Re: [Blind-Computing] Difference between MS-DOS and Windows TXT files / Weird Issues with Word Perfect

2010-07-25 Thread Alasdair King
There are two unrelated issues here. 1 How characters are encoded in the file - ANSI, DBCS and so on. 2 How newlines are encoded. Newlines first. There is no consistent newline character (indicating the end of a line) as there is for the character a. Instead, Windows and MS-DOS uses two

[Blind-Computing] urgent help required

2010-07-25 Thread yvonne oliver
hello i had my computer remotely accessed and on several occasions i get the message this computer is locked only authorised person with a string of characters can something or other and generally restarting the computer solves this however not today all my emails from my inbox have gone this

Re: [Blind-Computing] urgent help required

2010-07-25 Thread Moderator
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[Blind-Computing] help needed a s a p re delted emails

2010-07-25 Thread yvonne oliver
hello i had my computer remotely accessed and on several occasions i get the message this computer is locked only authorised person with a string of characters can something or other and generally restarting the computer solves this however not today all my emails from my inbox have gone this

Re: [Blind-Computing] Difference between MS-DOS and Windows TXT files / Weird Issues with Word Perfect

2010-07-25 Thread Eleni Vamvakari
Hello Alasdair, Thank you so much for that wonderful explanation. I actually just found a text editor/word processor called VDE. http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,53873-page,1-c,wordprocessing/description.html It's features and usage are incredible, and if it works with a screen

Re: [Blind-Computing] Difference between MS-DOS and Windows TXT files / Weird Issues with Word Perfect

2010-07-25 Thread Alasdair King
May I be nosy, Eleni: why do you maintain a DOS machine? Are we talking about a genuine boot-into-DOS-6 machine, or a Vista or XP machine with a command prompt? Are you using a hardware synthesizer? I update WebbIE every couple of months, time permitting. If you have a particular site that isn't

Re: [Blind-Computing] Difference between MS-DOS and Windows TXT files / Weird Issues with Word Perfect

2010-07-25 Thread Eleni Vamvakari
No, it's a real MS-DOS 6 machine, with a KeyNote Gold Voicecard synthesizer. I'll be switching over to a custom desktop with Enhanced DR-DOS once it's built and, hopefully, will be able to put EDRD onto an IBM Thinkpad 310 to use for practise until my desktop is ready and for a back-up machine.

Re: [Blind-Computing] Why DOS

2010-07-25 Thread Alasdair King
Interesting perspective. Have you tried more modern commandline interfaces based on non-DOS systems? Emacspeak is an audio text-based interface to Linux: http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/ PowerShell is Microsoft's new commandline interface. You can access COM and interact with other tools

[Blind-Computing] BG Crossword Puzzle

2010-07-25 Thread harmony_52
does anyone have the new BG Crossword Puzzle game yet? want to and need help downloading new puzzles. tried following theinstructions but had no success. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/

Re: [Blind-Computing] BG Crossword Puzzle

2010-07-25 Thread David Ferrin
I have it, the thing downloaded just fine here. What exactly is the problem? David Ferrin ow...@jaws-users.com - Original Message - From: harmony_52 harmony...@verizon.net To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 16:56 Subject: [Blind-Computing] BG Crossword Puzzle

Re: [Blind-Computing] BG Crossword Puzzle

2010-07-25 Thread David Ferrin
If you could tell me where then how would be no problem at all. David Ferrin ow...@jaws-users.com - Original Message - From: harmony_52 harmony...@verizon.net To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 18:43 Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] BG Crossword Puzzle would

Re: [Blind-Computing] BG Crossword Puzzle

2010-07-25 Thread harmony_52
from http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords website. - Original Message - From: David Ferrin ow...@jaws-users.com To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 7:15 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] BG Crossword Puzzle If you could tell me where then how would be no

[Blind-Computing] Distribution List

2010-07-25 Thread Jenny Dawson
Hi Listers I need to set up a distribution list for a magazine mail out in Outlook 2007. If I just use the address list, can I select all and send to everyone in it? We are talking over 100 addresses. I use the contacts list for my general emails. Jenny Dawson Phone: 08 94961024 Email:

Re: [Blind-Computing] Why DOS

2010-07-25 Thread Eleni Vamvakari
Thanks for reading and for commenting. I must admit that Emacspeak sounds very interesting. But I'm still not sure whether this is just a screen reader for Linux or whether it's an accessible shell ontop of Linux that uses it's own commans etc. If the latter, it might be worth experimenting

[Blind-Computing] Turning on BCC Field

2010-07-25 Thread Jenny Dawson
Hi Listers Can someone tell me how to perminently turn on the BCC field please? I've looked everywhere I cn think of and can't find it. Regards Jenny Dawson Jenny Dawson Phone: 08 94961024 Email: jjdaw...@iinet.net.au For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit:

Re: [Blind-Computing] Turning on BCC Field

2010-07-25 Thread Matt
It's when you check or choos full headers, or all headers, let me poke around Ah, in outlook express, which is what I am using, you compose a message, or ya know, start a message as if you are composing one. Then I went into tools and arrowed back to the left, under the toolbars tab there, you

Re: [Blind-Computing] Turning on BCC Field

2010-07-25 Thread Mike Barbara Arcadia
Hi Jenny; 1. Open a new message. 2. Press Alt + V for the view menu. 3. Press enter on All Headers or just press the letter A . For using the BCC field temporarily press Alt + B in an open message. The Alt + B keystroke will work as a toggle when using it this way. Hope this helps. Take

[Blind-Computing] Excel -Counting Dates in Cells

2010-07-25 Thread Bill Tipton
Hi all, How do you count the occurrences of dates in a range of cells with Excel 2007. Example of data: I have cells with data in row 6, columns A to M. Data goes to row 100 Some cells have dates mixed with data. E.g. 7/1/2010: Talked with Brad, 7/5/2010: Talked with Sue, 7/20/2010: Left VM

Re: [Blind-Computing] Turning on BCC Field

2010-07-25 Thread Jenny Dawson
Thanks Matt and Barbara I've got it now. Regards Jenny Jenny Dawson Phone: 08 94961024 Email: jjdaw...@iinet.net.au -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Matt Sent: Monday, 26 July 2010 9:55 AM