Nothing worse than a monster who thinks he's right with God.

Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'


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Ginger - Aug 24, 2011 3:15:56 pm PDT #17624 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

A common recommendation is to bury it in uncooked rice for a couple of days.


Zenkitty - Aug 24, 2011 3:16:52 pm PDT #17625 of 25501
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I am posting from my new HP TouchPad, scored at the firesale. It's my first tablet and I like it a lot, so far. I may have squeed aloud. In fact, I did.

Now to find apps.


EpicTangent - Aug 24, 2011 3:23:21 pm PDT #17626 of 25501
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Will try that as soon as I get home, Ginger, Thx.


Cass - Aug 24, 2011 5:06:08 pm PDT #17627 of 25501
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Yes, bury it in rice. I'd even move the rice around once a day or so. Or swap it. You are trying to use the moisture sucking properties of the rice to steal the moisture hiding in your iPod.


§ ita § - Aug 24, 2011 6:36:43 pm PDT #17628 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

An email address just landed in my lap. itahackerfb@gmail.com was resetting their email address, and my email was the back up addy. Which is only better because the whole is in Malay or some language I don't understand.

So I reset the password, because I'm nosy like that, and now it's empty and mine. What?


Typo Boy - Aug 24, 2011 7:20:00 pm PDT #17629 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.

How can you number pages in word across multiple documents so the first page in the 2nd document has a page number of the last page in the first document plus 1? Without setting the page number in the second document manually?


Liese S. - Aug 24, 2011 7:24:54 pm PDT #17630 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

It's kinda poetic that ita ! pseudo hacked the address to get itahacker as her address.


Ginger - Aug 24, 2011 7:31:33 pm PDT #17631 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

In Word, under Insert/Page Numbers/Format, you can input the start number on the second document as the next page number from the first. If the number of pages changes in document 1, you'll have to reset that, but then the rest of the pages number automatically. That may be what you think of as manually. Is there some reason this can't be put into one file at the end?


Typo Boy - Aug 24, 2011 8:39:04 pm PDT #17632 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.

That may be what you think of as manually

That is what I think of as manually. I have to submit my 29 chapter work as 29 separate files. Breaking one big file into 29 files is a PITA. And trying to main 29 separate files that constantly change in number of pages and have to maintain page numbering across files is a PITA. I was hoping there was some way to enter a formula for starting page number that links across files, so that when chapter increases in number of pages all 28 others adjust. So far working in one big file and dividing it at the end works best but still a lot of repetative labor.


Ginger - Aug 24, 2011 8:54:33 pm PDT #17633 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Yeah, that sucks.

It looks like it can be done with the Master Document and outline view, in which the chapters referenced in the outline view can become separate files, but I've never tried it.