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Open Office- How do i reduce size of document to A5 size.
Can somebody help me please. I am trying without success to reduce the size of an A4 documents to A5 size on Open Office 4.1.1. I wish to keep it on file that size and see what I can amend on the reduced size. Then at some stage within the next week convert to PDF so I can send off for printing of some flyers. Any Guidance…
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Small kitchen TV folded under wall unit
I have Googled and I should be grateful for anyone's own experience of a small TV for the kitchen to fold under a wall mounted kitchen cupboard when not in use. I don't recognise the brands and any advice for a reliable one would be very much appreciated. I have an aerial in my living room but not in the kitchen - no good…
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Laptop plugged in - not charging
As above, my HP laptop is showing 'plugged in not charging' I've checked the wall socket, checked the middle connector on the lead and checked the input bit on the laptop. At the laptop input for the charging lead there is a light flashing beside it. Can anyone help with ideas about why it's not charging please? Thanks -…
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Rechargeable battery upgrade - dismal failure
I have been using a quad set of Siemens Gigaset AL185H dect phones for some years now. The original 550mah rechargeable AAA batteries fitted to each handset(2 in each) were in need of replacement so I fitted new 1800mah batteries. Same voltage with extra current capacity should mean longer time between charge? I thought so…
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Toshiba Satellite C870-198 - W10 Upgrade Compatible?
I keep getting pop-ups encouraging me to upgrade to W10, insisting that my laptop (Toshiba Satellite C870-198) is fully compatible. However, when I did a Google a few months ago, I saw something to the effect that Toshiba don't support W10 drivers for my model. (Can't now find where I saw that.) Is there any reliable way…
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BT Master Socket: a little accident
A large painting slid down the wall this evening and smashed my BT Master Socket. It's the VDSL type with a telephone socket and a DSL socket. I have removed it and taken away all of the broken plastic. Sufficient remains to allow me to connect the male plug on the back of the socket into what is left of the BT assembly.…
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Soundbar buying advice needed
I now accept that the new TV I have requires a bit of a boost in the sound department. TV speakers have 20 watts total. What sort of thing should I be looking for? Seems very complicated. I just want to avoid tinny sound. Not into sound in a big way so a fancy system costing half the price of the TV is not for me. I saw a…
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Re-energising a Samsung R530 Laptop?
I have my Mum's old Samsung R530 laptop, running Windows 7, and it is showing the expected slow-down. The HDD needs wiping, and the battery only retains 25% charge - 30 minutes at most. But it's got a decent screen and keyboard. The processor is a Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4400 @ 2.20GHz × 2, and it has 2gb DDR3 ram. I've…
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Help transferring contacts from Nokia 635
So our old Nokia no longer charges the battery and we bought a Moto-e as a replacement. How can we get the contacts onto our new phone? Motorola says to download an app onto the old Nokia but it won't download. So easy transfer please or how do we put the contacts from the Nokia phone onto the sim card?
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iPhone running low on storage
Partners phone has thousands of photos, she's coming to the end of her standard storage space and getting the error. We purchased iCloud storage for her and turned on iCloud for photos. It just says 1,344 photos uploading when we check. Nothing is actually happening and the space error keeps popping up. Any ideas?
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Strange Wanadoo Webmail Problem
I routinely check my Wanadoo email online via their webmail. Out of the blue a few days ago, when I log in (which takes me to the EE homepage these days) and then try to access webmail10.orange.co.uk to see my eamils, within a fraction of a second I get a page saying "The connection to the server was reset while the page…
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Weird phone/modem interference
Looking at a friend's noisy phone/intermittent broadband (ADSL upto 17Mbps)... Phone is fine with ADSL router/modem unplugged; plug modem in and after a couple of mins get modem/fax noise on the phone line; unplug modem and within 10 seconds the phone line goes quiet; ZEN said try a different router - same problem. Also…
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iPad SIM card?
Can you use a Lebara or GiffGaff SIM card in a cellular iPad Air 2?
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Report Field Length
I am creating a report in Access 2003, and I need to make some of the fields smaller, as the report is spilling over onto the next couple of pages. Without keep changing the control lengths, is there a way of automatically setting the length of the control so the text fits. Without going through every record, I don't know…
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Best way to back up files and photos?
What is the best way to back up photos and files on my Vista desktop computer? I am not techie minded!
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2 tb hard drive/ media player ?
im looking for something to plug into the tv ive noticed that some media players/ centres don't have a hard drive in them, so how would you have the actual media on them ? would that involve having to attach my portable hard drive as well ? please share recommendations, thanks
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Do acer laptops have connectivity issues?
Hi all, Would like to get a ACER Aspire F5-571 15.6" Laptop from pcworld, very decent specs for price and the last acer lasted ages but it seems like acer laptops have been hit with connectivity issues. I,m seeing it casually spread all over the Internet on forums and reviews, just a bit worrying.... Is this an old…
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Activating laptop camera?
Hi Does anyone know the solution to this? I'm trying to activate my laptop camera which is inbuilt. I keep getting the message that the program can't start because mfc100u.dll is missing from the computer. There seems to be lots of fixes offered on google but I've tried one and it didn't work. Wondering if anyone really…
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Email inventor Ray Tomlinson dies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35741116
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Transferring Photos from Nokia Lumia 520 to 650
Hi, I have a new Nokia Lumia, a 650 (used to have a 520). I can't believe that this seems to have stumped Vodafone, I even went into one of their stores! I simply want to transfer my photos from the old phone to the new one. Can anyone help me? I was originally told it was easy (by the bloke selling me the new phone, of…
