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Sean K - Mar 08, 2007 12:49:55 pm PST #816 of 25496
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

HA! I am now posting from my phone! The Opera browser works perfectly.


tommyrot - Mar 08, 2007 12:53:06 pm PST #817 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.

Yay!

ETA: So Sean, does that Opera browser have some server somewhere that compresses web pages before sending it to your phone?


Sean K - Mar 08, 2007 1:06:05 pm PST #818 of 25496
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

ETA: So Sean, does that Opera browser have some server somewhere that compresses web pages before sending it to your phone?

Don't know. It displayed the graphics and everything. And the phone hasn't really had a problem displaying graphics, it just hasn't liked b.org (or Google). It seems like it's just a java program for my phone that can display html or whatever on the phone, much like the java reader for my gmail account.

It was interesting. When I was first setting up the browser after downloading and installing it, it had me create my own private encryption key by randomly pressing numbers or directional keys until it had a long enough key, so that the browsing would be completely secure.


esse - Mar 08, 2007 1:26:51 pm PST #819 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

Posting from Kubuntu on the Dell laptop. It's been a learning curve so far--having to re-set my wireless to a WEP key, trying to remember how on earth I managed to get rw permission to an ntfs drive last year using Knoppix, remembering what on earth to install. But even with the minor frustrations so far, it's already a major relief not to be dealing with my super-buggy Windows install. I am still going to install Win2K, I think, on a smaller partition just so I can run Active Sync and iTunes. Though I have found workarounds so far: this [link] for my Pocket PC and a couple standalone programs for putting things on the ipod. But it's definitely a learning curve.


le nubian - Mar 08, 2007 2:16:35 pm PST #820 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Sean,

I would have told you about Opera. I was so ticked that I couldn't connect to the internet with my Razr and found that Opera browser is the only way.

BTW, have you seen this:

[link]

It makes most pages mobile.


Dana - Mar 09, 2007 7:05:40 am PST #821 of 25496
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Augh. There must be a way to show paragraph marks and the like in Powerpoint, right? It's an Office application. I always forget what the actual function is called, but it's the toggle in word that shows symbols for hard returns, tabs, spaces, etc.

Anyone know how to turn this on in Powerpoint? I can't find it.


tommyrot - Mar 09, 2007 7:11:50 am PST #822 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.

Anyone know how to turn this on in Powerpoint? I can't find it.

Just a guess, but it might be something that's optionally part of a toolbar - i.e. you have to go to Options or Preferences or somesuch to tell it to add that to the toolbar. Additionally, there's probably some other place to turn this on or off.

Assuming one can.

Wish I could be more helpful....


Jon B. - Mar 09, 2007 7:13:08 am PST #823 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

In Word, it\'s called Show All. I can\'t find anything similar in Powerpoint either, Dana. Maybe because the text on each slide tends to be brief, they didn\'t include the option?

you have to go to Options or Preferences or somesuch to tell it to add that to the toolbar.

I searched through those -- couldn\'t find it.


Dana - Mar 09, 2007 7:23:42 am PST #824 of 25496
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Yeah, I checked the toolbars, the menus, the help file, everything. Couldn't find it.

Maybe because the text on each slide tends to be brief, they didn't include the option?

BAH. Just to make my life more difficult, I'm sure. Thanks for the help.


Liese S. - Mar 09, 2007 7:31:33 am PST #825 of 25496
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Why don't tech support people ever listen to what I say? I need some kind of a badge I can flash that says, I know what you're talking about, let's skip forward to the bit where you give me the freaking driver!