SWIFT - Style Map

It should be noted that SWIFT is installed "locally" under your own user name. That is to say, anyone else logging on as a different user, will not see any changes you make here.

One of the main purpose of SWIFT's Style Map is to show Word users what Word Styles are "mapped" to DBT Styles. Or equally more important, what is NOT mapped.

Any Word Style which is not mapped, will simply be brought into DBT as left aligned text unless you select a DBT Style to "map" it to.

(The screen shot below is from an actual document where customized Word Styles have been used)

Target DBT Template - (Drop down list):

This is a drop down list which displays all available DBT Templates. Your first task should be to select an appropriate Template for the document you wish produced in braille.

Please note the comment in the dialog above which reads: "You have not made any changes to the default style mappings for this template. These same mappings will be used if you open this document directly in to DBT (without using SWIFT)."

Save Map - (Button):

Saves any changes you have made to your DBT Template. Note that this will be saved locally

Revert - (Button):

Reverts any changes made back to the default settings.

Import - (Button):

Allows you to import a Template from another user or system.

Export - (Button):

Allows you to export a Template to another user or system.

Close - (Button):

Simply closes the Style Map dialog.

Show In-Use Styles Only - (Checkbox):

When checked, normally only the Styles used in the Word document itself will be listed here.

Show Unmapped Styles First - (Checkbox):

When checked, and Word Style which is not mapped to a DBT Style will be shown at the beginning of the list of Word Styles.

Show Only Recommended Styles:

In some DBT templates, certain styles are no longer recommended for use. We've created better styles to replace them. In these cases, DBT itself generally won't show the older styles when you elect to apply a style. (The styles normally hidden are kept so that Word documents created to target these now "historical" styles will continue to be imported properly.)

SWIFT can emulate this part of DBT behavior and show only styles that are recommended for use with new DBT documents. Such styles are generally the best targets for your Word styles.

Paragraph Styles:

This is a table comprising of 5 columns. Name, DBT Style, (Selection List), IsAggregate (checkbox), Level (Number) and Center (Checkbox)

Character Styles:

This is a table comprising two columns. Word Style and DBT Style.

Map Status: (Text Box)

This is purely a read only text box, and will advise whether or not you have made any changes.

Advanced - (Button):