User's Manual

BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide
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7.3.1 The Format Menu.
Commands and settings to format Braille text are grouped under the Format Menu. To access the
Format menu while you are editing a document, press SPACE with "t h e" sign, which is
SPACE with dots 2-3-4-6. As usual with menus, you can review the menu by pressing
SPACE or ADVANCE repeatedly and select an item by pressing NEXT or ENTER, or just press
an initial letter. For really fast access, many items are also available through Quick Commands.
These are key combinations using SPACE, or BACKSPACE, or ENTER. The Quick Commands
for the Format Menu are listed in the Command Summary, Chapter 20.
In the following discussion a paragraph is defined as a group of words that ends with a new line
indicator.
The Format menu for a Braille document comprises the following 7 items:
Layout: Review and change options that control the layout or formatting of the Braille document,
such as tabs, indents, page numbering, etc.
Center a line: Center a line or paragraph.
Right Justify a line: Align a line or paragraph so that each line ends at the right margin.
Style of presentation: Used when a Braille document is translated and reformatted into a text
document, for example, before being printed. They allow you to control the way paragraphs,
headings, etc. are formatted in the text document independently of the Braille document's
formatting.
Ink-print settings: Review and change options that affect the way a Braille document is translated or
reformatted as a text document.
Page settings: Review or change the page layout of the Braille document.
Template menu: Options for preparing a Template Document to use with the Address List.
Each of these items is discussed in detail in this chapter.