Speaking of Word files, editing, and DBT translation, Catherine suggested it would help to use a refreshable braille display to see exactly how things are lining up. I find that my Brailliant indicates left justified line beginnings in different cells. Sometimes in cell one and other times in cell 3 or 5. I know I'm not getting an accurate report about that. In Duxbury, however, the Brailliant shows me exactly where things are. ANN FOXWORTH, BRAILLE CONSULTANT DARS DIVISION FOR BLIND SERVICES CRISS COLE REHABILITATION CENTER 4800 N LAMAR BLVD AUSTIN, TX 78757 PH: 512-377-0471 -----Original Message----- From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Lingard Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 9:44 PM To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [duxuser] Re: Fully Justified MS Word Files imported into DBT Ottawa Canada Dear Ann and list: If the MS Word file was fully justified (flush with both left and right margins) I can see Word inserting spaces between words and letters to try to smooth up the margins, or if a line is particularly long, remove spaces between words and letters to make it fit onto one line. My old Diablo 630 printer was an expert at this but when it tried to do it to a line that was half a line or less, it did some really strange formatting but it was determined to make that line fully justified! Since Braille is inherently a mechanically spaced type font, I can see where importing a Proportionally spaced document into DBT would cause utter chaos! Guess when preparing text for Brailing, it pays to compose it left justified, that is with a smooth left margin and ragged right-hand margin. Just some thoughts about this. Brian Brian K. Lingard E-mail: b.lingard@xxxxxxxxxxxx Tel: +1 (613) 247-0665 Mobile: +1 (613) 725-6602 New York, NY Tel: +1 (646) 797-2862 FAX: +1 (613) 247-9998 Skype: ve3yiab2ji15 This message composed on Dell laptop. * * * * This message is via list duxuser at freelists.org. * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with * unsubscribe * as the subject to <duxuser-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive * is also located there. * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com * * * * * * * This message is via list duxuser at freelists.org. * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with * unsubscribe * as the subject to <duxuser-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive * is also located there. * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com * * *