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Dana - Oct 12, 2007 7:09:32 am PDT #3035 of 25497
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Yeah, I don't think I ever used styles, so I can't help you there.


lisah - Oct 12, 2007 7:12:46 am PDT #3036 of 25497
Punishingly Intricate

WHOA! Hang on. It looks like I can actuallly just import the Word file and it preserves the formatting. der. (It does turn the tabs into spaces which is irritating but I can live with it.)


DCJensen - Oct 12, 2007 6:50:41 pm PDT #3037 of 25497
All is well that ends in pizza.

NoiseDesign, Insent.


Polter-Cow - Oct 16, 2007 1:53:51 pm PDT #3038 of 25497
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

This is a silly, stupid question, but USB ports on laptops are the same size they are on desktops, right? That is, I can plug an external desktop HD into a laptop with a USB cable?


omnis_audis - Oct 16, 2007 2:28:22 pm PDT #3039 of 25497
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Well, there is USB A and USB B types of ends. Plus, there are a couple flavors of really tiny USB that are on camera's and phones. [link]


amych - Oct 16, 2007 2:29:35 pm PDT #3040 of 25497
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

P-C, all that Omnis says is true, but the short answer is yes.


Sean K - Oct 16, 2007 2:31:38 pm PDT #3041 of 25497
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

This is a silly, stupid question, but USB ports on laptops are the same size they are on desktops, right? That is, I can plug an external desktop HD into a laptop with a USB cable?

What amych and omnis said. The flat end of your USB cable will plug into any other flat USB port on any computer. It's the other end that's a little device dependant.


Sean K - Oct 16, 2007 2:32:34 pm PDT #3042 of 25497
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Oh, and since I'm here....

I was looking at downloading OpenOffice for my new (well, new to me) Mac Mini, and now I'm very confused as to what "Aqua" is.


omnis_audis - Oct 16, 2007 2:35:13 pm PDT #3043 of 25497
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Aqua is the name of the interface that mac uses (I think that's a good way of describing it). For the mac, look into NeoOffice. It's built on the OpenOffice platform, but it's a standalone app, rather than using X-11.

More on Aqua here: [link]


amych - Oct 16, 2007 2:35:34 pm PDT #3044 of 25497
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Sean, It's the mac native user interface standard -- earlier versions of OO for the mac were (oops, X11), which meant that all the menus and dialogs took forever to load; the one you're looking at has the same functionality but with more mac-like rendering of the obvious-to-look-at stuff.

(Although I still like NeoOffice better)

(eta: awesome nerdy x-post)