What I would do is get yourself a gMail address (it is free, but you will need a pc for the initial setup process; ten minutes with a pc and you can have your account up and running and you should not need a pc after that). Once you have that, if you get an email with an incompatible attachment, just forward it to your gmail address. Then, check your email on the gMail website on the bn. Open the message, find the attachments link, and open the file. It will not be downloaded; rather, Google will translate it into html, so you can just block off all the text of the file, open a file in keyword, and paste.
On 10/18/10, Nicole B. Torcolini <[email protected]> wrote: > If you want to be completely safe, then ask them to save it as a text file. > The other two options are to explain which elements (tables, text boxes, > columns, etc) don't work on the bn or to ask them to save it as an rtf file, > but of these are not 100% fail safe options. Sometimes, people overlook an > element or something, so it's still in the doc file. Also, per previous > conversations on this list, rtf compatibility is not reliable. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lucy Sirianni" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 8:03 PM > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Inaccessible DOC files > > >> Hi, and thanks to everyone who responded to my initial email! However, >> unfortunately I don't currently have access to a computer on which I can >> re-save the documents. Is there anything I can do on my BrailleNote or >> that I can tell the people who are sending the documents to do differently >> >> to avoid this problem? >> >> Thank you! >> >> Lucy >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Nicole B. Torcolini" <[email protected] >>>To: "Alex Hall" <[email protected]>,"Lucy Sirianni" >> <[email protected] >>>Date sent: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 09:48:06 -0700 >>>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Inaccessible DOC files >> >>>I have seen this too, not only with doc files but also with rtf >> files. When >>>I run into this situation, I usually open the file in word, save >> it as plain >>>text, close the file, reopen the text file, and then save it as >> word. >>>Note: You may wonder why not just use the text file. The same >> anomaly that >>>arises in notepad is present on the bn. That is, the bn will >> drop some of >>>the carriage returns in certain text file. For more information >> as to a >>>possible *theory* on why this happens, email me off list. >> >>>Nicole >> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Alex Hall" <[email protected] >>>To: "Lucy Sirianni" <[email protected] >>>Cc: <[email protected] >>>Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 9:08 AM >>>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Inaccessible DOC files >> >> >>>> Try saving as Word 97-2003. I have had this problem a couple >> times. >>>> The marker you are seeing is an English language tag, by the >> way, not >>>> that that helps. I am also not sure how to reproduce the >> problem, but >>>> make sure the file does not have any links, tables, headers, and >> so >>>> on. >> >>>> On 10/15/10, Lucy Sirianni <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Hi all, >> >>>>> I have always found DOC files to work well with the >>>>> BrailleNote, but recently I've received several which do not. >>>>> When the BrailleNote's speech is on, the file, when opened, >> says, >>>>> "Indent". I'm not sure how to reproduce the sign displayed in >>>>> braille, but it looks like dots 1, 2, 4, and 6 followed by the >>>>> letters l, g, and e. This is all the files contain. Can anyone >>>>> explain why this may be happening and what I (or the person >>>>> sending the file) can do to solve this problem? >> >>>>> Thank you! >> >>>>> Lucy >> >>>>> ___ >>>>> Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >>>>> If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >>>>> copy to the list as well. >> >>>>> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>>>> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> >> >> >> >>>> -- >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >>>> [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >> >>>> ___ >>>> Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >>>> If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >>>> copy to the list as well. >> >>>> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>>> [email protected] >>>> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>>> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> >> >> >> ___ >> Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >> If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >> copy to the list as well. >> >> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >> [email protected] >> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> > > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. 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