| CSP And Mouse Tricks!
For the Newbies on the board, here are a
couple of tips that will increase your enjoyment and should speed up the entire process.
Let the forum load. When you find
an article (Post) you would like to read, "Right" mouse click on the
link (Right Mouse Button). This will
bring up a menu. You will see, "Open In New Window". Click that option. The
article then opens in this new window. When you are done, close that new window. Return to
the main forum. Go on to the next article. This saves having to reload every time you want
to open a new article (Post). I refresh/reload the main forum every few hours or so. Much quicker
and less hassle... Try it, it works on other sites also and is a real time saver.
See Other menus below. Netscape, MS Internet Explore
When you wish to answer a thread or
submit a new posting to the page, use the "RIGHT MOUSE TRICK"
above to open the
new window (where you type in the message) instead of simply "left mouse
clicking" the link that says "POST", "REPLY", or whatever. The
posting window sometimes seems to take forever until the "confirmation page"
shows up. The "NEW TIP" is that the message is actually "posted" long
before the "confirmation page" is displayed. Using this new tip, (once you have
pushed the "it takes forever button"), simply minimize the "posting
window", and let the electrons do their thingie. You will then be able to continue to
read the board while your "answer" or "article" is being posted. You
can check for "posting results" anytime after about 30 seconds or less, by
simply using the "RELOAD" button on your browser (with the main page open) and
you will find that it is almost always has been successfully posted. You can then simply
go up and "CLOSE" the posting (window) page you have minimized and you are good
to go.
If you choose to post or answer one of
the threads, and it turns out to be a long dissertation (one of my worst failings), simply
compose your posting in your word processing program, and do a spell
check. You can then
save it to "clipboard" and simply paste it into the window, fill out the name
and other data and push "submit (post)"... This is easier (and quicker) for me, and it
saves much embarrassment due to misspellings and punctuation. For your quick and dirty
answers, it's probably faster to simply type the short reply into the window.
Using "Clipboard".
First "Highlight" (see
Graphic below) the "TEXT" you would like to place in your
article (Post). Click your mouse to the "LEFT" of your
text, "HOLD" the "LEFT"
mouse button down, and drag across the text. This will
cause the text to become highlighted. The color depends on how you
have your computer setup and the program you are using to write in. NOTE: Your text must remain
"HIGHLIGHTED" for it to be copied to
clipboard, try this here if you like. Then "RIGHT"
mouse click (right mouse button). This will bring up a menu with a
few options. Select "COPY" (see
graphic below). After you have your "TEXT" copied to the
"CLIPBOARD". Simply return to the article you wish to
reply to or start a new thread. Again fill out the Name and Subject
line. Click inside the large "WHITE" message window. Then
again in that window, "RIGHT MOUSE CLICK,"
you will have another "MENU" pop up. Select "PASTE". This will transfer the text you
earlier "Copied" to clipboard into the message window.
This Copy and Paste
stuff can be used from just about all the programs you might have on
your computer. It will also work from your Internet browser to
"COPY" and "PASTE" text into a word processing
program.
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