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le nubian - Feb 16, 2010 4:02:52 am PST #12870 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

you might have to do some googling, but I think you need to export the outlook express file into something then move it over.


DCJensen - Feb 16, 2010 5:32:54 am PST #12871 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.

All I want to do is copy the windows hard drive onto a folder on the mac. But I want a real folder, so I can disconnect the windows hard drive and still have the files.

Hold down the option key when dragging the drive icon to the Mac HDD or a folder or even the desktop. A + symbol will show, let go and it copies the whole thing.


Typo Boy - Feb 16, 2010 5:59:24 am PST #12872 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

thanks to both


Polter-Cow - Feb 16, 2010 8:08:28 am PST #12873 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I finally upgraded from Firefox 2 to Firefox 3.6! And, what the hell, it...appears to be a better browser. Things load faster, and the website-specific issues I was having (pop-ups on TWoP, hanging scripts on io9 and other pages) have disappeared!

I'm a little annoyed that AutoCopy doesn't seem to work anymore. The ClickCutter AutoCopy extension is somewhat annoying and mildly obnoxious.

And, hallelujah, the Flash plug-ins remained intact, so I am free to watch YouTube videos at work, unlike Michael Scott.


tommyrot - Feb 16, 2010 10:13:11 am PST #12874 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

So I bought the Virgin wireless broadband thingie for my laptop. I'll let y'all know how it works.


lisah - Feb 16, 2010 11:49:07 am PST #12875 of 25501
Punishingly Intricate

Another Word 2007 question, I cannot figure out how to insert the total number of pages as in Page # of #. It used to be on the handy header/footer toolbar. I can figure out how to insert and format the page number but not the total pages.

After working with Word 2007 for 4 months, I said "fuck it" and I moved over to a Mac. I am someone who found it so objectionable that I never adapted. I hope you find it easier than I did.

Oh how I wish that were an option. The Government wants me to be in pain.


Dana - Feb 16, 2010 11:58:36 am PST #12876 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

lisah, is it under the option called "Quick Parts"? I haven't used that, but it looks like you can go to Fields, DocProperty, and then Pages.

(Quick Parts? WTH, Word?)


Gudanov - Feb 16, 2010 12:00:31 pm PST #12877 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

Can you just go to the "Insert" ribbon and select one of the Page Number styles that has 'Page X of Y'?


lisah - Feb 16, 2010 12:17:16 pm PST #12878 of 25501
Punishingly Intricate

Can you just go to the "Insert" ribbon and select one of the Page Number styles that has 'Page X of Y'?

That's the only way I've found but I don't want it to freaking style my document for me!! It's so ridic. Seriously. I feel very alone in my office about this because nobody else really cares how things look, I guess. possibly also I'm not the most patient person in the world.

lisah, is it under the option called "Quick Parts"? I haven't used that, but it looks like you can go to Fields, DocProperty, and then Pages.

I can get to that field but I can't figure out how it works.


Gudanov - Feb 16, 2010 12:27:00 pm PST #12879 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

Can you reformat it after it's inserted? It'll put in the fields for you, but you can change it after that.