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Dawn McReynolds Date: Wed Nov 1, 2000 9:33 pm Subject: Re: INSTRUCTION: Typing SW Fingerspelling | ||||||||
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*Sigh* ok I give up. I tried to use the right button and got a normal open, send to etc... Val would you pleaseeeee try to send me it in private email? Dawn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie Sutton" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 11:09 AM Subject: Re: INSTRUCTION: Typing SW Fingerspelling > On 10/31/00, Dawn McReynolds wrote: > >Val, My Corel program keeps coming up when I try to download the > >fonts can you suggest anything that I'm doing wrong? > >Dawn > > ------------------------ > > SignWriting List > November 1, 2000 > > Hi Everyone & Dawn - > Did you know that everyone's computer works differently, and looks > different and acts differently?...The very nature of computers gives > you the flexibility to work as you wish, but it takes time to find > out how to do certain things... > > And in Dawn's case, Dawn may have installed Corel...is it Corel Draw? > I do not know that program, but I can guess that maybe when you > installed it, Dawn, it automatically placed a "Corel Plug-In" in your > Internet Explorer program - the program you use to browse the > internet with is probably Internet Explorer or Netscape...and in both > cases, you can use Plug-Ins to divert programs directly to that > software, such as Corel. > > So when you clicked on the Sutton US font for Windows up on our web > site because you wanted to download it....instead of downloading the > font as it was supposed to...Corel's plug-in software interrupted the > process and forced you to open Corel - that is my guess. > > I had the same problem with the Adobe Acrobat Plug-In with Internet > Explorer. Everytime I try to download a .pdf file on the web, the > Plug-In would force the computer to open the Acrobat program and read > the file while I was still on the web...Although that is an > interesting feature, it did not download the file to my hard drive - > so I was frustrated by that Plug-In....some of these fancy features > in new software are not always welcome and you have to eliminate > anything you do not want to use on your computer, so you can work the > way you need to.... > > > SO...there are several solutions... > > 1. Call the tech support for Corel and ask them what to do? > 2. Read instructions online for Corel or Internet Explorer. > 3. Try to "un-install" any plug-ins... > 4. Try to download from ANOTHER computer.... > 5. Ask someone else to sit down at your computer to figure it out > 6. If all else fails, I can send you the file as an attachment to > your private email address...but it would be a good idea for you to > try to download first, since it is a simple process...and you will > need the skill later... > > You might also check your hard drive to see if the file actually > downloaded and was placed somewhere on your hard drive, and you just > didn't realize it... > > Go under Find or Search and try to see if you can find the file - > > Good luck with this, Dawn - and keep trying til you succeed! > -- > > Val ;-) > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Valerie Sutton > > > Visit the SignWritingSite: > https://www.SignWriting.org | ||||||||
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