SEND WORD (TO DUXBURY) IMMEDIATELY FOR TRANSLATION.
SWIFT is a Microsoft Word template that will allow you to send the current document to the Duxbury Braille Translator, without having to manually start DBT and use the File Open dialogue to load the document.
It can also send the current Word Document, translated by DBT, directly to the Braille embosser with no user intervention required.
In addition, it can send the current document, translated by DBT, to an ink printer using the SimBraille font.
Version 2 added 3 new commands.
The ability to format Hyperlinks so that they are brailled according to CBC rules by DBT.
A “Style Mapper” so that you can customize the way DBT translates user defined Word Styles.
Also, the ability to undo the changes made by the “Style Mapper”, restoring the settings to 1 of 2 backups.
Version 3 added 2 new commands which allow the user to format acronyms and abbreviations so that they are brailled correctly by DBT, without changing the appearance of the original document.
Version 3.2 Added one command which can produce a new Word document showing various properties of the styles available in the current document
Although this version does not contain any new features, some of the existing features have been modified and a number of changes have been made to make SWIFT compatible with DBT 10.7.
As explained in the “Notes”, above, the template is now named “SWIFT.dot”. If an older version of the template is installed, called something like “DBT#.dot”, it will be necessary to remove the file as explained later.
Unlike previous versions, this template does not have a version number. Instead, the Custom tab of the File Properties dialogue shows “SWIFT for DBT 10.7”. Selecting the file in Windows Explorer, under Windows XP, this information will also be displayed on the status bar.
The reference to DBT 10.7 is very important as this version of SWIFT will not work with any earlier versions of DBT
As DBT 10.7 stores its templates and .mws files in a “Templates” sub-folder, SWIFT takes advantage of this and places its acronym (.acr) files in the same folder. Any .acr files created for use with an earlier version of DBT, will need to be manually copied to this folder.
For the current Word document to be embossed correctly, any changes to the document must have been saved. If the document has not been save, SWIFT will now prompt the user to do so.
DBT cannot import any Word documents that need a password to open them. Any attempt to send a password protected document to DBT will cause SWIFT to display a warning message and the procedure will be cancelled.
SWIFT no longer saves the current document as “DBTTemp.doc”, prior to sending it to DBT. Instead, it sends the original file.
As DBT 10.7 supports the use of multiple .mws files, SWIFT’s Style Mapper now displays a list of these files.
The Style Mapper now includes the main 33 DBT styles, and any “User Defined” styles from the selected .mws file.