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MegaDots 2.5 Reference Manual Important Note This Reference Manual tells you how to insert many special items in your MegaDots file. It does not tell you how to take them out. To remove a special attribute or format, see the entry for delete special item. abnormal paragraph break [spell checker] The abnormal paragraph break message means that the spell checker has found a paragraph break which might not be appropriate. For example, the spell checker gives this message if the character after the paragraph break is a lower case letter. Usually your choices are: press A to accept the paragraph break as it is or press Enter to change the paragraph break to a space. abnormal punctuation [spell checker] The abnormal punctuation message means the spell checker has found punctuation it identifies as abnormal. This can include parenthesis or quotation marks which are not paired. A previous punctuation error may trigger this message for correct punctuation later in the same paragraph. Usually your choices are to press A to accept the text or V to visit and edit the text. accented letters One reason for the use of accented letters is doing diacritics (the special pronunciation symbols used in dictionaries or glossaries). If so, see diacritics. (The rest of this text assumes you are not doing diacritics). To get lists of accented letters, type Control-Insert A. Each of the different kinds of accented letters (accent acute, accent grave, cedilla, etc.) also has its own shortcut command from the Editor. These shortcuts are displayed when you type Control-Insert A. If the Default Translation Mode is set to O for grade one, and the Braille Standard is set appropriately, then MegaDots can do French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish. These two prompts are in the Translation Setup screen of the Document Menu. See also foreign text. It is not unusual for English text to contain some foreign words or phrases with accented letters. In braille, the accented letter appears as