THE CASE FOR UPPER CASE

[motorman105]

I USE MY BCD325P2 FOR A MOBILE SCANNER IN MY SUBARU FORESTER, IT FITS PERFECTLY IN THE SPACE BELOW THE HEATER CONTROLS.
MY 66 YEAR OLD EYES HAVE A HARD TIME READING THE DISPLAY SO WHEN I GO TO FREESCAN AND DOWNLOAD COUNTIES AND TOWNS INTO MY SCANNER, I GO BACK AND EDIT EVERYTHING INTO UPPERCASE.
THIS IS JUST A LONG WINDED WAY TO SAY, I WISH THE RR DATABASE WAS IN UPPER CASE.
JUST SAYIN...

 

[cg]

Windows has options to increase font size for those with visual impairments. Scaling is the term I believe.

chris

 

[jonwienke]

All caps makes things harder to read for most people, so all uppercase is never going to happen. If you use ProScan, you can automatically convert everything to uppercase.

 

[motorman105]

Windows has options to increase font size for those with visual impairments. Scaling is the term I believe.

chris

thank you chris, that was a huge help!

 

[motorman105]

All caps makes things harder to read for most people, so all uppercase is never going to happen. If you use ProScan, you can automatically convert everything to uppercase.

Thank you, i’ve never used pro scan, is it anything like freescan?

 

[jonwienke]

It's much better. You can do a 30-day free trial at proscan.org.

 

[motorman105]

It's much better. You can do a 30-day free trial at proscan.org.

I’ll check it out, thank you

 

[cfsimmont]

I USE MY BCD325P2 FOR A MOBILE SCANNER IN MY SUBARU FORESTER, IT FITS PERFECTLY IN THE SPACE BELOW THE HEATER CONTROLS.
MY 66 YEAR OLD EYES HAVE A HARD TIME READING THE DISPLAY SO WHEN I GO TO FREESCAN AND DOWNLOAD COUNTIES AND TOWNS INTO MY SCANNER, I GO BACK AND EDIT EVERYTHING INTO UPPERCASE.
THIS IS JUST A LONG WINDED WAY TO SAY, I WISH THE RR DATABASE WAS IN UPPER CASE.
JUST SAYIN...

I do the same thing, and I justify both lines to the center. I think it looks better and easier to read

 

[NWI_Scanner_Guy]

Another scanner user here who redoes everything in upper case.

I didn't know ProScan had that function to convert everything to upper case. I'll have to check that out when I get home (currently at work). That will definitely be a time saver.

 

[motorman105]

I do the same thing, and I justify both lines to the center. I think it looks better and easier to read

I agree, after I import, I go through and I capitalize and center everything! I don't stop there, if I have room I enter --x-- on either side of an airport code or name. --x-- is supposed to be a propeller and two wings. If I have room, I put all kinds of stuff on either side of a name. If its a wealthy town it gets $$ on either side. My wife just laughs!

 

[a417]

If its a wealthy town it gets $$ on either side. My wife just laughs!

You must live in Norwalk.

 

[motorman105]

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[ProScan]

Another scanner user here who redoes everything in upper case.

I didn't know ProScan had that function to convert everything to upper case. I'll have to check that out when I get home (currently at work). That will definitely be a time saver.

It's located in the lower menu Utilities -> Update Text Tags