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Sue Berryman
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 Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:11 pm Post subject: Help, Pencil Marks not working |
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Dear anyone,
I have been casually using the site for over a year with no problems and then one day - pencil marks stoppedworking. I cannot remove or add pencil marks at all.
I use Windows XP and Firefox.
Can anyone help?
Sue |
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Marty R.
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Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:42 pm Post subject: Re: Help, Pencil Marks not working |
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| Sue Berryman wrote: | Dear anyone,
I have been casually using the site for over a year with no problems and then one day - pencil marks stoppedworking. I cannot remove or add pencil marks at all.
I use Windows XP and Firefox.
Can anyone help?
Sue |
I just tried and they worked and I also use XP and Firefox. What exactly is happening? |
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Sue Berryman
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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I highlight the pencil mark and either at the same time or afterwards use alt or control - neither do anything. I have tried using alt/control first and highlighting but i lose the puzzle altogether.
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Marty R.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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I'm sorry, I don't know what to say. Maybe someone else will be able to help.
By the way, welcome to the forum. Feel free to join the discussions. |
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Sue Berryman
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you for trying to help  |
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pwarnshuis
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:09 pm Post subject: Help, Pencil Marks not working |
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Howdo, Sue!
I also run XP and Firefox.
When I have a .pdf document open, some of the control-x keys are seized by the pdf. program. Ctrl-2 and ctrl-9 back up one screen.
You might check your task bar to see if one of those programs are overriding the ctrl or alt combinations.
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Sue Berryman
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you Pwarnshuis
I have a confession and its probably to do with being female.
I thought that highlighting pencil marks and then pressing alt/delete would do the job.
Through trial and error I found that I just needed to click the cursor in the box concerned, press alt/(number I want to delete) and it worked.
I feel such an idiot!
Thank you for trying.
Sue  |
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Marty R.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:31 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Through trial and error I found that I just needed to click the cursor in the box concerned, press alt/(number I want to delete) and it worked. |
The Ctrl key works the same as the Alt for that purpose. Also, in case you weren't aware, if you mistakenly remove a pencil mark, pressing Alt or Ctrl and the number will add it back. |
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keith
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:30 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | I have a confession and its probably to do with being female. |
I am not going to touch that one, but I have the opinion that the Sudoku obsession seems to belong mostly to males in their 50's whose careers have involved mathematics and/or computers.
Which describes me.
Keith |
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Sue Berryman
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:55 am Post subject: |
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| keith wrote: | | Quote: | | I have a confession and its probably to do with being female. |
I am not going to touch that one, but I have the opinion that the Sudoku obsession seems to belong mostly to males in their 50's whose careers have involved mathematics and/or computers.
Which describes me.
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Definitely not me then! |
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gohast
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| Well they say music and maths go together, so can I add in musicians. Especially the (more intelligent) ones towards the back who have more spare time in rehearsals! |
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