Steve Cole Wants to Know

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This topic will be used now and then when Steve Cole wants to know something. Usually, something that he already should know and just doesn't know. (He's led a life sheltered from popular culture and most non-Mac computer technology.)
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, June 28, 2021 - 08:15 pm: Edit

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, October 19, 2025 - 02:18 pm: Edit

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, October 19, 2025 - 02:21 pm: Edit

By Warren Mathews (Turtle) on Thursday, March 26, 2026 - 07:52 pm: Edit

SVC where do you want line item reports for the Civil Wars rulebook?

By Ryan Opel (Feast) on Thursday, March 26, 2026 - 08:28 pm: Edit

I created the topic.

Federation & Empire: F&E PRODUCTS: F&E After Action Reports: After Action Report: Civil Wars

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, July 07, 2026 - 11:26 pm: Edit

Every now and then while using the word processor on the PC, it does something no Mac does, in that it suddenly "switches modes" and instead of the cursor being a vertical line between two letters it highlights one letter in a black block. I cannot "insert" a word into the sentence because it just types over another word that's perfectly fine where it is. I can only assume that I hit some "command key" by accident and I need to know the command that reverses this useless mess. Otherwise I have to close the document and reopen it.

Anyone?

By Russ Simkins (Madcowak) on Wednesday, July 08, 2026 - 02:13 am: Edit

Generally, you toggle from Insert mode to Overtype mode by hitting the [Insert] key.

MS Word now disables this and you must change it by right clicking on the status bar (bottom of the screen where it shows current page/# of words/etc) bringing up an options menu. Select Overtype to switch back and forth.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 08, 2026 - 08:03 am: Edit

Thanks! The insert key works just fine.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, August 07, 2026 - 06:19 pm: Edit

HELP PLEASE
I was doing several things at once on my PC when I slid the mouse up to click to another screen and somehow turned off the sound on the YouTube video in the background. I have no idea how I did it or how to reverse it.
HELP PLEASE

By Xander Fulton (Dderidex) on Friday, August 07, 2026 - 06:47 pm: Edit

Most browsers are multi-tabbed, now, with the possibility of any given tab having audio or not. So you can mute/unmute each tab, individually. If you have a tab with a 'speaker' icon on it (usually to the left of the tab name) - click/right-click on that, and see if there is a mute/unmute option.

Dunno your OS, otherwise, but if on Windows - you can also look for a speaker-like icon in your system tray, right click on that and select 'mixer'. This is the app-specific sound settings. Look for your browser (or whatever), there, and make sure it's unmuted and/or sound is set to whatever you are looking for.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, August 07, 2026 - 09:47 pm: Edit

I use windows, but none of the tabs has a speaker. Leanna came in and fixed it, pointing out that the restart had fixed it but that my screwing around had turned off the speakers and not toggled them back on.


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