Text goes missing whilst building post?
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Text goes missing whilst building post?
Has anyone else had a problem when building a post?
I am in the middle of creating a post when I need to "switch" to another "concurrent" window to get some more information, check facts etc. However, when I switch back to my PPRuNe window, the text I had previously entered is no longer there!
This happens frequently, but I have yet to spot a pattern - e.g. is it more likely to happen when I switch with mouse, or by "ALT/TAB"?
I am using a COMPAQ Armada M700 with Windows 2000 professional.
I am in the middle of creating a post when I need to "switch" to another "concurrent" window to get some more information, check facts etc. However, when I switch back to my PPRuNe window, the text I had previously entered is no longer there!
This happens frequently, but I have yet to spot a pattern - e.g. is it more likely to happen when I switch with mouse, or by "ALT/TAB"?
I am using a COMPAQ Armada M700 with Windows 2000 professional.
Joined: Sep 1998
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From: Sydney, Australia
That has happened to me in the past, though I don't know why and thankfully it's not frequent.
I try to remember to select all the text in the Reply window and copy it to the clipboard so that if it happens again I can just paste it into the now blank reply.
For longer replies I compose them in Notepad first (temporarily saving them if necessary - eg if interrupted when Mrs AA sounds the dinner gong
) and then cut and paste them to the Reply window.
Haven't answered your question, sorry, but they're my workarounds.
Cheers
AA
I try to remember to select all the text in the Reply window and copy it to the clipboard so that if it happens again I can just paste it into the now blank reply.
For longer replies I compose them in Notepad first (temporarily saving them if necessary - eg if interrupted when Mrs AA sounds the dinner gong
) and then cut and paste them to the Reply window.Haven't answered your question, sorry, but they're my workarounds.
Cheers
AA
Per Ardua ad Astraeus
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From: UK
I fully endorse Ausatco's solution and use it myself. It has several 'plusses':-
1) It enables you to review what you might have posted in haste before posting!
2) It enables a better check on spppellin
3) If your connection drops whilst 'composing' that masterpiece, you do not lose the beautiful work.
PS Aussie - you never know your luck! It may not be the dinner gong.................
1) It enables you to review what you might have posted in haste before posting!
2) It enables a better check on spppellin
3) If your connection drops whilst 'composing' that masterpiece, you do not lose the beautiful work.
PS Aussie - you never know your luck! It may not be the dinner gong.................
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From: Sydney, Australia
Yes, BOAC, fully concur with your first point. The phrase "Publish and be damned" has a certain ring to it, but there are implications which, once experienced, are better not re-visited. Say no more 
I look forward to the evening when the dinner gong sounds and all that is on the table is ... oh, enough! Surely too much information
AA
I look forward to the evening when the dinner gong sounds and all that is on the table is ... oh, enough! Surely too much information
AA
