Dear Maria Pardon my ignorence, but I always forget what HTML files are and whether also emails are in HTML format.
By the way, I appreciate your indepth description about what to do but, because of my ignorance regarding some computer jargon, still can't understand why some emails have all these symbols and others (like in this list) don't. Cheers! Michele > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Maria Kristic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 16:31:40 -0700 >Subject: re: [Braillenote] Getting Rid of Those Symbols In Emails >Are you referring to an HTML file? If so, below is a post I wrote previously >to the list which outlines the work-around to opening HTML e-mails on the >BrailleNote. As there is no working relationship between KeyMail and KeyWeb, >the HTML file will only be seen as it was written, with HTML tags, when opened >in KeyMail. The HTML tags (they are surrounded by the < and > signs, hence >you see many of these symbols) tell your web browser how to display the page. >However, since opening an HTML page does not cause it to open in KeyWeb, as an >e-mail program causes the web browser to open when viewing HTML files on a PC, >the work-around must be used. Also, FYI, as there is no relationship between >KeyMail and KeyWeb, SendMail links, which cause the e-mail program to be >opened with a new message that may contain some filled-in headers when >activated on a PC, cannot be activated using KeyWeb. The work-around for >opening HTML files is below. >Surround your HTML e-mail with Block Markers, Store the block to a document >with a .htm extension, and open the document in KeyWeb. >1) Open the HTML e-mail. >2) If you are not at the top already, press [SPACE with dots 1-2-3], [READ >with T] to get there. >3) Press [SPACE with B], [CONTROL with B] to enter the Block Commands Menu, >and press T to insert a Top-of-Block marker. Alternatively, but only if you >have a BT because there is no QT equivalent (and this is an undocumented >shortcut), press BACKSPACE with M to produce the Top-of-Block marker without >entering the Block Commands Menu. >4) Move to the bottom of the e-mail with [SPACE with dots 4-5-6], [READ with >B]. >5) Press [SPACE with B], [CONTROL with B] to go to the Block Commands Menu, >and press B to insert a Bottom-of-Block marker. Note that there is no >alternative here to inserting the marker than to enter the Block Commands Menu. >6) You are back at the Block Commands Menu because KeySoft assumes that now, >you have inserted both a Top-of-Block and Bottom-of-Block marker, and you now >want to manipulate this marked block of text. The assumption is correct in >this case, so stay in the Block Commands Menu, and press S to Store the block. >7) Choose a location for your block, and at the "Document Name?", type the >name of a nonexistent document. Make sure you type in a .htm extension, and >after pressing ENTER, press Y to confirm creation of the new file. When >typing the .htm extension, if using a BT, press dots 4-6 for the period. Do >not use the Literary Braille sign of dots 2-5-6 because this will be >interpreted as the dd contraction. Note that your e-mail is still present, >but it's also now stored in an HTML file. >8) Press [ENTER with BACKSPACE with I], [FUNCTION with 0] to enter KeyWeb. If >you're presented with the "Address?" prompt, switch to another task, any task, >and then return to KeyWeb, and you will now be presented with a blank Braille >display. I'm suggesting you do this to avoid you having to type in your HTML >file path at the Address Bar. If you are presented with Web page upon >entering KeyWeb, there's no need to switch tasks. The Internet Options Menu, >which is the easiest way to open the HTML file, is accessible when you are on >a Web page or have a blank Braille display, but not at the Address Bar. >9) Press [ENTER with M], [CONTROL with 2] to enter the Internet Options Menu, >then O to select the "Open HTML File" option. >10) You'll be prompted for the "File Name?", so press BACKSPACE once to change >the directory, or, if you are also unsure of the drive you are being offered, >press BACKSPACE twice. Select the location of your Stored block, and remember >to use a slash before each layer of a directory when typing in a directory. >If you're using a BT, use Computer BRAILLE. Alternatively, you can browse >through directories as you would through folders at the "Directory Name?" >prompt, or switch to Folder List View with [SPACE with T], [CONTROL with T], >and proceed from there as you would when typing in or browsing folders. When >you are at the "File Name?" prompt, the first view you are presented with when >you press SPACE to browse is the list of HTML files, which is what you want, >so just find your file and press ENTER to select it. >11) It will open, and you will be able to read the e-mail as an HTML file. >As it stands now, this work-around must be used because KeyMail cannot >directly open KeyWeb to read the HTML file, and you will have to repeat the >process on each HTML e-mail you receive. >HTH, >Maria >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: Michele Thredgold <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: [email protected] >>Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 06:01:20 +1000 >>Subject: [Braillenote] Getting Rid of Those Symbols In Emails >>Hi Listers >>Can anyone tell me how to get rid of those infuriating greater-than, >>less-than, ampersand signs etc in emails? I just received an email from a >>friend which was chockers with them. It took a long time to read and absorb. >> Is there a setting to clean them out or get rid of them? >>Thanks. >>Michele >>___ >>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
