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LibreOffice restricting spaces between words to 1

November 22, 2012

LibreOffice restricting multiple spaces between words LibreOffice restricting multiple spaces in text LibreOffice restricting spaces in text I did google searches on all these things and got nowhere! For no known reason, LibreOffice had started not letting me type a second space after a word … unless I backed the cursor up before the one space I had entered and then I could enter...

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Aerial Photos of Fort Lauderdale

June 26, 2012
Aerial Photos of Fort Lauderdale

April 16th 2012 flight along the Gold Coast – Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Updated 02-05-2014. Fort Lauderdale beach Beach Place Mall, Ft Lauderdale beach Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale beach at A1A and Las Olas Pompano Beach (looking south)   Lighthouse Point Lighthouse Point Pompano Beach Deerfield Beach Boca Raton beach the 4 pilots who took turns flying the ‘copter the photographer  

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A Few Puzzles for Thought and a Challenge

April 30, 2012
A Few Puzzles for Thought and a Challenge

updated 2019-06-11 How many cookies could you eat on an empty stomach? (1) letters: It occurs once in a minute, twice in a week, and once in a year. What is it? Here are a few “level 1” (easy?) puzzles   12 ?   Assuming all blocks that are not visible from this angle are present, how many blocks have been removed from this...

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How to save all Power Point (.ppt) slides as .jpg’s in Libre or Open Office

April 9, 2012
How to save all Power Point (.ppt) slides as .jpg’s in Libre or Open Office

updated 05-08-2018 How to save, export, all Libre Office or Open Office, Impress slides to images, all at once www.OpenOffice.org www.LibreOffice.org “I would like to save my presentation (.ppt) as all .jpg or .gif or .png files. (which is a feature available in Microsoft Powerpoint) Is there any option comparable to this in Libre Office and Open Office (Impress)?” YES, in a round-about way....

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Armitron watch 40/8246, M0935 (WR330FT) instructions, and the MD-365

December 28, 2011
Armitron watch 40/8246, M0935 (WR330FT) instructions, and the MD-365

2011-12-28 Armitron watch WR330FT owner’s manual. Armitron Digital Sport watch 40/8246, MO935, owner’s manual. Armitron watch MO935 owner’s manual.   How to set an Armitron WR330FT, MO935, All-Sport Watch. How do you set the time on an Armitron 40/8246 WR330FT? Armitron Men’s 40/8246 metal gray, or any of the other colors, Chronograph Digital Sport Watch. I bought a 2nd Armitron watch, the M0935, and...

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Armitron watch WR330 instructions manual

December 20, 2011
Armitron watch WR330 instructions manual

Armitron watch WR330 owner’s manual Armitron watch 40/8177 Red, owner’s manual Armitron watch M807 owner’s manual (Actually, it is an M807 but you would never know for sure without a manual). How to set an Armitron WR330 Watch. How do you set the time on an Armitron 408177red WR330? Armitron Men’s 408177RED Chronograph Black and Red Digital Sport Watch. The name, model, of this...

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hints to a few 2 and 3-dimentional puzzles & Tetris

October 2, 2010
hints to a few 2 and 3-dimentional puzzles & Tetris

For those who don’t want the answer handed to them, but do want a hint. “Block By Block” ThinkFun games – thinkFun.com Block by Block 3D Puzzle a 7-piece stacking puzzle that asks you to match 60 different three-dimensional patterns! Block by Block helps players sharpen their spatial thinking skills and have fun at the same time The puzzle pieces are the same as...

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a few Puzzles, Mazes, and Sudoku

October 1, 2010
a few Puzzles, Mazes, and Sudoku

1. what is the minimum height of a mirror that lets you see a full head-to-toe view of yourself? (“relatively speaking”) 2. Two identical wooden wheels carry a 10 lb weight. One weight is a disk at the center of the wheel; the other weight is a ring attached near the rim of the other wheel. If the wheels are released at the same...

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computer cartoons

May 25, 2010
computer cartoons

Just for the fun of it: from www.userfriendly.org see www.calvinandhobbes.me this is so old, I don’t remember where it came from:

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Original Technology terms translated

February 25, 2010
Original Technology terms translated

Just for the fun of it: (found this a long time ago) Hope you enjoy it also!

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