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Thread #140367 Message #3225772
Posted By: Don Firth
19-Sep-11 - 05:31 PM
Thread Name: BS: Resources for writers & self-publishers
Subject: RE: BS: Resources for writers & self-publishers
By the way, DNS is really great for getting the words of songs into a notebook. Just recite the song—
"As I walked out over London bridge (new line) One misty morning early (comma, new line)…."
and it miraculously appears on you screen, ready to tidy up and print out.
Bob (Deckman) Nelson inherited the late Walt Robertson's notebook (huge collection of songs, some typed, most hand-written on odd pieces of notebook paper) and he loaned it to me. When I get DNS onto my new laptop, it's going to make copying the song collection duck-soup! Just read them off, and I've got 'em. Then copy the files onto a CD for Bob, so he won't have to try to decipher Walt's handwriting, he'll have a copy of the resource for his own use, and for that massive archiving project he's working on.