Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #113 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Sun, 23 Jul 00 Volume 17 : Issue 113 Today's Topics: (A) .exe files (A) Pagination problems in Word 98 (A) Summary - Keyboard control panel based shortcuts .exe files .exe files 2 volume disk and HFS [*] MIDI Warehouse v1.0.4 [*] Scheduler 2.0 [Q] on the new multiprocessor G4s Accessing logic board on the 8100 AV Greeting card programs? IBM techexplorer Version 3.0 Preview Release 1: Windows 95/98/NT, iMac gutz removal iMac gutz removal iMac Help Info-Mac Digest V17 #112 Lowering Startup Chime Sound Pagination problems in Word 98 Pagination problems in Word 98 The Info-Mac Network is a volunteer organization that publishes the Info-Mac Digest and operates the Info-Mac Archive, a large network of FTP sites containing gigabytes of freely distributable Macintosh software. 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Mostly they're not worth the bother. These file types are called "executibles" and are usually applications or installers. Even if you could view them, you wouldn't be able to actually "execute" the program without Windows. They're completely PC native and there's no real Mac correspondence. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 15:18:25 -0700 From: Barb Lange To: 00bkpickeril@bsuvc.bsu.edu, bpickerill@mac.com Subject: (A) Pagination problems in Word 98 Brian Have you checked under "compatability" (under Tools/Preferences)? It is possible that "Suppress extra line spacing at bottom of page" is turned on for one computer and not the other. There are two other suppression that we keep turned on in the office on all desktop publishing computers, they are: "Suppress extra line spacing at top of page" and "Suppress Space Before after a hard page or column break". >Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 11:37:30 -0500 >From: Brian Pickerill <00bkpickeril@bsuvc.bsu.edu> >To: digest@info-mac.org >Subject: Pagination problems in Word 98 > >Hello. This has been nagging me for a long time. Oftentimes, I have a >document that will print very differently depending on which Mac I am using >to print. The fonts, document format, print setup, ect... are all the >same, yet on one machine, it will paginate correctly, and on the other, a >line or three will spill off onto the next page. > >Any insights you have would be appreciated. > >Thanks, > >--Brian Pickerill, Ball State University, Muncie, IN ¾ä¾ä¾ä¾ä¾ä¾ä Barb Lange CDE / SFU (604) 291-4776 ¾ä¾ä¾ä¾ä¾ä¾ä ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 16:02:36 -0500 From: Chaz Larson To: "abrody@smart.net" , digest@info-mac.org Subject: (A) Summary - Keyboard control panel based shortcuts At 2:25 PM -0400 7/20/00, abrody@smart.net wrote: >Dear Digest readers, >Thank you one and all for your replies. It appears that only USB >based Macs (not those with a PCMCIA or PCI added USB card) support >shortcuts in the Keyboard control panel. It's actually ROM-in-RAM Macs that get this. However, St‰phane Madrau has created a little utility that enables this feature on all Macs. chazl -- Come on over to our valley, where boys run free! Run through the lush green meadows in your shorts! Brother John will be your guide in a summer of indescribable earthly delight! - The Suburbs, Music For Boys Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 15:55:48 -0500 From: Chaz Larson To: "Chip Sample" , digest@info-mac.org Subject: .exe files At 7:21 AM -0600 7/19/00, Chip Sample wrote: >Is there a utility that will allow my Mac to execute/view the >scads of .exe files I receive from PC users? Sure. Virtual PC: SoftWindows: RealPC: Blue Label: chazl -- Come on over to our valley, where boys run free! Run through the lush green meadows in your shorts! Brother John will be your guide in a summer of indescribable earthly delight! - The Suburbs, Music For Boys Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:12:03 -0400 From: Tom Coradeschi To: "Chip Sample" Subject: .exe files Chip Sample wrote: >Is there a utility that will allow my Mac to execute/view the >scads of .exe files I receive from PC users? Virtual PC would be my recommendation. . tom coradeschi <+> tcora@skylands.ibmwr.org Skylands (NJ) BMW Riders <+> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 15:50:03 -0500 From: Chaz Larson To: Ezra Nathan , Subject: 2 volume disk and HFS At 9:49 PM +0100 7/13/00, Ezra Nathan wrote: >What I want is both to be HFS+. Is there a way of doing that without >initializing both volumes of the HD? I can back-up the contents of >the HFS standard volume easily enough, but not that of the HFS+ >volume. Back up the contents of the HFS Standard volume. Use the Finder's "Erase Disk" command to format it as "Mac OS Extended". Restore its contents. You're done. chazl -- Come on over to our valley, where boys run free! Run through the lush green meadows in your shorts! Brother John will be your guide in a summer of indescribable earthly delight! - The Suburbs, Music For Boys Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: 22 Jul 2000 From: Takashi Suzuki To: Subject: [*] MIDI Warehouse v1.0.4 MIDI Warehouse is an application for the Macintosh which allows you to play & manage standard MIDI files. Player window holds one standard MIDI file, and displays it's current tempo, System Exclusive status, Control Change status and Voice Name, Panpot, Pitch Bend, Level for each MIDI channel. Playlist window can have up to 2,147,483,647 MIDI files to be played back sequentially, or random order. Database window can have up to 2,147,483,647 MIDI files with sort & find capability. What's changed : - Some label pop-up menu items could not be chosen -> fixed. - Japanese labels did not drawn correct -> fixed. - Sometimes characeres inside Database Window shown badly -> fixed. Features : - Fat Binary. - QuickTime support. - Macintosh Drag and Drop support. - GM, GS, XG format compatible. - 32part Standard MIDI File playback support. - Navigation Services support. (PowerPC only) This application requires : - Macintosh with 68020 or higher / PowerPC - System7.6.1 + QuickTime 3.0 + Appearance Manager or later - OMS (Open Music System) -- If you use external MIDI tone generator - MIDI tone generator or QuickTime Musical Instruments -- T.Suzuki [Archived as /info-mac/gst/midi/midi-warehouse-104.hqx; 438 K] ------------------------------ Date: 22 Jul 2000 From: Joao Varela To: Subject: [*] Scheduler 2.0 Scheduler 2.0 is an utility that can schedule alerts to remind you of important tasks. Just by clicking on a couple of buttons you can schedule to call Mom every Friday or every first Monday of the month. Scheduler can also launch applications at a given time and date, managing in a simple, intuitive way a set of applications you want to start your day with. For instance, during the week you want to start by reading your mail, but in the weekend you want to start with your game. Scheduler 2.0 is Freeware. [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/scheduler-20.hqx; 407 K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 12:44:25 -0700 From: Wagner Truppel To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: [Q] on the new multiprocessor G4s Hi folks, since all of the software I currently use on a daily basis was not written to take advantage of multiprocessor configurations, a situation I don't expect to change in the near future, I'm wondering how much faster the new dual-processor G4s really are compared to single-processor configurations of comparable speed. Can anyone comment on this? Also, are MacOS 9 and the upcoming MacOS X fully native and multiprocessor-ready? If so, then a dual-processor system might still be much faster, even with software that's not multiprocessor ready. One last question: what are the major differences between the G3 and G4 chips? I'm considering getting either a PowerBook G3 500 or a dual-processor desktop G4 500 (or, if the multiprocessor configuration ends up not being much of an advantage for me, a single-processor desktop G4 500). Thank you for your assistance. Wagner Truppel wtruppel@uci.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 16:14:32 -0500 From: Chaz Larson To: "Oleh S. Ilnytzkyj" , digest@info-mac.org Subject: Accessing logic board on the 8100 AV At 8:41 PM -0600 7/16/00, Oleh S. Ilnytzkyj wrote: >Hi everyone, > >Can one find instructions on the Web about gaining >access to the Power Macintosh 8100/80 logic board? >I'd like to add RAM but the board doesn't exactly flip >open by itself. One source might be to look for G3 upgrade installation instructions, since I believe installing one of those invloves removing the motherboard. Here's a quick outline from memory, which may be enough to get you going. Unscrew four thumbscrews from the back. Slide the case cover back and lift it off. Remove all Nubus cards. Disconnect all the cables at the top edge of the motherboard. Remove the single screw in the middle of the motherboard. Remove the programmer's switch assembly. Now slide the motherboard forward a little bit to disengage it and tilt it out. Reassembly is the reverse of disassembly. ;) chazl -- Come on over to our valley, where boys run free! Run through the lush green meadows in your shorts! Brother John will be your guide in a summer of indescribable earthly delight! - The Suburbs, Music For Boys Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 16:50:40 -0400 From: Patty and Art Werschulz To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Greeting card programs? Hi. Does anybody know of any programs for making greeting cards, such as birthday cards and the like? Thanks. -- Patty and Art Werschulz http://members.home.net/agw/ 207 Stoughton Avenue Cranford NJ 07016 (908) 272-1146 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 14:21:09 -0400 From: Angel Luis Diaz To: comp-sys-mac-digest@moderators.isc.org Subject: IBM techexplorer Version 3.0 Preview Release 1: Windows 95/98/NT, IBM techexplorer is a plug-in for Navigator and Internet Explorer as well as an ActiveX control for applications like Microsoft PowerPoint and Word. techexplorer enables the display of TeX, LaTeX and MathML documents and the publishing of interactive scientific material on the Web. Version 3.0 PR 1 includes full support for MathML 1.01, augmented display of LaTeX, and new ways to enliven techexplorer documents via C++, Java, JavaScript, the DOM, and a web-based equation editor. The Introductory Edition of IBM's techexplorer Hypermedia Browser Version 3.0 Preview Release 1 is now available for Windows 95/98/NT, Macintosh, Linux on Intel, AIX, Solaris and SGI! New to version 3.0 PR 1 is a Macintosh version and a 10-day trial download of the Professional Edition. For more details and the no-charge downloads, see http://www.ibm.com/software/techexplorer. Please send all questions to techexpl@us.ibm.com. Best regards, Angel -------------------------------------------------------------- Angel Luis Diaz, Ph.D IBM T. J. Watson Research Center Manager, Advanced Internet Publishing IBM techexplorer http://www.ibm.com/software/techexplorer W3C Math WG [co-chair] http://www.w3.org/Math W3C CSS WG http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS W3C XSL WG http://www.w3.org/Style/XSL/ --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 15:47:45 -0500 From: Chaz Larson To: Chazzz , Subject: iMac gutz removal At 12:16 PM -0400 7/17/00, Chazzz wrote: >I've looked at the back/removed the plastic housing and the two upper anchor >screws but the gutz won't come out. Is there more to do or do I just have to >be more aggressive and yank the sucker? A google search on "imac memory upgrade instructions" turned this up, which looks quite complete: chazl -- Come on over to our valley, where boys run free! Run through the lush green meadows in your shorts! Brother John will be your guide in a summer of indescribable earthly delight! - The Suburbs, Music For Boys Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:09:30 -0400 From: Tom Coradeschi To: Chazzz Subject: iMac gutz removal Chazzz wrote: >I'm helping out a friend whose iMac went south (software). I'm >reinitializing etc. >While I'm at it, she's asked me to do a memory upgrade. >I've looked at the back/removed the plastic housing and the two upper anchor >screws but the gutz won't come out. Is there more to do or do I just have to >be more aggressive and yank the sucker? There should be directions which came with the computer, and describe just what you need to do to get at the RAM slots. If you can't find them, visit , print out those pages and have at it! tom coradeschi <+> tcora@skylands.ibmwr.org Skylands (NJ) BMW Riders <+> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 22:09:02 -0400 From: Chazzz To: Subject: iMac Help Thanks for all the list help. It went smooth as silk and she's now the proud owner of MORE RAM! -- Charles Cusumano ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 21:19:54 -0400 From: Jeffrey Frankel To: Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #112 On July 18 Brian Pickerill wrote: > Hello. This has been nagging me for a long time. Oftentimes, I have a > document that will print very differently depending on which Mac I am using > to print. The fonts, document format, print setup, ect... are all the > same, yet on one machine, it will paginate correctly, and on the other, a > line or three will spill off onto the next page. Are you using the same printer with the different Macs? Different printers will print closer to the edges of the paper than others. If you're using the LaserWriter 8 printer driver on both machines, make sure that the settings in the Page Setup dialog box are the same. Is it possible that US Letter is selected as the paper size on one and US Letter Small on the other? These settings will affect print area. -- Jeff Frankel Windsor, Maine USA "Where the woodpecker pecks and the porcupine plays" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 11:59:50 -0500 From: Clinton MacDonald To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Lowering Startup Chime Sound Chazzzzzz (is that enough Zs? :-) ): On Sunday, 09 July, 2000 06:46:08, Chazzz asked: >One of my long standing problems is to keep alert sounds loud enough >while keeping the Startup Chime liveable. If I keep the volume of the >alert sounds audible enough, the startup Chime blasts the speakers. >In the Monitor & Sounds CP, I've increased the alert sounds volume to >the max and have the system sounds about one half volume. Is there >anyway to lower the chime in ROM and keep the alert sounds reasonably >loud? On older PowerBooks (which is all I know, since the most recent I own are a PB 145 and a Duo 280c -- both great machines), the startup chime is schizophrenic in the following way: the startup chime volume lowers as the system sound volume is lowered, until one reaches a volume of zero. Then, for some Apple-only-knows reason, the startup chime volume is greatest. Therefore, for older PowerBooks, the lowest one can set the startup chime is at an overall system sound setting of "1." It is still pretty loud at that setting. I know this makes no sense, but try setting your sound volume to "1" using the Control Strip. Best wishes, Clint -- Dr. Clinton C. MacDonald | ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 15:44:27 -0500 From: Chaz Larson To: Brian Pickerill <00bkpickeril@bsuvc.bsu.edu>, digest@info-mac.org Subject: Pagination problems in Word 98 At 11:37 AM -0500 7/18/00, Brian Pickerill wrote: >Hello. This has been nagging me for a long time. Oftentimes, I have a >document that will print very differently depending on which Mac I am using >to print. The fonts, document format, print setup, ect... are all the >same, yet on one machine, it will paginate correctly, and on the other, a >line or three will spill off onto the next page. > >Any insights you have would be appreciated. > Are the two machines printing to different printers? Perhaps the printable area on one machine's printer [either because it's a different printer or because it's using a different PPD file, in the case of a LaserWriter-type printer] is ever-so-slightly smaller than the printable area on the other, which could cause htat couple-line spillover. Another possibility would be different versions of the fonts on the two machines, where one has ever-so-slightly different character widths One machine may be missing a true styled font [like Bold]; the faked-up version the OS would generate in that situation is wider than the real bold font, and would cause pagination differences. chazl -- Come on over to our valley, where boys run free! Run through the lush green meadows in your shorts! Brother John will be your guide in a summer of indescribable earthly delight! - The Suburbs, Music For Boys Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 23:08:07 -0400 From: "Marlon Deason" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Pagination problems in Word 98 Bill-- If you are using two different printers, it is probably a difference in the printable areas. Different types of printers use paper differently. For example, inkjet printers tug on the leading edge of a sheet paper and so it can't print there. Look to see if you have two different printers selected on your two machines. Many programs use guidelines from the printer driver to determine the size of a printed page. -- Marlon marlond@earthlink.net -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************