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      ocd
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      Dave R, a Global Moderator, is The Man. Thanks, Dave, for the lesson-he is truly a generous person.

      Here's what "we" did. Went to Control Panel, then to Folder Options, then View, then unchecked the box that said "hide known folder extensions". Seems like Windows 7 automatically hides folder extensions. With that done, my problem was solved. I still had a couple of things happen that I don't understand, but I'm sure they fall under "operator error".

      I appreciate everyone's responses-the folks on this forum are really great.

      ocd

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        Gaieus
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        @ocd said:

        Dave R, a Global Moderator, is The Man.

        And here is "The Man" live πŸ˜‰

        https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-TVdlkjAlgt4/TIKCKQYBlII/AAAAAAAAEp4/fREFLiJ_oIc/s800/DSCF0062.JPG

        Gai...

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        • Dave RD
          Dave R
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          OCD, I'm happy that we were able to get you sorted out.

          Csaba, that picture makes me look fat. And why is my hat crooked? πŸ˜„

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          • GaieusG
            Gaieus
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            You should see my pictures! (I don't just lookfat on them) πŸ˜’

            Gai...

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            • Rich O BrienR
              Rich O Brien Moderator
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              I miss that pub 😞

              Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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              • Dave RD
                Dave R
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                Me, too. We should go there again.

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                • GaieusG
                  Gaieus
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                  That was indeed a fine joint.

                  (And remember guys how Mike enjoyed the staff there?) πŸ˜„

                  Gai...

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                  • Dave RD
                    Dave R
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                    Yeah. What was her name?

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                      Gaieus
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                      There were several. (I do not want to link pics here now...) πŸ˜’

                      Gai...

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                      • Dave RD
                        Dave R
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                        I don't blame you. Besides, we've hijacked OCD's thread enough.

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                        • GaieusG
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                          Well, I tagged Mike on a photo and it turned out that G+ automatically posted it. πŸ˜„

                          https://plus.google.com/u/0/116030646877186188585/posts/Gn1Uejbe17x

                          (I guess OCD's topic is solved so hijacking is not a biggie hopefully)

                          Gai...

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                            ocd
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                            Hi

                            I'm glad that horsing around is allowed on this forum.

                            OK--Isn't it true that to begin the "saving" process that I have to FIRST do the "Save As..."? Just like a regular document?

                            Then, while I am occassionally hitting the "Save" button, the program is doing an "Autosave" for me?

                            And, I can create a file anywhere to "save" my work/document, but the "autosave" is always in the same pre-destined place?

                            Are cynicism and sarcasm allowed on the forum?

                            Thanks, ocd

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                            • Dave RD
                              Dave R
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                              @ocd said:

                              OK--Isn't it true that to begin the "saving" process that I have to FIRST do the "Save As..."? Just like a regular document?

                              You don't have to do a Save as... It can be just a regular Save. Save as... would allow you to save a file with a different name than the current one. So if you drew a shadowbox, for example, you might save it as "Shadowbox." Then you might modify it to make a new version. If you use Save, you won't get an opportunity to give it a new name and your modified shadowbox file would just replace the original. If you want to keep the original, however, use File>Save as... and type a new name.

                              @ocd said:

                              Then, while I am occassionally hitting the "Save" button, the program is doing an "Autosave" for me?

                              Autosaves will occur whether you hit Save or not. On your SketchUp install that should happen every three minutes.

                              @ocd said:

                              And, I can create a file anywhere to "save" my work/document, but the "autosave" is always in the same pre-destined place?

                              Autosave will create the SKB file in the same directory in which you save the SKP file. This can be anywhere on your computer but by default is the Documents folder unless you change the location under Window>Preferences>Files.

                              @ocd said:

                              Are cynicism and sarcasm allowed on the forum?

                              Not only are they allowed, they will be graded. πŸ˜„

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                                ocd
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                                Do I get extra points for being able to laugh at myself?

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