[duxuser] Re: Translation Question:
- From: "Warren Figueiredo" <warrenfigueiredo@xxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:14:10 -0500
I sent Stephen offlist the directions to write a Word macro that looks for a
line of two or more equal signs and replaces the entire line with the spaced
asterisks as Susan Jolly recommended and formats the asterisks as a heading
so that when it comes into DBT, it will be easier to read. The trick to the
macro is using wildcards in find and replace which opens up a wider range of
possibilities for replacements.
The find string is \={2,} which says look for a word containing 2 or more
equal signs. I didn't want it to eat any single uses of the equal sign as in
2 + 2 = 4 if it had any.
The replacement string is * * * and the formatting style for the replcement
string is set for Heading 1.
You simply open up a copy of your Word document, run the macro, and save the
document. You then bring the document into DBT (with SWIFT if you wish). My
sample imported into DBT 10.6 OK and it is certainly much easier than
reading kazillion iterations of "equals."
Warren
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 11:24 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Translation Question:
Aloha,
If in fact the person uses an entire line of = signs that are not
separated by spaces, I would use find and replace to change each
three = sign with one dash. If you replace each = sign with a dash,
there will be too many to fit on one braille line. If the = signs are
spaced, I would replace each group of three = signs and the
separating spaces with one dash. I forget the exact number and all
documents can have different numbers of characters on a line, so you
just have to play with it until you have the right number of dashes
that will fit on one line of your braille document.
HTH, Betsy
At 06:02 AM 4/25/2007, you wrote:
>I would do a Find and Replace in the word file. Replace the equal signs
>with dashes.
>
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>All,
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>I regularly encounter MS Word documents that contain a line of equal signs
>in it. The author of these documents is obviously using the this as a means
>of separation within the document. My problem is that when I translate a MS
>Word document with a line of equal signs in it, I get the word equal for
>every equal sign used.
>So for example:
>A small line of 20 equal signs, ==================== Translates into A
small
>line of 20 equal signs, equal equal equal equal equal equal equal equal
>equal equal equal equal equal equal equal equal equal equal equal equal
>
>My question is, how do I change this to something more meaningful and less
>painful to read? For example, replacing the multiple equal signs making up
a
>line with a line of x's or full cells.
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