If you have Duxbury for Windows on your PC, you can save your files as plain braille; but you may have to open them as Duxbury Coded braille. Duxbury also likes WordPerfect 5.1, (grin).
I'm hoping Keysoft 6.1 will create true Word documents because DBT Win doesn't like Rich Text Format, rtf. Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Weinger, Jerrold (DSCP)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 8:17 AM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] BrailleNote and Pac Mate : Keith, : I have made it a practice to always save and backup documents in the : Braillenote in at least two ways; 1. Keyword, and 2. RTF or Word or ASCII : format readable on most PCs and some note takers. As Susie Stageberg points : out, Keyword formats won't read on the Pac Mate. : : It is my guess that RTF or Word or ASCII format will read fine on the Pac : Mate. It would be best to call the FS help desk to confirm this. Hope that : you get your Braillenote back soon. : : Sincerely, : Jerry Weinger : : -----Original Message----- : From: Bundy, Keith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 10:38 AM : To: BrailleNote List (E-mail) : Subject: [Braillenote] BrailleNote and Pac Mate : : I am needing to send my Bn Bt in for cleaning and a (hopefully) minor : repair. However, in my three jobs, I need a portable notetaker while mine : is away. : : I am usually able to borrow a BrailleNote from a company through which I do : some contracting, but their machine is out on loan. They will loan a Pac : Mate to me, but I am wondering if the Pac Mate will read KeyWord documents, : or whether I will have to transfer all necessary files to Microsoft Word or : to text. : : Any progress on the loaner program through PDI that was discussed a few : months ago? : : Keith : : : Keith Bundy : Director of Student Development : Dakota State University : Madison, SD : 605-256-5121 : Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://www.departments.dsu.edu/bundyk : : : : ___ : 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 :
