it shouldn't hurt anything to uninstall the one you're using completely, and 
then reinstall the old version. I don't know much about old verses new 
versions of Duxbury only having 1 version now and just getting a Braille 
printer a couple weeks ago, but anyway. Some programs you don't have to 
uninstall the current version of to go back because they're so separate, but 
I think with Duxbury, you'd be better off completely removing it from your 
system and then going back, that should work.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 7:46 PM
Subject: Off topic: Braille file translation problems with Duxbury dbtWIN 
SR2


> Hi, all.
>
> I realize that this is pretty far "off topic", so please bear with me, or
> feel free to delete the message if it is of no interest.
>
> Over the past few years, I have been very successfully using the Duxbury
> 10.5 Braille translation software for both MS Word files, and Excel
> spreadsheet files that are related to my teaching work.
>
> However, this Summer, I decided to upgrade to Duxbury version 10.5 SR2,
> which was available on the Duxbury Systems web site.
>
> Ever since I have done this, I have had nothing but problems with Braille
> translation.  In MS Word files, dashes and other characters appear in the
> Braille file for no apparent reason.
>
> In excel spreadsheet files, some real interesting things happen.
>
> For example, if I have a student grade that involves a certain number of
> questions correct out of say fifty questions, it will print that raw score
> number ok in Braille, but then, for the student percent grade, no number
> sign appears, and grade 2 contractions are used for certain letter
> groupings.
>
> For example, the other day,  a student percent grade of 74% was translated
> into the word "good", via the grade 2 braille contraction GD.
>
> I have been trying to work with the Duxbury tech support folks for several
> weeks on this problem, but to no avail.
>
> Of course, they are trying to get me to purchase the new 10.6 program, 
> which
> I see no need for, since the original 10.5 worked so well.
>
> They say too that I should not try to go back in re-install the original
> 10.5 program either, because that will create a real mess on my computer.
>
> So, I'm sort of at whitt's end here.
>
> Has anyone had similar experiences with version 10.5 SR2, and if so, how 
> did
> you get around them?
>
> Would I really do great bodily harm to my computers here if I un-installed
> version 10.5 SR2, and went back to plain old 10.5?
>
> Sorry for the "off topic" nature of this post, but hey, I do occasionally
> translate and print off ham-radio-related files in Braille too.  (grin)
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>