Re: Adding attachments.

Jeremy Nicoll - ml gem <jn.ml.gem.23@...> wrote:

> Brian <briduffell@...> wrote:
> 
> > Every time I come to add an atachment which is well down in my filing
> > system (and is never displayed in a logical order in windows when I'm
> > looking to add an attachment) I end up cursing.
> 
> The sort order of the file-open display can be changed by setting the type
> of display from the rightmost (here in XP anyway) icon at the top, to
> 'Details' then clicking on the relevant column.

I've tried that (or the right click context menu) and the changes don't
stick, several extra mouse clicks each time. I'm using XP on most machines
but I have windows 7 on my laptop which hasn't as yet got MPro on it.

> 
> For navigating around one's own organisation of files I've found life much
> easier since I realised that there's four or five key directories I use
> for various things, and I made a set of shortcuts to each of them.  I put
> copies of the shortcuts into each of the key directories, so from any one
> of them I can go in one double-click to any of the others.  Nearly every
> application which opens a file-open or file-save dialog will follow a
> shortcut that's listed in its own viewer.  Only a few (usually very old
> apps which have their own file-open dialogs rather than using the standard
> Windows ones) won't follow a shortcut from here to elsewhere.

I've shorcuts to most important locations on the desktop. Unfortunately they
tend to disapppear down the list of other files and directories. I've never
managed to fathom out the order in which they appear, and changing the sort
doesn't appear to stick.


> 
> Of course you can also use the "up a level" icon and the drop-down menu in
> each dialog to move around, and the special locations like 'Desktop'
> listed in the lefthand icons.

I regularly use those facilities, and particularly the Desktop special
location, but it's also a lot of extra faffing about.
> 
> If a viewer opens up with a pre-selection of, say, 'all .jpg files" only,
> you won't see whortcuts until you change the file-type choice to 'all
> files'.
> 
Some programs don't allow you to change from the default unfortunately. They
are a right pain!

I've now got drag and drop to work, but can't understand why it didn't
before. perhaps I have an errant program somewhere. I've deleted one program
since originally posting which may be the culprit, or perhaps it's MS Office
which I haven't run in this session. Time will tell.

Thanks for your response.

-- 
Brian Duffell   Yarm    North East England

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