If Bold and Underlining are left in the Word Document, (speaking from SEB
experience) Duxbury would automatically put all the relevant codes in depending
on the formatting of the text - that is why it is always being wary of
importing documents (or exporting documents using Swift) if you have used an
OCR program - these tend to embed their own codes, even if you don't require
them in the finished article. ;-)
The majority of the work preparation I do for students does not require
underlining or bold, partly down to the level of students learning ability - we
have a student in the equivalent of High School who is still only a Grade One
user with no indentations. At the end of the day a Braille Document should
reflect where a student is at and not necessarily repeating what is in print.
Whilst UEB emphasises the need to replicate what is in print it won't be of any
use to a Braillist who can't understand coding of text. On a personal view, if
the fundamental message of the text is understood by the end user then the goal
has been achieved - relevant content over relevant representation. ;-)
John.
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Ginger Webb
Sent: 20 November 2018 15:42
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Subject: [duxuser] Re: Duxbury codes
For formatting paragraphs, numbering, outline, etc and underlining, bold, and
italics SWIFT is very helpful! I use to do all of it in Duxbury...but I did not
use codes at all. I just did everything 'manually', now I barely do anything
in Duxbury because with SWIFT in Word you can set it all up, applying the
correct 'instruction' from the ribbon menu.
I am so glad we have Duxbury to translate and emboss!!!
Ginger
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[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Blake, J ;(Tapton Staff)
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 9:28 AM
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Subject: [duxuser] Re: Duxbury codes
I prefer to simply 'import' a Word document by opening the Word document in
Duxbury, then simply choosing the learning or Translation tables as needed by
the end user.
John
VS Technician
Sheffield UK
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[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ginger Webb
Sent: 20 November 2018 14:19
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<duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Duxbury codes
I am curious if anyone uses SWIFT 5.2, an add-on for Word that sets your
document up to braille in Duxbury...without codes.
I have never used codes in Duxbury...I did not learn that way. SWIFT still has
made it easier/faster for me to format and emboss. I LOVE it. IF you get a
chance to get in on some training for SWIFT 5.2 (google Duxbury SWIFT and the
Duxbury link will take you to the page to download SWIFT 5.2). Susan
Christensen was our trainer here at Kansas State School for the Blind in the
United States. She was part of the creation of this add-on (I hate to speak
wrong and say she IS the creator, but I may be wrong saying she was part of it).
Just info that may be helpful to you in the future.
Ginger Webb
Braillist/Paraprofessional
USD327/USD305
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