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BBDBB wrote: »

try híttíng thé kéy whilst yóu hóld down the "Alt Gr" key

my euro sign is the alternative to the number 4 and $ sign, again pressing Alt Gr is what accesses it €

I needed to know about the fadas but I went the long way round. In MS Word I clicked:

insert/symbol

and then entered all the ones I wanted. Then I copied them all one by one, then I opened my clipboard up and just clicked whichever one I needed as I was going along. Problem is they all disappear when I close down. Now I'm looking for this GR key which I don't see. For the Euro sign I just hit Ctrl/Alt/4 at the same time.

paddyandy wrote: »

don't tell anybody i was here but i still haven't properly figured out the word " formatting" a thumb drive or disc .Is it simply erasing anything on it or is it a "special preparation" ???? Grateful !

yup, it just means wiping everything off it.

Decent guide.



The letters are important^^^ the (C: ) (E: ) etc, they're the drive letters, they're handy for keeping track if you're using a load of different externals USBs, if you plug you're thumb drive into your computer while on the "My computer" screen it'll pop up in front of ya.

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

I needed to know about the fadas but I went the long way round. In MS Word I clicked:

insert/symbol

and then entered all the ones I wanted. Then I copied them all one by one, then I opened my clipboard up and just clicked whichever one I needed as I was going along. Problem is they all disappear when I close down. Now I'm looking for this GR key which I don't see. For the Euro sign I just hit Ctrl/Alt/4 at the same time.

It's directly to the right of the space bar...unless you have a non-standard keyboard.

Isn't it funny how you are looking at something (for years) and ya still don't see it? There it flippin' is, the Alt Gr key looking straight at me and I have never seen it, nor ever used it, nor ever told what it was for. So I have now searched 'Help' for more info and now know that you add the shift key for upper case letters. Aww thanks! I luv youze guys!!!

I've had a look at Wikipedia and it would seem to mean Graphic and Alt would be alternative

Thanks for that Rubes. I just used Ctrl/Alt and in went the fádá. Yay!

'Fraid I need more help please. I have 25 pages typed in MS Word (2002/dinosaur version) and want to number the pages from 1-22 but when I insert page numbers they all get numbered. I tried deleting the last few but then they all disappeared. Any slick and easy way to do this please?

Thanks Galen, I understand what you say. I had to have this finished a couple of days ago so I just took the unnumbered pages off and saved them as a separate file and then numbered all the others. A long and winding road but it does the job. Ta very much.

I haven't heard of either Word Perfect or Word Assistant and I've always used Word. Are they not around any more?

I have another computer problem. Remember, I don't know all the jargon and I don't know what goes on inside the mah-cheen either so words of one syllable would be helpful! When I press the button on the computer tower to start it up, the button flashes on and off and the computer won't come on. At this stage I can only switch it off by holding the button in for about 4 seconds. It takes several tries to get the computer started. When it is on, it sounds like a Massey Ferguson starting up. The computer is in a spare bedroom. We can hear it's 'engine' when we are downstairs in the living room. Is it about to die on me?

I've 3 words for everyone - backup backup backup. Quite simply get yourselves a nice big external hard drive (Argos 1TB for 128 Euro) for all your documents, music, pictures and videos. It's well worth the money in the long run because hard drives are built like a record player - they die hard and fast.