Friday, September 24, 2010

Experimenting With Blog Creation Options

To create a new post, I come to this screen.
Somehow, I changed the options for creating my blog posts.  I clicked on a few tabs and was suddenly offered a whole bunch of possibilities.  Some options were available on my previous system but I'm sure new ones have been added.  I'm as sure as an unobservant person can be. 

Now I can type in almost any color imaginable.  How about orange for Halloween?  Blue is cool.  Green ain't too bad either.  What if I can't decide which color to use? 
After a day or two I'll probably go back to basic black. 
For now, I'll show off what I can do.

I can underline words.  That's kind of fun.  I can be bold and I can be in italics. I can cross out words as I type them.  Well, why write if it's that bad!

I can type small.
I can type normal.
I can type large.
I can type largest.

I can use the Arial font, the Courier font,Georgia, Helvitica, Times, Trebuchet, and Verdana.

I can use a colored background.  Whoknew such things were possible?

Somehow I've been magically gifted with these new abilities or else I just never paid attention before.  That could very easily be it.

 Below I've included a couple of random pictures from previous posts.
My work satchel.  See how my words are a caption under the photo?  That I like.



A very important vitamin.

I'd like to do some normal typing but for some reason everything is becoming a caption.  Good grief.  I want the old technology back.  Does anyone know how I can get out of this caption mode?
Hmm.  I'm out of the caption mode but I don't know how I accomplished it!!!!!

I'll just have to keep experimenting to find out how to operate in this new territory.
Numbered list:
  1. Letters
  2. Starfish
  3. Crumpets
  4. Deviled eggs
  5. Soap bars
          Bullet list
  • Hey, hey this is cool
  • Now I know what a bullet list is
  • You can teach an old dog new tricks after all!!
  • Dang
  • Yikes
  • Ouch
THANKS FOR PUTTING UP WITH MY SILLINESS AND SLOW LEARNER STATUS!

9 comments:

  1. Look at you go! Whew!!!! You're discovering all kinds of fun Blogger tools girl!

    On a side note. I, um, LOVE your work satchel!!!!! That is just the coolest bag I've seen in a while. You have such great taste :)

    Happy Thursday Shaddy! Thanks for keeping me going....
    Love,
    Sarie

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  2. Like the new blog skin! Have fun experimenting with all your new-found capabilities.

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  3. SARIE: My brother, Carl, gave me the satchel. I've been using it for years and it's still like new. I love the open top that allows me to fill it and then add some more!!!

    Are my gadgets showing up these days? Vanessa suggested that I change my template-at least that's what I thought she told me. I don't think the change made any difference.

    Enjoy the sunshine and beautiful temps!

    NATASHA: It's like getting tattoed without the pain. I suspect I'll experiment and then fall back into the old and familiar.

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  4. What fun - and even in holiday color theme. I'll have to give it a go one of these days when blue sky in Oregon becomes only a memory.

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  5. PARROT: I knew I had to have this background as soon as I tried it. It's kind of a happy go lucky combination of colors and patterns.

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  6. No, no gadgets in your sidebar here on my screen. Sorry :( I have no clue what would cause that either. It kinda bums me out because I used your bloglist to visit other blogs too. I'm sure it will reappear at some point.

    I like the new template too!

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  7. SARIE: Thanks for getting back to me regarding my blankety, blank, blank blog. It's worked well for so long I can't understand what the problem is. I can get the sidebar to show up on my computer by clicking edit post and then publish post. Strange, huh?

    I added my name to my blog title as an identifier since my photo isn't showing up.

    Hopefully it'll straighten up and fly right one day real soon!

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  8. OK, I wanted to comment on your one cent find, but didn't see where I could leave a comment, so you get one here! Yep- I do pick up pennies, unless it is somewhere there are kids and they would see it. Then I leave it for them!

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  9. PARROT: Thanks for persisting! I changed the text color and now it shows up better.

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