But? There's always a but. When this is over, can we have a big 'but' moratorium?

Fred ,'Smile Time'


Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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Laura - Jul 13, 2021 12:09:25 pm PDT #25445 of 25496
Our wings are not tired.

Great! That is one of the formats I used. Thank you.


Toddson - Jul 14, 2021 9:16:17 am PDT #25446 of 25496
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I was sent a .BIN file ... I have no idea how to open or read it or do anything with it. I tried searching and it seems to be an outdated ... something. This was a file that was supposed to be a PDF - one of a bunch that were sent out and returned as PDFs and came with a different PDF. Any suggestions?


sj - Oct 13, 2021 1:08:54 pm PDT #25447 of 25496
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I cannot send a microsoft word file either from word or from gmail on my Mac. From word I'm getting this error message: Your default mail client Google Chrome doesn't support attachments. And from gmail Word attachments aren't even showing up as an option. This has never happened before. Help, before I throw my computer out the window.


dcp - Oct 13, 2021 1:26:50 pm PDT #25448 of 25496
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Where is the .docx file saved? The desktop, or somewhere else?

Using Chrome, once you are signed in to mail.google.com, after you click the Compose button you should get a New Message pop-up window. What happens when you then click the Attach File icon (looks like a paperclip)? I get a dialog box that lets me navigate to whatever file location I want.


sj - Oct 13, 2021 1:46:13 pm PDT #25449 of 25496
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Using Chrome, once you are signed in to mail.google.com, after you click the Compose button you should get a New Message pop-up window. What happens when you then click the Attach File icon (looks like a paperclip)? I get a dialog box that lets me navigate to whatever file location I want.

I get all that but none of my word documents are an option anymore. I gave up and sent it as an attachment from my phone without a problem, but I'm still really annoyed. It's saved to my one drive.


dcp - Oct 13, 2021 1:49:34 pm PDT #25450 of 25496
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

That *is* weird. We don't have Word installed on the Mac I have access to at work, but I used TextEdit to create a quick test file, saved it as .docx, and it showed up in the Attach File dialog just fine.


dcp - Oct 21, 2021 1:25:58 pm PDT #25451 of 25496
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Updating to Win11. Wish me luck.


Toddson - Oct 21, 2021 1:30:36 pm PDT #25452 of 25496
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

My thoughts and prayers are with you.


dcp - Oct 21, 2021 2:35:54 pm PDT #25453 of 25496
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

So far, so good.

A couple of minor changes that got my attention, but everything seems to be working okay.


meara - Mar 21, 2022 2:14:41 pm PDT #25454 of 25496

Ok someone help me. A recent update means instead of hitting a button at the top of my safari on iPad and seeing a list of my favorites, I now get a menu saying “safari” and how many tabs I have open and a spot for “shared with you” and then bookmarks, I have to clock the bookmarks to get to them. It’s obnoxious. How do I fix this??