Hi Terri, On 15 Jan 2005 at 22:44, Terri Pannett spoke, thus:
> Well, I definitely DON'T recommend using ASCII text as the default setting. > The disadvantages outweigh the advantages. For a typical Windows PC user with a BrailleNote, you may well be right. However, as soon as your documents leave you, you have got to consider what other users have. > If a person simply wants to be able to read a file using either the PC > or the BN, why not use rtf, Word, or even WP5.1? Everything you would > need in a print file would be preserved. But you still can't use place > markers in these files. At this point, the advantages are only evident in file size. It's not true that you can't do formatting in ASCII text, it's just that BrailleNote or other word processors like Word simply don't emulate it by default. Word can be made, however, to do its best if you select "Text with layout" from the Save box - this uses underscores, strikeout/bold, wordwrap, etc and the files are still universal. For my notetaking needs, ASCII is perfect. It requires no unnecessary bloat and caters for the non- formatting requirements that I expect to see in a notetaker. It's also not necessary to do any conversion when it's copied directly from storage. I rarely use the advanced wordprocessing features. The place markers are features of KeyWord files, which is PulseData's proprietary format. They don't exist in Word6/95/97/2000/XP/2003 files, at least not with that form, and most other formats. In my opinion PDI should consider opening up this format so that applications can read and process them, such as OpenOffice.org suite or an MSWord filter (or even a standalone program). K1000 is able to use filters on the system, as does Word and even WordPad - by developing one for kwt, this problem would go away and all apps could use them. Even so, when converting the files on the BrailleNote is already trivial, is there much point? Cheers, Sabahattin -- If an email tells you to forward it to all your friends, please temporarily forget that I am your friend. Sabahattin Gucukoglu Phone: +44 20 88008915 Mobile: +44 7986 053399 http://www.sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/ Email/MSN: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Skype: SabahattinGucukoglu (requires authorisation, add me to your list first) SpeakFreely: sabahattin-gucukoglu.com (Please use CELP compression if your processor allows)
