Hi, It must be saved to aar older version of Word. They end up being RTF FILES IN ACTUALITY. Colleen Roth
----- Original Message ----- From: "Terri Pannett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Date: 2009/11/20 03:11:53 Subject: Re: [GWN] ADVICE NEEDED > > > Hi, Michael, > > Your message was very helpful. I don't have Microsoft Office in this PC. > Perhaps I can ask them to convert the PowerPoint for me. > > Does the BrailleSense Plus work with all Word files or must it be saved to > an older version of Word? > > Thanks. > > Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Barber" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 2:30 PM > Subject: RE: [GWN] ADVICE NEEDED > > > 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. > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 4623 (20091119) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > 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.
