Where's Ton?

[tonicha]

I'm baaaaaaack - as long as the internet lets me

Just posted a lovely long post - only for it to disappear - maybe when the weather gets better, the connection will get better.

[Workingman]

Welcome back!

Now for a very quick and helpful tip: Write your posts in a text editor, Notepad for example, then copy and paste them into VV - you can add smilies before submitting. That way if things go wrong you still have the original to C&P and try again.

[tonicha]

Como???

WM, you know me and computers - or indeed anything that I can break

What is a text editor, where do I find it and if I know how this blasted wifi thingy works, it'll take even longer to post.

[Weka]

Other way, before you press post do ctrl+a (select all then)ctrl+c (copy). Then post. If it disappears you only need to go ctrl+v (paste) and it's all back again.

[Kaz]

Would that still work if she lost her net though?

[meriad]

What is a text editor, where do I find it and if I know how this blasted wifi thingy works, it'll take even longer to post.

Ton, not sure what version of Windows you've got, but on my computer if you click on the start button in the bottom left corner, one of the programme options is notepad.... It allows basic text and as Frank says - type it all in there then once done, select it all to copy and then paste into the VV thread....

Kaz Notepad isn't reliant of Wifi, it's just a simple programme to allow very basic text writing with minimal formatting. The only way you'd lose what you've typed is if the computer crashes or you shut down and you haven't saved what you've typed

[Kaz]

Yes, but if she wasn't using Notepad like Weka just posted, would the c+p'd text not just disappear and not be retrievable when the connection came back on?

[tonicha]

Think it all depends on how the air up here is.................

[Workingman]

Ton.....

A text editor is like a jotter for you to make small notes, or even long ones. As Ria says every Windows computer has one called Notepad and another, WordPad.

To open either click on the Start button then on Run... and type in Notepad or WordPad then click OK. When it opens if you right click its icon on the taskbar you can Pin the program to the taskbar so it is always available.

Now you can type away to your heart's content and save posts to a folder on your computer, even when the Internet is down, so you can post later.

Ctrl+a, Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v are clipboard commands, but if the computer crashes the clipboard is wiped and nothing gets saved. They can still be used with Notepad when all is well and are a quick alternative to the R Click mouse commands Select all, Copy and Paste.

Using a text editor is a hangover from dial-up days when being connected was hit and miss, at best, but it is also a great way of saving snippets for posting to message boards, and Twitbook etc.

[Kaz]

Ctrl+a, Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v are clipboard commands, but if the computer crashes the clipboard is wiped and nothing gets saved. .

Ah, that's what I thought, but it doesn't take much to confuzzle me techie-wise