... A few hints which you should test one at a time: 1. Virus. Check the file and your whole machine for virus. 2. When virus is not the cause, in most cases,...
Now solved, in fact very basic - copy/paste into new file and change name and bingo (thank goodness I didn't get round to taking the laptop in for repair ...)....
I have broadband at home, but this would certainly be useful when travelling - see http://www.onspeed.com Does anyone have experience with it? Is it too good...
Forwarding message from another ITI list. Alison Penfold Passing on warning that was posted on the IT network as it is especially pertinent to us as Yahoo!...
Just out of curiosity, my HP scanner always warms up the lamp first, then does a preliminary run and produces a rough scan on the screen. I then have to 'send'...
Does anyone else on Freeserve find that an annoyingly high number of genuine messages are being marked as spam and simply transferred to the Deleted folder? I...
Dear All I haven't yet worked out how to insert foreign characters when using my Dell laptop. Normally I use the Alt+NumKey approach, but of course my laptop...
Hi Alison, first of all, I think you should check some support group for the particular brand (if it exists), and then make the manufacturer aware of the...
Alison, You can use the Insert>Symbol function to assign a specific character to a specific key combination. For instance, Cont+A for "a" with acute accent,...
Hello Alison, ***** Thursday, November 04, 2004, 4:06:23 AM, you wrote: AP> I haven't yet worked out how to insert foreign AP> characters when using my Dell...
... Hi Alison, faced with the same problem, in desperation I assigned the keyboard layout as German on my British laptop, which works fine but involves a fair...
Dear Alison I am using a handy little program called AllChars for Windows: it's very inobtrusive but very practical and easy to use. The program is small so...
Anyone else had this? I was doing an article that had been formatted as double columns in a relatively small font. The article itself was perfectly legible on...
... Thanks for the plug, Terry. The page needs to be edited, because it is a bit long and rambling. In a more abbreviated fashion, here are some advantages of...
... Thanks for the reminder - I have been meaning to look into/switch to this for ages but always got side-tracked. It sounds like a much better option than...
... I have a simple Belkin UPS that lets me plug in my computer and monitor. It works like a charm. Last week when I vacuumed and turned on the power brush, ...
Hola Herbert Look for a 500w UPS with separate battery backup plugs, and non battery plugs, also phone line spike protection, usually they have 3 of each AC ...
Herb, I have no idea what is cheap in this context, but mine's from http://www.apcc.com/support/contact/index.cfm?isocountrycode=gb&page_type=di splaybasic the...
... Herbert, I don't have a UPS. My home power supply is very "clean", and with my new external drive for backup I'm even less likely to get one. However, I...
Hi Herbert, ... well, what's "the job" it should do? I asked a (good) local retailers advice some 2˝ years ago. Now I've got a UPS from APC that keeps my...
José, thanks for pointing that out. However, since prices have gone down, batteries for the old models now cost more than an uprade to a new model, which...
Even better if you get a Mexican or Latinamerican keyboard, with more keys that the US keyboard, and if you choose the ergonomic, from MS, your wrists will...
... I couldn't agree more. I don't understand how anyone could use a US keyboard if they frequently work in a language with accents. English is easy to type on...
Hello José, ***** Thursday, November 04, 2004, 7:53:43 PM, you wrote: JLG> Even better if you get a Mexican or Latinamerican JLG> keyboard, with more keys...
Hello David, ... d> I couldn't agree more. d> I don't understand how anyone could use a US keyboard if d> they frequently work in a language with accents. For...
Thanks to everyone who responded about my UPS question. Your responses should enable me to gain a better understanding of what is involved and to select a...
... David and Jose, have either of you ever used the US International layout? I type in English and Spanish, every day, about 60-90 words per minute, a few...
... Do you mean that the standard Windows doesn't have French, German, Castillian, Cherokee, Devanagaree, etc, etc keyboard layouts? I realized that some...