Hi Terri: First of all, regarding the PowerPoint presentation, if you can get that presentation from them ahead of time, you can open the presentation in Powerpoint and then export it to Microsoft Word. You go to the File menu after you've opened the presentation, then I believe you go to Send To and open that and choose Microsoft Word. A dialog box will open and your focus will be on the OK button. You should tab to where there's a list of radio buttons and choose the one that says Outline and press Enter. Soon, Microsoft Word opens with the outline of the presentation. Save this as a Word document and there you have your powerpoint presentation all fixed nicely for you.
I would definitely use my Braillesense Plus to take notes as it does a great job and is so easy to use. Hope this is helpful to you. Michael Barber -----Original Message----- From: Terri Pannett [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 3:35 PM To: blind-hams Cc: [email protected] Subject: [GWN] advice needed Hi, Sorry for the cross-post, but I'd like some advice from all viewpoints. I will be taking the Arecc Level I course and it's being taught locally. It will last one day and the test will be taken on the same day. I haven't been to school for years, (grin). The material will be presented using PowerPoint slides and the sighted folks will be getting a copy of this material on paper. How do you think I should handle the situation? Should I take notes using the BrailleSense Plus? Should I record the presentation usinng the BSP or cassette machine? Is it possible to convert the material ahead of time into text so I could read it with my BSP? Does anyone have a text version of the material? (I'm assuming the material you might have from the online version of the course would cover the same things as the course I'm taking.) Any advice would be welcome. Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-notetaker in the body of the message. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-notetaker in the body of the message.
