MegaDots 2.4 Documentation

Command Summary as a Braille Formatted File

(To obtain a braille file, right click on the link, then "Save As" or "Save Target As" the file as a "textfile" or "all file", but not as an html file.)

• Formatted for 25 lines of 40 cells per line
• Formatted for 25 lines of 32 cells per line

MegaDots Manuals as Word Files

• Entire User Manual
• MegaDots Reference Manual
• MegaDots Interface Guide
• MegaDots 2.4 Command Summary

New Features in MegaDots (html files)

• What's New in MegaDots 2.4
• What Was New in MegaDots 2.3

MegaDots User Manual (html files)

Press F11 inside MegaDots for the User Manual

• Entire User Manual
• Getting Started
• MegaDots 2.4 Command Summary

• User Manual Preliminary Pages
• Chapter 1: Welcome to MegaDots
• Chapter 2: MegaDots Installation
• Chapter 3: Your First Steps
• Chapter 4: Styles and Other Fundamental Concepts
• Chapter 5: Your Preferences
• Inkprint Printer Compatibility with MegaDots
• Chapter 6: Tutorial
• Chapter 7: File Import
• Chapter 8: Simple Documents in Textbook Format
• Chapter 9: Spell Checker
• Chapter 10: Printing
• Chapter 11: Tables and Columned Material
• Chapter 12: Find and Replace
• Chapter 13: Access Technology
• Chapter 14: NIMAS Files and NimPro
• Download NimPro from the Duxbury Systems website
• Chapter 15: Beginner Braille
• Chapter 16: MegaDots for Teachers and Transcribers
• Chapter 17: British Braille
• Chapter 18: Tips, Shortcuts and Techniques
• Chapter 19: MegaDots from the Command Line
• Chapter 20: File Export
• Chapter 21: Troubleshooting
• Chapter 22: MegaMath Translator

• Supplement 1: An Introduction to DOS
• Supplement 2: Basic Braille
• Supplement 3: Using MSG Files to Control File Import
• Supplement 4: Using The Style Sheet Editor
• Supplement 5: MegaDots Markup
• Supplement 6: Styles Built into MegaDots
• Supplement 7: Importing Apple II Files

MegaDots Reference Manual (html file)

Press F12 inside MegaDots for the Reference Manual

• MegaDots Reference Manual

MegaDots Interface Guide

Press F10 H I inside the MegaDots Editor for the Interface Guide

• MegaDots Interface Guide (html file)
• Embossit Help File with lots of Embosser Information and Troubleshooting Help

More about MegaMath (Besides What is in Chapter 22)

• MegaMath Data Entry Shortcuts (graphics)
• MegaMath Data Entry Shortcuts (text)
• Navigating the Nemeth Code Book
• PDF of the 1972 Nemeth Code Book
• Reading Nemeth Code
• Short List of Math Symbols used in MegaMath
• Long List of Math Symbols used in MegaMath
• Nemeth Code and MegaDots Baby Nemeth

BANA Braille Format Rules

• Braille Formats: Principles of Print to Braille Transcription 1997 (uses graphics)
• BANA Braille Codes Update 2007 (as a pdf)
• BANA Braille Codes Update 2007 (as a braille formatted file)
• MegaDots Notes about the 1997 Textbook Code
• MegaDots Notes about the 2007 BANA Codes Revision

Contact Information

Check out our extensive website! Live Duxbury Systems Web Site

• Duxbury Systems, Inc., 270 Littleton Road #6, Westford, MA 01886
• voice: +1-978-692-3000
• fax: +1-978-692-7912
• MegaDots technical support
• General Inquiries