26 Reply by GB

(8 replies, posted in PagePlus)

Yes, Sarah was much involved with the Community Plus project, which replaced the old forums. It was not universally liked, but inspired a part of my avatar!

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27 Reply by GB

(8 replies, posted in PagePlus)

(I use X15)

The last version of PagePlus is X9. There is no X15. Version 15 was X5

If I remember correctly, Patrick Connor, who is still active on the Affinity forums (I believe) was largely responsible for PagePlus 8PDF and I'm sure had a lot of input on the subsequent versions.

Dale Cook was a guy who worked on earlier versions. He subsequently emigrated to Australia.

Way back, I had a program called Window Works, by Spinnaker. It included a word processor and a basic publishing program. I think that there was some connection with Serif, because out of the blue I got an offer from Serif to get PagePlus 3 as an step up. There was also some connection with Harvard Graphics, which Serif marketed at that time. My memory is a bit vague on the details. I had started producing a monthly magazine, and after the first issue I did, using Window Works, I changed to PagePlus, and have used it ever since, although I no longer dothe magazine.

I remember PagePlus 4 had a few problems and crashed a lot, so I reverted to version 3 until 5 came out.

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28 Reply by GB

(3 replies, posted in PagePlus)

I assume, since you have posted in the PagePlus section, that you are still using PagePlus, not Affinity.

Are you wanting to create similar guides, or just want to select them in an existing document? If the latter, then perhaps you could attach a sample document. But maybe they are on the (or a) Master Page.

If the former, there are at least a couple of ways to create such a grid. The very simplest, and best, is from the View menu/Grids and Guides/Snapping Grid. It can be customised using Tools/Options/Layout/Snapping.

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29 Reply by GB

(8 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Hi Tom,

No, I haven't solved the problem yet! And as far as Ican see I've got all the permissions set to allow access.

https://i.postimg.cc/0MKFrgKB/Publication1.jpg

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30 Reply by GB

(8 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Thanks anyway h_d (or may I call you Harley?)

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31 Reply by GB

(8 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Ask them to check their settings

Thanks Ali. I have suggested that to them! However, since they are constantly making such calls they apparently manage OK with everyone else.

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32 Topic by GB

(8 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I'm hoping one of the computer literate wizz-kids out there can help me out.

There is an internet site called "id.me", which is supposed to confirm my identity. I have sent them pictures of a couple of documents showing who I am. They then invited me to get a video call so that they can actually see these docs, and at the same time confirm that the photo on one of them (my driver's licence) is really me.

Now I get their "video call" OK on my Win 11 laptop. I have activated its camera, and I see me on the screen in front of me. In a separate window I can see the person calling me, and I can hear them and they can hear me through the laptop's built-in speaker and microphone. However they cannot see me. What do I have to do for them to be able to see me?

In case you are wondering. this is the IRS (Inland Revenue Service) who owe me a few hundred dollars which I overpaid last year. They used to just send a cheque, but no longer do so as everything must now be done "electronically", direct into my bank account. All this palaver is, it seems, because they need to verify that the the bank details I have sent them is really my account! Bureaucracy gone mad!

Geoff

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33 Reply by GB

(3 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Happy St David's day to all, and memories of our late forum friend Dave Paddock whose birthday this was.

No daffs in bloom here yet.

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34 Reply by GB

(25 replies, posted in Art & Literature)

Like Alfred, I've only watched the first few minutes so far, but it is truly excellent. It must have involved tremendous effort on your part. You have made very good use of the AI effects, which have enhanced the viewing pleasure tremendously.

One peculiarity which struck me was that 10 or so minutes in, the two gentlemen seem to be singing Elizabeth's song in her voice. AI is synchronising the words to their mouths. Is this inevitable?

Geoff

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35 Reply by GB

(2 replies, posted in PagePlus)

Format menu/ Page Number Format. Make first page -5. Only positive page numbers are inserted, so will not appear on pages 1-6 (numbered -5,-4,-3,-2,-1 and 0). Page 7 will have page number 1.

Geoff

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36 Reply by GB

(13 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Don't parents have some responsibility for what their children access on line?

Perhaps a better solution would be for computer makers, or software producers, making it possible for some "child safe" computers to be available where only pre-approved internet sites are able to be accessed. The approval system would be password protected and only be accessible to the parent.

According to Copilot's response to my asking "is it possible to restrict internet access on a particular computer only to sites pre-approved" that is already possible.

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37 Reply by GB

(12 replies, posted in General Discussion)

As the Editor of a non-fiction magazine

The term is Editor which is a position like Director, Chair, Secretary.

You may hold the post of Editor in an organisation which produces a magazine, but you are simply the editor of that magazine.

I don't think the Director, Chairman or Secretary of the organisation would ever refer to themselves as the Director, Chairman or Secretary of the magazine.  tongue

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38 Reply by GB

(28 replies, posted in General Discussion)

But I still insist that I used to be able to flow text around an embedded picture.

Perhaps you were using PagePlus and Publishing as HTML

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39 Reply by GB

(13 replies, posted in Affinity Studio)

Vicki,

Was your transfer of the document to Affinity successful?

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40 Reply by GB

(13 replies, posted in Affinity Studio)

Did you go out for a curry as usual?

No, I'm afraid not! I did have one just before Christmas at a new restaurant recently opened - the Butter Chicken it is rather oddly named. Very good food, but rather expensive.

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41 Reply by GB

(13 replies, posted in Affinity Studio)

Thanks Ali. It's not belated here - 2 1/2 hours still to go!

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42 Reply by GB

(13 replies, posted in Affinity Studio)

A simpler workflow is to start by exporting the text from the WritePlus text editor

This could perhaps be done simply with Copy/Paste. Assuming your text is all in a series of linked frames, it can all be copied (Ctrl+C) direct from PagePlus after selectting by quadruple-clicking somewhere within the text. This would also copy the images if they are anchored within the text, but, as I do not have Affinity anything, I don't know if it would Paste OK into Affinity.

Geoff (91 today!)

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43 Reply by GB

(4 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I wonder if they are as undecipherable to each other as Cornish, Yorkshire, East Anglian and Glaswegian?

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44 Reply by GB

(20 replies, posted in Mathematics & Science)

I believe it is the general rule in Welsh for the emphasis to be on the second syllable. For instance the name Meredith is pronounced Mer-RED-ith, not MERRY-dith. So Google may be correct in that emphasis. But yes, I would think "run" rather than "rin". But my knowledge is very limited. Is there no Welsh speaker on this forum? Perhaps William Overington! He was learning Welsh.

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45 Reply by GB

(20 replies, posted in Mathematics & Science)

...and Cymru is pronounced as "kumri", not, as I've heard Englishmen say "kimru"!
I spent a few very happy months in South Wales during the Doodlebug era, and had several good Welsh friends when I lived in Bristol doing an apprenticeship, so became very fond of the country. But never learnt the language.

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46 Reply by GB

(20 replies, posted in Mathematics & Science)

Both state that “myrrh” contains no vowels, which is clearly nonsense

Quite so! "Y" is commonly used as a vowel, not only in "rhyme" and "Egypt" but at the end of most (probably) adverbs, such as those used by both of us in this post! However, it is, I believe, the only letter used as both a vowel and a consonant in English. My slight knowledge of Welsh suggests that both "y" and "w" are used as vowels in that language.

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47 Reply by GB

(20 replies, posted in Mathematics & Science)

Today's NYT Wordle seems to have upset a lot of people! https://avast.1news.io/news/106278dad22 … medium=ntp
My first two guesses gave me no clues, but I did get the correct answer (myrrh) on my sixth guess.

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48 Reply by GB

(1,162 replies, posted in MoviePlus)

Hi Paul,

Good to see you back. Interesting video, well done. But I was constantly distracted by what Sir Thomas was doing with his hands. Various objects kept appearing and disappearing. What is that all about?

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49 Reply by GB

(1,162 replies, posted in MoviePlus)

I haven't seen that before either. Nor have I seen a septopus before either! (1m 4s)

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50 Reply by GB

(1,162 replies, posted in MoviePlus)

I believe Geoff (‘GB’) began his tenth decade at the end of last year, with his 91st birthday to look forward to in three weeks’ time

Yes, indeed. I was born when Hitler was on the rise. We spent decades believing ideas such as he held had been defeated, but now we are experiencing governments, in many cases democratically elected, led by convicted or indicted felons reviving them and creating chaos, devastation and death around the world. It's hard to be optimistic!

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