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05-26-2011, 09:07 PM
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Senior Member
Country Coach Owners Club Solo Rvers Club iRV2 No Limits Club
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Why
do I keep getting knocked out when writing a message? In the last 30 min. I've been in the middle of writing a reply and all of a sudden the whole message disappears and I can't recover it. Only thing is to start over!!
Very frustrating!!!!!!
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05-26-2011, 09:48 PM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Mr_D, I'm computer illiterate so can't help.
Mike
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05-26-2011, 09:49 PM
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Community Administrator
Pond Piggies Club LA Gulf Coast Campers Outdoors RV Owners Club Entegra Owners Club Skyline Owners Group
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The scenario that creates that for me is if I accidentally move my cursor outside the Message box & hit the Backspace key. *Poof* what I was typing is gone.
Lori-
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There is great need for a sarcasm font.
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05-26-2011, 10:14 PM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club
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Location: Spokane, Washington
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I have had that happen several times also... not sure what I did, but only seems to happen when I've typed a manuscript.... frustrating. I usually just give up since I dont want to spend all that time again.
I now "highlight" and "copy" periodically when typing a long comment to save what I have done. That way if I lose it I can "paste" and continue.
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05-26-2011, 10:22 PM
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Community Administrator
Pond Piggies Club LA Gulf Coast Campers Outdoors RV Owners Club Entegra Owners Club Skyline Owners Group
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Romeo
..I now "highlight" and "copy" periodically when typing a long comment to save what I have done. That way if I lose it I can "paste" and continue.
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I do that, too, if I'm making a wordy post. It's saved me more than a few times, especially since I have a tendency to bump the mouse without realizing it, which sends the cursor off where it needs to be.
Lori-
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There is great need for a sarcasm font.
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05-27-2011, 07:50 AM
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RV Mutant #14
Winnebago Owners Club Texas Boomers Club Freightliner Owners Club iRV2 No Limits Club
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Location: Texas
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You should try my dumb technique. I have "Cool Preview" running and if the mouse goes outside the box, the box disappears. Yep! Frustrating is not the word I use.
I have on occasion, when I know it is going to be lengthy (should be all the time, right?) I'll use Notepad, or a text editor, even my email, but not send it. Copy, and paste into the forum box.
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05-27-2011, 08:06 AM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club
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I've found the best way to eliminate that is to write all my post in OpenOffice Writer. When I'm done I just copy and paste the text into the post editor and I always have a copy of what I've written. That's probably why my posts are always in italics, the post editor translates Writer that way.
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05-27-2011, 01:37 PM
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Senior Member
Forest River Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
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Its best to use a simple text editor to compose messages. For all Windows users, NOTEPAD is already on your computer under Programs / Accessories. It will not add any odd formatting (like italics) and you can then Cut and Paste the text into the iRV2 editor and add any formatting or icons.
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05-27-2011, 01:46 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Baton Rouge LA
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Mr. D.,
Is there any chance that you are accidentally highlighting what you've typed (say, by hitting the touchpad on a portable computer) and when you type the next character (for instance, backspace or space) it's deleting what you write?
If you're using a PC (don't know what happens with a Mac), try pressing Ctrl-Z to undo. That may get your message back.
liz
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05-29-2011, 02:48 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner Coastal Campers Carolina Campers
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Location: Conway, SC
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I'll use Microsoft Word to write most of my text.
I can't tell you how many of my posts were accidentally deleted by hitting the "backspace" key!
It happens but it's basically user error!
"This is my 18,000th post!"
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05-29-2011, 06:30 PM
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Senior Member
Damon Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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I sometimes have problems with this stupic box going into OVERLOAD when posting a reply.
When that happens I have a decision to make..
1: Forget it
2: COmpose reply in NOTEPAD, CTRL-A (Edit | Select all) CTRL-C (Copy) or CTRL-X (Cut) then open the reply editor and CTRL-V (paste) and post BEFORE the idiot box cn overload.
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05-29-2011, 06:52 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner Coastal Campers Carolina Campers
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wa8yxm
compose reply in NOTEPAD, CTRL-A (Edit | Select all) CTRL-C (Copy) or CTRL-X (Cut) then open the reply editor and CTRL-V (paste) and post BEFORE the idiot box cn overload.
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wa8yxm, OK here's flash from the past .. Did you know that those keystrokes were stabndard features of ... " Wordstar" my favorite (at the time) word processor.
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05-31-2011, 11:16 AM
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Community Administrator
Newmar Owners Club Winnebago Owners Club Vintage RV Owners Club Mid Atlantic Campers Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DriVer
"This is my 18,000th post!"
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Wow - that's a LOT of posts. Thanks for contributing so much good info
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05-31-2011, 12:20 PM
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Senior Member
Damon Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DriVer
wa8yxm, OK here's flash from the past .. Did you know that those keystrokes were stabndard features of ... "Wordstar" my favorite (at the time) word processor.
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That they were part of Wordstar, and a few other Word Processors, YES.
That it was your favorite.. NO.
I still like keyboard shortcuts over mousing Though they don't always work anymore.
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