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TheIronLady · 10/01/2010 15:52

I completed sections 1, 2 & 3 yesterday and it took me 6 hours .

How long did it take you to complete yours?

I am going to tackle the remaining sections possibly tonight or during the week, just can't believe how long it is taking.

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navyeyelasH · 11/01/2010 20:56

sorry to hijack but..

I'm a new childminder and have been open for nearly 4 months - I have my first inspection soon. How important is it that I do the SEF do you think, given I'm trying to sort out 100million other things too?!

RosieGirl · 11/01/2010 20:35

leeloo1 thank you sooooooo much I have just had a go and manged to do a bit of cutting and pasting - I may actually be bothered to finish it now.

leeloo1 · 10/01/2010 19:49

To cut and paste you need to use the hot keys (so hold down Ctrl and c to cut and hold down Ctrl and v to paste).

Still plodding through mine - have pretty much finished up to section 3 (its taken weeks!) but am hoping to cut and paste from there to do the other sections.

pudding23 · 10/01/2010 17:20
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pudding23 · 10/01/2010 17:19

Took me over 2 weeks to complete mine. Today I updated my submitted form to add changes that have happened and have found out that they have added three extra parts ubder leadership, I cant submit the changes I added until I complete the three new sections!

onadayliketoday · 10/01/2010 16:59

I may have a go then. But as it is two years until my next inspection I won't do it yet.

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TheIronLady · 10/01/2010 16:41

Hi, You should be able to access your previous one, I am sure that I have read it on the part where you log in.

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onadayliketoday · 10/01/2010 16:37

I have decided not to do mine again. I spent hours and hours doing it for my last inspection and although it was submitted a week before the day the inspector hadn't read it. Now I'm told (correct me please if I'm wrong) that I can't access my previous one and I will have to start all over again rather than update it.

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TheIronLady · 10/01/2010 16:04

I also had this problem and was absolutely fuming that there does not seem to be a facility to cut and paste. I wanted to cut and paste into a word doc so that I can print out in tiny print and keep for myself.

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RosieGirl · 10/01/2010 15:55

I started mine before Christmas, and usually am the type to dig in and get it done, but really ran out of steam, and am now finding it difficult to carry on. I did hours and then couldn't work out how to cut and paste as it didn't seem to let me (if anyone knows pleeeeeese tell me)