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Windows ARGH!!!
May. 18th, 2008 03:34 pmBlooming Windows grr.
I spent a sizeable chunk of yesterday planning my next chapter. My planning involves setting up a new folder on my desktop called chapwhatevershort, I take off the auto arrange but keep it snapped to grid. Into this I put the snapshots I am going to use in the order I plan on using them. I then use this order for finding my thumbnails and putting them into Word. I also preview the pictures in here as I am writing, and having them in order means I get a good idea of what the story will look like on the exchange. It's a bit faffy, but for me it works.
Well I didn't get the entire chapter finished yesterday, so today I open the folder up to find that Windows has completely changed the order I put everything in. All 178 photos were in a random order, not arranged by name, not arranged by date modified, completely random. I am not a happy bunny. I have put the last 30 pictures in there, and now face the prospect of not only finding the correct thumbnails and putting them in order, but also re-ordering all 219 snapshots. ARGHHH!
As you have probably gathered chapter 12 will be another two-parter, but they have to be read together so it's probably going to take me a bit of time to write them. I really want to try to get an interlude out too, so I might put that out first, I'm not sure depends on how the writing goes really.
I spent a sizeable chunk of yesterday planning my next chapter. My planning involves setting up a new folder on my desktop called chapwhatevershort, I take off the auto arrange but keep it snapped to grid. Into this I put the snapshots I am going to use in the order I plan on using them. I then use this order for finding my thumbnails and putting them into Word. I also preview the pictures in here as I am writing, and having them in order means I get a good idea of what the story will look like on the exchange. It's a bit faffy, but for me it works.
Well I didn't get the entire chapter finished yesterday, so today I open the folder up to find that Windows has completely changed the order I put everything in. All 178 photos were in a random order, not arranged by name, not arranged by date modified, completely random. I am not a happy bunny. I have put the last 30 pictures in there, and now face the prospect of not only finding the correct thumbnails and putting them in order, but also re-ordering all 219 snapshots. ARGHHH!
As you have probably gathered chapter 12 will be another two-parter, but they have to be read together so it's probably going to take me a bit of time to write them. I really want to try to get an interlude out too, so I might put that out first, I'm not sure depends on how the writing goes really.
