I got some work done on my book today.
By The Horse
@TheHorse (205753)
Walnut Creek, California
November 20, 2021 3:47pm CST
I am trying to decide what is safe and what is unsafe when I use my computer. Several of my MyLot friends convinced me that MyLot is probably not responsible for my recent woes.
So I worked on my book this morning.
Microsoft takes almost ten dollars a month from me just for the right to access and edit my own documents. We live in interesting times.
I will keep writing until I can't write any more. I hope my book makes me zillions of dollars.
We shall see.
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@sabtraversa (12938)
• Italy
20 Nov 21
Last time I used MS Office was for school, because it was the school's license.
You may switch to a free alternative unless the editor is so snobby they only accept MS Word documents.
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@sabtraversa (12938)
• Italy
20 Nov 21
@TheHorse OpenOffice is the most popular free alternative. I guess there are more.
Formatting is slightly different, opening a MS Word document there might give you a messy layout, but you can fix it easily and export to PDF just like you do with MS Word.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
20 Nov 21
@TheHorse I like and use OpenOffice... I do have to be careful when exporting manuscripts from it to a website because it can lose it's formatting. It's much easier to export to .pdf and then transfer it.
Other programs prefer MS Word and make it more difficult to keep the formatting when not working with MS Word. (I use the check, check again and then transfer method.)
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@TheHorse (205753)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Nov 21
@sabtraversa Thank you for the information.
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@TheHorse (205753)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Nov 21
I think not. I have published about 20 scholarly articles, but nobody reads them except other "academics." I am writing book about working with disadvantaged children. I am hoping it will appeal to academics and the public alike.
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@kaylachan (57669)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Nov 21
I hope so, too. I wish you luck with your book.
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Nov 21
The very best of luck to you on your book,
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@TheHorse (205753)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 21
@RasmaSandra We must keep on keeping on.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
20 Nov 21
Nice to see you posting. Glad you decided to stay.
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@popciclecold (35103)
• United States
20 Nov 21
@TheHorse Sounds it will be a good one.
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@xander6464 (40882)
• Wapello, Iowa
21 Nov 21
Writing takes so much time. It takes me three hours to start and finish a novel.
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@xander6464 (40882)
• Wapello, Iowa
22 Nov 21
@TheHorse I never know how anything is going to end. And that rarely changes, even after I'm done writing it.
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@TheHorse (205753)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Nov 21
@xander6464 Sounds frustrating. That's why rarely publish novels. And when I do, I tend to use aliases.
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@wolfgirl569 (95190)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Nov 21
Glad you decided not to leave. Hope you made good progress on the book
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@TheHorse (205753)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 21
@JamesHxstatic Psychology?
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
21 Nov 21
if it will help (and since that is my chosen profession) I would happily advise my equine friend on Cyber Hygiene!
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
22 Nov 21
@TheHorse The easy button is stop using passwords.
move to pass phrases.
Kittysleeps@myshirt
Kittybringsme@thingsican't eat
they are more complex, harder to guess and much harder to break
plus best of all if you personalize them, you will always remember them!
@BarBaraPrz (45487)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 Nov 21
That's where the older computers were better: you could store your work on a disk at home.
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
22 Nov 21
Hopefully, your book gets mainstream attention. If you want to make zillions, though, you probably need to write a book offering advice on how to make zillions. 
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@LindaOHio (156157)
• United States
21 Nov 21
I bought the Office Suite outright when I bought my computer. Much cheaper that way. I hope you make zillions of dollars too. I'd like a house in the Keys and a boat for my husband. lolololol Glad you decided to stay.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
22 Nov 21
Good luck with your writing. Aw, sorry to hear something sounds like it happened in the recent woes Dept. :/
There's software out there called Open Office, it's pretty good, and free :-)
@Chakimmm (999)
• Indonesia
21 Nov 21
Yeah indeed in this digital era we have to take care of ourselves and our accounts so that they don't get hacked or bad things happen in the future, because there are always people who want to harm others for their own benefit.
