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Many thanks HansV …. as the saying goes… easy when you know how… another small but irksome idiosyncrasy bites the dust & another tick box checked.
No doubt as the days go by I shall encounter more of the same which – though trivial in themselves – can be a nuisance. Oh yes, just like this one that has
just crossed my mind, it has to do with the “desktop” so in keeping with the rules of the forum which I was exhorted to adhere, I will post it in another thread.
Many thanks again. S F.

Not being the sharpest knife in the box I find “ComputerActive” up my street and very down to earth with it’s Articles; Workshops; Tips & Tricks section; Readers’ legal problems column; and No Problem (Q & A page.) Out fortnightly in the UK. S Fox.

I must agree HanzV until I came across the thread that mentioned Ctrl + F1 opened task panes including the Clipboard, I was more than satisfied with what Word 2000 offered. All I have to do is master all it’s capabilities which I suspect is an ongoing challenge but I’m certain it has many features like “Track Changes” & “Creating Macros” which I have little use for seeing the “Auto Correct”, “Auto Text” & “Customizes Keyboard” are proving adequate for my present needs as I seek to make the mouse redundant. Regards S Fox

I’ll respond to posts 670712 / 13 together. I realize the policy of the forum is (by and large) to post to the forum so all can benefit from them but – seeing certain subscribers / experts – show their email addresses & are not averse to receiving the odd private email, surely it is not Anathema to occasionally resort to that form of communication.
I looked at the post #653016 and note that ConvertvtoDVD is shown as FREE but that is not the case here in the UK where it normally sells at £25 Sterling though I purchased it (less 30%) on special offer to readers of the “Computeractive” magazine. To Alan’s post regarding the hitches with ConvertXtoDVD I will have another go on Monday and see how far I get before the prompt message appears & what it says. I vaguely remember it saying the existing format was incompatible. S Fox

Thanks HanzV I half suspected that was the case, (pay up or do without – typical Microsoft fleecing the public as usual-,) what prompted me to ask the question in the first place arose from the fact that someone mentioned in a thread on another forum that Ctrl + F1 opens a “Task Pane” but mine does not so I scrutinizing the list in Tools | Customize | Keyboard | All Commands | Commands, & discovered that there is no such option. On further investigation I discovered that I am running Word 2000 which apparently does not have task panes. That’s why I wondered if upgrading to 2003 would be of any great benefit but from what your say I will stick with 2000 as the benefits seem minimal. Thanks again. S Fox

Thanks for the info; slow learner I’m afraid; silver surfer; getting there slowly; so many responses they take time to answer but genuinely want to acknowledge every offer of advice. Really do thank the day I stumbled on this forum, it has proved so interesting and beneficial. Must point my friends here as everyone is so helpful. Though I must say for an oldie who has spent all his life handling things like picks, shovels, hammers, nails, planes & drills, all this highly technical stuff……..
(only .au .avi .bmp .doc .docx .emf .gif .gz .jpeg .jpg .mid .mov .mp3 .mpg .pdf .png .ppt .pptx .ra .rm .rtf .snd .tar .txt .wav .xar .xls .xlsx .zip)………..is quite daunting.

S Fox.

Many thanks for your reply. I shall investigate the site [infanview] it is a program I have never heard of but look forward to discovering it’s potential. Thanks again, much appreciated. S Fox

Many thanks John; I tried your suggestion & YES if I set Fire Fox to open with a blank page then hit the “Alt + Home” keys together; what I have set as my “Home” page pops on to the screen. Yet another box to tick in my “To Learn” list. Thank again.

Thank you HansV (& others who considerately responded to my question) I never thought for a moment that the Fire Fox “Help” tab would include the answer to my question, Just what the doctor ordered as I am on a mission to make my mouse as redundant as possible and all three of the shortcuts you stated work just fine. [Though I can’t see why they would allocate three shortcuts for the same function] But that is by the way, the main thing is they provide me with just what I have been looking for, for ages. Now I must acquaint myself with the answers on the forum that explain how to take screen shots that are no more than 100 KB as I regard it a big plus to be able to send attachments which can convey in a moment what may take numerous sentences to explain. In the past I have asked questions on the http://www.microsoft.com/office/community forum but sadly, it does not cater for attachments. A thousand thanks again for your responses. S Fox

Sincere apologies for not making myself clear, I have tried twice to answer this thread but each time I have got as far as “Check Spelling” I have lost the entire text so I will be brief. Sorry for asking two questions, I am using Firefox as I was told it is more secure than I.E. If I open Firefox having set ti to do so with a blank page, it opens with the cursor blinking in the address field. GREAT as all I have to do is hit the Alt key, hit the left arrow key three time which takes me to “Bookmarks” on the tool bar then use the down arrow key to scroll to the web site I want to access and hit “Enter”. So I open the desired web site without having touched the mouse. My question arose out of the fact that if I set Firefox to open with our church web site as the home page there is no cursor blinking so I have to use the mouse to activate the address field before I can paste the URL of the site I want to visit. A nuisance, as I am trying to make the mouse redundant. As for the attachment aspect of the thread I shall read the suggested threads and acquaint myself with the advice given. Thanks again S Fox