Yes, on the pc it does fine.  It's from BN 6.1 to BN 5.1 I question.

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Aldrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Word Pad Notice


> Hi again Rhonda,
>
> I sent an attachment with my PC and that read fine but then we're talking
> between 5.0, 5.1 and 6.1.  I'll need to check this further!
>
> Jim
>
> At 12:32 PM 03/19/2005 , you wrote:
> >Hi Rhonda and list,
> >
> >She hasn't downloaded messages with her BN lately.  haven't tried it.  If
> >you have a suggestion of who I could send an attachment to, I'll try it!
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >At 10:42 AM 03/19/2005 , you wrote:
> >>Jim, here is another thing.  Can you send an attachment to your wife and
be
> >>able to read it, or will it come out blank?
> >>
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "James Aldrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>To: <[email protected]>
> >>Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 12:20 PM
> >>Subject: [Braillenote] Word Pad Notice
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hello list,
> >> >
> >> > I placed a Microsoft Word File into my BN.  When I attempted to open
it, I
> >> > got a gong chime sound then some kind of word Pad message that the
file I
> >> > was trying to open didn't fit the specifications of 1995-1997 MSW
program
> >> > file I would say!  This of course is an improvement of silence we use
to
> >> > get, but was surprised to get this alert! I understood 6.1 was to
better
> >> > handle newer versions of MSW.  I was then presented with options but
> >> > couldn't see them at all!  My BN soon started beeping!  I hit enter
and my
> >> > unit said opening file, please wait!  I waited for some minutes but
my
> >>unit
> >> > kept beeping!  I could only reset my unit to get out of that mess!  I
> >>tried
> >> > it twice!  I then opened the file with Openbook and I could read it
> >> > there.  I converted it to .rtf and my BN could read that okay!  I
sent it
> >> > to myself so I could retrieve it on the BN through Email.  The BN
said the
> >> > message was too large to download so changed the size of post i could
> >> > download and managed to get the file.  I'm wondering whether others
have
> >> > encountered this and how often might this happen with MSW files?  Of
> >> > course, the file may have been converted from an .SLX file so that
may
> >>have
> >> > caused the problem as well, I really don't know!  Thought I'd bring
it to
> >> > your attention for what it is worth!
> >> >
> >> > Jim Aldrich
> >> >
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