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Thanks for all the suggestions.
Jeez, don't get all Movie of the Week. I was just too cheap to buy you a real present.
Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
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aurelia - Apr 11, 2010 2:23:54 pm PDT #13595 of 25501
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Stephanie - Apr 12, 2010 7:45:44 am PDT #13596 of 25501
Trust my rage
Every time I open Windows, it defaults to Calibri for a font. I do *all* my work in Times New Roman. Is there a way to set the default to Times New Roman? (I might be able to figure it out on my Mac, but the PC version constantly confuses me.)
Gudanov - Apr 12, 2010 7:56:40 am PDT #13597 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Do you mean Word / Office?
Scroll down a bit and you'll see the instructions.
Excel is less tricky. Click the big circle menu in the top-left corner of the window. Click on the Excel Options button on the bottom of the menu. Then choose popular and there should be a setting for the default font to use in a new worksheet.
Stephanie - Apr 12, 2010 8:14:18 am PDT #13598 of 25501
Trust my rage
yes, I meant Word. Not sure why I typed Windows. Thanks, Gud.
eta: That wasn't hard. I think somewhere along the line, there was a major redesign of Word. It's not hard to use, but I often feel lost because I can't find what I want where I'm used to looking for it.
NoiseDesign - Apr 12, 2010 9:37:15 am PDT #13599 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Just in case anyone is interested so far the iPad is working quite well as a laptop replacement for email and websurfing work while on the road. My goal on this trip is to try to use the iPad for almost all of my tasks and so far the laptop has only come out of my bag once and that was to do some audio editing. I'm even finding the onscreen keyboard very usable for typing. Amzingly pretty much doing fast touch-typing on it.
Vortex - Apr 12, 2010 9:42:57 am PDT #13600 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
So, my laptop at home has stopped recognizing the ".exe" string. Everytime I try to double click on a program, it asks me for what program to associate with that file. Any idea how to fix?
Tom Scola - Apr 12, 2010 9:48:07 am PDT #13601 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Which laptop? If it's the older, crappy one, then it's time to take it back to the school and have it re-imaged.
Vortex - Apr 12, 2010 9:49:38 am PDT #13602 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Nope, the newer one.
Dana - Apr 12, 2010 10:21:33 am PDT #13603 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Have you run a virus scan?
Vortex - Apr 12, 2010 10:28:51 am PDT #13604 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Yep, I've run AVG and Malware Bytes. And Windows, I think.