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LaraGransnet (GNHQ) Tue 18-Aug-20 22:29:37

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Beechnut Fri 21-Aug-20 13:07:47

try again

Beechnut Fri 21-Aug-20 13:06:51

- -I’m having a go--

Starblaze Fri 21-Aug-20 13:00:41

Don't you all have the buttons at the bottom? If you press on the I next to the smiley face button and then press on the typing style you want to use, it does it for you

Lucca Fri 21-Aug-20 12:59:49

This is reminding me of trying to get a class of year 9 to use sticky backed plastic to back their books (NOT my idea by the way).

BlueBelle Fri 21-Aug-20 12:56:10

Kalu I can see by your words you are not doing it in the right order your first attempt is —help— wrong
Second attempt - - help- - wrong
Try and follow the steps I gave above
um you are doing the same as kalu

BlueBelle Fri 21-Aug-20 12:51:44

Hang on folks let’s start again my word is HELP

1. -HELP Front dash with NO space between dash and the word
2 then small dash after the word again no space
so you get -HELP-
So far so good
3 go back to the very beginning and do a new dash at the very front no spaces So you get.....
--HELP-
4 go to the very end and add your little dash with no space

HELP

Kalu Fri 21-Aug-20 12:19:18

Sit at the front where I can keep an eye on you Kalu. Nothing has changed Urms ?

Kalu Fri 21-Aug-20 12:17:15

—word—. - -word- - ?‍♀️

Urmstongran Fri 21-Aug-20 12:16:59

I’m on an iPad.
Maybe I should stick to quill & ink.

Urmstongran Fri 21-Aug-20 12:16:09

Right Kalu come and sit beside me --the teacher wants us at the front under her nose—

Kalu Fri 21-Aug-20 12:15:39

I give up!

Urmstongran Fri 21-Aug-20 12:14:52

There’s always one dunce in the class to try Bluebell’s patience!
—I’m it—

Kalu Fri 21-Aug-20 12:14:16

OK, tried both and it just ain’t working.
I know I could do this successfully on my IPad at one time so, what has changed??

- -another go- -

Urmstongran Fri 21-Aug-20 12:13:04

I keep previewing my attempts —to save you the tedium—

Urmstongran Fri 21-Aug-20 12:11:59

Why do I keep doing the same thing yet foolishly expecting a different result!?
Aargh!
??

Kalu Fri 21-Aug-20 12:10:15

—try again—

Urmstongran Fri 21-Aug-20 12:09:58

So far so good
Then I add a dash at the front & it looks like this:

--test-
(see the tiny space between the two front dates?

then I add a dash at the end & they bluddy join together!
I end up with two short dashes and a long one, like so:

--test—

They join up at the end all by themselves!
Who told them they could do this at the end and not the beginning?

Dots and dashes.
My head is mashed - it’s like learning Morse Code.
?
I give up!!

Charleygirl5 Fri 21-Aug-20 12:09:38

Chewbacca I doubt if we had a TV in those days. Ours arrived I think in the late 50's and I certainly was never allowed to switch it on.

I was convent educated and we were never allowed to listen to a radio and only allowed to read newspapers in the last year.

Kalu Fri 21-Aug-20 12:07:59

--here’s hoping--?

NannyDee Fri 21-Aug-20 12:06:53

I’m loving this thread ?.

Urmstongran Fri 21-Aug-20 12:04:38

-test-

Chewbacca Fri 21-Aug-20 11:58:55

Mispent youth Charleygirl? grin

Marydoll Fri 21-Aug-20 11:33:20

Charleygirl, Scampi is Sooty's cousin.

Charleygirl5 Fri 21-Aug-20 11:08:10

Who on earth is Scampi? Was I asleep during my childhood years or have I lost it totally?

Chewbacca Fri 21-Aug-20 11:00:33

Did Sooty and Soo have any offspring

Well Doodle, there is a rumour going round that Scampi isn't a cousin at all! winkwink