I believe the fast fields that you are talking about is a feature of some browsers. I know I have this feature with Firefox. I'm not exactly what this feature has to do with the surname box on the message board however? You can edit the surname box by simply typing in the surnames or deleting surnames, but this is not a function of the browser's fast field. Just good old fashioned typing and deleting. To clear the box completely simply highlight the entire box and and use the space bar to make it all go away. I'm not sure that this will answer your question, however. Joan Asche On 10/15/06, Diane Hettrick <dhettrick@earthlink.net> wrote: > They are also called quick fields, and smart fields as well as fast > fields. Different programs have different names. > > When you start to type in the surname box, all the previous things you > have typed come up so if you have typed it in before, you just choose > from a drop down list instead of retyping every time. It also makes it > easy to be sure you have the names in the same order each time. > > Diane > > > Diane Hettrick > dhettrick@earthlink.net > On Oct 15, 2006, at 9:27 AM, Jackie Wilson Goddard wrote: > > > At 11:24 AM 10/15/2006, you wrote: > > > >> Can the fast fields in the surname box be edited? > >> > >> > >> Diane Hettrick > >> dhettrick@earthlink.net > > > > Diane, > > > > What do you mean by "fast fields"? > > > > Jackie > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/476 - Release Date: > > 10/14/2006 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Happy Halloween Please visit my greetings site: http://www.jasche.com/halloweenenter.html

I am a Mac user and things are different where we live. Because of your & Jackie's responses and the fact that I can fill out other on-line forms (as when I am buying something) with a single key-stroke, my current theory is that my browser Safari is saving everything I put into a form and it is reading the surname and subject boxes as forms. I hadn't noticed on the subject until today because I rarely change an entire subject. However, when I type the first letter of the surname in the box, I get an entire list of everything I have ever typed into that box, with the computer's best guess in the box and highlighted. My original question was whether these could be edited. I still don't know, but I think they can be retrained. I also think it's time for me to join the local Mac group LOL! Diane Hettrick dhettrick@earthlink.net On Oct 15, 2006, at 10:21 AM, Joan Asche wrote: > I believe the fast fields that you are talking about is a feature of > some browsers. I know I have this feature with Firefox. > > I'm not exactly what this feature has to do with the surname box on > the message board however? > > You can edit the surname box by simply typing in the surnames or > deleting surnames, but this is not a function of the browser's fast > field. Just good old fashioned typing and deleting. > > To clear the box completely simply highlight the entire box and and > use the space bar to make it all go away. > > I'm not sure that this will answer your question, however. > > Joan Asche > > > > On 10/15/06, Diane Hettrick <dhettrick@earthlink.net> wrote: >> They are also called quick fields, and smart fields as well as fast >> fields. Different programs have different names. >> >> When you start to type in the surname box, all the previous things you >> have typed come up so if you have typed it in before, you just choose >> from a drop down list instead of retyping every time. It also makes >> it >> easy to be sure you have the names in the same order each time. >> >> Diane >> >> >> Diane Hettrick >> dhettrick@earthlink.net >> On Oct 15, 2006, at 9:27 AM, Jackie Wilson Goddard wrote: >> >>> At 11:24 AM 10/15/2006, you wrote: >>> >>>> Can the fast fields in the surname box be edited? >>>> >>>> >>>> Diane Hettrick >>>> dhettrick@earthlink.net >>> >>> Diane, >>> >>> What do you mean by "fast fields"? >>> >>> Jackie >>>

In the case you have cited, you have called it correct, to edit it just keep typing until it shows the correct one or you have made the entry. ========== Chris Johnson Hamilton NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Hettrick" <dhettrick@earthlink.net> To: <boards-admins@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 9:46 AM Subject: Re: [BAd] fast fields >I am a Mac user and things are different where we live. > Because of your & Jackie's responses and the fact that I can fill out > other on-line forms (as when I am buying something) with a single > key-stroke, my current theory is that my browser Safari is saving > everything I put into a form and it is reading the surname and subject > boxes as forms. I hadn't noticed on the subject until today because I > rarely change an entire subject. However, when I type the first letter > of the surname in the box, I get an entire list of everything I have > ever typed into that box, with the computer's best guess in the box and > highlighted. > > My original question was whether these could be edited. I still don't > know, but I think they can be retrained. I also think it's time for me > to join the local Mac group LOL! > > Diane Hettrick > dhettrick@earthlink.net > > On Oct 15, 2006, at 10:21 AM, Joan Asche wrote: > >> I believe the fast fields that you are talking about is a feature of >> some browsers. I know I have this feature with Firefox. >> >> I'm not exactly what this feature has to do with the surname box on >> the message board however? >> >> You can edit the surname box by simply typing in the surnames or >> deleting surnames, but this is not a function of the browser's fast >> field. Just good old fashioned typing and deleting. >> >> To clear the box completely simply highlight the entire box and and >> use the space bar to make it all go away. >> >> I'm not sure that this will answer your question, however. >> >> Joan Asche >> >> >> >> On 10/15/06, Diane Hettrick <dhettrick@earthlink.net> wrote: >>> They are also called quick fields, and smart fields as well as fast >>> fields. Different programs have different names. >>> >>> When you start to type in the surname box, all the previous things you >>> have typed come up so if you have typed it in before, you just choose >>> from a drop down list instead of retyping every time. It also makes >>> it >>> easy to be sure you have the names in the same order each time. >>> >>> Diane >>> >>> >>> Diane Hettrick >>> dhettrick@earthlink.net >>> On Oct 15, 2006, at 9:27 AM, Jackie Wilson Goddard wrote: >>> >>>> At 11:24 AM 10/15/2006, you wrote: >>>> >>>>> Can the fast fields in the surname box be edited? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Diane Hettrick >>>>> dhettrick@earthlink.net >>>> >>>> Diane, >>>> >>>> What do you mean by "fast fields"? >>>> >>>> Jackie >>>> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >