Re: What have I done???

Hi Phillip:

Have a look here:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/default.mspx

There's a selection there.

I use a wireless laser one on this iBook. (I got left with it after the
girlfriend stole the corded one I actually wanted!!)

I was always deeply suspicious of the wireless ones, because I had one of
the first ones (I have still got it, she didn't want that one!) and the
battery would last only a week or two.

But the battery in this one has been going nearly a year, and it is still
showing a good charge. And the latest one is rechargeable. So: you could
consider that. Although the 7000 model is expensive-ish.

The Notebook Mouse for Mac is new, I have not seen that one before. I guess
it has a different pointer rate: I find the very high definition optical
mice a bit fast for Mac OS 10.4. So I guess they have throttled it back a
bit.

I am using the 7000, which means you lose a USB port for the transceiver.
The 5000 is better for a Mac laptop, because it uses the built-in bluetooth,
you keep all your USB ports.

My favourite is the Optical Notebook Mouse 3000. No batteries, small, and
cheap!

Hope this helps


On 18/08/08 1:47 AM, in article uco8#BIAJHA.4816@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Phillip Jones" <pjones1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Well go to her desk attach the new rodent. take the old one back with
you. your all set. If she ask just tell you like to use stuff that's
been broke in good. ;-)


BTW: do you have a website where I can look at that small MS Travel
mouse you were referring to?

My hands are getting progressively more arthritis in them and and
although my Logitech mouse works well its rather large.

Maybe the local OfficeMax has one. I could look at in person.
John McGhie wrote:
Really, Phillip!

I don't know about YOUR significant other, but MINE will have it simply
because it's newer, even if it is exactly the same :-)

Not that she steals it, or anything... Oh no. It just sorta magically
finds its way onto HER desk. "I was just going to give it back, I borrowed
it because I couldn't find mine".

Cheers


On 17/08/08 1:08 AM, in article #RXcuY7$IHA.3936@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Phillip Jones" <pjones1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Well if he buys the exact same rodent as the one she's using. What would
be her incentive to use his, if there are no new features.

He could buy the new one, offer it to her in exchange for his old one.
That way she would think she got a new version. And in a way it would be.

John McGhie wrote:
Phillip:

I thought you were married?

OF COURSE she'll want the better rodent... Silly man!

The ONLY way Clive will get to keep his is if he buys TWO new ones. Do you
not understand women at ALL :-) "What's mine is mine, and what's yours is
also mine." At least, those were the rules in my household...

Seriously: The Microsoft optical notebook mouse is cheap and goes really
well on a Mac, and they're small (which fits a ladies' hand better).

But you do have to buy two...

Cheers

On 16/08/08 7:48 AM, in article uEttXTy$IHA.524@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Phillip Jones" <pjones1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sounds like she's not the only one broke. You could just buy another of
your own. Make sure its exactly the same model, as the one she pilfered.
That way she won't want to swap for the better rodent. ;-)

Clive Huggan wrote:
Well, since it's confession time: I got my first Kensington TurboMouse
trackball in 1989 when there was hardly anything else on the market --
and
not much to use right-clicking on, but enough to find the one-button
mouse
irritating. The billiard-ball size of the ball is good. I love the fact
that
with the Turbomouse you can use a wrist support and not have to elevate
your
arm, or move your wrist, at all. I have two at my keyboard, either side;
I
change over every few days (I need to change the right-click then in
Preferences -- I operate with "outer-click" as my right-click, i.e. it's
the
left button when I'm using the TurboMouse on the left).

Kensington abandoned the particular model I use recently (though they
have
a
similar replacement) and I bought half a dozen of the last ones in
Australia
for $30 each. :-)

I use the excellent Logitech laptop mouse -- now an abandoned model
without
a replacement -- when I'm on the road. Truth be told, my wife's broke,
she
pinched mine, and I have to grovel to her to borrow it when I'm away. The
things you do for love...

Cheers,

Clive
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On 15/8/08 7:54 AM, in article
C4CA21F0.414C3%onlygeneraltaz1@xxxxxxxxxxxx,
"CyberTaz" <onlygeneraltaz1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

...And I know he isn't aiming that at me - I started with a multi-button

device (LOGITECH doesn't even remember it, but it pre-dated their
Track-man
Wheel by *at least* 2 generations) back when I got a Performa 630CD. The
device actually had a an AppleTalk/LocalTalk connector, thumb-ball &
[IIRC]
three buttons. That would have been 1994, & I've been using a
multi-button
device ever since.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 8/14/08 3:30 PM, in article eiuz3Qk$IHA.3756@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Phillip Jones" <pjones1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Who are you talking to? Me?

I bought a two button Logitech laser Mouse when I bought my G4-500
because I didn't like the big clear One button mouse shipped with the
keyboard with the G4-500. actually it has a right and left button , a
scroll wheel and a tiny little button where the right and left button
meets that you click and it will actually hold until you click again.

John McGhie wrote:
I seem to remember it took us two YEARS of yelling at YOU before you
succumbed to buying a two-eared rodent...


On 14/08/08 7:09 AM, in article Odomb0Y$IHA.2244@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Phillip Jones" <pjones1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Ahh! a dyed in the wool one button Mouser ;-)

CyberTaz wrote:
Good point, Michel... I didn't even think about that because I just
don't
right-click Dock icons :-)

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 8/12/08 3:56 AM, in article
C4C70EBC.13381%mbintener@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Michel Bintener" <mbintener@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

By the way, there is another method to add an application to the
login
items, and it's most likely the one you activated by accident. You
can
simply ctrl-/right-click an application in the Dock, or click on it
while
holding down the left mouse key, to bring up a contextual menu that
shows,
among others, the option to open at login. If an application is set
to
open
at login, you will see a checkmark next to that option; clicking on
it
once
again will remove the checkmark and thus prevent the application
from
opening whenever you start your Mac.


On 12/08/08 8:51, in article
4907b4fa-cf48-48f0-aeed-840075d21524@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"macandal" <macandal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

That seemed to have done it. Thanks.

On Aug 11, 2:02 pm, CyberTaz <onlygeneralt...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
One likely possibility is that you've set Word as a LogIn Item for
your
user
account. Take a look in AppleMenu> System Preferences > Accounts -
Login
Items. If it's in the list select it & click the minus button to
remove
it.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

On 8/11/08 3:30 PM, in article
db66edc3-4d7f-4ea6-aca4-5bf574122...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,

"macandal" <macan...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I use Word 2004. I don't know what I could have done, but, when I
start my MacBook Pro, Word starts up automatically. What did I do?
Or better yet, how do I stop this? Thanks.









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