tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post7237848918654979799..comments2023-10-21T07:30:22.394-04:00Comments on A Million Blogging Monkeys: A Little More to the LeftAlan Orloffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695574442723430347noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-12575749243389821972010-01-27T23:55:43.371-05:002010-01-27T23:55:43.371-05:00I normally love cntrl-x, -c, -v all of it, but it ...I normally love cntrl-x, -c, -v all of it, but it was acting insane in Blogger for me today. Must go back to Word now to calm my nerves. <br />I passed a blog award on to you by the way:<br />http://lorelclayton.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-love-awards-really.htmlLorel Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749366331989131894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-17701740364252866412010-01-27T20:53:36.499-05:002010-01-27T20:53:36.499-05:00Me, too, on the "life undo" button. I ne...Me, too, on the "life undo" button. I need that.<br /><br />I love cut and paste, but I also like printing out a manuscript and using a cut and tape to rearrange scenes or even chapters. It helps me to spread out the paper pages instead of scrolling through screens.Patricia Stolteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192369425956406122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-75530950626600441552010-01-27T14:17:41.381-05:002010-01-27T14:17:41.381-05:00Stephen - Ah, so true. I can think of a few more, ...Stephen - Ah, so true. I can think of a few more, uh, non-traditional uses, too.<br /><br />Levi - I agree. A writer's thought process must have been very different knowing how difficult it was going to be to make changes. Maybe they thought a lot longer before "writing" something down. <br /><br />Elizabeth - Definitely would come in handy. <br /><br />Sue Ann - I'm going to pass both your spell check thingy idea and Elizabeth's Life Undo button suggestion along to Bill (Gates). I'll let you know what he says.<br /><br />Elspeth - Delete is okay, as long as you have multiple layers of Undo to use just in case.<br /><br />Terry - Write on paper? Oh the horror! Cut and paste on a pen - nice!<br /><br />Dorte - Yes, hitting the save icon every few seconds has saved me, many times.Alan Orloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695574442723430347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-31145241408785586032010-01-27T13:47:42.648-05:002010-01-27T13:47:42.648-05:00I am a control + s-person. If I am forced to handw...I am a control + s-person. If I am forced to handwrite anything, I can feel my fingers wanting to save it all the time :DDorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-196703772746106942010-01-27T12:18:31.529-05:002010-01-27T12:18:31.529-05:00Whenever I'm at a workshop where we have to wr...Whenever I'm at a workshop where we have to write something with a PEN on PAPER, I freak. Where's the cut and paste on a pen? I am constantly rearranging for better flow. It's cause a few glitches when I've copies something into the wrong place, or forgotten to delete the original when I was playing around, but it's a tool I can't live without. I have my mouse buttons configured for copy and paste so I don't need to use the keyboard.Terry Odellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610682530545306687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-68281259630666190792010-01-27T11:57:00.856-05:002010-01-27T11:57:00.856-05:00Here's another vote for a life 'undo' ...Here's another vote for a life 'undo' button!<br /><br />I can't fathom not writing without the joy of a word processing program. I don't do too much with the 'copy' 'paste', but I'm all about the delete key.Elspeth Futcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330102545384369360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-83771070177618946302010-01-27T11:01:17.652-05:002010-01-27T11:01:17.652-05:00I'm with you Elizabeth. An undo button for lif...I'm with you Elizabeth. An undo button for life, that's the ticket. And a spell check type thingy to check and correct all the stupid things I say BEFORE I say them.Sue Ann Jaffarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984054116933714621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-85707123941506772222010-01-27T10:47:48.444-05:002010-01-27T10:47:48.444-05:00I need an "undo" button (ctrl Z) for lif...I need an "undo" button (ctrl Z) for life. :)<br /><br />ElizabethElizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-34973157505130459112010-01-27T09:58:56.853-05:002010-01-27T09:58:56.853-05:00How did people write before word processors? I hav...How did people write before word processors? I have no idea, and I still recall sitting across a very small table from the hottest girl in all of sixth grade, watching her lips and trying to type on a forty-pound monster with no symbols on its keycaps. Because, you know, everybody has to know how to type.<br /><br />And what comes out is paper, and paper is so linear. Begin here, write until you get there. That's draft one. Lather, rinse, repeat.<br /><br />The first three parts I write (quite possibly in the wrong order) are always the beginning, the end, and something in the middle. Fill it in until you're done. Every time I get to whining about how I should have started writing decades ago, I remind myself that there is no way I could have written anything worth reading when the scissors, the paste, and the desktop were all very literal.Levi Montgomeryhttp://www.levimontgomery.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-62036773816932902272010-01-27T09:40:33.313-05:002010-01-27T09:40:33.313-05:00It would do wonders for a troubled marriage, would...It would do wonders for a troubled marriage, wouldn't it?Stephen Parrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883165490847664389noreply@blogger.com