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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: paint = highlight? #159725 05/15/06 03:15 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass oh, I'll admit that painting is *clever. in teaching, of course, we use the word "select" extensively: select, then open; select, then delete; select, then copy; etc. and how, exactly, does one select something? with the mouse, you depress (click) and hold the left mouse button, and drag the mouse, causing the text background you drag across to turn blue and the corresponding text to turn white. this (you explain) is just like using a highlighter on a book or newspaper. you might even demonstrate this with the typical yellow marker. I suggest that "painting" is a poor analogy, as paint would cover everything -- text and background. the last thing you prolly want to do in teaching technical things to non-technical folks is confuse things by brushing with broad strokes. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: paint = highlight? #159726 05/15/06 03:27 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park paint is used in formating.. (fomate painter in MS products..even has a paint brush as the icon. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: paint = highlight? #159727 05/15/06 03:33 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass yes, and Paint is also a primitive drawing application from MS, which we use to introduce graphics aps (as opposed to word processing aps). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: paint = highlight? #159728 05/15/06 12:02 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh You WENT to those meetings? Part of the job description. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,345 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 889 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 20 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,547 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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