yeah, I get files with no extensions from Mac users (usually). If Tommy can't figure it out, send it my way. Although I wonder if it is a word perfect file...
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le nubian - May 21, 2007 6:55:27 pm PDT #1655 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
tommyrot - May 21, 2007 7:10:48 pm PDT #1656 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
'twas a Word doc. Oddly, my MacBook said it was an Excel file (I don't have Office for Mac so my Mac couldn't do anything with it anyway). My XP VM did not recognize it, but when I gave it a .doc extension, it opened in Word.
Hec, insent....
DavidS - May 21, 2007 8:08:11 pm PDT #1657 of 25496
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yep, I got it open in Word by adding the .doc extension. You think it could've figured that out!
Thanks, Tommy.
Volans - May 22, 2007 4:47:18 am PDT #1658 of 25496
move out and draw fire
Gloom, here are some icon sources: [link]
bon bon - May 22, 2007 2:33:45 pm PDT #1659 of 25496
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Does anyone know of a way to disable buttons on a desktop keyboard, in this case, a Dell wireless keyboard? It has these internet buttons on the top that get inadvertently pressed all the time (specifically the back button, which causes me to lose pages to my endless consternation). Seems unlikely but I thought I'd give it a try.
§ ita § - May 22, 2007 2:39:43 pm PDT #1660 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Those keys should be programmable, bon. At least they were in my Compaq keyboard--look in your control panel, perhaps, for a place to fiddle with them. Maybe also your system tray, if searching through your installed programs nets you nothing.
What model keyboard?
bon bon - May 22, 2007 3:04:07 pm PDT #1661 of 25496
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Model RT7D40. Control Panel -> Keyboard is pretty basic; that's all I see for accessing the keyboard through the desktop. The Device manager kicked me to the same thing. ISTR being able to change the keys on other desktops, which is why I ask, but I wouldn't be surprised if I can't do it.
DCJensen - May 22, 2007 3:11:19 pm PDT #1662 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.
Try this Dell search, for possible help:
Edit: the second link at that search has the software for your particular keyboard, I think.
Gudanov - May 22, 2007 5:18:46 pm PDT #1663 of 25496
Coding and Sleeping
What kind of things are breaking SA? Kubuntu / Ubuntu has been very stable for me, but then I have a very generic desktop PC so everything is pretty stable.
bon bon - May 23, 2007 9:04:07 am PDT #1664 of 25496
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
DCJ, I think you came up with the solution to my problem. Unfortunately, since I don't have admin rights, I may be unable to actually implement it...but I thank you nonetheless.