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J9withdogs

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Love them or hate them, we are all getting more reliant on this chunk of metal that can't count past the number one.

 

What little wrinkles have you learnt? Share them with us!

 

What is frustrating you? Someone on here might just have the solution!

 

If we keep all the little tips and wrinkles on one thread it will make it easier to retrieve them.

 

I'll start:

 

Tip - hold down the Ctrl key and roll your mouse-wheel forward to increase the size of the pictures and writing on the screen.

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I have a query:

 

On the advice of some on here I have been playing with Mozilla Firefox (which, incidentally, can't recognise Mozilla Firefox in it's own spell-check!)

 

I've set the options to open up new pages in new tabs - but it doesn't happen when I try to open up Google (my home page).

 

It overwrites the page I'm on.

 

Help!

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Hi J9

There are two problems here.

 

One is that we all do these "special little things" without realising that they are special and that no one else knows them, familiarity breeds comtempt sort of thing.

 

Two is, who knows what "special little things" there are out there to ask about how to do them in the first place

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Or better still, Press Control + F5 to force a full refresh.

Place mouse pointer over Start and RIGHT click to select options such as Explore or Search.

Place mouse pointer over an image file and RIGHT click to select options such as: Open, Edit, Send to Mail recipient or view the file properties (such as file size).

Not many people use the RIGHT mouse button, but it has a multitude of uses.

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J9withdogs - 2008-01-12 3:50 PM

 

I have a query:

 

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I've set the options to open up new pages in new tabs - but it doesn't happen when I try to open up Google (my home page).

 

It overwrites the page I'm on.

 

Help!

jan i don,t think you can do that with firefox,i right click and scroll down to open in new tab.

have you tried any of the extensions.

i use;

session saver; if you turn your comp off with firefox still active, when you restart all the pages reload.

wiss newsreader; news.

pdf download; opens pdf files in firefox.

download status bar;view downloads at the bottom of the window.

colourful tabs; each tab is a different colour, pretty.

piclens; enables fullscreen slideshow.

there are100s of others

 

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Hymer C 9. - 2008-01-28 10:50 AM

 

Please could anyone tell me how to get the square with the little comma type things in if I want to quote what any one else has said thanks Carol.

 

 

Like this, do you mean Carol?

 

Instead of hitting 'reply', click on 'quote' at the bottom of the thread you want to comment on.

 

Just type your message after the end of the {/QUOTE}

 

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J9withdogs - 2008-01-28 10:58 AM

 

Hymer C 9. - 2008-01-28 10:50 AM

 

Please could anyone tell me how to get the square with the little comma type things in if I want to quote what any one else has said thanks Carol.

 

Like this do you mean Janine

 

Like this, do you mean Carol?

 

Instead of hitting 'reply', click on 'quote' at the bottom of the thread you want to comment on.

 

Just type your message after the end of the {/QUOTE}

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Hymer C 9. - 2008-01-28 2:54 PM

 

Rob part of it works but my message is coming up in the commas as well Carol.

 

You need to make sure you have {QUOTE} at the beginning of what you want to keep and {/QUOTE} at the end, then your message after that.

 

ps I've changed the [ to a { for illustration only, otherwise I can't get it to come out properly.

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malc d - 2008-01-29 12:41 PM

 

Mick H. - 2008-01-29 12:27 PM

 

J9withdogs - 2008-01-29 11:25 AM

 

Try:

 

http://forums.computeractive.co.uk/index.jspa

 

 

 

 

tried that they dont seem to like my name when I try to create an account.

 

Mick H.

 

Could be they already have someone using that name/title ?

 

 

 

So how do you stop other people using your name on forums.

 

 

Mick H.

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