Thank you, Ian. You've really been a help to me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Robinson" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 1:57 AM Subject: [duxuser] Re: Missing words (Phyllis) > Hi Phyllis, > > Here's 2 other ways you could get the email into DBT. > > 1. Save your email as a text file, then open that file in DBT. However, I've > had occasions where text at the end of lines has been chopped off when doing > this. > > 2. If you have a copy of MS Word, paste the email into a new document and > save it. Open the document in DBT. > > I know you said you weren't familiar with DBT's word importer, but it is > very straightforward. When you select Open from DBT's File menu, then select > a document and press enter, a dialogue will be displayed. The default > template will be selected as will the Word 6 or Later importer. Use cursor > up/down to select your preferred template and press enter. > > If you do have MS word then there is a utility which makes it even easier to > transfer documents to DBT. For more details either ask on this list or go to > the Duxbury web site and check the link for SWIFT. > > Cheers. > > Ian > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phyllis Bono" <phyllisbono@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 1:03 AM > Subject: [duxuser] Re: Missing words (Phyllis) > > > > I just copied the body of message to the clipboard. Then I went into DBT > > and pasted it into a print document first so I could look at it and make > the > > adjustments. In the e-mail message itself, I did a control A to select > all > > and then control C to copy to clipblard. then when I went into DBT, I did > a > > control V to paste it ont oa print document first. I guess I didn't look > at > > it carefully because at times, there is just one word to a line. I don't > > know how to use word importer. The entire message was in the print > > document, but some of the words were missingi n the Braille. Sometimes > part > > of my dots don't come out on the flip side of the page when I'm doing > > double-sided Braille. > > > > I hope I answered your questions satisfactorily without too much rambling. > > If I left anything out, please tell me. I'm trying to teach myself > Duxbury, > > and it's not very easy. That's why I joined the list. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ian Robinson" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 2:41 PM > > Subject: [duxuser] Re: Missing words (Phyllis) > > > > > > > Hi Phyllis, > > > > > > How did you transfer the text from your email software to DBT? > > > > > > Also, were you just trying to emboss the body of the message, or did you > > > also want the fields: From, To, Date, subject? > > > > > > Cheers. > > > > > > Ian > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Phyllis Bono" <phyllisbono@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 9:51 PM > > > Subject: [duxuser] Missing words (Phyllis) > > > > > > > > > > Hi, everybody, > > > > > > > > I embossed an e-mail that I received from my choir director, and the > > last > > > > two words didn't come out on the page. They were on the last line of > > Page > > > > 2. The rest of it is fine. 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