tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post6079914113218015883..comments2024-03-28T23:25:07.821+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-46685776699835282013-08-29T23:30:57.135+01:002013-08-29T23:30:57.135+01:00"I wondered, as you did, if there was some co... "I wondered, as you did, if there was some combination of keys he was hitting which spirited his document away. But what? And why no warning?"<br /><br />I have no idea about Word, but there was something like that in WordPerfect years ago and Word and its ilk "borrowed" a lot from WP when that company bought them out. In WP, if you hit "esc" and then accidentally dragged a finger along a few numbers, say 123, the next key you touched would be repeated that number of times. This led to an amazing number of retypes until we figured it out. For example, if you accidentally hit Esc, then a number, then Delete, hoping to remove something, it would delete that many times. There were times when we used a command to "Delete to end of line" and if we had made the mistake first, it would delete that many whole lines. If we were at the top of the document it could be disastrous, especially i there was an autosave immediately afterward.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-88345846957108170182013-08-29T15:54:15.720+01:002013-08-29T15:54:15.720+01:00In Word you format a paragraph to your liking, the...In Word you format a paragraph to your liking, then select the paragraph and click on the paintbrush symbol in the menu. The cursor will change shape and you then drag it along all the other paragraphs you want to have similarly formatted. Done. This is a feature I use constantly in my work, and I'm always surprised how few people know of it.Cathy in Massachusettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03433611398134675016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-10417726809915337232013-08-28T17:05:08.821+01:002013-08-28T17:05:08.821+01:00I knit socks for my daughter's boyfriend, kind...I knit socks for my daughter's boyfriend, kind of with the thought at the time that maybe he would go away, but obviously the curse does not extend to socks. They have been married eight years and given me two adorable grandsons. :)Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627928144398775810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-77521028559248218402013-08-28T17:04:45.050+01:002013-08-28T17:04:45.050+01:00In MS Word, you could create and apply a style whi...In MS Word, you could create and apply a style which you could name "Hanging Indent." Perhaps Open Office has a similar feature?Elaine in NYCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-27649751195968711532013-08-28T16:13:47.357+01:002013-08-28T16:13:47.357+01:00CatDownUnder, there should be Ctrl-Tab in there. ...CatDownUnder, there should be Ctrl-Tab in there. Darn Blogger! I also thought of opening two Chrome windows but making sure the headers never touch the top of the screen to make it automatically fill the page. Then set them up side-by-side. <br /><br />Hope this helps!FiberQathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06524481267771726089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-11658919157224297992013-08-28T16:11:50.960+01:002013-08-28T16:11:50.960+01:00I like Mozilla Firefox better than Google ChromeI like Mozilla Firefox better than Google Chromehoneybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961626009477302550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-67104558215908585382013-08-28T16:10:43.395+01:002013-08-28T16:10:43.395+01:00In regards to your toolbar, right-click it and go ...In regards to your toolbar, right-click it and go to Properties. There should be an option for "Keep the Taskbar on top of other Windows" selected. That should keep it on top of Chrome.<br /><br />CatDownUnder, if you do when you're in Chrome, you should be able to toggle between the sites instead of having to click with the mouse.<br /><br />Hems with live stitches: I'm in the castoff and hem group. If you hem it fairly loosely it can look very nice.FiberQathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06524481267771726089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-51734472824545085362013-08-28T15:49:00.776+01:002013-08-28T15:49:00.776+01:00I'm not sure if we're talking about the sa...I'm not sure if we're talking about the same thing exactly, but if I know I'm going to hem, I cast on, slide a second needle through the stitches, then knit the hem/facing. When I reach the hemming point, I turn up the extra needle, carefully match the cast-on stitch to the live stitch, and knit two together. From there on, it's easy to k2tog around (or across), and create a "seamless" hem.Camhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06863241891948280552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-55067774704820561022013-08-28T13:37:39.102+01:002013-08-28T13:37:39.102+01:00Here's my solution for hemming live sts to pur...Here's my solution for hemming live sts to purl bumps. I don't do it. I bind off, then hem. It may be a little less "seamless" in appearance, but I fund it turns out better for me. I never get an even tension when I sew down live sts that way. Maybe I should try it again sometime.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-17851431313597680712013-08-28T12:59:14.098+01:002013-08-28T12:59:14.098+01:00I sympathize: I have been trying to do a small aca...I sympathize: I have been trying to do a small academic piece of work peer reviewing an article for a journal. The first time our router crashed. The second time the journal website (through which I must submit my review) timed me out and I lost my comments. The third time I composed my notes in word, so I could paste them into the website, and then word crashed and I lost it all again. I fear I will never manage to complete this task.... Knitlasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10694849211711608460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-49515109461452303192013-08-28T09:58:46.627+01:002013-08-28T09:58:46.627+01:00Here is how to enable auto save in Open Office Wri...Here is how to enable auto save in Open Office Writer (found this in the help section):<br /><br />To save recovery information automatically every n minutes<br />1. Choose Tools - Options - Load/Save - General.<br />2. Mark Save AutoRecovery information every and select the time interval.<br /><br />Hope this helps!Anne W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14155573292859754866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-29529501767611134552013-08-28T09:48:51.786+01:002013-08-28T09:48:51.786+01:00Google Chrome really irritates me for the same rea...Google Chrome really irritates me for the same reason. I often have to skip between sites while I am working (usually a foreign language dictionary and a document). My nephews are not sympathetic. They say I must learn to live with it. Why?catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.com