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BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide
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Review Book Opening Options.
Books in KeyWord's native format, as well as Microsoft Word, RTF and WordPerfect format,
precisely specify their contents and formatting. However, the contents and formatting of books in
ASCII text or plain Braille are not at all precisely defined, so it is necessary to give you control over
how KeyBook interprets them. This is done through a list of options presented when you open such
a book. The initial settings for these options are either the ones you established last time you opened
the same book, or if you have never opened the book before, settings that KeyBook assumes are
most appropriate for the book. Because of this, you usually won't need to make any changes. So that
you can tell whether you have opened this book before, the wording of the prompt used changes
from
precisely specify their contents and formatting. However, the contents and formatting of books in
ASCII text or plain Braille are not at all precisely defined, so it is necessary to give you control over
how KeyBook interprets them. This is done through a list of options presented when you open such
a book. The initial settings for these options are either the ones you established last time you opened
the same book, or if you have never opened the book before, settings that KeyBook assumes are
most appropriate for the book. Because of this, you usually won't need to make any changes. So that
you can tell whether you have opened this book before, the wording of the prompt used changes
from
"Review the options?" to "Review previous options?" accordingly. To continue and open
the book without reviewing the options, just press ENTER. To review the options, press Y.
The options given when opening a book are as follows:
“Is this a Braille or Text document?.”
If the file extension is .brl or .brf (plain Braille) then this option will have already been set to
Braille. If not, you must respond to the question before moving on.
Braille. If not, you must respond to the question before moving on.
If the book contains grade 1 or grade 2 Braille, then select "Braille" by pressing B. Otherwise select
"Text" by pressing T. Follow either entry with ENTER. KeySoft then prompts:
"Use Line or Paragraph format when opening the document? currently Paragraph."
"Text" by pressing T. Follow either entry with ENTER. KeySoft then prompts:
"Use Line or Paragraph format when opening the document? currently Paragraph."
When opening a book, it is important that KeyBook knows the difference between the ends of lines
within a paragraph and the end of the paragraph itself. Without this knowledge, paragraphs might
be run together, or each line within a paragraph might be treated as a separate paragraph. This
would cause the speech to pause in the wrong places, and make it impossible to skim by paragraph.
Plain text and plain Braille books use the same "control characters," for example, "carriage returns"
and "line feeds," to show where lines within paragraphs end. This option allows you to control how
KeyBook interprets these control characters to distinguish between ends of lines and ends of
paragraphs.
within a paragraph and the end of the paragraph itself. Without this knowledge, paragraphs might
be run together, or each line within a paragraph might be treated as a separate paragraph. This
would cause the speech to pause in the wrong places, and make it impossible to skim by paragraph.
Plain text and plain Braille books use the same "control characters," for example, "carriage returns"
and "line feeds," to show where lines within paragraphs end. This option allows you to control how
KeyBook interprets these control characters to distinguish between ends of lines and ends of
paragraphs.
The option you choose here depends on the way the book you are opening is formatted:
The Paragraph format option assumes that a single carriage return or carriage return/line feed pair
that is followed by one or no spaces, denotes the end of a line within a paragraph. This end of line
marker is removed so that KeyBook can reformat the paragraph within the margins that you have
set. A sequence of two or more carriage return and/or line feed characters or a single sequence
followed by an indent of two or more spaces is interpreted as the start of a new paragraph. This
option is the default setting when you first open a book, and is the one that you will need for most
prose books.
that is followed by one or no spaces, denotes the end of a line within a paragraph. This end of line
marker is removed so that KeyBook can reformat the paragraph within the margins that you have
set. A sequence of two or more carriage return and/or line feed characters or a single sequence
followed by an indent of two or more spaces is interpreted as the start of a new paragraph. This
option is the default setting when you first open a book, and is the one that you will need for most
prose books.
The Line format option retains every carriage return and/or line feed sequence as a New Line in
KeyWord. Use this setting when opening books containing lists, or poetry, or books where each
paragraph is formatted as one long line.
KeyWord. Use this setting when opening books containing lists, or poetry, or books where each
paragraph is formatted as one long line.
To retain "Paragraph" format when opening the book, just press ENTER. To select "Line" format,
press L followed by ENTER. KeySoft then prompts:
press L followed by ENTER. KeySoft then prompts:
"Use Line or Paragraph format when saving the document? Currently Paragraph."