I definitely agree with you, Paul. I have a couple of students who cannot, and will not use a computer. My concern is how to help them.
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Paul Holliman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 18:32:44 +0100 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Word Conversion issue >Hi Rhonda, >You're absolutely right of course and the problem certainly needs sorting >out on the PK. The only thing I would say about your observation that such a >machine is all many people have isn't really in the spirit of the use of a >PDA. In general, a PDA is really designed to be used in tandem with a PC, >that is mostly true in the sighted world as far as I can tell. Most >mainstream PDA users that I know keep their desktop machines and their PDAs >synchronised from the point of view of calendars, tasks etc and transfer >documents to/from the two devices, and I have always understood that this >concept was in mind when the PK was designed. I certainly wouldn't want to >remain dependent purely on my PK for everything, but it's great to take >files away from my desktop machine for use on the hoof. >Cheers. >Paul. >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rhonda Clark >Sent: 02 May 2005 12:19 >To: Braillenote List >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Word Conversion issue >Thanks for the information about saving on a pc. I feel real bad for people >that have no knowledge, or don't own a pc. The VN/BN is all many people >have. They can't convert documents any other way. I can't help but wonder >what people like that do? >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Steven Thacker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >>Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 08:32:17 +0100 >>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Word Conversion issue >>Hi, when I had this problem, Dean suggested I transfer the document to my >>pc, which as I have a plug and play card reader connected by way of USB >port >>on my pc, I saved the word document to a flash card, put the flash card in >>the pc's card reader, opened the document on my pc and converted the file >to >>a .txt file - ie when the microsoft word file is opened on the pc, go to >>save as, cursor to where it says plain text file and save. If there are >any >>pictures or non-text in the document you will be warned that these will be >>lost and you just have to tab over to ok and press enter. After >>retransfering back to the BN or PK, you should be able to read the file. >>Other than this method, I don't think 6x is yet able to cope directly with >>this sort of problem, and whilst I believe it has been noted for inclusion >>in a future release of Keysoft, how big a priority this is, I do not know. >>Cheers, Steve, >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Renee M. Zelickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: <[email protected] >>Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 12:17 PM >>Subject: [Braillenote] Word Conversion issue >>> Just curious... has anyone had a problem with files created in word 2000 >>> or 2003 not being readily accessible by Keysoft 6? >>> There is a word document that is 56 pages long and it is in word 2003 >>> format. We are wanting to get it on the PK. We saved it on the compact >>> flash card, but when we tried to open it on the PK, it told us that it >was >>> not a valid word 6 or 97 document. When I hit the backspace to escape >>> from that error message, it started a conversion process about 30 minutes >>> ago; it is still going on. >>> Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide >>> Renee >>> ___ >>> 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 >___ >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
