Learning curve

[linaewen]

I got a new computer in my office while I was out yesterday. I have been spending the morning putting things back on that I backed up (fortunately I found out ahead of time they were going to give me a new one and I had time to back up my stuff!), and getting my desktop and other preferences back the way I want them. Some of the programs are a bit different, so I have to explore that, and the keyboard is also a bit different, so that takes some getting used to -- not bad, just different. The biggest change is that all our word processing is now using Word only -- our office used to use Word Perfect, which I know and love. Word for me is like a relative that you meet now and then but don't know real well -- guess we'll have to get acquainted now! ;-)

Just remembered we have staff meeting today, so I'd better make sure I am ready for that. Hope you all have a lovely day!

Edit: Just discovered I have no floppy drive in my new computer, which is a bit of an irritant. Also no CD burner, just a CD drive -- no backing up except to the network, I guess. Or by sending emails to myself with attachments... I can get around it in the future, but that means a wee project I was going to work on today won't happen, if I didn't save the document to the hard drive to be backed up, as well as to my floppy disc!

Comments

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

Good idea. That's the way to go these days, now that floppy drives aren't standard anymore -- and they have to be more reliable than a floppy disc that goes bad just when you are relying on it. And they only hold 1 mg. :-/

[mochagoddess511.livejournal.com]

Yep, you don't have to worry about formatting or anything... They're pretty cool, my cousin holds a bunch of mp3's on his.