Global: Word Importer...

Keystroke: r from Global menu.

(See also: Working with Word for Windows)

Image shows the Global: Word Importer dialog.

The Word Importer dialog allows you to control specific aspects of how DBT handles the import of Microsoft Word files. All options except one are check boxes.

Transcribe Courier to CBC: Any Word text in Courier font will be automatically marked as a run of Computer Braille Code when this item is checked.

Preserve hard page breaks: DBT will put the New Page code in wherever Word has a hard page break. (NOTE: Soft page breaks are ignored)

Preserve Skipped Lines: Where there is a Hard Carriage Return on a blank line in Word, DBT will also insert a blank line code. (Note: Take care that what appears to be a blank line, is actually a blank line and not "White Space")

Print Page Breaks: (This is a list box with four options)

Image shows the print page list box.

  1. Ignore - Page breaks in the Word document will be ignored.
  2. Mark from Word document - This option will insert "Print Page Indicators" at the appropriate point in the document. Care should be taken when using this option. These Print page indicators are usually only required for documents such as school exercise books, or minutes of a meeting, where the print page numbers are often referred to.
  3. Treat hard page breaks as print page breaks - A "Hard Page Break" is one which is inserted into a Word document intentionally using the Word command Ctrl + Enter.

(Note: Many Word authors use the Enter key to force text on to a new page. This does not cause a new page in a braille document.)

  1. Use publishers' <ipp no=#> reference page tags - Some publishers provide electronic files where the print page number is defined within HTML/XML Style tags. If this box is checked, DBT will insert appropriate "Print Page Indicators".

Treat Braille and SimBraille fonts as braille: If you use these two fonts in your Word document, they are imported into DBT exactly as is. i.e., they are not translated in any way.

Allow embedded DBT codes, eg. [[*pg*]]: It is now possible to include DBT Codes in a Word document, provided they are enclosed as shown here.

Ignore: - There are four check boxes here.

  1. bold - Check this if you do not wish to show bold indicators from your Word document.
  2. italics - Check this if you do not wish to show italic indicators from your Word document.
  3. underline - Check this if you do not wish to show underline indicators from your Word document.
  4. language switches - Word can have a nasty habit of automatically adding language indicators when you do not want them. Check this to have them ignored.