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Re: Thanks Alwil Software !!!
« Reply #15 on: December 07, 2006, 08:48:25 PM »
Well I have not received mine. I think I will interrogate the mail carrier
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Re: Thanks Alwil Software !!!
« Reply #16 on: December 10, 2006, 09:58:11 PM »
Ok mine is waiting at the post office, I was not home to sign for it   :'(
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Re: Thanks Alwil Software !!!
« Reply #17 on: December 11, 2006, 04:44:37 AM »
Ok mine is waiting at the post office, I was not home to sign for it   :'(
I wasn't either but it's worth the trip to the post office Mac.  :)
For me that was close to a 25 mile round trip.  ;D
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Re: Thanks Alwil Software !!!
« Reply #18 on: December 12, 2006, 04:21:14 AM »
Yes I got it today on the way home from work, lots of goodies!!! Thanks Alwil! :D (How did they know my shirt size?)
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Re: Thanks Alwil Software !!!
« Reply #19 on: December 12, 2006, 04:03:47 PM »
I have a question on the pen.
One cartridge is blue, one is black but what are the other 2 ???
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Re: Thanks Alwil Software !!!
« Reply #20 on: December 12, 2006, 04:09:44 PM »
I have a question on the pen.
One cartridge is blue, one is black but what are the other 2 ???
The white one is a pen for PDA if I am not wrong, and the second one is a pencil  ;D
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Re: Thanks Alwil Software !!!
« Reply #21 on: December 12, 2006, 06:15:34 PM »
I got my present today  ;D ;D
MANY THANX ALWIL, Special thanx to Eduard Kucera  :) :)
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Re: Thanks Alwil Software !!!
« Reply #22 on: December 12, 2006, 06:19:08 PM »
I have a question on the pen.
One cartridge is blue, one is black but what are the other 2 ???
The white one is a pen for PDA if I am not wrong, and the second one is a pencil  ;D
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Re: Thanks Alwil Software !!!
« Reply #23 on: December 12, 2006, 08:21:24 PM »
But have you figured out how to work it ? it took me days to figure out you need to have the icon/symbol uppermost for the ink colour, pencil or pda stylus you want to use ;D
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Re: Thanks Alwil Software !!!
« Reply #24 on: December 12, 2006, 10:22:24 PM »
But have you figured out how to work it ? it took me days to figure out you need to have the icon/symbol uppermost for the ink colour, pencil or pda stylus you want to use ;D
All but the pencil which doesn't appear to have any lead. Maybe I'm nissing something.  ???
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Re: Thanks Alwil Software !!!
« Reply #25 on: December 12, 2006, 10:36:18 PM »
That one is a blank ball point pen for carbon copies (that black stuff that you put between original document and empty paper) and then you write over existing text without actually overwritting it.
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Re: Thanks Alwil Software !!!
« Reply #26 on: December 12, 2006, 10:39:04 PM »
Bob, I'll resist making the obvious joke here- as to the missing graphite compound, with the pencil tip engaged and the tip held downwards, press the button repeatedly until the lead emerges. Shake the pen and try again if the jaws fail to latch on to a lead.
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Re: Thanks Alwil Software !!!
« Reply #27 on: December 12, 2006, 10:48:11 PM »
Frank,
I'll have to remove the scotchtape first.
Needed tape cause the tip kept flying off every time I retracted the tip.  ;D
They must use some very potent springs in Europe... ;D

Thanks, I'll give it a try but even without the pencil, it's an impressive writing instrument.  :)
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Re: Thanks Alwil Software !!!
« Reply #28 on: December 13, 2006, 10:01:55 AM »
That one is a blank ball point pen for carbon copies (that black stuff that you put between original document and empty paper) and then you write over existing text without actually overwritting it.

I must say I'm not aware of such a tool... ;)
The plastic thing is indeed for a PDA, and the other one is a pencil - but the kind of pencil you have to put the "carbon cartridge" into (sorry, I have no idea how it's called in English... a tiny (0.5mm thick, something like 5cm long, very fragile) carbon thing).
I'm not completely sure if the "cartridge" is included; it may have broken into pieces on the way as well (in which case it might be too short to work).

Edit: the tool seems to be called mechanical pencil
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Re: Thanks Alwil Software !!!
« Reply #29 on: December 13, 2006, 11:05:21 AM »
It's called a lead (pronounced /led/, rather than /li:d/)- due to the misconception that pencils were made from the metal lead, rather than graphite (a form of carbon, as you say.)

There are a couple of leads in the pencil, but Bob'll need to press the button several times for the mechanism to engage a lead.
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