How do I type Australia in a drop down list of countries?

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newuser5095

I am a new computer user and would like to know how to type "Australia" in a
drop down list of countries where it does not appear. Thanks.
 
A

Alan Edwards

Exactly where (and in what program and what operating system) do you
need to type "Australia"?
I don't recall any program where I had to type it.

....Alan
 
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James Silverton

newuser5095 wrote on Sat, 4 Oct 2008 01:25:01 -0700:
I am a new computer user and would like to know how to type
"Australia" in a drop down list of countries where it does not
appear. Thanks.
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If you are talking about a program from the Office "suite" you'll have
to tell us which one. Quite possibly you would have to edit a VBA macro.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
 
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

If Australia does not appear in the pre-configured dropdown list of
countries, then your software is not licensed to be used in Australia.

What piece of software is it and who is the provider?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, newuser5095 asked:

| I am a new computer user and would like to know how to type
| "Australia" in a drop down list of countries where it does not
| appear. Thanks.
 
E

Earle Horton

A drop down list could be almost anything Milly. How do you know
newuser5095 is trying to illegally use software where it is not licensed,
instead of innocently looking up a phone number or something like that?
 
J

James Silverton

Milly wrote on Sat, 4 Oct 2008 10:53:24 -0700:
What piece of software is it and who is the provider?
If Australia does not appear in the pre-configured dropdown list of
countries, then your software is not licensed to be used in Australia.
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|> I am a new computer user and would like to know how to type
|> "Australia" in a drop down list of countries where it does
|> not appear. Thanks.


Sorry Milly, things like "not licensed to be used in Australia" bring
out the worst in many people, including me, and starts us looking for
hacks!
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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
 
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Harlan Grove

Milly Staples said:
If Australia does not appear in the pre-configured dropdown list of
countries, then your software is not licensed to be used in Australia.
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And you know that the OP's dropdown list is part of an installation
procedure how?
What piece of software is it and who is the provider?
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And you're as much of an expert on non-Office software as you are at mind
reading?
 
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Oh, yeah, I forgot why I plonked you months ago. Thanks for the reminder.

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After furious head scratching, Harlan Grove asked:

|| If Australia does not appear in the pre-configured dropdown list of
|| countries, then your software is not licensed to be used in
|| Australia.
|
| And you know that the OP's dropdown list is part of an installation
| procedure how?
|
|| What piece of software is it and who is the provider?
|
| And you're as much of an expert on non-Office software as you are at
| mind reading?
 
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Who said anything about illegal?

I am specifically thinking about Microsoft Office Accounting Express where
it is only usable in the US and UK due to accounting rules.

Geez, people, lighten up. And think outside the box, okay?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Earle Horton asked:

| A drop down list could be almost anything Milly. How do you know
| newuser5095 is trying to illegally use software where it is not
| licensed, instead of innocently looking up a phone number or
| something like that?
|
|
| || If Australia does not appear in the pre-configured dropdown list of
|| countries, then your software is not licensed to be used in
|| Australia.
||
|| What piece of software is it and who is the provider?
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
||
||
|| After furious head scratching, newuser5095 asked:
||
||| I am a new computer user and would like to know how to type
||| "Australia" in a drop down list of countries where it does not
||| appear. Thanks.
 
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Harlan Grove

Milly Staples said:
Oh, yeah, I forgot why I plonked you months ago.  Thanks for the reminder.
Click to expand...
....

So you use a crappy newsreader that can't maintain persistent
settings? Or you just don't know how to make persistent settings?
 
D

Dave Jones

Harlan said:
...

So you use a crappy newsreader that can't maintain persistent
settings? Or you just don't know how to make persistent settings?
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or, she really loves you and can't do without your posts, but doesn't
want anyone to know?
:p
 
E

Earle Horton

People who say "think outside the box" never do so. To address the OP's
question, if you have a drop-down list with pre-specified entries, and no
obvious button to create a new one, you will have to call the software
vendor and ask them why they didn't include "Australia". If Ms. Staples
answer addresses your question, great.
 
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Or rebuilt a laptop and did not put in my message rules yet?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
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After furious head scratching, Dave Jones asked:

| Harlan Grove wrote:
||| Oh, yeah, I forgot why I plonked you months ago. Thanks for the
||| reminder. ...
||
|| So you use a crappy newsreader that can't maintain persistent
|| settings? Or you just don't know how to make persistent settings?
|
| or, she really loves you and can't do without your posts, but doesn't
| want anyone to know?
| :p
 
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