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12-14-2008, 10:29 AM
I see comments about a post or thread that disappears before it makes it onto the main board.
Here's a couple ways to prevent that.
Keep in mind that hitting two keys simultaneously will roll the screen over now and then.
Has to do with macros and the computer thinks you're asking to go somewhere else.
If your post is a short one, a reply to a thread or similar, write it directly onto the HAMB and do either of two things.
Both of which will save your work to the clipboard.
Part way through, depress the Ctrl key, hold it down and depress the A key.
You'll note the screen text changes color and background in the text area.
While holding the Ctrl key down, Depress the C key.
This saves the selected work to the clipboard.
If your writing is getting somewhat extensive, do it 3-4 times.
If the reply is short you can do the Ctrl, A then Ctrl, C at the end.
This will have the reply saved to the clipboard and in case the reply goes off into the etherness of Cyberland you'll still have a record of what you've written and can try to post again by getting a new reply form and doing the Ctrl V bit.
Ctrl V will lay down text wherever you want and do it many times in succession.
The clipboard retains what you've saved to it and won't change until you save something new to it or shut the computer power off.
Most times things remain on the clipboard when shutting down, it's the power off that kills whatever is saved there.
To go off on a mild tangent, you can use Ctrl X to move a word, sentence or paragraph.
Ctrl X erases and saves the text to the clipboard and then you can put the cursor where you want and do the Ctrl V bit which brings it back.
The other system alluded to is to build your thread, text, pics from PhotoBucket and the like onto your word processing program.
WordPerfect, Word etc.
Save it as you go there, proof read it, run the spellcheck and then copy and paste it to the HAMB with the Ctrl A and Ctrl V bit.
Remember that you can use the Undo feature to go back a few copies if you find you've screwed up things along the line.
Each word processing program has its own way to do things so you're on your own there.
You can also set up the Undo features to save as many copies in the past that you think you may need.
Mine is set at 20.
Probably seems excessive, but text - even a complete book - doesn't take up much room at all.
If your a fast typer - as I am - you may find that when the HAMB and other sites are busy, the HAMB word processing program can't keep up with you and you'll find a lot of letters missing.
Doesn't happen on the word processing programs so it's handy to write on those then copy and paste to the HAMB.
An important thing to remember when using word processing programs is that they are not completely compatible with Internet site word processing programs.
Write an article, indent the paragraphs as normal and you'll find that when it's posted you have one huge paragraph which makes reading difficult.
You need to have a blank line to indicate a new paragraph and in the case of the HAMB and the word processing program I use - WordPerfect 9.0 (WP) - you'll have to double space in WP so as to end up with a single blank line when doing the Copy and Paste to the HAMB.
As you've seen, writing directly to a website calls for different rules, but the key one that will help most of us is to use a blank line or two which makes reading a lot easier.
As an example, here's a copy of this whole diatribe done as one paragraph and it's hard to follow.
More than you wanted to hear perhaps, but it's free so what the heck....
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I see comments about a post or thread that disappears before it makes it onto the main board.
Here's a couple ways to prevent that.
Keep in mind that hitting two keys simultaneously will roll the screen over now and then.
Has to do with macros and the computer thinks you're asking to go somewhere else.
If your post is a short one, a reply to a thread or similar, write it directly onto the HAMB and do either of two things.
Both of which will save your work to the clipboard.
Part way through, depress the Ctrl key, hold it down and depress the A key.
You'll note the screen text changes color and background in the text area.
While holding the Ctrl key down, Depress the C key.
This saves the selected work to the clipboard.
If your writing is getting somewhat extensive, do it 3-4 times.
If the reply is short you can do the Ctrl, A then Ctrl, C at the end.
This will have the reply saved to the clipboard and in case the reply goes off into the etherness of Cyberland you'll still have a record of what you've written and can try to post again by getting a new reply form and doing the Ctrl V bit.
Ctrl V will lay down text wherever you want and do it many times in succession.
The clipboard retains what you've saved to it and won't change until you save something new to it or shut the computer power off.
Most times things remain on the clipboard when shutting down, it's the power off that kills whatever is saved there.
To go off on a mild tangent, you can use Ctrl X to move a word, sentence or paragraph.
Ctrl X erases and saves the text to the clipboard and then you can put the cursor where you want and do the Ctrl V bit which brings it back.
The other system alluded to is to build your thread, text, pics from PhotoBucket and the like onto your word processing program.
WordPerfect, Word etc.
Save it as you go there, proof read it, run the spellcheck and then copy and paste it to the HAMB with the Ctrl A and Ctrl V bit.
Remember that you can use the Undo feature to go back a few copies if you find you've screwed up things along the line.
Each word processing program has its own way to do things so you're on your own there.
You can also set up the Undo features to save as many copies in the past that you think you may need.
Mine is set at 20.
Probably seems excessive, but text - even a complete book - doesn't take up much room at all.
If your a fast typer - as I am - you may find that when the HAMB and other sites are busy, the HAMB word processing program can't keep up with you and you'll find a lot of letters missing.
Doesn't happen on the word processing programs so it's handy to write on those then copy and paste to the HAMB.
An important thing to remember when using word processing programs is that they are not completely compatible with Internet site word processing programs.
Write an article, indent the paragraphs as normal and you'll find that when it's posted you have one huge paragraph which makes reading difficult.
You need to have a blank line to indicate a new paragraph and in the case of the HAMB and the word processing program I use - WordPerfect 9.0 (WP) - you'll have to double space in WP so as to end up with a single blank line when doing the Copy and Paste to the HAMB.
As you've seen, writing directly to a website calls for different rules, but the key one that will help most of us is to use a blank line or two which makes reading a lot easier.
As an example, here's a copy of this whole diatribe done as one paragraph and it's hard to follow.
More than you wanted to hear perhaps, but it's free so what the heck....
Here's a couple ways to prevent that.
Keep in mind that hitting two keys simultaneously will roll the screen over now and then.
Has to do with macros and the computer thinks you're asking to go somewhere else.
If your post is a short one, a reply to a thread or similar, write it directly onto the HAMB and do either of two things.
Both of which will save your work to the clipboard.
Part way through, depress the Ctrl key, hold it down and depress the A key.
You'll note the screen text changes color and background in the text area.
While holding the Ctrl key down, Depress the C key.
This saves the selected work to the clipboard.
If your writing is getting somewhat extensive, do it 3-4 times.
If the reply is short you can do the Ctrl, A then Ctrl, C at the end.
This will have the reply saved to the clipboard and in case the reply goes off into the etherness of Cyberland you'll still have a record of what you've written and can try to post again by getting a new reply form and doing the Ctrl V bit.
Ctrl V will lay down text wherever you want and do it many times in succession.
The clipboard retains what you've saved to it and won't change until you save something new to it or shut the computer power off.
Most times things remain on the clipboard when shutting down, it's the power off that kills whatever is saved there.
To go off on a mild tangent, you can use Ctrl X to move a word, sentence or paragraph.
Ctrl X erases and saves the text to the clipboard and then you can put the cursor where you want and do the Ctrl V bit which brings it back.
The other system alluded to is to build your thread, text, pics from PhotoBucket and the like onto your word processing program.
WordPerfect, Word etc.
Save it as you go there, proof read it, run the spellcheck and then copy and paste it to the HAMB with the Ctrl A and Ctrl V bit.
Remember that you can use the Undo feature to go back a few copies if you find you've screwed up things along the line.
Each word processing program has its own way to do things so you're on your own there.
You can also set up the Undo features to save as many copies in the past that you think you may need.
Mine is set at 20.
Probably seems excessive, but text - even a complete book - doesn't take up much room at all.
If your a fast typer - as I am - you may find that when the HAMB and other sites are busy, the HAMB word processing program can't keep up with you and you'll find a lot of letters missing.
Doesn't happen on the word processing programs so it's handy to write on those then copy and paste to the HAMB.
An important thing to remember when using word processing programs is that they are not completely compatible with Internet site word processing programs.
Write an article, indent the paragraphs as normal and you'll find that when it's posted you have one huge paragraph which makes reading difficult.
You need to have a blank line to indicate a new paragraph and in the case of the HAMB and the word processing program I use - WordPerfect 9.0 (WP) - you'll have to double space in WP so as to end up with a single blank line when doing the Copy and Paste to the HAMB.
As you've seen, writing directly to a website calls for different rules, but the key one that will help most of us is to use a blank line or two which makes reading a lot easier.
As an example, here's a copy of this whole diatribe done as one paragraph and it's hard to follow.
More than you wanted to hear perhaps, but it's free so what the heck....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I see comments about a post or thread that disappears before it makes it onto the main board.
Here's a couple ways to prevent that.
Keep in mind that hitting two keys simultaneously will roll the screen over now and then.
Has to do with macros and the computer thinks you're asking to go somewhere else.
If your post is a short one, a reply to a thread or similar, write it directly onto the HAMB and do either of two things.
Both of which will save your work to the clipboard.
Part way through, depress the Ctrl key, hold it down and depress the A key.
You'll note the screen text changes color and background in the text area.
While holding the Ctrl key down, Depress the C key.
This saves the selected work to the clipboard.
If your writing is getting somewhat extensive, do it 3-4 times.
If the reply is short you can do the Ctrl, A then Ctrl, C at the end.
This will have the reply saved to the clipboard and in case the reply goes off into the etherness of Cyberland you'll still have a record of what you've written and can try to post again by getting a new reply form and doing the Ctrl V bit.
Ctrl V will lay down text wherever you want and do it many times in succession.
The clipboard retains what you've saved to it and won't change until you save something new to it or shut the computer power off.
Most times things remain on the clipboard when shutting down, it's the power off that kills whatever is saved there.
To go off on a mild tangent, you can use Ctrl X to move a word, sentence or paragraph.
Ctrl X erases and saves the text to the clipboard and then you can put the cursor where you want and do the Ctrl V bit which brings it back.
The other system alluded to is to build your thread, text, pics from PhotoBucket and the like onto your word processing program.
WordPerfect, Word etc.
Save it as you go there, proof read it, run the spellcheck and then copy and paste it to the HAMB with the Ctrl A and Ctrl V bit.
Remember that you can use the Undo feature to go back a few copies if you find you've screwed up things along the line.
Each word processing program has its own way to do things so you're on your own there.
You can also set up the Undo features to save as many copies in the past that you think you may need.
Mine is set at 20.
Probably seems excessive, but text - even a complete book - doesn't take up much room at all.
If your a fast typer - as I am - you may find that when the HAMB and other sites are busy, the HAMB word processing program can't keep up with you and you'll find a lot of letters missing.
Doesn't happen on the word processing programs so it's handy to write on those then copy and paste to the HAMB.
An important thing to remember when using word processing programs is that they are not completely compatible with Internet site word processing programs.
Write an article, indent the paragraphs as normal and you'll find that when it's posted you have one huge paragraph which makes reading difficult.
You need to have a blank line to indicate a new paragraph and in the case of the HAMB and the word processing program I use - WordPerfect 9.0 (WP) - you'll have to double space in WP so as to end up with a single blank line when doing the Copy and Paste to the HAMB.
As you've seen, writing directly to a website calls for different rules, but the key one that will help most of us is to use a blank line or two which makes reading a lot easier.
As an example, here's a copy of this whole diatribe done as one paragraph and it's hard to follow.
More than you wanted to hear perhaps, but it's free so what the heck....