26th August.

26 August 20 07:34
Had a very good sleep, restful, quite a lot of the aches have gone. Noticed this a.m. that the keyboard worked despite the receiver being well tucked away.
Yesterday began boringly enough with revision, turned out to be an interesting trail through encyclopaedia of how stuff works.
Think I’ve found a single source, which will accompany course work, and it’s free.
Probably quite a good job the gear was mild, allowed me to relax and study.
Studying is easier nowadays because the array of source material is such that one can find a source that is interesting.
Fact can be as interesting as fiction if one digs deep enough.
Checked Lottery results and nowhere near.
From 120,000, (Brother 120m) to 1.6G. To 3,000 million, bit of a hike.
I remember the first P.c. a brother all in one, kept it going for nearly ten years; a purpose built one followed and speed reaching 1.6. On an Athlon board, helluva system!
Now once again bought best I could afford at speed of 3Ghz.
The need for speed has been governed by the need for power demanded by the software and operating system.
I realised how quickly I can fall behind when I tried to install my genuine XP system and was informed it was too old!
It makes me wonder how the millions of people still using “archaic” systems will cope, will they dive headlong into the new Vista or embrace one of the versions of XP.
Have adopted a Carp fishing chair into a comfortable footstool, my working environment is coming together.
09:12 AM
There was a time when by this time of the morning I’d have been sitting behind a desk wearing an ill-fitting suit and looking forward to any task which would give me a chance to go outside!
I hated being in the office when I didn’t have enough to do, if I was occupied the task had to be big enough to keep me totally immersed.
Busy I was happy.
Bored I’d be gazing through the window imagining the fish biting.
I still haven’t figured out what is the problem with the erratic outbursts of behaviour of Word
THINK IT IS BASED ON MOUSE MISUSE.
Done a bit of scouting about in mouse help and must be zoom option but don’t understand how its becoming activated.


Copy text Press CTRL+C
Cut text Press CTRL+X think scissors.
Paste text Press CTRL+V think brush head V.
Undo an action Press CTRL+Z think unzip.
Select an entire document Press CTRL+A

Probably seems incredulous that someone could have used a computer for nearly 20 years and not learnt at least a few keyboard shortcuts; unfortunately I have learnt that way, relying heavily upon mouse and tool bars.

KILO, MEGA, GIGA, TERA, PETA, EXA, ZETTA, YATA

Now I’ve learnt even a coupe of the basics editing and composition is so much easier.
To learn today.+ page numbering.
Copy text Press CTRL+C Cut text Press CTRL+X
Paste text Press CTRL+V Undo an action Press CTRL+Z
Select an entire document Press CTRL+A
Single-space text Press CTRL+1
Add 1½ spacing between text Press CTRL+5
Double-space text Press CTRL+2
Triple-space text Press CTRL+3
Make text bold Press CTRL+B
Underline text Press CTRL+U
Underline text (but not spaces between text) Press SHIFT+CTRL+W
Make text italic Press CTRL+I
Open the Format Paragraph dialog box Press ALT+O+P
Have had a busy hour learning all the time.
Still getting odd shake when make a mistake with mouse or whatever.
Internet opening in same page, used to multiple pages.
Having serious probs! But in true tradition, I’m not panicking.
Seen an interesting clock, TALKING ALARM CLOCK Shop
The sharpness of this mouse must be tremendous.
Learnt how to insert Hyperlink.
Windows live messenger may be interesting once set up.
Was on Internet and became unstable.05:05 PM
Left Arrow, PAGE UP, or
Up Arrow Go to the previous image in this folder.
Right Arrow, PAGE DOWN, or
Down Arrow Go to the next image in this folder.
CTRL+K Rotate the image by 90 degrees clockwise.
CTRL+L Rotate the image by 90 degrees counter-clockwise. SPACEBAR Switch between playing and pausing the slide show. ENTER Go to the next image.
ESC Exit the slide show.
TAB Turn the slide show toolbar on or off.

Before retiring to bed I happened to chance upon the shopping channel and was impressed by the offering price of some cordless headphones for less then £30, Phillips,
The no hassle charger/ docking station won me over and I bought a pair. Had to get back out of bed to give details over the phone!
End of a 10 hr day.