User's Manual

BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide
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KeySoft will now display: "End of list."
When you are ready to open the document, press SPACE with E.
“Extended ASCII character option? Currently Retain.”
The standard ASCII character set uses numbers between 0 and 127 to denote each character within
the set. It does not make provision for accented characters and other special symbols, so where
necessary this is done by extending this set with numbers greater than 127. This option controls
how KeyWord interprets these characters.
Sometimes extended characters occur not because they are accented characters or special symbols,
but because the file has been transmitted through a communications system that has added a "parity
bit" which in effect has added an offset to some of the characters. To adjust for this, use the
"Convert to standard ASCII" option, by pressing C, followed by ENTER.
Sometimes the extended characters are used purely for visual effects such as boxes around
paragraphs, etc. In these cases the document will be easier to read if the extended characters are
removed altogether, use the "Ignore" option for this.
To retain the extended characters when the document is opened, select "Retain."
3.22 Large Documents.
There is no significant limit to the size of a document, but as it gets bigger, some operations take
longer to perform. For instance, when you press SPACE with E to exit a document, a delay of
several seconds may occur. Moving to the top or bottom of a document may also take a few
seconds. In such instances KeySoft displays: "Please wait", or "Repositioning," depending on the
situation. Keystrokes are not actioned until such an operation has been completed. If necessary,
divide large documents into two or more smaller ones to speed the editing of the text.