[Ham-Computers] Another email question

[Ron Youvan]

> No, it just replaces it with Linux blues.
> Let me give you an example.  I wanted greater security with on-line 
> banking type work, so installed Ubuntu Linux on an older P3-933 
> computer that was no longer in use.  I learned in the past to pick an 
> easy version of Linux, and so far everything is super. I have a free, 
> secure, dedicated computer for financial matters.  I received a 
> promotion that would give me $100 if I opened an account at WaMu and 
> got and used their debit card.  Fine, went to their local branch, 
> took care of the paperwork so I enrolled and had an on-line account, 
> learned WaMu is now part of Chase, came home, went to the Chase URL, 
> and could not access my account.

> I decided to make a Word document displaying the screens I accessed 
> so I could debug easier.  I can no longer could use Word,  but Ubuntu 
> came with Open Office that is supposed to be just as good.  I 
> normally use Irfanview to cut important parts of a window and paste 
> them to a Word document, but no longer can use Irfanview. I can't 
> find a Linux version.  I used alt-Print Screen to copy the entire 
> window to the Open Office Word Processor.  Pretty soon, I had a 
> number of overlapping images and the program was slowing down.  I 
> started again, using a number of CR's between each image.  Now I have 
> many pages, so decided to number them. God Forbid!  In Word, a couple 
> of keystrokes is needed - not so with Open Office.  I went to their 
> forum, and found a multi-page sticky about page numbering.  Pretty 
> soon facts were going in one ear and out the other, so read some 
> responses. They were stumped, too.  I really need Word, an discovered 
> there is an application called Wine that allows much of MS Office to 
> be used, but I bought this computer used with Word pre-installed.

> I solved the original issue by returning to the local WaMu 
> office.  Chase-Chase and Chase-WaMu have different web sites.

> I like my dedicated computer, but how do I automatically have 1 of 3, 
> 2 of 3, etc. listed at the top right corner of each page?

   Having good tools doesn't mean that you know how to use them, it takes time to learn how 
something different is worked, just like learning how to use an iambic paddle and keyer.
-- 
    Ron  KA4INM - Remember, the government cannot give anything to anyone
                   that they have not first taken away from someone else.  (like you and me)