Hi Terry, My mistake. I could do ENTER with F (CTRL with F) for Font from a Braille document, but this option wasn't in the Format Menu. Also, I suppose you can see more formatting indicators in Edit Mode, and the primary reason I use Layout Mode is if I want to quickly establish how large my line is without having to find line breaks in the document. As the Layout mode spaces the line out, I find it a quicker way to do this than to use the Edit Mode, and sometimes, if I just want to see the amount of indentation a tab will have without seeing the indicator, I use it. Thanks, though, for correcting the part about fonts. I've tried sending stuff as attachments to people using both the BN and PC. I've used indenting and double-spacing. In one case, the formatting didn't come out at all. In another, my text had been completely mixed up, and a 1-page double-spaced document somehow ended up being 2 pages. Maybe I'll try again sometime in the future, but for now, as I don't feel like experiencing these issues again, I guess I'll just print papers out that have a lot of formatting. Thanks again. Maria
>----- Original Message ----- >From: "Terri Pannett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 20:05:13 -0800 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] how do you underline >Dear Maria, >The fonts do work in braille documents, at least for the QT model. I just >opened a braille document and I added the italic font to see if I could add >a font to a braille document. The format indicator didn't show in the >layout mode but it did in the editing mode. I saw more format indicators in >the editing mode than I did in the layout mode. The layout is supposed to >show documents as they will appear on paper, but I find it to be more >confusing in the BN. This is partly because a print line will take more >than one display length. Also, I am more used to the wysiwyg method of >showing layouts that is, "what you see is what you get." >I have not tried this out, but I wonder why a person couldn't export a term >paper as a Word document and email it as an attachment to a teacher. All of >the formatting should remain intact, if it's sent as an attachment. >Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF^CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, >California >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Maria Kristic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 11:53 AM >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] how do you underline >: This is correct, but I just want to add some additional comments. The >"Font" option of the Format Menu is only available in text documents. I >believe you use dots 4-6 at the beginning of a word to italicize it, and you >put dots 4-5-6 in front of a word to underline it in Grade 2 Braille, but >I'm not sure. Also, there is an option called "Underline" in the Format >Menu of a text document. You can then follow Terri's instructions as to how >to enable and disable it. In the "Printers" folder on the KeySoft System >Disk, there are files which contain information about supported printers. >Open the appropriate file to find out what letters equal which font. To set >a different printer type, go to any place in KeySoft where you can print, >such as KeyWord, and select the option to print. When you're at the "Print >or Set-Up Printer", press S for Setup. SPACE through the list until you get >to the item that says "Printer Type? (printer type) Change?", where (printer >type) is the a! >: ctual type of the printer you have set. Press Y to answer Yes to the >"Change?" question, and after pressing ENTER, you'll be asked the Printer >Type. Press SPACE until you get to HP Deskjet and Laserjet or whatever type >you want, then press ENTER. Exit by pressing SPACE with E and Confirm >Changes by answering Yes to the prompt. You'll be returned to the "Print or >Set-Up" prompt, so you can either press S to re-enter the Set-Up List, P to >Print, or SPACE with E to exit the prompt. The HP has the most fonts, so >you'd probably want to change to this type as Terri suggests. Now, you can >open the proper document in the location mentioned above (KeySoft System, >Printers), and read the letters associated with fonts, and you can then use >them in the "Font" option of the Format Menu (but remember, it's ONLY >AVAILABLE IN TEXT DOCUMENTS). I'll paste the HP file here, but you can >always look at it in your system when you want to. The section of the >document you want is called "T! >: ype Styles", but it also might be useful for you to read the entire do >: cument to ensure proper set-up in the Printer Set-Up List, and therefore >produce the best result of your document. HTH. >: Maria >: >: Hewlett Packard Deskjet and Laserjet Printer Driver >: Alterations made 1 Sep 1998 for the Braille Companion >: >: >: Printer DIP switch settings >: On printers that have dip-switches, make sure that switches 6 and 8 of >the left hand dip switch are in the up position. The dip switches are >located on the front of the printer at the bottom right corner. >: If you are using Abled paper >: If you are using Abled size paper, you may wish to set the default page >length of Keysoft to 70 lines. This will give you 4 extra lines of print >per printed page, however it is not necessary to change from the normal >default setting of 66 lines. To change the default page setting to 70 lines >per page, go into the Printer Set-up List and set the Paper Length setting >to 70. >: Keysoft settings >: In the Printer Set-up List, set "Use form-feeds between pages" to Yes >and set "Pause after each page" to No. >: TYPE STYLES >: The type styles available on the Deskjet and Laserjet Printers are as >: follows: >: A -- 12 Point character height >: B -- Bold print >: C -- Courier >: D -- Draft Quality >: E -- Set 5 characters per inch >: F -- Set 10 characters per inch >: G -- Set 16.67 characters per inch >: H -- Set 20 characters per inch >: I -- Italic >: J -- 8 lines per inch >: K -- 12 characters per inch >: L -- Letter quality print >: M -- 6 lines per inch >: N - >: O -- Overstrike >: P -- Gothic >: Q -- CG Times >: R com6 point character height >: S -- Superscript >: T -- Subscript >: U -- Underline >: V - >: W - >: X -- Proportional Spacing >: Y -- 24 point character height >: Z -- Landscape print >: >: >----- Original Message ----- >: >From: "Terri Pannett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: >To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: >Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:20:34 -0800 >: >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] how do you underline >: >: >Dear Lisa, >: >: >The underline is in the font menu. All of the fonts, bold, underline, >: >italics are there. >: >: >Be sure you have your BN set up to use a printer which supports all the >: >fonts you will want to use. Even if you don't have a printer, pretend >you >: >do and choose one from the printer setup list. I'd suggest LaserJet or >: >DeskJet. The standard printers don't support the fonts. >: >: >Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF^CA. Army MARS call sign >AAT9PX, >: >California >: >----- Original Message ----- >: >From: "Lisa Ehlers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: >Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 3:02 AM >: >Subject: [Braillenote] how do you underline >: >: >: >: Hi Listers, >: >: I thought I'd spend some time trying to get acquainted (the formatting >: >menu. It refuses to underline and I followed the directions in the >User's >: >manual. I saw nothing about italics in the format menu or other common >: >formatting things like bolding bullets etc. I don't need these fancy >things >: >for now but if I ever do how do I access them if they appear to be >: >nonexistent? I just find it frustrating and annoying to read the user's >: >guide expecting it to be helpful when sometimes it simply isn't helpful. >: >Luckily there are nice people on this list who know a lot more about the >BN >: >then I could ever hope to know. >: >: If anyone has any ideas on where this stuff is located I would >appreciate >: >the information. >: >: Thank you. >: >: Lisa >: >: >: >: >: >: ___ >: >: 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 >: >: >: >: >: >___ >: >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 >: >: ? >: >: >: ___ >: 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 >: >___ >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 ?
