Blogger just ate two of my posts! One of them was a links post and you all know how long those take. URGH Needless to say I'm going to move away from the computer now.
Hi D. Prince, Poor baby! I’ve been in the same snit-fit mood you’re experiencing right now because blogger ate one of my posts. Have you tried writing your blog in “office word” and then cutting and pasting it? If it gets chewed up, you’ve still got your initial post and you can try again. I’ve started doing this even when I’m merely posting comments, just to insure that my thoughts won’t be lost in case of unforeseen problems. It only takes a few seconds and may save you a lot of grief and disappointment.
Hi D. Prince, That’s another reason why I always use Microsoft Word for my posts and comments—the spellcheck. It enables me to use the words I want but would never be able to spell without it.
Hi Maddie, I’ve only been computer friendly for 2 years, so this may be the blind leading the blind when I try to explain how to “copy/paste” from Microsoft Word. Type your post or comment in “word”, then go up to the top and hit “edit”. It’s a pull down menu; hit “copy” AFTER you’ve highlighted your post, then go back to Blogger and when you get to the appropriate place you want to put your words, go back to “edit” and below the “copy” you’ll find “paste”….select that and you should see your post appear. You might want to play around with it before you try it for real and lose all your work.
There’s a “help” guide tutorial that might be of value for you to read in Microsoft Word; it’s got to be easier to understand that my “garble-de-gook”.
I use too much html for word... because it employs weird quotation marks and it messes up my stuff. But I do see the value in a good spell-checker. (BTW, the beta blogger spellcheck is more like word/gmail now)
It took a few minutes to switchover, but when I did, I discovered that a lot of the new features I wanted to try out would have required the ditching of my template and a lot of my little gadgets, so I have to wait to try out things like categories and such. They said it will be at the point where those of us who didn't adopt a "layout" will be able to use the new stuff in a few days. I look forward to that.
Granted, the fact that template changes are instantaneous as are blog postings is a pretty sweet upgrade on things.
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Hi D. Prince,
Poor baby! I’ve been in the same snit-fit mood you’re experiencing right now because blogger ate one of my posts. Have you tried writing your blog in “office word” and then cutting and pasting it? If it gets chewed up, you’ve still got your initial post and you can try again. I’ve started doing this even when I’m merely posting comments, just to insure that my thoughts won’t be lost in case of unforeseen problems. It only takes a few seconds and may save you a lot of grief and disappointment.
The little girl is very cute, despite her tears!
Good idea!
And it just so happens that I was lent a copy of Microsoft Word for Mac.
Then I can use a proper spellcheck which I desperately need.
Thanks!
So "Recover Post" didn't work at that time either?
*a frequent "Save Draft"er*
Hi D. Prince,
That’s another reason why I always use Microsoft Word for my posts and comments—the spellcheck. It enables me to use the words I want but would never be able to spell without it.
Good Luck!!
MC: No recover post didn't work either time, it usually does. I've definitely learnt my lesson though. From now on I'm going to save save save.
I think I subconsciencely test fate just to annoy myself, little games I play.
Another Word user here.
For one thing, you never know when you're going to get interrupted mid-post... the phone rings, the cat starts barfing, etc.
Just remember to press "save" on Word or you'll lose that too!
Got it.
my problem is I don't know how to copy and paste from MW into the blogger box. How do you do that?
Hi Maddie,
I’ve only been computer friendly for 2 years, so this may be the blind leading the blind when I try to explain how to “copy/paste” from Microsoft Word. Type your post or comment in “word”, then go up to the top and hit “edit”. It’s a pull down menu; hit “copy” AFTER you’ve highlighted your post, then go back to Blogger and when you get to the appropriate place you want to put your words, go back to “edit” and below the “copy” you’ll find “paste”….select that and you should see your post appear. You might want to play around with it before you try it for real and lose all your work.
There’s a “help” guide tutorial that might be of value for you to read in Microsoft Word; it’s got to be easier to understand that my “garble-de-gook”.
I use too much html for word... because it employs weird quotation marks and it messes up my stuff. But I do see the value in a good spell-checker. (BTW, the beta blogger spellcheck is more like word/gmail now)
Thanks Miss Litzi...
MC: Was it hard switching over to BetaÉ
Hi D. Prince,
Okay, now it’s my turn to ask; what’s BetaE?? It’s all Greek to me……
Hi Miss Litzi,
I think this
is a pretty good definition of what Beta is. I'm hoping to hear more from MC about it (he's using the new blogger Beta thingamajiger.
It took a few minutes to switchover, but when I did, I discovered that a lot of the new features I wanted to try out would have required the ditching of my template and a lot of my little gadgets, so I have to wait to try out things like categories and such. They said it will be at the point where those of us who didn't adopt a "layout" will be able to use the new stuff in a few days. I look forward to that.
Granted, the fact that template changes are instantaneous as are blog postings is a pretty sweet upgrade on things.
Hi D. Prince,
Thanks for the link; now if I can just understand it....
I'm trying to psych myself into taking the plunge.
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