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'Easy
Open'
When you receive a document
that was created with an application you don't have on your
computer, Mac OS Easy Open if you have it and switched on
will give you a choice of Applications that may open the
document. Once you have chosen an Application to use, the
document will either open, or if you chose the wrong one,
not open. If you chose one that did not open the document
this is a real pain as the next time you try to open using a
different application you are not given a choice of
Applications to use. This is easily fixed. Go to your
control panel and open Mac OS Easy Open and check, Always
show Dialogue box with a x. Now once you have the ducument
open, save. If you don't save, the dialogue box will always
appear when you have the Always show dialogue box
checked.
'Ejecting
a CD'
If the CD will not eject. The
last resort is to insert a paper clip into the hole under
the CD drive and apply pressure to release the
CD.
'Ejecting
a Floppy'
Holding down Command+Shift+1
or 2 will force a floppy to eject. Command+Shift+1 works on
single floppy Macs while Command+Shift+2 ejects the second
floppy drive contents on twin floppy Macs.
'Ejecting a
Floppy'
If the floppy will not eject.
The last resort is to insert a paper clip into the hole
under the floppy drive and apply pressure to release the
floppy.
'Email
Address book'
Transferring your address book from
Netscape to Outlook Express.
Open up your address book in Netscape and select all. This
will highlight all your addresses. Now hold your mouse down
on your addresses and drag to your desktop. All your
addresses will be stacked on top of each other on your
desktop.
Now open your address book in Outlook Express.
The stack of addresses on your desktop by holding your mouse
down and dragging over the stack, will select the complete
stack of addresses.
Now hold your mouse down on the stack and drag to your
Outlook Express address book. You now have a duplicate of
all your Netscape addresses in Outlook Express.
To transfer
to Eudora, transfer to
Outlook as above first. Once you have your addresses into
Outlook, you open Eudora and from the file menu open Import
Mail. You then click on to import Outlook. Eudora will only
recognize Outlook version 5.
This will not work with
Netscape version 7
'Emailer
Default'
How to choose which
emailer you use with your
browser.
Go to your Apple menu and then Control Panels and then
Internet. In the panel that opens click on the Email button.
You will see all your account and notification details here.
Down the bottom you will see your default email application.
To change it just select which emailer you wish to use, or
select the Select button to find which one to use. Once
selected this will be your default emailer.
Default Browser.
This can also be chosen by clicking on the Web
button.
'Email
File Name Extensions'
When sending an attachment to
a Windows computer, it is necessary to add a dot then a 3
letter extension to the end of the file name. Without this,
Windows will not be able to recognise the programme that the
file was created with. Knowing some of the common file
extensions will also help you identify attachments you've
received.
Here is a list of
the most common file
extensions:
.aiff .av .mid .mpeg .wav
These are all sound files.
.cwk Clarisworks file.
.doc Microsoft Word.
.exe If you ever receive one of these,
trash it. It is a program that will only work on a Windows
computer. It could be a game, or maybe a virus, but either
way it won't work on your Mac.
.fp3 .fp5 FileMaker Pro
files.
.htm .html Web pages - these will open
in your web browser.
.pdf Acrobat reader.
.bmp .gif .jpg .pict .png .tif .wmf
These are all graphic files - use PictureViewer or Graphic
Converter or another graphics program.
.avi .mov These are movie
files.
.ram Real Player files.
.bin .hqx .sea .sit .zip These are all
compressed or encoded files. Stuffit Expander can be used to
extract the original file.
.xls Microsoft
Excel.
'Email
Fonts too Small'
If you are like me and find
the emails you receive are too small to read comfortably, do
what I do. In Netscape go to the Edit menu, then Preferences
then Fonts. Where on the right you see the font size, scroll
the bottom one to read 14 and then click on OK. While you
are there make sure at the bottom you have where it says Use
page specified fonts including dynamic fonts, you have this
ticked. After you have clicked on OK open one of your emails
to see the change you have made. This will only affect plain
text emails. Change the size to suit. I have mine set to:
The top size set to 14 and the bottom one set to 14. Most of
you will probably be happy for them both to be set this
way.
See also
'Browser
Preferences'
'Email
Pictures From Web'
This has the benefit of not
actually sending images via the web but sending a reference
to where the image actually is. If you want to email a
picture from a web site do this in Netscape or Icab.
Find the image you want to pass on the address for.
Control-click on the image and hold down your mouse, or just
hold down your mouse. Now choose from the contextual menu-
"Copy this image location". You can now paste this into your
email. In explorer (or anything without the copy image
location option) control-click on the image and choose "open
image in new window". Now select and copy the address from
the location bar at the top of the screen. The person when
receiving the email can download the image by clicking on
the reference address.
'Emails
Saving'
Outlook
Express
If you want to save all the emails you have into a folder on
your desktop. Create a new folder on your desktop.
Open up the folder you have the emails in. Select all. Then
hold your mouse down on the emails and drag to your new
folder on the desktop. Now you can put this folder
containing all your emails into your personal folder.
Eudora
The same applies to Eudora except there is no need to create
a folder on your desktop as Eudora automatically does it for
you.
'Emails
Sending to a Group'
Tested using
Netscape
7.02
If you want to send to a group
of people on a regular basis then create a list of these
people.
To Create a List
Open up your address book and from the top click on New
List. At the top of the frame that opens make sure the
address book you want to create the list in is showing. Fill
in all the necessary information and click on OK. To add an
address to this list just drag from your address book to the
list icon to the left.
To Send to a Group.
Open a new message and type in the nickname of the group
and at the left click on Bcc instead of To. In the
Subject line type in the name of the group. Type your email
and send.
I do it this way so no email addresses are shown. If you
send one using the To, to yourself and the list to Bcc then
everyone will get an email addressed to yourself. If you
send the list using the To then everyone will see all email
addresses. If you send the list using the Cc then once again
all will see everyone's email address.
All List emails send using Bcc.
'Email
Templates'
In your email programme you will have an In folder, Out
folder, Sent folder, Trash folder, Draft folder and any
other folders you may have created.
If you have a Template folder you may find in here a number
of already created email templates. You can create as many
email templates as you wish and place in this folder.
Any emails you send using emails from the template folder
will leave the email in the template folder for further use.
When using a template email you can add to it or delete from
it anything you wish and still leave the original in
tact.
If you send similar emails on a regular basis to friends or
clients this may be a useful feature.
'Erasing
a Floppy'
To erase a floppy as it is
loaded into your computer Hold down Command+Option+Tab as
you load it. This will bring up a menu which gives
you the choice of erasing the floppy.
'Error
Codes Macintosh/Power Macintosh'
Application Unexpectedly Quit.
Applications quit without warning when they either run out
of memory or encounter a conflict with an incompatible
(usually out-of-date) system extension.
TYPE
1
Errors often mean your program
ran out of memory. The application tried to access a chunk
of memory that didn't exist or needed more RAM than was
available. You can remedy the problem by allocating more
memory to the program, adding more RAM to the system, or
simply restarting your Mac so the RAM available is in one
continuous chunk.
TYPE
2
Errors are also related to
memory use. The Mac tried to store a chunk of data in an
address that couldn't hold it.
TYPE
3
Errors are called an illegal
instruction errors. It means the Mac tried to execute an
instruction that isn't part of its standard vocabulary. The
cause may be an out-of-date system extension or hard disk
driver.
Errors
17-24.
These errors indicate that the
Mac tried to access one of the standard routines in the
System file and couldn't find it. In all probability, that
means you have a corrupted System file. Try installing a new
System file to replace the damaged one.
Error
25. Once again, you've
run out of RAM.
Errors 26, 27, 30,
31.
Apple says these errors tend
to appear when your System file has got mangled. Replace
it.
Error
28.
This error is accompanied by
the message "Stack ran into heap," but that's just another
way of saying you ran out of memory.
Type 11
Error.
Don't look for specifics here.
On a Power Mac, a Type 11 error can mean almost anything. It
simply refers to an error that occurred in reading native
PowerPC code. Usually it means a bus error, an address
error, or an illegal instruction.
Error -39. A -39
error is usually accompanied
by the message "end of file" or "no additional data in the
format." This error points in the general direction of a
corrupted file. It means that the Mac started to process a
file but couldn't finish reading it. If you encounter this
message at start-up, it could mean that the Launcher has
become corrupted. All you have to do is drag the Launcher
control panel into the Trash and reinstall
it.
Error type
119 after Installing
ATM in Mac OS 9
When you start the Macintosh after installing Adobe Type
Manager (ATM) 4.5.1 or earlier, Mac OS 9 returns the error,
"Sorry, a system error occurred. '~ATM' error type 119.
Temporarily turn off extensions, restart and hold down the
Shift key."
You installed ATM by itself or with
another Adobe application.
Solutions Do one of
the following:
Solution
1
Disable the ATM control panel and then install ATM 4.6:
1. Restart the Macintosh while holding down the space
bar.
2. When Extensions Manager appears, deselect ~ATM in the
Control Panels section and then click Continue.
3. Install ATM 4.6, which you can obtain as follows: - If
you use ATM Light, you can download ATM Light 4.6 from
Adobe's Web site at http://www.adobe.com/products/atmlight/main.html
If you use ATM Deluxe 4.0.x or earlier, you can upgrade to
ATM 4.6. For more information, see Adobe's Web site at
http://www.adobe.com/products/atm/main.html.
If you use ATM Deluxe 4.5.x, you can download the ATM Deluxe
4.6 Update from Adobe's Web site at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/8522.htm.
Note: The ATM Deluxe 4.6 Update
requires that the ATM Deluxe 4.5.x control panel be in the
Control Panels or Control Panels (Disabled) folder.
4. Restart the Macintosh and hold down the space bar.
5. When the Extensions Manager appears, select ~ATM in the
Control Panels section and then click
Continue.
Solution
2
Disable the ATM control panel.
1. Restart the Macintosh while holding down the space
bar.
2. When the Extensions Manager appears, deselect ~ATM in the
Control Panels section and then click
Continue.
Note: When ATM is disabled, fonts
lacking raster equivalents may appear jagged on-screen or
when printed to non-PostScript printers. These fonts remain
smooth, however, when used in applications that rasterize
fonts internally (e.g., Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop,
or Adobe InDesign) or when printed to a PostScript
printer.
Solution
3
Install Mac OS 8.6 or earlier.
Note: ATM 4.5.2 is not
compatible with Mac OS 8.6 and earlier.
Additional
Information
Adobe offers two versions of ATM: ATM
Light and ATM Deluxe. Both versions smooth Type 1 PostScript
fonts on-screen, but only ATM Deluxe provides advanced font
management features. Mac OS 9 is incompatible with ATM 4.5.1
and earlier. To avoid conflict with these versions of ATM,
the Mac OS 9 installer moves the ATM control panel to the
Control Panels (Disabled) folder. Or, if you install ATM
4.5.1 or earlier after installing Mac OS 9, the system
reports a Type 119 error when you restart the Macintosh. The
installers for many Adobe applications install ATM Light
during an easy or full install. With most of these
applications, you can avoid installing ATM Light by choosing
the Custom Install option and deselecting ATM in the Custom
Install dialog box. The Adobe PageMaker installer, however,
always installs ATM Light. To remove ATM Light after
installing PageMaker, restart the computer with extensions
off and drag the ATM control panel to the trash.
See also
Memory
'Eudora
Saving emails'
See Emails
saving
'Favorites'
See
Bookmarks
and Apple
Menu
'Filemaker
Data Base Buttons'
To make a Button that will
perform a script. Go to the Layout mode. Now type in the
name you want the button to be called. With the button
highlighted go to the Format menu and click on Button. A box
will appear and select Perform script. Now select the script
you want the button to perform. Before a button can perform
a scrip a script must be edited.
See also
'Data
Base Scripts'
'Filemaker
'Data Base Saving'
FileMaker automatically saves
as you work with it. You don't have to save when closing the
document. Therefore it is a very good idea to keep a copy of
the document before making any changes to it. Once you
change a document you can not revert back to it's original.
There is a however program called flashback that can recall
all changes you ever make.
'Filemaker
'Data Base Scripts'
Before a script can be edited
you must first manually perform the script that you intend
to edit. Now go to the Script Menu and select ScriptMaker.
At the bottom type in a name for the script and click on
create. Now select what you want the script to perform. This
will be the same as you manually took the script
through.
'File
Sharing'
To send a message to a person
connected to your Mac
through File Sharing, first open the File Sharing control
panel. Click on the Activity Monitor Tab. Hold down Option
and double click on the person's name. A window will pop-up
allowing you to type in a message to the selected
person.
'Find'
Holding down Command+F will
bring up the find menu.
'Folders
Closing'
If you are using something
deep down in your folders, it is sometimes a pain that every
folder you have been into stays open. They don't have to.
Hold your Option key down as you dive deeper and as you open
another folder the previous one will close. If you dive too
deep, hold down the command key + the up arrow to open the
folder that has just closed.
'Folders
New'
Holding down Command+N will
create a new folder.
'Force
Quitting a Programme'
Holding down
Command+Option+Escape forces the current application to
quit, bringing Up a dialogue box explaining that any unsaved
work will be lost. This is useful when the application
freezes and you need to save work in another application.
You should restart as soon as possible as your Mac can be
left in a rather unstable state.
'Fragmentation
of Ram'
Your Ram has the invisible
problem of memory fragmentation.
Each application you open requires a block or Ram memory.
When you close down an application it leaves behind a
marker. Other applications you open have to work around
these markers. After opening and closing various
applications your Ram becomes filled with markers. Although
you have say 10mb of free Ram memory, when you try to open
an application that requires 4mb of Ram you may get a notice
saying you have not got enough memory to open the
application, or the application will crash, or freeze. This
is because every application has to have a continuous block
of Ram, it can't jump around these markers to fit into
spaces.
When this happens to you. Restart your computer. This will
clear out all those markers.
A good idea is to open the largest and most used application
for the day first and leave it open. If you close it and
then open a smaller application, the smaller application
will use the Ram that the larger one was using. You could
now be stuck with not being able to open the larger one
again without restarting. The least amount of Ram
memory you have the more you will encounter this
problem.
See also
Memory
'Freezes'
Holding down
Command+Control+Power key on keyboard is handy to use when
all else fails. This will shutdown and then restart the
computer.
'Function
Keys'
ALL the Function Keys on G3s and
iMacs with OS 9 can be programmed for use in opening
programmes, folders, files etc. The procedure is as
follows:
Go to Control Panels then Keyboard to
open the "Keyboard" dialogue box. Click on Function Keys to
open the "Hot Function Keys" dialogue box. Click on one of
the F-key buttons to open the "Assign" dialogue box and then
go to the desired programme, folder or file and assign it to
that key.
ALTERNATIVELY
Open the "Hot Function Keys" dialogue
box, and then open the Hard Drive and go to the desired
programme, folder or file. Drag the icon (NOT an Alias) into
a slot in the "Hot Function Keys" dialogue
box.
You may also get to your Function keys
by clicking on your flag in the menu bar and then click on
customize menu and then click on Function
Keys.
'Get
Info'
Holding down Command+I after
clicking on a file you want the Info on will bring up the
Get Info Box.
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