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I just googled something like this “How do I change my initials in comments added to a MS Word document?”

The first answer was from Microsoft. It was a page that said something like this:

“You can add comments in MS Word documents. Try Microsoft Office Now?”

Then it asked:

“Is this what you were looking for?”

I clicked NO.

It asked me for comments and then said something like:

“By clicking SUBMIT you agree with Microsoft Terms of Service.”

I typed:

“I was looking for an answer to a question, not an advertisement. By reading this, you agree to my terms of service.”

 :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)  🙂

Well, I broke down and bought an iPad. I’m having some trouble with it, though. If you can help with any of these issues, please do so by commenting below.

1. I’ve been trying to do some video chatting on Skype with it like my wife can on her netbook, but I can’t get the webcam to work in the iPad. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
2. Additionally, when I am looking at some web sites — not many, just the good ones — I can’t see anything because I can’t get flash working. Is there an app for that?
3. I wanted to put some of my pictures in it, so I went to hook up my camera to it, but when I tried to plug it in, I couldn’t find the USB port. Where is that? Behind the screen, maybe?
4. I moved some tunes and home videos to it from my network, but that halted because of the 64 GB limit on the internal memory. Should I tether it tomy wife’s netbook so I can have adequate storage when I am on-the-go?
5. One thing I like about it is that it doesn’t multi-task, so I can focus on just one thing at a time. It’s a lot like DOS in that regard. Why did we leave DOS?
6. The screen is nice, but when I wanted to stream something to my HD TV from the iPad, I found no HDMI port on the device. I did find some duct tape that I could use to tape the iPad to the wall, right next to my 72 inch HD TV. That should work. Can I get my remote control working with the iPad?
7. The keyboard on the screen is a good idea. Does Apple make a hard-keyboard that folds out — like a netbook or something?
8. I am kind of excited to use the cellphone dataplan. Now, if Verizon just buys AT&T, I’ll actually have coverage for my iPad. Can you hear me now?

Oh — just kidding.  Just as the iPad doesn’t have a webcam, flash, a USB port, adequate storage, multitasking, HDMI out, a keyboard, or good data coverage, so I don’t have an iPad.

~Steve