Thanks for the information about saving on a pc. I feel real bad for people that have no knowledge, or don't own a pc. The VN/BN is all many people have. They can't convert documents any other way. I can't help but wonder what people like that do?
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Steven Thacker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 08:32:17 +0100 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Word Conversion issue >Hi, when I had this problem, Dean suggested I transfer the document to my >pc, which as I have a plug and play card reader connected by way of USB port >on my pc, I saved the word document to a flash card, put the flash card in >the pc's card reader, opened the document on my pc and converted the file to >a .txt file - ie when the microsoft word file is opened on the pc, go to >save as, cursor to where it says plain text file and save. If there are any >pictures or non-text in the document you will be warned that these will be >lost and you just have to tab over to ok and press enter. After >retransfering back to the BN or PK, you should be able to read the file. >Other than this method, I don't think 6x is yet able to cope directly with >this sort of problem, and whilst I believe it has been noted for inclusion >in a future release of Keysoft, how big a priority this is, I do not know. >Cheers, Steve, >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Renee M. Zelickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[email protected] >Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 12:17 PM >Subject: [Braillenote] Word Conversion issue >> Just curious... has anyone had a problem with files created in word 2000 >> or 2003 not being readily accessible by Keysoft 6? >> There is a word document that is 56 pages long and it is in word 2003 >> format. We are wanting to get it on the PK. We saved it on the compact >> flash card, but when we tried to open it on the PK, it told us that it was >> not a valid word 6 or 97 document. When I hit the backspace to escape >> from that error message, it started a conversion process about 30 minutes >> ago; it is still going on. >> Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide >> Renee >> ___ >> 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
