Paper and Computer
It was so good to work on my computer again, but I kept lifting my legal pad to my nose for the occasional whiff of paper. I mean paper has never failed me.
During my computer hiatus, I outlined one and half book ideas on paper. I will be typing those in since Millie (my Mal-Shi) will eat paper if I don't keep it from her. She would have been the ideal dog for 'My dog ate my homework!' back in the day.
Thank you all for suggesting Word-type options to use instead of buying Microsoft. I needed something that didn't require me to be online for those days when my internet crawls. We use Google Docs at work, so I tried that first at home. I don't especially like using Google Docs, but was willing. Maybe I don't know how to work with it offline, but it just wasn't the best option for me. Plus it seems to to steal more time from me just finding my documents. Again, this is all my incompetence.
Even though I thought all lightbulbs in my brain had burnt out, one more lightbulb flipped on giving me an idea. Years ago, I taught various technology classes: Word, Excel and... OpenOffice to mention a few. At that time, I don't think they had a Mac version. They do now! So after HOURS of downloading it, I'm using OpenOffice. Word seemed to always be updating and sending messages out to its mothership. OpenOffice appears to be its calmer cousin.
The winner is OpenOffice.org as my option. I'm back in the computer writing saddle again.
Don't forget to come back this Friday for my FIP post on Roland Yeomans.
T.
During my computer hiatus, I outlined one and half book ideas on paper. I will be typing those in since Millie (my Mal-Shi) will eat paper if I don't keep it from her. She would have been the ideal dog for 'My dog ate my homework!' back in the day.
Thank you all for suggesting Word-type options to use instead of buying Microsoft. I needed something that didn't require me to be online for those days when my internet crawls. We use Google Docs at work, so I tried that first at home. I don't especially like using Google Docs, but was willing. Maybe I don't know how to work with it offline, but it just wasn't the best option for me. Plus it seems to to steal more time from me just finding my documents. Again, this is all my incompetence.
Even though I thought all lightbulbs in my brain had burnt out, one more lightbulb flipped on giving me an idea. Years ago, I taught various technology classes: Word, Excel and... OpenOffice to mention a few. At that time, I don't think they had a Mac version. They do now! So after HOURS of downloading it, I'm using OpenOffice. Word seemed to always be updating and sending messages out to its mothership. OpenOffice appears to be its calmer cousin.
The winner is OpenOffice.org as my option. I'm back in the computer writing saddle again.
Don't forget to come back this Friday for my FIP post on Roland Yeomans.
T.
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