You're welcome, Tom. I don't go into windows explorer or anything like that. I know you can do it that way, but to me, this is simpler. Hope it helps. Diane Karabin Primary E-mail: [email protected] Secondary E-mail: [email protected] Skype Name: Dianemk77 Facebook Name: Diane Karabin Twitter Name: Dianemk777 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 10:09 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Deleting books from bard cartridges
> now that was excellent. thank you > > -----Original Message----- > From: Diane > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 8:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Deleting books from bard cartridges > > Here we go. > > 1. Connect your usable cartridge to the computer with it's USB cord. I use > the short cord that goes to my little digital recorder because it is the > same kind of cord. It has a big end to plug into the cartridg and a little > USB end to plug into the computer. The characters on both ends of the cord > are facing up. The cartridge is faceing up the way you would put it in the > player. I'm putting this description down in case there is someone who > hasn't seen the way this thing goes together. > > . Go to the desktop. Arrow down to my computer and enter. > > 3. Arrow down to the drive the cartridge is plugged into. In my case, I > have local, CD drive and the burner below it. That is E in my case. When I > plug my cartridge in, it says< "F." > > 4. Enter on the drive letter your cartridge is plugged into. There will be > a list of the books on the cartridge. I start at the top of the list, hold > down the control key and hit the spacebar to select the ones I want to > delete. That way I don't have to select them without skipping any. I can > arrow down and skip one or two in between, if I wish. Holding the left > shift key down while you arrow down will select them in the order they are > in the list. If I want to get rid of them all at once, which I have done > sometimes, I just hit control A, which selects them all to be deleted or > moved. > > 5. After selecting books to be deleted or moved, hit the delete key and it > will send them to the recycle bin. I hold down shift and the delet key so > that it will bypass the recycle bin. If I want a book again I can download > them, anyhow. This whole thing applies to any thumb or external drive. You > plug them in and do it the same way. > > I hope this helps anybody who is beginning with downloading bard books. I > have a folder for every letter of the alphabet and one for a music > instruction folder. I put all the authors in their separate folders. I am > collecting more and more books so that they don't have to be mailed to me. > I have lots now. I love my empty cartridges. I didn't have a thumb drive > at the time I bought them. > > God bless. Excuse the novel. > Diane Karabin > Primary E-mail: [email protected] > Secondary E-mail: [email protected] > Skype Name: Dianemk77 > Facebook Name: Diane Karabin > Twitter Name: Dianemk777 > Diane Karabin > Primary E-mail: [email protected] > Secondary E-mail: [email protected] > Skype Name: Dianemk77 > Facebook Name: Diane Karabin > Twitter Name: Dianemk777 > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
