
Importing Microsoft Word Documents using the BANA Templateįor those preparing files for use in the United States, a template for MS Word comes with DBT to ease the work of braille production.įor details on the latest BANA Template. If you have Duxbury DBT 11.1 or newer, you can also import Open Office files. Open Office uses a similar file format to Word 2007/2010/2013/2016. Open Office is an open source alternative to using Microsoft Office. Importing Word 97, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016 Filesĭuxbury DBT has supported Word 97/Word 2003 files for a very long time.ĭBT now supports importing Microsoft Word 2007/2010/2013/2016 files. Note: This section deals with files written in the English language. DBT File Import: Word Documents (*.doc, *docx)

Importing files from non-DBT sources, it skips any discussion of opening existing DBT files. Of this pull-down menu says DBT Files (*.dxp, *.dxb).ĭBTopens your Duxbury print files (*.dxp) and your Duxbury braille files (*.dxb). Shows All Files (*.*) allows you to select different file types. The picture above is the File, Open dialogue. Languages other than English is at the end. This topic is organized so that all the information about

If you want to import files into DBT for languages other than English, there are few alternatives beyond Of these, the most common is Microsoft Word. There are many different file types that DBT can import. The phrase file import refers to the act of taking a non-native DBT file and bringing it into DBT for editing and producing braille.
