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« Reply #25 on: December 13, 2008, 07:31:22 PM » |
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Oh my - I think my last post got lost - NOTHING is going right tonight! What I tried to write was that I'd attempted to install an MGM gallery of old favorites, i.e. Greta. Grace, Elizabeth, Tyrone, Ava, etc. Having removed them all, I'm stuck with Ava, who won't leave! I can do nothing... And yes, I have tried many many times clicking on ALT Aa, but still she remains and my defaults won't come back. She is very lovely, but I really want to get it right!
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« Reply #26 on: December 13, 2008, 07:49:58 PM » |
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Gail,
Do me a favor, hook your Kindle back up to the computer,
and go to that greyed out System folder you were talking about earlier.
Double click on it to open and make sure the "screen_saver" folder is not there. If it is, delete it.
If it is not, I think you may want to do a reset. Try a soft reset first.
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« Reply #27 on: December 13, 2008, 07:52:50 PM » |
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To do a soft reset, I would remove the kindle from the USB (make sure the activity indicator on the kindle isn't blinking) and then do Alt-Shift-R. Shift is the up arrow above alt on the left.
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« Reply #28 on: December 13, 2008, 11:43:18 PM » |
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Betsy, I love you! The soft reset worked and I'm back with John, Oscar, Emily and the gang! Thank you and everyone else for all your help. xoxoxox
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« Reply #29 on: December 14, 2008, 05:27:46 AM » |
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One more little tip for you. I'm not sure if you saw this anywhere.
When I made my custom screensavers, I put a number on each one so I can controle how they will display. In my case, the are Kim Harrison's 6 books.(soon to be 7!)
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« Reply #30 on: December 14, 2008, 06:15:46 AM » |
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Great tip, so you started the filename with a number?
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« Reply #31 on: December 14, 2008, 06:17:23 AM » |
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Betsy, I love you! The soft reset worked and I'm back with John, Oscar, Emily and the gang! Thank you and everyone else for all your help. xoxoxox
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"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." -Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird
"Oh come on! Stake through the heart. A little sunlight. It's like falling off a log" -Buffy, the Vampire Slayer |
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« Reply #32 on: December 14, 2008, 10:32:42 AM » |
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Great tip, so you started the filename with a number?
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no, I ended then with numbers. Like, K1.jpg, k2.jpg and so on. The only thing I had trouble with was getting the pictures into a 600X800 size. Infranview is a great free program for manipulating picture files. |
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« Reply #33 on: December 14, 2008, 10:36:45 AM » |
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^^^Irfanview is my default picture viewer. But for any editing I do, I use Ulead Photoimpact. It's essentially a streamlined version of Photoshop. And while it wasn't free, I got it for $10 on clearance at CompUSA. Worth every penny, especially given that it also included Ulead Animator, which I used, to make, among other things, my avatar.
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At first Ford had formed a theory to account for this strange behavior. If human beings don't keep exercising their lips, he thought, their mouths probably seize up.
After a few months' consideration and observation he abandoned this theory in favor of a new one. If they don't keep on exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working.
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« Reply #34 on: December 15, 2008, 04:00:44 PM » |
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I fell in love with the picture of the elderly gentleman reading a book on top of a library ladder. I downloaded it as a screen saver, but when I hit "f" it did not become a full screen size shot. I got it from the Kindle Reader website. Any advice would be great on how to make this bigger. Thanks!
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« Reply #35 on: December 15, 2008, 04:03:07 PM » |
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Did you hit the alt button at the same time as the F?
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« Reply #36 on: December 15, 2008, 04:07:45 PM » |
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yep - it flashed, but stays the same size. I'm thinking it may have something to do with the fact that I copied the picture off of a website.
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« Reply #37 on: December 15, 2008, 04:31:26 PM » |
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Do you know what size the image is now? Is it 600x800?
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« Reply #38 on: December 15, 2008, 04:33:59 PM » |
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I'm gonna show my ignorance - how do I tell the size?
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« Reply #39 on: December 15, 2008, 09:08:54 PM » |
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The easiest way is probably to go back to the website page you got it from.
If you're using Internet Explorer, right click on the image and select Properties at the bottom of the menu that pops up. It'll be listed in there.
If you're using Firefox, right click on the image and select "View Image" . In the title bar it will give you the dimensions.
Let me know if you have any trouble or if this doesn't work for you.
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"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt
"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." -Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird
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« Reply #40 on: December 16, 2008, 09:44:36 AM » |
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Its 222 x 409.
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« Reply #41 on: December 16, 2008, 12:16:22 PM » |
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^^^ Kindle screensavers must be 600 x 800.
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At first Ford had formed a theory to account for this strange behavior. If human beings don't keep exercising their lips, he thought, their mouths probably seize up.
After a few months' consideration and observation he abandoned this theory in favor of a new one. If they don't keep on exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working.
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« Reply #42 on: December 16, 2008, 12:20:51 PM » |
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ok then, guess I'll just use it itsy bitsy -thanks!
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