I've poked around many, many a day on the forums here, and finally made an account today. I would love to get an herb garden started this year. My interests are in tea and medicinal herbs, succulents and cacti, and trees. However, more than anything I enjoy surprises- so add "random/grab bag/any" to the list, too! I prefer indoor planting / potted planting, if this makes a difference. (But, I'm up for anything!) Sad story time: When I was about 11, I had to move across the country about 2 months after I had 3 tiny maple trees start growing in a long trough-like pencil holder in my windowsill. My parents said I couldn't take them with us, even though I said I would hold them in my lap the entire way there (in the car!) I loved my "tiny trees". I planted them in my favorite hiding spot, but when I moved back to the area, construction had destroyed where I planted them. Ever since then, I've wanted to grow more trees but just can't seem to get them going... :( But, that hasn't stopped me from trying!! Therefore, I am also looking for tips, advice, and suggestions on how to plant and maintain any seeds or plants provided me. Thank you so much for considering me!! This post was edited by Cirrus on Mon, Apr 21, 14 at 22:56

Absolutely essential are C++ 2005, two of 2008 and two of 2010. My Win 7 with SP 1 and Word 2010 operates just fine with these alone...but...I agree with Snidely. Don't mess! Due to a massive power failure very early on in my Win 7 experience...my system crashed and I hadn't yet backed it up to an independent disk. I had to do a clean install but in the process...not all my C++ files reappeared and I found myself running around looking for necessary missing C++ files. 2005 was almost impossible to find at a safe downloadable site but I finally found it and swore...after that experience to never neglect hard backup again. In conclusion...if your system is not space challenged...hang onto your C++ files. They're quiet little guys that pack a powerful punch when needed. Anne

Open XL and Word. In XL click and hold the left mouse button down on the first needed name in column A, drag down to highlight all those needed and release the mouse. Right click anywhere on the highlighted list and click Copy. Bring up Word and have the cursor where you want the list to start if other than the top left corner, right click and click Paste. Done. This is with Office 2007, if it does not work for you be sure to include the version you are using.

Works is the only word processor I have ever worked with, other than a couple of times on DH's computer. At least I am slightly familiar with it. Works won't let me change to a RTF or a txt. DH tried that. The old system is XP about 5 yrs old. It came on that computer, no seperate disc to install it. This new one is Windows 7. I have almost everything changed over using Office 2003 that I installed on the old computer to make the changes. Now I have to decide if I'm going to fight with figuring out how to make everything open in Open Office, or if I'm going to go buy Office Home & Student.I have a few files, like our trip journals that I have inserted photos into, and it doesn't want to copy and paste into Word, so I haven't decided what I'm going to do about that. Dad has a collection of antique gas hit and miss engines that I made an inventory of with all the serial numbers that we could read. He has a printed copy and I have the computer copy. It won't c & p that either, so I will put that on a flash drive and DH will print that off at work, so we at least have 2 hard copies. That's about 30 pages in color! I may try coping and pasting a page at a time instead of the whole document, but I've had enough sitting by the freezing cold window working on it for 2 days! I am learning to like sitting in my recliner with the computer in my lap in the winter! I guess with the flu in the house and my DB's accident yesterday, and my frustrations with the computer, I am just in a grumbling mood! So thanks for putting up with me! Tami