Not sure if folks know about this. I've been having an issue here at the office that the only network printer is a PCL one, and Mac doesn't play well with that. But there is GutenPrint for the Mac: [link]

High quality printer drivers for Canon, Epson, Lexmark, and PCL printers.

Hello Ye Gods of Tech.

I have a recommendation question. My bff's mom needs a new laptop and is an unmovable PC user. If she were Mac like me, I'd have confidence in pointing her to what to buy but, since my powers of persuasion failed and she's unlikely to convert in her mid-70's, I need guidance.

Her needs are minimal: email, surfing and low-tech games. She believes letters are best hand written and, therefore, does not even use a word processor. Due to space issues, she uses the laptop as a desktop, so does not need wireless.

I'm leaning toward a Dell Inspiron 17 (she likes the bigger screen). Ease of use and reliability are more important than price.

What would you suggest?

Oh, and while I'm asking...I'm getting ready to offer Skype as a session option for clients who would normally do their therapy sessions on the phone.

I've never used a web camera and am wondering if there is one that is better than others for this. I already have a Snowball microphone, but don't know if that would be the best option either.

Obviously, sound and image quality are important. If it isn't really good, I might as well stick to the phone.

What should I buy?

I have a Word question (Word 2004 for Mac): is there a setting that forces the first word of a line after a hard return to be capitalized that I can turn OFF?

IOW, there are a lot of things we type into tables, etc., where we have to make a hard return/new line, but the first word on the new line should not be capitalized. Word, however, thinks that it's helping by capitalizing the words as we type.

I've tried to turn off every setting that seems remotely related, but apparently they aren't the correct ones.

Isn't that solved by turning off the Autocorrect option "Capitalize the first word of a sentence"?

Isn't that solved by turning off the Autocorrect option "Capitalize the first word of a sentence"?

I did, and it didn't help.

Got it -- there are separate settings for format within tables. Because it would just be too easy for the formatting of the whole damn application to also apply to the tables created by that application.

Suck it, Word.

That's odd. I just went in to Word and tried it and the auto capping stopped for me.

ETA: HA! That's so Word like.

Word tables are tools of Satan.

I have internet through Clearwire, [link] which is basically a reciever where I have to have neither a cable line nor a phone line. I put it in the window. I now have new windows, and I can't get any signal with the window closed! Any suggestions?

My keyboard at work is most annoying. The delete key is half width, which I'm just about getting the hang of, but the Ins Home PgUp/Del End PgDn keys are right down over the arrows, and the printscr/scroll lock/pause break keys are where Ins Home and Pg Up should be. I keep turning on scroll lock instead of going to the start of the sentence, and I keep turning on overwrite instead of deleting a character.

Didn't they ask anyone before they made those changes? All to put some strange "on" or something buttons up the three least used keys on the board go. Scroll lock? For reals? Who uses that? At least I print my screens every now again, but who else does?

My sister has me on Word cleanup. I don't know how she works with the tool, but I'm always fixing it for her. I have at least half an hours worth of fiddly work to make it look like she wants. She has yet to explain why she just doesn't do it right the first time.