WP's Spotlight Plugin is on Apple's front page for OSX. See http://www.apple.com/macosx/ halfway down on the right, at the top of the list. This publicity will...
1928
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 6, 2005 4:29 pm
I use the desktop as my workspace, and save new documents there, putting them in a folder later on. Sometimes, after a few saves, a WP temporary document will...
1929
Gilbert, Geoffrey S
Geoff@...
Jul 7, 2005 2:50 pm
John This is actually a major headache that you may not see because you use the desktop. It happens in folders, too. What you notice there, however, is that...
1930
Burton Reich
burtreich
Jul 9, 2005 9:24 pm
This has happened to me also, using both Mac OS X Jaguar 10.2.8 and currently Panther 10.3.9. When I use the "command-s" keys to save the current document, my ...
1931
GAmoore@...
Jul 11, 2005 3:07 am
... I would recommend a leading 0 for single digits like Letter01, Letter02, ... Letter09, Letter10, Letter11, so they will sort properly. You don't want to ...
1932
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 11, 2005 6:57 pm
I'd been switching to an OSX app, eg the Finder, and then activating Spotlight from its menu or by the default keystroke of command-space, not realizing that...
1933
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 11, 2005 7:42 pm
... I get one or more _xx files in a work session, but they're never more recent than the named file. They also turn out to be not the active _xx file, which...
1934
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 11, 2005 7:43 pm
... I have WP's timed backups set for 15 minutes, and am watching to see if the problem tends to start 15 minutes after I open a file. ... Thanks for your good...
1935
Gilbert, Geoffrey S
Geoff@...
Jul 11, 2005 8:01 pm
John I have neither backup activated. I rely on Cmd-S. I thought it might be the cause. Geoff ... From: wordperfectmac@yahoogroups.com on behalf of John...
1936
Smokey Ardisson
sardisson
Jul 12, 2005 4:06 pm
... Any chance the increased frequency of these _xx files popping up is due to Spotlight? John R's "accessing spotlight from Classic" post in the midst of...
1937
Gilbert, Geoffrey S
Geoff@...
Jul 13, 2005 12:18 am
Smokey It was worse in Panther, pre-Spotlight. I don't keep my files in the User Directory. John keeps his on the Desktop. maybe that has something to do with...
1938
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 13, 2005 4:14 am
... It's worse for me in Tiger than in Panther (I installed the 10.4.2 update about an hour ago, and have noticed no change in this issue). But here, the xx...
1939
Randall C. Wilson
r4nd4llc
Jul 14, 2005 7:44 am
I just received my licensed copy of Tiger in the mail, but have not installed it. Under Panther I hae not been having problems saving files in WP. I have...
1940
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 15, 2005 6:55 pm
I get a number of xx files as I work, usually well into a session after the named documents have been open for a while. After excluding Spotlight's indexing...
1941
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 15, 2005 7:02 pm
... The problem I'm getting is cosmetic and trivial - just sweep up xx files at the end of a session. The problem Geoff's getting is non-trivial, since an xx...
1942
Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Jul 15, 2005 8:23 pm
John Any of your files have footnotes? It's more likely that the xx files will be newer if there are footnotes and that was the last thing i was working on -...
1943
ICLUF Legal Director ...
r4nd4llc
Jul 15, 2005 11:10 pm
I do not have the problem, but neither are my work folders indexed, so indexing could somehow be involved. ... -- /s/ Randall C. Wilson, Esq. Legal Director ...
1944
job4031
Jul 17, 2005 1:39 am
I am in the process of installing WP 3.5e to my new mac mini. I downloaded 3.5e along with the OS 8-9 update patch. I followed the instructions to fix the...
1945
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 17, 2005 2:08 am
... I'm getting that here, on OS 10.4.1. What's going on is that the script has the Finder do a couple of things, and the OSX Finder does things a little...
1946
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 17, 2005 2:08 am
... I tried a file with footnotes, with no change. But another thing I did was reindex, and it improved the problem significantly, although it didn't fix it. ...
1947
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 17, 2005 7:20 pm
Replaces the screen you see when starting WP and when choosing About… from the Apple menu, with a screen showing the US Constitution's "We the People" and...
1948
J Busch
job4031
Jul 17, 2005 10:22 pm
I am running 10.4.2 and will download and install the update. Thank you very much. -Jonathan ... __________________________________________________ Do You...
1949
J Busch
job4031
Jul 18, 2005 1:34 am
Good news, v1.0.2 worked! It took some work though. I got the <<script>> doesn't understand the <<event AkuaAkuS>> message, even though I had Akua Sweet ...
1950
job4031
Jul 18, 2005 3:05 am
I don't know if this is possible. But is it possible to select Safari as the browser to open links in WP. Classic doesn't see Safari as an application but a...
1951
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 18, 2005 3:29 am
... Good to know. I set the script to run in the Classic environment before posting it, but apparently it doesn't always download that way. ... The "Smile"...
1952
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 18, 2005 3:29 am
... I'm working on a script that will pass WP's browser links to a package, e.g. an OSX app. Meanwhile, Netscape 7 and iCab are classic browsers that you can...
1953
squint555
Jul 18, 2005 1:39 pm
HI. I'm asking this question for an 80 year old friend whose knowledge of wp and macs is very, very limited. He did something recently that causes the...
1954
Gilbert, Geoffrey S
Geoff@...
Jul 19, 2005 4:23 am
This is Reveal Codes- you turn it off in preferences Environment/Windows/Show Codes. Cmd-Shift-K will turn it on and off temporarily. Geoff ... From:...
1955
Karl Winkelmann
ww2censor
Jul 19, 2005 4:24 am
... When Classic is running Select the 'Internet' control panel from the Apple menu Select the Web tab and at the bottom is the place where you can set the ...
1956
Joe Bongiovi
jjb3rd
Jul 19, 2005 4:25 am
It sounds like he inadvertently hit the function key to "reveal codes". Under a DOS 5.1 keyboard, that's the F11 key. I'm not sure what it is in the default...
