User's Manual

BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide
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15.19.7.1 Use line or paragraph format.
Press P for Paragraph, or L for Line. Press ENTER to complete the entry. This option determines
the way that lines are terminated during document exporting or file importing. During document
exporting, if the Line option has been selected, a carriage return is added at the end of each line. If
the Paragraph option is selected, a carriage return is added only at the end of each paragraph, giving
a line that is as long as the paragraph. The Line option is usually best when exporting to a
communications program. The Paragraph option is most suitable when exporting a document to a
word processor because it allows the text to be reformatted after it is received.
The Line or Paragraph format option also determines how KeySoft treats each incoming line of text
during file importing. If the Line format option is selected, KeySoft leaves the text unaltered. In the
Paragraph option, KeySoft removes single carriage returns. Where there are two or more carriage
returns, or a carriage return followed by an indent to indicate a new paragraph, no change is made.
If you go into KeyWord and insert any hard carriage returns to format the file contents, these will
be retained next time the file is opened in the BrailleNote BT.
When importing an ASCII file, for example a Braille book, that has a single space in front of each
line, the left margin is automatically stripped out so that KeySoft doesn't interpret it as if every line
is the start of a new paragraph.
15.19.7.2 Extended ASCII character.
The options are:
To convert extended ASCII characters to standard ASCII characters, press C. This option removes
the high order bit. It is useful in situations where this bit may be inadvertently set.
To ignore ASCII characters, press I. This option removes characters with the high order bit set. It is
useful where graphical symbols have been used extensively. For example, when boxes have been
drawn around text.
To retain ASCII characters as extended ASCII characters, press R. Extended ASCII characters are 8
bit characters such as characters in foreign languages or graphical symbols. In most cases KeySoft
can name or use the character. In other cases the character will be referred to as "character n"
where n is the ASCII value of the character.
15.19.7.3 Extended Character Set.
The options are MS-DOS; International MS-DOS; or ANSI.
15.19.7.4 Use of end of file character.
The options are N to turn on the use of an end of file character, or F to turn off and ignore the use of
an end of file character. This option determines whether an ASCII end of file character (1AH or ^Z)
is appended to a document being exported after the end of the text. In most cases this will cause a
communications program to stop receiving text and save it on disk.