User's Manual

BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide
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7.1 Overview.
This chapter starts by defining the difference between "Braille" and "text" documents and how the
BrailleNote BT handles them. A Braille document is prepared for reading in Braille, either
embossed or refreshable. An ink-print document is prepared for presentation in ink-print format.
Because this User Guide concerns the BrailleNote BT fitted with a Braille style keyboard, we
assume that you will primarily be working with Braille documents. For this reason, Braille
documents are covered first. Towards the end of the chapter we look at working with text
documents.
First we look at how to control the format of a Braille document, covering Line layout, Page
settings, and commands for centering and justifying Braille.
This is followed by the parameters associated with taking a Braille document, and performing the
"on-the-fly" translation of this document to provide output to a standard ink printer.
Following that is a section on Block commands, looking at the capability to quickly manipulate
large blocks of text and generate form letters.
Next are several sections on ways to make it easier to read a document's content, inserting dates,
times and calculator results, binding spaces and pasting details from the Address list.
Saving a document to the same or a different disk drive is covered next, along with abandoning the
document without saving changes. The procedure to save documents as different document types is
also discussed.
KeyWord's ability to create and open text documents is looked at next, together with the
"on-the-fly" translation of these documents for Braille embossing.
Finally, there is saving and restoring default format settings for a document and Unicode character
support for extended characters.