User's Manual

BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide
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3 Word Processor.
This chapter introduces the basics of KeyWord, the word processor part of KeySoft, and describes
how to create, read and edit a document. Advanced aspects of KeyWord, including creating
documents with more complex formats, and quickly making extensive changes to a document, are
covered in Chapter 7.
In the following discussion, the general terms "announcements," "prompts" and "reading" apply to
any of the outputs available in the BrailleNote family of products. If your model is a VoiceNote,
they refer to audio output only. For BrailleNote models, they can refer to the Braille display, the
audio output, or both.
3.1 What is a Word Processor.
A word processor is like a sophisticated Braille writer or typewriter. The difference is that you do
not have to get the document right first time. You can add, delete and change things to your heart's
content, and all the time your work is stored in BrailleNote BT's memory. You only need emboss or
print your document when you are entirely satisfied with it.
There are other advantages too. You can make changes at a later date, and you can keep all the
various versions. It's easy to make copies of documents, and filing and retrieving is much simpler
than with hard copy.
Besides writing documents, KeyWord is useful just for reading documents such as e-mailed
documents that have originated elsewhere. These can be read directly without translating them to
Braille.