Dear Maria, The fonts do work in braille documents, at least for the QT model. I just opened a braille document and I added the italic font to see if I could add a font to a braille document. The format indicator didn't show in the layout mode but it did in the editing mode. I saw more format indicators in the editing mode than I did in the layout mode. The layout is supposed to show documents as they will appear on paper, but I find it to be more confusing in the BN. This is partly because a print line will take more than one display length. Also, I am more used to the wysiwyg method of showing layouts that is, "what you see is what you get."
I have not tried this out, but I wonder why a person couldn't export a term paper as a Word document and email it as an attachment to a teacher. All of the formatting should remain intact, if it's sent as an attachment. Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF^CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maria Kristic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] how do you underline : This is correct, but I just want to add some additional comments. The "Font" option of the Format Menu is only available in text documents. I believe you use dots 4-6 at the beginning of a word to italicize it, and you put dots 4-5-6 in front of a word to underline it in Grade 2 Braille, but I'm not sure. Also, there is an option called "Underline" in the Format Menu of a text document. You can then follow Terri's instructions as to how to enable and disable it. In the "Printers" folder on the KeySoft System Disk, there are files which contain information about supported printers. Open the appropriate file to find out what letters equal which font. To set a different printer type, go to any place in KeySoft where you can print, such as KeyWord, and select the option to print. When you're at the "Print or Set-Up Printer", press S for Setup. SPACE through the list until you get to the item that says "Printer Type? (printer type) Change?", where (printer type) is the a! : ctual type of the printer you have set. Press Y to answer Yes to the "Change?" question, and after pressing ENTER, you'll be asked the Printer Type. Press SPACE until you get to HP Deskjet and Laserjet or whatever type you want, then press ENTER. Exit by pressing SPACE with E and Confirm Changes by answering Yes to the prompt. You'll be returned to the "Print or Set-Up" prompt, so you can either press S to re-enter the Set-Up List, P to Print, or SPACE with E to exit the prompt. The HP has the most fonts, so you'd probably want to change to this type as Terri suggests. Now, you can open the proper document in the location mentioned above (KeySoft System, Printers), and read the letters associated with fonts, and you can then use them in the "Font" option of the Format Menu (but remember, it's ONLY AVAILABLE IN TEXT DOCUMENTS). I'll paste the HP file here, but you can always look at it in your system when you want to. The section of the document you want is called "T! : ype Styles", but it also might be useful for you to read the entire do : cument to ensure proper set-up in the Printer Set-Up List, and therefore produce the best result of your document. HTH. : Maria : : Hewlett Packard Deskjet and Laserjet Printer Driver : Alterations made 1 Sep 1998 for the Braille Companion : : : Printer DIP switch settings : On printers that have dip-switches, make sure that switches 6 and 8 of the left hand dip switch are in the up position. The dip switches are located on the front of the printer at the bottom right corner. : If you are using Abled paper : If you are using Abled size paper, you may wish to set the default page length of Keysoft to 70 lines. This will give you 4 extra lines of print per printed page, however it is not necessary to change from the normal default setting of 66 lines. To change the default page setting to 70 lines per page, go into the Printer Set-up List and set the Paper Length setting to 70. : Keysoft settings : In the Printer Set-up List, set "Use form-feeds between pages" to Yes and set "Pause after each page" to No. : TYPE STYLES : The type styles available on the Deskjet and Laserjet Printers are as : follows: : A -- 12 Point character height : B -- Bold print : C -- Courier : D -- Draft Quality : E -- Set 5 characters per inch : F -- Set 10 characters per inch : G -- Set 16.67 characters per inch : H -- Set 20 characters per inch : I -- Italic : J -- 8 lines per inch : K -- 12 characters per inch : L -- Letter quality print : M -- 6 lines per inch : N - : O -- Overstrike : P -- Gothic : Q -- CG Times : R com6 point character height : S -- Superscript : T -- Subscript : U -- Underline : V - : W - : X -- Proportional Spacing : Y -- 24 point character height : Z -- Landscape print : : >----- Original Message ----- : >From: "Terri Pannett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] : >To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] : >Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:20:34 -0800 : >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] how do you underline : : >Dear Lisa, : : >The underline is in the font menu. All of the fonts, bold, underline, : >italics are there. : : >Be sure you have your BN set up to use a printer which supports all the : >fonts you will want to use. Even if you don't have a printer, pretend you : >do and choose one from the printer setup list. I'd suggest LaserJet or : >DeskJet. The standard printers don't support the fonts. : : >Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF^CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, : >California : >----- Original Message ----- : >From: "Lisa Ehlers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] : >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] : >Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 3:02 AM : >Subject: [Braillenote] how do you underline : : : >: Hi Listers, : >: I thought I'd spend some time trying to get acquainted (the formatting : >menu. It refuses to underline and I followed the directions in the User's : >manual. I saw nothing about italics in the format menu or other common : >formatting things like bolding bullets etc. I don't need these fancy things : >for now but if I ever do how do I access them if they appear to be : >nonexistent? I just find it frustrating and annoying to read the user's : >guide expecting it to be helpful when sometimes it simply isn't helpful. : >Luckily there are nice people on this list who know a lot more about the BN : >then I could ever hope to know. : >: If anyone has any ideas on where this stuff is located I would appreciate : >the information. : >: Thank you. : >: Lisa : >: : >: : >: ___ : >: 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 :
