BRETT and Keith, Brett, the Degree sign is ASCII character 176 and in the Latin 1 Supplement Unicode table. The Section Sign is ASCII 167 and in the Latin 1 Supplement Unicode Table. The Paragraph Separator is ASCII 8233 and in the General Punctuation Unicode Table. Someone said that dot 4, followed by dots 3-4-5 was the check mark; this isn't true because it's the "greater-than" symbol. I haven't been able to find it in the Unicode Tables. Why not use a star instead, which is produced in Grade 2 by pressing dots 3-5 twice. I don't know what you mean by the "French pound sign in U.S. units". The French Franc sign is ASCII 8355 and in the Currency Symbols Unicode Table. The Star is ASCII 42 and in the Basic Latin Unicode Tables. I was suggesting the Star earlier because it has a Grade 2 equivalent. Since you have a BT unit, your Planner is a Braille file. Unicode characters can only be entered in Text documents, so having a Grade 2 equivalent avoids the necessity of changing to Computer Braille with BACKSPACE with J to enter the Unicode Character and then switching back to Grade 2 with BACKSPACE with B to type in your task. Look up Extended Characters Topics in the Index of your User Guide to read about Unicode Character Entry.
Keith, I have a suggestion which will make the Planner a To-Do List as you want it to be, and you will be able to move between and delete sentences. Your first step is to schedule an All Day appointment which could be called something like "Today's Tasks". Now, after the appointment is scheduled, your cursor should be on a Time line (which will read "All Day" in this case). If you wanted to do this at a later time than after the initial scheduling of the appointment, note that your cursor will be at the top of the day when you enter the Planner, and you will have to put the cursor on the Time line by advancing your Braille display until the words "All Day" are visible and then pressing one of the touch cursor buttons above any of the cells occupied by those words to place the cursor on the line; you will notice that the cursor extends to the entire two words "All Day". Now, with your cursor on the Time line, press ENTER. You are in the Notes field (you won't see the word "Notes", but you are there). Type in your sentences as you used to do before version 5.1. When you're finished, you can exit the Planner, and everything will be saved. Later in the day, when you want to delete a certain sentence, go back into the Planner. Put your cursor anywhere in your Notes. You will notice that the SPACE with dots 1-2-3 and SPACE with dots 4-5-6 commands move you to the top and bottom of the Notes, as opposed to the top and bottom of the current day as would be the case if your cursor was on the appointment itself. Similarly, the SPACE with dot 1, SPACE with dots 1-4, and SPACE with dot 4 commands move you between sentences as opposed to appointments. If you want to delete a particular sentence, make sure your cursor is at the beginning of that sentence. Press BACKSPACE with dots 1-4. Instead of being prompted to cancel an appointment, you'll get the prompt "Delete to end of sentence? Sure?". Press Y to confirm, and your sentence is deleted. BTW, if you canceled an appointment with Notes, both the appointment and Notes would be deleted. HTH. Maria >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Brett Winchester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[email protected] >Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:40:06 -0600 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Planner question >Ok, what is the character for the checkmark (seriously). for that matter >how would you produce the French pound symbol in the US units or the degrees >and legal section and paragraph marks? > thank you! >BRETT K WINCHESTER PM KD7JN VOLUNTEER & READING SERVICES MANAGER >[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.icbvi.state.id.us/brochure/RADIO.HTM >Member IAAIS International Association of Audio Information Services >IDAHO COMMISSION f/t BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED - ICBVI >P O BOX 83720, 341 W WASHINGTON, BOISE IDAHO 83720-0012 >208-334-3220 ext 104 +7=voice mail after hours, Fax >208-334-2963 >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/22/04 01:10PM >Good suggestion. Just set in my ways, I guess. <grin >-----Original Message----- >From: Ann Parsons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 2:07 PM >To: Braillenote List >Subject: [Braillenote] Planner question >Hi all, >Keith, why not put a check mark or whatever before each sentence and >then you can delete the whole day once the todo list is complete? >Ann P. >-- > Ann K. Parsons >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp >"All that is gold does not glitter. >Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT >___ >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 ?
