Re: OT: Is English the only language that doesn't roll R's?

From: John Woodgate (jmw_at_jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 07:22:17 +0000

I read in sci.electronics.design that John Larkin <jjSNIPlarkin@highTHIS
landPLEASEtechnology.XXX> wrote (in <b42521p0q89cft27k8mkvkc129ruto0te5@
4ax.com>) about 'OT: Is English the only language that doesn't roll
R's?', on Sun, 27 Feb 2005:

>But you have to click scores of obsurely-worded boxes on dozens of menus
>to get it to leave you alone. Then if you cut and paste something in
>from another manual, it imports a fresh load of nonsense.

Go to Tools -> Options and on the Save tab, check 'prompt to save Normal
template' . Always respond 'No' to the resultant pane you may get on
shutdown unless you REALLY wanted to change it, e.g. to alter the page
margins permanently.
>
>
>>> Even simple acts like backspacing and
>>> deleting characters do the most bizarre things, often on another line
>>> entirely. Don't even ask me about the built-in "Help" or I'm liable to
>>> get crabby.
>>
>>Back-spacing past a paragraph?
>
>Dunno, but if I put the cursor after a character then hit backspace, I'd
>really like it if that character would go away and none other. Too much
>to expect.

On the Tools -> Options Edit tab, uncheck 'when selecting, automatically
select entire word'
>
Hope this helps. There are many more settings to check under Tools ->
Options. For example, under Edit -> Smart cut and paste -> Settings, I
have all the boxes checked in order to paste stuff in without problems.
YMMV, of course. 

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