Hi John, You have the wrong list! This is a Linux list. Go to a Windows list if you want information on that kind of thing! Ann P. >>>>> "John" == John Lee <computersandme at NC.RR.COM> writes: John> HI, Do you or anyone on the list have any tutorials on using John> Excel Access or PowerPoint. John> John John> -----Original Message----- From: John> speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca John> [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Octavian John> Rasnita Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 11:30 PM To: John> speakup at braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: General question about John> Linux John> Hi Patricia, John> After you've told me, I may guess that you live in USA. Do John> you know that in most European countries, including mine, John> most companies don't use those hanging folders like in USA? John> 12 years ago, when in my country was communism, the people John> didn't even know what are those folded cardboards with 2 John> metal supports for hanging. John> I have worked in stationery, and I know what are the John> differences between a folder and other methods of storing John> data. I also know that an intelligent guy named the John> directory as "directory" for a computer a few tens of years John> ago, but I don't care about that. If I say folder, do you John> understand me? If you do, why care to say a longer word just John> to please some intelligent people that don't like to adopt John> easier things because they are not "correct." John> Teddy Center: http://teddy.fcc.ro/ Mail: orasnita at home.ro John> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Logan" John> <plogan at dorsai.org> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: John> Thursday, July 18, 2002 4:16 PM Subject: Re: General John> question about Linux John> Hi, Teddy, John> To me, a folder is a set of carboard covers designed to John> hold papers. It's not something on a hard drive. People John> using Windows terminology sound incredibly foolish as if John> they are flaunting the fact that they know nothing about John> their computers. Many really don't, but, of course, many, John> such as you, do. John> Pat Logan John> _______________________________________________ Speakup John> mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca John> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup John> _______________________________________________ Speakup John> mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca John> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup John> _______________________________________________ Speakup John> mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca John> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT