[pdmunro]

I set out below some tasks that I have only just learnt and think will be useful to others. I used Help to work things out.

1. Making a Poll

If you want to have a poll, click New Poll rather than New Topic. Can you see those two choices at the top right of this page?

There is one thing about the poll above (my first) that concerns me. When I preview the post, the poll questions themselves are not shown, just this post. I like to be able to preview everything.

Also, at first, the program didn't like my poll questions, it said I needed more than one choice and they had to be on separate lines. Well that was exactly what I had. But I had a line, then a blank line, then another line, another blank line, etc. It didn't like the blank lines. Once they were removed, all was fine.


2. Edit a Post

I didn't realize you could edit a post after posting it. But if you look at your post after you have posted it, you will see that there is an edit option at the top.

I guess this means that you can even delete it? How long does this option last? Up to a week?

Can I also edit/delete poll questions after posting them? [Oops. I have just tried it and it looks like I cannot do this.]


3. Do you want to remain up-to-date on any topics you have posted a reply to?

Try this.
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Click My Controls (near top of page, middle-right).
Click Email Settings (left side of page, near bottom).

Tick this check box:
[ ] Enable 'Email Notification' by default?
Enabling this option will automatically subscribe you to any topic you start or reply to.

Click [Amend my email settings]
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Hopefully it will work. :-)


4. Help Windows

I find the best way to use Help is to open it in a separate window. So for instance, Ctrl-N will open a separate window which is a copy of this window. Use that as your window for reading pages you want instant reference to.