The BN will automatically save documents if they are KeyWord text or Keyword braille. But if you have the BN set up to use Word or if you open a Word document and start to edit it, then you will be given three options when you exit the document: (1) save as a KeyWord document (2) save the document in its original format and (3) loose changes and abandon KeyWord.
To save the document as a KeyWord file, you would type y; to save it in its original format, you would press n; to abandon KeyWord and lose changes, you would pres escape or space with e. Many word processors have a timed backup feature and it would be a good idea if this feature was available in the BN. Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Ellen Earls" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 6:42 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] do i have to save a document every time i exit it : Lisa, more out of precaution, it is a good idea to save your work and then : you will have it. : If you have a bn which is eratic, then save onto flash card computer or : floppy disk whatever median you happen to have. Yes, it sounds like extra : work but you should savereguarly while writing the document, just like in a : normal computer. : You have to realize none of these machines including the old fashioned dos : note takers is fullproof. : Hope this answered your question. : Mary Ellen Earls : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Lisa Ehlers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To: <[email protected]> : Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 11:38 AM : Subject: [Braillenote] do i have to save a document every time i exit it : : : > Hi Listers, : > Okay I'm trying to rewrite my paper. I wrote a couple paragraphs saved : them then exited the document. When I reopened the document the paragraphs : were still there. Thinking everything was okay I continued writing creating : a couple more paragraphs. I exited keyword got the abandon keyword message : pressed the help option and got a message about reviewing the options. I : reviewed them but nothing seems important. I exited keyword and went back : into the document. The new paragraphs I had just written were not there. I : guess I have to save after every word I write or something? I swear the BN : has never done this before or if it has I have not noticed it. I am really : wondering if this so something new that was implemented into Keysoft 5.0. I : am thinking I am going to have to write the paper and not leave the file for : anything or save his information every time I leave the document but why : should I have to do this? Why can't the BN save the work automatically? It : always h! : > as in the past. Has anyone else experienced this where you used to be : able to write in the BN in Keyword files and now you have to save your : information every time you leave the document? : > Is there something wrong with my unit? I sent it in about five months ago : to have the battery replaced and Keysoft .0 burned into my unit. Perhaps : getting Keysoft 5.0 was a mistake? I'm willing to save my document every : time I leave keyword but I don't understand why the BN is experiencing this : problem now and why it is happening in the first place. : > I just want to be able to write my paper myself without it being deleted : every time I try to reopen the document. : > Thanks for your help and your time. : > Lisa : > : > : > ___ : > 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 :
