Thanks Riana, I've got a text file with many numbers in it and I have many more numbers on paper. I'll paste the original file and add to it. It is quite large now. It's over 5,000 characters already and it could end up at twenty thousand. but I'll take care of it soon. Thanks to all for your inpt. Isaac
On Fri, 18 Feb 2005, Van Der Walt Riana wrote: > Isaac, you have at least two options to accomplish this: > > If you have a pc, create an ordinary txt file in something like notepad > and paste all the numbers from different locations as text into that > file. Save it as a txt file on your flash card and in which ever folder > you like. The bn will automatically recognise that it's a txt file and > will prompt you for computer Braille on opening the file with keyword. > > Alternatively, using only the bn, make sure to either have the default > for new documents set to txt, or change the file type to txt when you > create a new document in keyword. Then select the text of the different > numbers via the block commands menu and if some of those are in brf > format, translate that block to text before you paste it in the new > document. Do not insert a file as such via the block commands menu, > unless you are sure that the file you insert was a txt document. > > When you have inserted the text from all different sources into the new > file, save it via the exit command and it will be saved in ascii format. > > Hth > Riana > -----Original Message----- > From: Rhonda Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 18 February 2005 05:02 > To: Braillenote List > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] file > > Isaac, you can export. I don't know if you're doing it from the PK or > what. > When you have gone to File Manager, press T, then E. You will be asked > what > file you want to export. When you select that, you will see "export to > which device"? It may say "press Enter for file". If it doesn't, press > F. > You will be asked what format you wish to use. Your first choice is > Ascii > text. Press Enter. You'll be asked for the place you want the file to > be > exported to. Select it, and then give the file name, and you will see > "computer Braille is required." > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Isaac Obie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 6:50 PM > Subject: [Braillenote] file > > > > Hi, > > I've got a stack of numbers from a variety of sources. I want to put > them > > in a file, preferrably a text file and store it on the flashcard. How > do I > > ensure that this is a text file and nota .brf or a word file? thanks. > > Isaac > > > > ___ > > 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 >
