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:

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It makes most pages mobile.

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.

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....

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.

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.

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!

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

Supposedly the newest version of Office (2007?) is much better for this sort of thing -- I was talking to our IT guy about it, and he was telling me that something like 80% of the new feature requests that MS gets for Office are for features that already exist, but nobody can find, so for the new version they concentrated on usability instead of adding bells and whistles.

Oh, there's gonna be blood shed.

I'm chatting with Sony support to get the updated drivers for my cd/dvd burner that shipped with my refurbished VAIO. It's evidently not the same drive that shipped with the original models, because I can only find drivers for the DW-D56A, instead of the DW-U56A, which I have.

I told them that at the beginning of the process, but we had to go through the whole thing where I look at a troubleshooting page...which tells me to reinstall the driver. Which I would, if I could, but I don't have it, because it's not online.

Then he sends me a link to the same driver update for the D56A that I already have and doesn't work. I tell him this, but he insists, so I go through the motions, and of course, it doesn't work, because that's not the model I have.

Now he wants me to do a system restore, but I tell him I would prefer to resolve it otherwise, because the unit only functioned partially from the purchase, which means I'll only get it back to the point where cds work (but don't burn) and dvd's don't, which in his own troubleshooting page, tells me requires service.

He insists, and tells me to backup my data & restore. Which I can't do, because, as I may have mentioned earlier, my cd drive isn't freaking working!

Blood. I'm telling you.

Now he wants me to take advantage of a cost saving referral partnership with Data Recovery! I could save 10% just by mentioning Sony!

Oh fer cryin out loud. Try to speak to a tier 2 or 3, you're not going to get anywhere with this guy.

What is the best wireless manager for ubuntu/kubuntu? I have KWireless and something else instaled, but neither of them are holding a stable connection to my router long enough or consistently enough to download a torrent, which is a PITA because that is what I really need the box for. Suggestions?