): an octopus wearing a kilt. >Sabahattin Gucukoglu >Phone: +44 20 7,502-1615 >Mobile: +44 7986 053399 >http://www.sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/ >E mail/MSN: < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >___ >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
