Hi. I'm new to the group -- and WP/Mac as well -- and I've run up with a couple of problems that I was hoping y'all might be able to help me out with. My...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 14, 2005 2:06 am
... the WPDOS layout ... WPMac came with a DOS 5.1 keyboard map. I don't have a copy, but someone on this list might, or it should be part of the free...
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Ted Goranson
tedgoranson
Feb 14, 2005 2:25 am
Ted Goranson here, new to this group today. I wrote a little piece about WPMac in my ATPO column: <http://www.atpm.com/10.03/atpo.shtml> which some of you may...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 14, 2005 3:09 am
... few ... Hi Ted! Your ATPO piece is already listed in the Links section here. No other gotchas that I know of . . . :-) There's no FAQ, but "John's WP Tips...
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Randall C. Wilson
r4nd4llc
Feb 14, 2005 4:31 pm
I know this is not a Word Listserv, but to be fair to that program, how do you convince Word that you mean it when you make a change to its settings using the...
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Smokey Ardisson
sardisson
Feb 15, 2005 5:10 am
... In addition to John R's tip about needing the conversion filters, one thing I have noticed is that WP-Mac requires documents to have valid Macintosh type...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 15, 2005 8:18 pm
... Great tip, Smokey. May I add it to the Conversions folder in the Files section here? John R....
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Smokey Ardisson
sardisson
Feb 17, 2005 12:51 am
... Absolutely! Always glad to be useful :-) Smokey -- Smokey Ardisson Graduate Student in Middle Eastern and African History Georgetown University ...
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Stephen
wago295
Feb 17, 2005 5:52 am
I have OS 9.1 and WordPerfect with the OS 8/9 update. It wouldn't recognize Word 5 files. I downloaded a folder called something like "Conversions 2", hid the...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 17, 2005 6:02 am
... the ... moved ... Have you renamed the new folder to "Conversions"? The name needs to be exact. Let me know if this works, and I'll add a readme to it. ...
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Stephen
wago295
Feb 17, 2005 4:09 pm
... I renamed it at the time. I've double checked. When it put the Maclink Plus extension for WordPerfect, I got a conflict and had to disable the Maclink...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 17, 2005 10:58 pm
... For general use, I'd toss the older of the two. But for WP, try going to Edit > Prefs > Files and _unchecking_ Use Easy Open. Quit and restart WP. John R....
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Stephen
wago295
Feb 18, 2005 12:51 am
... It worked, thanks a lot! I got rid of both Easy Open control panels. Apparently they were useless under OS 9. Stephen...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 18, 2005 2:00 am
... They may still be useful - anyone know? But it's been my experience that two versions of a control panel can conflict. Speaking specifically of WP, I've...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 18, 2005 2:41 am
... valid ... I don't know about a nice one, but try this. Save as an applet, not showing startup screen: to run display dialog "Drop a file on me to set its...
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Smokey Ardisson
sardisson
Feb 18, 2005 11:15 am
... FYI, I had Script Editor complain about the quotes around WPC2 and WPPC in the above on run block; I changed them to single quotes and the script compiled....
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Smokey Ardisson
sardisson
Feb 18, 2005 11:25 am
... [...] ... The user-accessible part of Easy Open moved into File Exchange in OS 9.x, so those control panels are truly superfluous. BTW, I had (still have...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 18, 2005 7:22 pm
... I used smart quotes in the editor; the net changed them to plain quotes and I didn't notice. Sorry. It's also possible to use plain quotes in a script by...
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Stephen
wago295
Feb 19, 2005 12:38 am
... A few days ago when WP wouldn't open MS Word 5, I found MacLinkPlus for Easy Open in an old startup folder. I added it to my OS9 folder. I got startup...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 19, 2005 3:27 am
This is an update to my set of macros that provide 26 instant glossary entries. This version adds options to make editing of glossary entries faster and...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 19, 2005 4:02 pm
... In posting, the URL included the comma, so it didn't work. IAC it's in the Files section. John R....
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 19, 2005 9:23 pm
I just got a Logitech Click! scrolling mouse, only to learn it doesn't work in Classic. I downloaded OS 9 software for the mouse, but the control panel won't ...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Feb 19, 2005 9:57 pm
John The WACOM Intuos 2 does work, but not the scroll function. I've never been a big user of scrolling, so it doesn't bother me. On the other hand, I haven't...
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Phillip Jones, C.E.T.
pjonescet
Feb 19, 2005 11:20 pm
USB Overdrive. have version for OS9 and OSX. will make any mouse regardless of buttons and wheels work. Even works for Game pads and Game Throttle controls. ...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 20, 2005 1:10 am
... Perfect - thanks! John R....
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Randy B. Singer
randy@...
Feb 20, 2005 9:02 am
... I have a Logitech Cordless Optical Mouse that I got a couple of months ago. I downloaded the lastest driver from the Logitech Web site, and with it...
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Wayne Taylor
waynet18
Feb 20, 2005 4:46 pm
A friend who must use a Windows pc at work is having many problems with Word in the new version of Office she has been given by her IT department. Does anyone...
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Smokey Ardisson
sardisson
Feb 20, 2005 5:37 pm
... Does the MLP for Easy Open extension match the version of MLP that you have installed? And is that version of MLP compatible with OS 9? Those could...
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Randy B. Singer
randy@...
Feb 20, 2005 9:25 pm
... WOODY'S LOUNGE http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/wwwthreads.pl or Word-PC discussion list Send a blank e-mail to: word-pc-subscribe-request@... ...
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Stephen
wago295
Feb 20, 2005 11:07 pm
... The first time, I had two Easy Open control panels, both switched off. The second time, I'd used Extensions Manager to move both to the disabled folder. ...
