Download odt2braille User Guide

Getting Started
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Introduction
This guide explains how to create a document in OpenOffice.org Writer and prepare it for
Braille production. Chapter 1 explains all you have to know to get started real quickly.
In chapter 2 you will find a more comprehensive reference. You can find more help on
working with Writer at http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/
OOo3_User_Guides/Writer_Guide.
After installing odt2braille, a whole new range of user preferences will become available.
Because of the broad range of Braille formatting conventions in use worldwide, odt2braille
provides a lot of flexibility. Users are able to adjust the Braille layout in detail, just like
they can fully customize the print layout.
To make sure that non-technical users will not be overwhelmed with possibilities, they
have the option to choose from a series of formal Braille rules, e.g. the BANA principles
of print to Braille transcription (see http://www.brl.org/formats/). This will considerably limit their freedom, but it will also greatly simplify the production of valid and
well-formatted Braille.
What follows next is a detailed overview of all possibilities odt2braille offers.