Using the Tiger Formatter with Microsoft Excel
This tutorial will teach you how to translate Microsoft Excel sheets using the Tiger Formatter. Formatter settings, braille output selection, page scaling and set up are covered throughout this tutorial.
1. Enter Information to Translate
Enter the following information into a new Microsoft Excel document or open an existing file.
NOTE: It is important to save your documents before translating. By saving an un-translated copy, you can retrieve the original document if you need to make changes or for any reason you should need access to it. If unsaved, after you perform the translation it takes several keystrokes to restore the original format.
2. Formatter Settings
Start by going to the TIGER menu. Select FOR- MATTER SETTINGS.
In the dialog box that opens, select LANGUAGE SETTINGS...and adjust the settings for both the LANGUAGE and BRAILLE TYPE.
It is recommended that you keep the option TRANSLATABLE FONT set to . Confirm your settings by selecting OK.
3. Translate Document
To translate document, go to the TIGER menu and select TRANSLATE DOCUMENT.
4. Braille and Ink Versions of Your Original Document
After translating, the Tiger Formatter will have created two additional pages in the original spreadsheet. “Sheet1” contains the original text and “Sheet1 Braille” contains a braille ver- sion of your document showing braille dots or ASCII code depending on the settings used. “Sheet1 Ink” contains an ink or black text ver- sion of your document.
5. Scale to Fit Page
Highlight your entire braille table found on
Sheet1 Braille.
The following steps are necessary before printing to ensure that the braille table is situated on one page and the information will be easy to distinguish when embossed.
Go to START, then PRINT PREVIEW or select the PRINT PREVIEW button. This will show how the document will look when printed.
Continue by selecting the button PAGE BREAK PREVIEW. As seen in the preview window, the braille table is larger than the page. To scale the table to fit to page, con- tinue selecting the PAGE BREAK PREVIEW button. The document is now shown with lines that indicate where the page breaks
will be made when printing or embossing. By selecting the dotted lines you can drag them into the desired position.
Grab the lines and pull into a position where all the text is inside the lines for page one.
Exit the PREVIEW PAGE by going to the VIEW
menu and selecting NORMAL.
Open page Sheet1 Ink and repeat the steps if necessary or use the Refresh Ink Sheet feature in the Tiger Menu (Alt+G, then R).
6. Include Borders
In the NORMAL VIEW window, select all of your text again and then choose the ALL BORDERS button on your toolbar. If navigating by keyboard, select all your text with Ctrl+A.
Then press Ctrl+1 to format cells. Use the right or left arrow key to find the BORDER tab, and press Alt+O for outline and Alt+I for inside borders. Tab to OK and press ENTER to return to your Microsoft Excel table.
Your table will now be equipped with darker outer lines that make the information inside the cells easier to distinguish.
HINT: Try changing the border color to a lighter shade of gray so that the table borders will em- boss at a lower dot height.
To make the page Sheet1 Ink equal to the braille page, repeat the steps above.
7. Emboss
To emboss your document go to FILE in the main menu bar and select PRINT.