I just had another thought on this issue. Initially, I was thinking in terms of a Unicode character, and while browsing through the characters, the closest character I could come up with was the "three-per-em space" (ASCII 8196, in the General Punctuation table, and hexadecimal code 0x2004) character. However, it occurred to me that, when pressing [SPACE with T], [TAB] in a document, a format indicator, which looks like the Computer Braille dollar sign, dots 1-2-4-6, followed by the letter t appears for a standard tab, dots 1-2-4-6 followed by ti appears for an indenting tab, and dots 1-2-4-6 followed by t; appears for a semicolon tab, with the number of the tab, which depends on what column it is placed, following each tab except the first. Anyway, if we're both talking about the same character here, you would either see a standard or indenting tab in your document.
To get rid of a standard or indenting tab, meaning replace it with nothing, move to the top of your document with [SPACE with dots 1-2-3], [READ with T]. Enter Find and Replace with [BACKSPACE with F], [CONTROL with F]. At the "Find?" prompt, press [SPACE with T], [TAB]. You should see the $t indicator, and even though this is the format indicator for only a standard tab, both a standard and indenting tab will be considered as matches for a "tab" character, meaning they would both be searched for and replaced with what you chose. Tap ENTER. At the "Replace with?" prompt, press [SPACE with dots 3-5-6], [CONTROL with BACKSPACE] to clear the current field; this feature has been available since v5, I believe, but I also think you said you have said version on your unit, so you'll be able to avail of it. If not, move to the end of the field with [SPACE with dots 4-6], [READ with SEMICOLON], and use a command, such as the Delete Previous Word command, [BACKSPACE with dot 2], [CONTROL with J], to clear the field. Tap ENTER when the field is cleared, and at the "Replace all or first?" prompt, type A for "All". Let me know if this is what you were looking for and if the procedure above accomplishes what you hoped to accomplish. HTH, Maria >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote list serv" <[email protected] >Cc: >Sent: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 23:18:31 -0500 >Subject: [Braillenote] Tab character on BN >O.k. got another question. To find junk characters we will often times >search for the "tab" character. I haven't been able to find this character >in the Unicode tables, smile, probably because it is space. >But can you make one on the BN using a QT keyboard in the search box, and if >so, does anyone know the askii values for the tab? >Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. >Graduate Advisory Council >www.guidedogs.com >The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to >stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. > -- Vance Havner
