November 21, 2003

SLOW...

Lord, Give me patience.
Things are moving very slowly on my computer.
I don't know what's wrong.

Mike says my old method of just turning off and on the computer doesn't do anything to fix it. Actually, he also added something about 'spinning around three times" to his sentence.

Another thing he said was that I shouldn't be running a Norton's update or scan every day either. However, I don't really think that either of the boys wants me calling them everytime something is weird or goes whacky.

I realize that I could be doing something wrong. But the only way I check that is to save what ever I am working on, then turning off the offending program and try again. Sometimes that works. Sometimes it does not.

I have no clue what to do when everything slows down. Or, when I changing a word or fixing sentence structure while working on a Microsoft Word document, and all of a sudden with each key stroke, the letter in front of what I am fixing disappears.

I know that old saying "Junk in, junk out". But I really don't know what I am doing wrong. And, restarting the computer or the program usually does fix the problem. I don't know why.

You may remember that I am trying to learn how to make a spread sheet. I wanted it ready for tonight. All three of my guys know about this. I found what looks like a great site for free, but this week, haven't had time or energy to go through the tutorial. But I WILL!

Mike sent me a link for good online computer classes. I will look into this too, because I am determined to learn this skill.

Yesterday, I sent Matt an e-mail for help so that I could have this simple project finished in time. Today, he told me to send him my file. I figured how to attach it to an e-mail, and did. He called to ask what I wanted to change, and in two shakes of a fist, he not only changed it, but told me I could do this easier on Word, and sent it as a Word table. I hope I am using the right terms here.

Then, I added the pertinent information, I have it saved, printed and it's ready to go! But, I really do want to learn how to do this for myself. And I will! Without just memorizing just which keys to press, in what order. I really want to learn and understand what I am doing. Honestly!

So have patience with me. I am trying.

Posted by Judi at November 21, 2003 6:43 PM | TrackBack
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OK. Now I have to learn or relearn to do that. Thanks.

But first I will check it out with the family computer whizzes. :-)
Poor guys.

Posted by: Mom at November 22, 2003 1:44 AM

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