September 23, 2006

  • Yesterday I set up CallNotes, the phone company provided voice mail service, which meant I needed to try to find the instruction manual for the telephone.


    No joy.  Know I saw it a few months ago, but can I find it now I need it?  Heavens to Betsy, no.


    Utilizing the keen intellect that characterizes my every move, I went online to the Panasonic website, located our phone model and lo! and behold, there was the instruction maual in PDF form.  Success!  Got the phone and CallNotes all coordinated.


    Instruction manuals online....I do love the internet. 


    On another topic, Xanga has audio capability now, so I'd thought to upload the 43 second recording of my granddaughter, Bethie, being introduced as the MacDonald's Junior Broadcaster for one of the Ranger games last July, only when I try to do so there's one of those obnoxious pop-up boxes, demanding I fill in all fields:  Title, Caption, and Tags.


    Except there IS no "tags" option:


    Audio_page


    Tried it using both IE7 and the most current Firefox, and on two different computers, but no joy.  Isn't that a kick in the head?  Went to the Xanga audio help page, which naturally urged me to visit the Audio FAQ page before bothering them with my doubtless picayune problem (alright, that's not precisely the way they said it, but I can read between the lines).  There was exactly one question on the FAQ page, concerning what types of file formats can be uploaded, so I went ahead and sent them a message about this, including a link to the above screenshot.


    I also love screenshots. 

Comments (4)

  • And how does one do a screen shot??? I have been very jealous of your ability!! I do well to answer and comment appropriately!!

  • There is nothing to it, Mom. Here's what to do:

    Go to Programs, find Accessories, and from that click on Paint.

    Now go to the screen what needs shootin'; push Alt+PrtSc (or whatever is your 'puter's "print screen" button), then return to Paint and push CTRL+V.

    Voila! The screen will be transferred to Paint, and from there you can save it in whatever format you prefer (I go with the standard JPEG extension).

    Easy as pie. ;^)

  • Oh, wow, that's a neat trick! That will be useful!

    When we moved into this house, I was able to find manuals for all the fairly new appliances online in PDF. Very, very cool -- and important, since the range is electronic with a smooth top, and takes special care and an advanced degree to work the timers, and the microwave has all kinds of automatic featuers as well.

  • Charles is who taught me that trick and I've found it to be marvelously handy.

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