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[SweetPea]

And then some narky twat assumes you're addressing them specifically.

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And then some narky twat assumes you're addressing them specifically.

Prof, you seem more grumpy than usual. Do you think you're in need of some sarnies*?


*I remember you told us once, whenever you got a bit grumpy your wife made you a sarnie!
And what an excellent solution .... 

[SweetPea]

Well, how about posting some music ....

(But not 'mole music', if pos ... )

[SweetPea]

What! ...... me trying to derail a thread? Never ......

<where's the whistling emoticon>

[Juan Toomany]

I didn't even realise there was a reply button - just found it at the bottom; I assumed everybody used the 'quote' but then deleted all that came with it.  I'm not sure what the point of the 'reply' button is if it does not reference the post to which the reply is being made, unless it always assumes it is the OP.

Sometimes people want to make a general point in relation to the subject that isn't a specific response to a previous poster.

Hi Mod,

Perhaps like Bubbles said, we could have 3 options.  The 'quote' the same as it is now, 'Reply' which includes the post number and name you are responding to and nothing else and 'Comment' that does not reference any post (as the present 'reply').

I don't believe it should be too difficult to do for a person with reasonable coding knowledge.

Regards Juan

[MarvinGillicious]

Hi Mod,

Perhaps like Bubbles said, we could have 3 options.  The 'quote' the same as it is now, 'Reply' which includes the post number and name you are responding to and nothing else and 'Comment' that does not reference any post (as the present 'reply').

I don't believe it should be too difficult to do for a person with reasonable coding knowledge.

Regards Juan

I don't see any tools for changing this area of board functionality. Of course if another member has the skills to do this and is willing to volunteer their services ...........

To be honest even if this were implemented it would depend entirely on the person making the post to select an option that identified which post it was that they were replying to and if people can't be bothered to do that now I don't see how that's going to change as a consequence of them having an additional option available to them.

To my mind this is a people issue, not a technical issue, as the facility to identify which post is being replied to is already available to all, but ignored by some.

[Gonnagle]

Dear Monty,

Which is why you need a poster with the knowledge, the understanding, Horsethorn has already volunteered, Grantus I think is comp savvy, give them admin status and see what can be done, God loves a trier.

Gonnagle.

[Juan Toomany]

Hi Mod,

Perhaps like Bubbles said, we could have 3 options.  The 'quote' the same as it is now, 'Reply' which includes the post number and name you are responding to and nothing else and 'Comment' that does not reference any post (as the present 'reply').

I don't believe it should be too difficult to do for a person with reasonable coding knowledge.

Regards Juan

I don't see any tools for changing this area of board functionality. Of course if another member has the skills to do this and is willing to volunteer their services ...........

To be honest even if this were implemented it would depend entirely on the person making the post to select an option that identified which post it was that they were replying to and if people can't be bothered to do that now I don't see how that's going to change as a consequence of them having an additional option available to them.

To my mind this is a people issue, not a technical issue, as the facility to identify which post is being replied to is already available to all, but ignored by some.

Hi Mod,

In general I agree with you - it's like health and safety, once you have provided the training and the equipment then failure to use them can then be mostly attributed to user carelessness or arrogance.

Regards Juan

[Sassy]

Can we have a go-faster button please as the pages sometimes take an age to load?

Using a laptop or notebook can cause that on wireless.
Change to tower or plug in cable.

Oh, and flashing avatars, they're lovely?

We will have nothing rude around here young man. Whatever are you thinking having people flashing in a avatar? NEVER! LOL

Ooh and a shopping basket option where we can buy RE branded stuff like freeminer-proof irony-meters or Sparky's dynamic-energy perpetual-motion toys.

Oh the irony of it... there goes another meter.
Perpectual motion toys will just make you dizzier and cause your lippy not to be straight.

I like gin.

Just the tonic for you, I hear.

[Sassy]

And then some narky twat assumes you're addressing them specifically.

Prof,

Sounds like you are being narky a little yourself.
How often do you address people and be less than amiable with them?
Any chance your new year resolution is to be NICE! 

[Sassy]

"Seem" being the operative word.
This is the same sunny old me.

She should give him dockers wedges. Should keep him happier for longer.
Does she use wonder loaf?

[Sassy]

Dear Monty,

Which is why you need a poster with the knowledge, the understanding, Horsethorn has already volunteered, Grantus I think is comp savvy, give them admin status and see what can be done, God loves a trier.

Gonnagle.

Horsethorn would be good as Admin/mod come on give him a chance.
who knows the site might finally start running right.

[SusanDoris]

On adocument, I wanted two columns, so I found and clicked on 'left', i.e. one column to the left, a third as wide as one to right. Didn't want lines showing, but I know the column is there because when I typed a line starting from left it went to next line when it reached the width of the column.
But I can't go from left column (name) to right column on same line (for address and phone number). This is for my tap class records.

I phoned Dolphin and they tried several things on their computers which worked, but didn't seem to work on mine. Does anyone know the key/s to go from left to right columns?

I did F1 but the help menu (M/S Word 2010) is too complicated for me since it seems the help things are going to links, instead of in a nice, simple index. Grrr!

[horsethorn]

On adocument, I wanted two columns, so I found and clicked on 'left', i.e. one column to the left, a third as wide as one to right. Didn't want lines showing, but I know the column is there because when I typed a line starting from left it went to next line when it reached the width of the column.
But I can't go from left column (name) to right column on same line (for address and phone number). This is for my tap class records.

I phoned Dolphin and they tried several things on their computers which worked, but didn't seem to work on mine. Does anyone know the key/s to go from left to right columns?

I did F1 but the help menu (M/S Word 2010) is too complicated for me since it seems the help things are going to links, instead of in a nice, simple index. Grrr!

Hi Susan

Having done a few tests, it seems that the second column isn't 'created' until you get to the end of the page. Once you've got enough lines to fill the page, continuing to type will take you back up to the top of your page, but in the second column.

Think of it as having two 'pages' on one page - the second page isn't there until you've filled the first one.

Unfortunately I don't think there's a keyboard shortcut to jump between the two columns, but if you only have one page created, and have some text in the second column, Page Up and Page Down swap between the top line of the first column and the bottom line of the second column.

An easier way to have a similar layout would be to create a table with two columns, but I'm not sure how easy that is with a screen-reader.

Hope that helps

ht

[SusanDoris]

ht

thank you very much for the explanation, much appreciated. I'll make a table. I learnt how to do this a few years ago from computer teacher.  I no longer have lessons ... because I can't think of anything I want to learn! Have you any suggestions on that?

[horsethorn]

ht

thank you very much for the explanation, much appreciated. I'll make a table. I learnt how to do this a few years ago from computer teacher.  I no longer have lessons ... because I can't think of anything I want to learn! Have you any suggestions on that?

It's difficult to know what to suggest, as I'm not sure of your current level

One thing that might be useful for you is learning about recording macros, if you haven't already.

Basically, they let you record a series of actions in Word (or Excel, etc) and all the actions in a macro can be repeated with a user-chosen keyboard shortcut. For example, you could record inserting a table, including making the column headings bold and coloured, and then repeat that in Word at any time just by a single keyboard shortcut

I use them quite a lot in Excel if I want to repeat the same complex actions on a long list of data.

ht

[Hope]

ht

thank you very much for the explanation, much appreciated. I'll make a table. I learnt how to do this a few years ago from computer teacher.  I no longer have lessons ... because I can't think of anything I want to learn! Have you any suggestions on that?

Does your software allow you to insert a column break?  That's the way I usually jump straight into a 2nd column without using a table.

[Walt Zingmatilder]

I'd like this thread to be open for any suggestions from the computer geeks geniuses among us on how to improve this site.

This is your forum after all.

Thank you

What happened to all the Jewish contributers?

[MarvinGillicious]

I'd like this thread to be open for any suggestions from the computer geeks geniuses among us on how to improve this site.

This is your forum after all.

Thank you

What happened to all the Jewish contributers?

I don't think that their absence is due to technical difficulties. 

[SusanDoris]

Does your software allow you to insert a column break?  That's the way I usually jump straight into a 2nd column without using a table.

That sounds interesting! Which menu will I find that in, please?

[Gonnagle]

Dear Susan,

Your problem may be lack of ants, or have you cleaned the skull on top of your monitor, or have you removed the teddy bear from the keyboard, or it could be quantum, it usually is.

Gonnagle.

[SusanDoris]

It's difficult to know what to suggest, as I'm not sure of your current level

One thing that might be useful for you is learning about recording macros, if you haven't already.

Basically, they let you record a series of actions in Word (or Excel, etc) and all the actions in a macro can be repeated with a user-chosen keyboard shortcut. For example, you could record inserting a table, including making the column headings bold and coloured, and then repeat that in Word at any time just by a single keyboard shortcut

I use them quite a lot in Excel if I want to repeat the same complex actions on a long list of data.

ht

Thank you for the idea. I'll have a word with computer teacher (when he comes to sort out a new picture for me for my Face Book page! to see if he knows about it.

[Hope]

That sounds interesting! Which menu will I find that in, please?

It's usually in the 'Insert' drop-down menu.  I assumke you are talking word-processing, by the way - such Word, or Open Office, or whatever.

[SusanDoris]

Gonnagle

I've finished 'Making Money' - I don't like the ending, as it seems to just tail off. Have collected the CD of 'Dodge' and have started a (braille) book by Sharon Penman.

I've made the font of the table bold and 48,which means I can see the phone numbers without a magnifying glass - just. And I know most of them off by heart anyway. There are three pages which I'm going to take to local shop, have them photo-copied on to thin card and hole-punched ... and another detail of my smartened-up address files will be done!

*****

Hope:
Thank you - I'll have a look in a minute.
I can't find 'column break' in any of the doc menus. I think the software won't prevent it. I'm turning off the computer now, but if you have time, I'd be grateful for instructions as to where I'd find it.

[Sebastian Toe]

What happened to all the Jewish contributers?

Maybe the 'Darthism' thread scared them away?

[Diarthrognathus Josteyn Ward]

What happened to all the Jewish contributers?

Maybe the 'Darthism' thread scared them away?

I think they were already gone before the thread was opened. But moving it to Religion and Ethics, or to Ethics and Freethought might be nice, if it's still in the Jewish Topic area?