It’s also tested my IT skills – not exactly advanced – and given me a hell of a lot of head scratching moments.
The last one was the biggest pisser, though.
FASCINATING DETAILS COMING UP
I had to convert a Word file to PDF, keeping all the formatting etc of a 200 page plus document. That’s the kind of wonderful, wild fun I’ve been getting up to recently – trying to get my damn computer to play ball.
It was all fine in theory except that all the software I tried, including Adobe, had fallen out with Word.
Maybe they thought Bill Gates was too big for his boots, or Word was spending its time in the hardware showing off to all the other programs.
Anyway, long story short, for 2.5 days I wrestled, sweated, thought, expermented – and nothing.
Then, earlier today, I thought – “I know, I’ll change the file extension to .pdf – see what happens.”
AND THE BLOODY THING WORKED!
I swear when I saw that, I looked like this guy:
So … over two days of eye crossing effort was resolved with the most obvious, insulting move of all.It did work, though. I spent a while afterwards modestly reflecting on how great I am.
Technology in general is pissing me off at the minute. My mobile is on the blink as I made a call on it, or something. There’s someone I’m keen to get together with & I only have her number on my mobile, which picked Saturday to conk out.What a series of delights.
The strange thing is, I keep thinking of those 1950s films, where sex is referred to along the lines of “It’s time for Colonel Winkle to visit Mrs Pantsdown.”
I don’t know why, must be frustration, I swear.
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14 comments:
Ah ... the pains of technology. You have no idea the kind of goof ups i indulged in when i started writing my blog, i still mess it up gallactically but with less frequency.
An experience like that must have put you in good mind to join my ongoing campaign over at Not What it Used to Be. The one that seeks to eradicate change and banish the internet once and for all.
We need men of your calibre, good sir!
Next time you have a problem like that, feel free to email me. I recently had to do the same thing - .doc to .pdf. Took me twenty seconds.
I know, too little, too late, eh?
Yuckers. That guy is just yuckers. Yuckers sounds like a foreign dish. Maybe something I would eat in Brooklyn at a deli.
You are brilliant!
I love when I find simple solutions for something I've been working. It's like a brain purge.
You ARE brilliant. Which is why I now feel better know in that it takes brilliant people time to find simple solutions too. lol
If computers were too simple, some of us would be out of jobs. You're more than welcome to email me too with probs, though I'm not a Windows expert.
Another thing to do is to type your problem into google, and you'll often find a suitable answer.
Now that you've finished this project, there should be no excuse for you not to blog every day...
Tazeen - fair do's - good to know!
Jeffman - very kind offer. I may have to take you up on that ...
Wolf - doh! Thanks for the though, I will certainly bear that in mind.
Jenboglass - I think we can safely say that guy isn't a looker.
Bee - thank you ;-) & yes, the sense of relief was immense.
Bill - many thanks! You should see me trying to work an executive coffee pot ...
Brian - I appreciate the offer & will bear that in mind. I spent ages trying on Google, but I couldn't find what I needed.
As to blogging every day, we'll just have to see ...
I've been trying to do the Entrecard thing and spent 55 minutes cropping a photo to 125x125 when I noticed the "constraint" button on the page which automatically lets me get the size I need.
Now I can't translate the frickin' photo to JPG format and I've tried your trick of changing the ending.
On top of that, I'm trying to superglue a metal piece back onto the refrigerator and it's not working.
But yah, ditto what Brian said about your blogging every day.
My computer conundrums always involve either unplugging or the old reliable CTL ALT DLT. Never, ever would I thought to change the extension. I know where I'm coming the next time I kill days trying to figure something out.
Does no one else know how to get in touch with the girl you seek?
Since you've solved the pdf problem I thought I'd focus on getting you some action.
Did you recharge the battery?
Have you kept your old bills? Surely you've called her before and the number would appear there?
Are your mobile phone numbers kept in the phone or on the sim card? If it's the latter, then you can get sim card readers. Then all you have to do is spend two days working out how to get it to work with your computer...
I write down all phone numbers, addresses and email addresses in a genuine paper address book, which is much less likely to go wrong than technology...
Meg - superglue makes much more sense than computers. I'll see what I can do on the blogging & cheers!
FADKOG - DO NOT THINK OF ME AS A COMPUTER RESOURCE! Your future happiness and sanity rests on this.
Anndi - no, none of my friends know her. As we'd just met I don't know any of her friends either. The phone's being mended but I will have a look at the bills.
Very kind of you, btw ;-)
Brian - are you trying to drive me into a rest home?
Good idea on the paper address book.
You're welcome ;)
And Brian's right... keep a hardcopy back-up. Or actually remember the pretty girl's phone number!
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