Guest guest Posted December 25, 2002 Report Share Posted December 25, 2002 Sharon wrote: > Some of us(myself) included has no idea what you are talking about..I'm lucky if i can turn on the computer.. I don't know how to cut and paste that may be why some of use are not doing what others are asking us to do...I don't believe it is intentional.. Maybe a little bit of instructions on how to do this would help.. I just don't have anyone to show me how to do it... Thanks and Happy Holidays... Hi, Sharon. I haven't been involved in this discussion (which takes place on virtually every large group, BTW!), but it took me a while to figure out that cut and paste thing too. I only have to use it when I'm replying to messages in digest form. Here's my (amateurish) version: What you want to do is figure out which parts of any given message you want to reply to. You then highlight them on your screen by going to the beginning of the part you want, left-clicking with your mouse, and dragging your cursor down until you're at the end. The whole area you want should be highlighted. Then, you look at the top of your screen for a button that will say something like " Edit " . I used to use Eudora, and that's what mine said; I'm not sure about other e-mail programs. Anyway, when you click on the Edit button, it will give you a bunch of options, including " cut " , " copy " , and " paste " . You want to copy the bit you just highlighted, so hit " copy " . This will stay copied in your computer's temporary memory until you put something else in on top of it. Now, open the new e-mail you want to send. If you are replying from the digest, as I do, you should open a brand new e-mail. After addressing the e-mail, and putting in some kind of header that lets people know more or less what you're going to be ranting...uh...discoursing intelligently about, you take your cursor to the top of your message, go back to your " Edit " button, and hit " paste " . The text you recently highlighted should show up in your brand new letter. Yay! What I usually do after this is put something ahead of the pasted bit telling who originally said it. Then I mark it with a " carat " -- one of these things: > , to let people know that it's a quote, not something I said myself. Then I just go ahead and respond to it, either as a whole quote, or divvying it up as needed, with carats to show the difference between my thoughts and the other person's. I know this sounds complicated, but it's really not. It becomes a habit when you've done it a few times, and takes a lot less time than hitting the " respond " button to the entire digest, then going through and erasing the parts of the digest you're *not* responding to! Like you, I'm no natural computer nerd, but cutting and pasting is a very useful skill. Hey! It's my Christmas gift to you! LOL Have a wonderful day.... I. -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> RNY September 19, 2001 Dr. Freeman, Ottawa General Hospital BMI then: 43.5 BMI now: 22 -152 lbs <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 25, 2002 Report Share Posted December 25, 2002 Thank you so much for taking the time to write this. I do know how to cut and paste (not to much else though) but I just got a new puter and realized how different things can be depending on the version of program you are runnning. I am sure this is really going to help those as puter illiterate as myself!! I was thinking...is there any way that you can " save " this message and periodically resend it? This might really help to alleviate the stress to those who read digest! Thanks again, P. Cutting and pasting > Sharon wrote: > > > Some of us(myself) included has no idea what > you are talking about..I'm lucky if i can turn on the computer.. I > don't know how to cut and paste that may be why some of use are not > doing what others are asking us to do...I don't believe it is > intentional.. Maybe a little bit of instructions on how to do this > would help.. I just don't have anyone to show me how to do it... Thanks > and Happy Holidays... > > Hi, Sharon. I haven't been involved in this discussion (which takes > place on virtually every large group, BTW!), but it took me a while to > figure out that cut and paste thing too. I only have to use it when I'm > replying to messages in digest form. Here's my (amateurish) version: > > What you want to do is figure out which parts of any given message you > want to reply to. You then highlight them on your screen by going to > the beginning of the part you want, left-clicking with your mouse, and > dragging your cursor down until you're at the end. The whole area you > want should be highlighted. > > Then, you look at the top of your screen for a button that will say > something like " Edit " . I used to use Eudora, and that's what mine said; > I'm not sure about other e-mail programs. Anyway, when you click on the > Edit button, it will give you a bunch of options, including " cut " , > " copy " , and " paste " . You want to copy the bit you just highlighted, so > hit " copy " . This will stay copied in your computer's temporary memory > until you put something else in on top of it. > > Now, open the new e-mail you want to send. If you are replying from the > digest, as I do, you should open a brand new e-mail. After addressing > the e-mail, and putting in some kind of header that lets people know > more or less what you're going to be ranting...uh...discoursing > intelligently about, you take your cursor to the top of your message, > go back to your " Edit " button, and hit " paste " . The text you recently > highlighted should show up in your brand new letter. Yay! > > What I usually do after this is put something ahead of the pasted bit > telling who originally said it. Then I mark it with a " carat " -- one of > these things: > , to let people know that it's a quote, not something I > said myself. Then I just go ahead and respond to it, either as a whole > quote, or divvying it up as needed, with carats to show the difference > between my thoughts and the other person's. > > I know this sounds complicated, but it's really not. It becomes a habit > when you've done it a few times, and takes a lot less time than hitting > the " respond " button to the entire digest, then going through and > erasing the parts of the digest you're *not* responding to! Like you, > I'm no natural computer nerd, but cutting and pasting is a very useful > skill. Hey! It's my Christmas gift to you! LOL > > Have a wonderful day.... > > I. > -- > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > RNY September 19, 2001 > Dr. Freeman, Ottawa General Hospital > BMI then: 43.5 > BMI now: 22 > -152 lbs > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 26, 2002 Report Share Posted December 26, 2002 AAh! Oh! AAh! Gasp!! Does that mean you don't read my verbose and often posts? I am not a time saving type of gal. I am high maintainence baby, and I earned it!! Smiles, Vicki A. > Jacque, THAT is precisely why I don't get any of my lists in digest > form. It sure isn't time saving! I just have outlook set up to dump > things in different files.....and this list has it's VERY own! LOL > > Debbie in Gig Harbor > ladybostons@p... > www.paws2print.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 26, 2002 Report Share Posted December 26, 2002 Would you please come over and flog me? Upper back...shoulder blades...OK lower. Man I must be out there 'cause that sounds good to me! Vicki A. > Yes, this particular problem IS caused by digest readers....don't put the > shoe on if it doesn't fit....it isn't YOU that is being flogged....in fact no > one is...it's just quite discouraging when this happens, and I don't think > people realize what they are doing when they do it. If digest readers could > just delete each post before having to sort through..it would be easy....so > guess there is the downside of getting the list via digest...but there is no > other way I can get this list...I'd be really overwhelmed. Sometimes when I > see it must be downloaded..I just delete the whole thing...and miss a lot of > good stuff. > > Regards~ > Jacque > > So am I to understand from this post that the problem driving the digest > > readers nuts is also being CAUSED by digest readers? I don't read in digest > > form so there would be no way for me to imbed a digest within my replies, > > correct? Just checking cause while I do not want to be part of the > > problem I do get sick of hearing about it...kind of like being flogged for > > something I can do nothing about . > > B > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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