Lost/Stolen: White 16Gb iPhone

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Everyone,

My son has lost his white 16Gb iPhone at Hoyts in Carousel.  When he  
discovered he had lost it, he went back and searched the cinema with  
staff, and couldn't find it.


If you happen to see a white iPhone on ebay or wherever going cheap,  
can you check the serial number?  It's 88827UJN1R4


BTW, can we disable the phone remotely?  It'd be good to brick the  
phone if possible ...


Thanks in advance,
Paul.

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USB Ethernet - 10.5.6 - Warning

[David Moyle]

Hey all

Warning - If you use an Apple Ethernet adapter to get around a broken
port etc on any PPC machine updating will 10.5.6 will leave you
stuck. Still unsure whether its related to a glitch or a deliberate
attempt on Apple's behalf.

Symptoms will include long boot times, not able to access Network
panel in System Preferences and obvisouly.. no network activity on
that interface! =)

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Re: AM/FM radio for iPhone

[David Moyle]

Do people listen to that? :P

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From: bred...@highway1.biz
To: wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject: AM/FM radio for iPhone
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:07:06 +0900

>Hi there
>
>I see that there are FM radio applications for the iPhone.  Are there
> 
>any for AM radio?
>
>Stuart Breden
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Re: AM/FM radio for iPhone

[Peter Curtis]

Yeah, that's what the crickets on!
Peter
On 18/12/2008, at 10:49 PM, David Moyle wrote:



Do people listen to that? :P

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From: bred...@highway1.biz
To: wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject: AM/FM radio for iPhone
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:07:06 +0900


Hi there

I see that there are FM radio applications for the iPhone.  Are there

any for AM radio?

Stuart Breden
PO Box 132
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Re: AM/FM radio for iPhone

[Denise Williams]

And for those who like to be mentally challenged, there is the ABC 720 (AM
Radio) Challenge of 25 general knowledge questions every week night at 10pm!
What can FM radio offer to challenge the mind??

Denise Williams-Photographer
PH 9447 3468
MOB 0417 184592
chri...@iinet.net.au


> Yeah, that's what the crickets on!
> Peter
> On 18/12/2008, at 10:49 PM, David Moyle wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Do people listen to that? :P
>> 
>>  Original Message 
>> From: bred...@highway1.biz
>> To: wamug@wamug.org.au
>> Subject: AM/FM radio for iPhone
>> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:07:06 +0900
>> 
>>> Hi there
>>> 
>>> I see that there are FM radio applications for the iPhone.  Are there
>>> 
>>> any for AM radio?
>>> 
>>> Stuart Breden
>>> PO Box 132
>>> Kalamunda WA 6926
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>>> Wk Ph: (08) 9291 4599
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>>> 
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Re: Lost/Stolen: White 16Gb iPhone

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 18/12/2008, at 5:51 PM, Paul Mulroney wrote:


Hi Everyone,

My son has lost his white 16Gb iPhone at Hoyts in Carousel.  When he  
discovered he had lost it, he went back and searched the cinema with  
staff, and couldn't find it.


If you happen to see a white iPhone on ebay or wherever going cheap,  
can you check the serial number?  It's 88827UJN1R4


BTW, can we disable the phone remotely?  It'd be good to brick the  
phone if possible ...


Thanks in advance,
Paul.



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Re: AM/FM radio for iPhone

[Andrew]

Alice Cooper - week nights on 96fm.

Andrew

On 19/12/2008, at 1:08 AM, Denise Williams  wrote:

And for those who like to be mentally challenged, there is the ABC  
720 (AM
Radio) Challenge of 25 general knowledge questions every week night  
at 10pm!

What can FM radio offer to challenge the mind??

Denise Williams-Photographer
PH 9447 3468
MOB 0417 184592
chri...@iinet.net.au



Yeah, that's what the crickets on!
Peter
On 18/12/2008, at 10:49 PM, David Moyle wrote:



Do people listen to that? :P

 Original Message 
From: bred...@highway1.biz
To: wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject: AM/FM radio for iPhone
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:07:06 +0900


Hi there

I see that there are FM radio applications for the iPhone.  Are  
there


any for AM radio?

Stuart Breden
PO Box 132
Kalamunda WA 6926
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Wk Ph: (08) 9291 4599
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Re: AM/FM radio for iPhone

[Hugh Griffiths]

Am radio add ons are not generally available for portable devices due to the 
need for a relatively large, heavy and cumbersome aerial. If you look at most 
AM capable transistor radios, their form factor is due to the size of the 
aerial. For FM receivers the headphone cable can act as the aerial. It also 
generally viewed by the broadcasters that AM is an inferior broadcast mechanism 
( although it has much better range than FM)

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Sent: Friday, 19 December 2008 9:15 AM
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Subject: Re: AM/FM radio for iPhone

Alice Cooper - week nights on 96fm.

Andrew

On 19/12/2008, at 1:08 AM, Denise Williams  wrote:

> And for those who like to be mentally challenged, there is the ABC
> 720 (AM
> Radio) Challenge of 25 general knowledge questions every week night
> at 10pm!
> What can FM radio offer to challenge the mind??
>
> Denise Williams-Photographer
> PH 9447 3468
> MOB 0417 184592
> chri...@iinet.net.au
>
>
>> Yeah, that's what the crickets on!
>> Peter
>> On 18/12/2008, at 10:49 PM, David Moyle wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Do people listen to that? :P
>>>
>>>  Original Message 
>>> From: bred...@highway1.biz
>>> To: wamug@wamug.org.au
>>> Subject: AM/FM radio for iPhone
>>> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:07:06 +0900
>>>
 Hi there

 I see that there are FM radio applications for the iPhone.  Are
 there

 any for AM radio?

 Stuart Breden
 PO Box 132
 Kalamunda WA 6926
 Hm Ph: (08) 9257 1577
 Wk Ph: (08) 9291 4599
 Mbl: 0417 053 266



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Re: AM/FM radio for iPhone

[Adam Hewitt]

Denise said she would like to be mentally challenged, not listen to
someone mentally challenged

:P

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Andrew  wrote:
> Alice Cooper - week nights on 96fm.
>
> Andrew
>
> On 19/12/2008, at 1:08 AM, Denise Williams  wrote:
>
>> And for those who like to be mentally challenged, there is the ABC 720 (AM
>> Radio) Challenge of 25 general knowledge questions every week night at
>> 10pm!
>> What can FM radio offer to challenge the mind??
>>
>> Denise Williams-Photographer
>> PH 9447 3468
>> MOB 0417 184592
>> chri...@iinet.net.au
>>
>>
>>> Yeah, that's what the crickets on!
>>> Peter
>>> On 18/12/2008, at 10:49 PM, David Moyle wrote:
>>>

 Do people listen to that? :P

  Original Message 
 From: bred...@highway1.biz
 To: wamug@wamug.org.au
 Subject: AM/FM radio for iPhone
 Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:07:06 +0900

> Hi there
>
> I see that there are FM radio applications for the iPhone.  Are there
>
> any for AM radio?
>
> Stuart Breden
> PO Box 132
> Kalamunda WA 6926
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A 10.5.6 glitch

[Severin Crisp]

Since upgrading to 10.5.6, Word and Excel from Office 2008, but of  
which are set as Startup Items with Hide checked, no longer Hide  
automatically but display an open blank document.   Unchecking and  
rechecking the box makes no difference.  A number of other items, set  
similarly, behave as they should.  Has anyone else encountered this?
I believe it may be related to the annoying habit that both Word and  
Excel have of always opening a blank document when I bring them up.

Severin Crisp

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Re: A 10.5.6 glitch

[Ronda Brown]

On 19/12/2008, at 11:47 AM, Severin Crisp wrote:

Since upgrading to 10.5.6, Word and Excel from Office 2008, but of  
which are set as Startup Items with Hide checked, no longer Hide  
automatically but display an open blank document.   Unchecking and  
rechecking the box makes no difference.  A number of other items,  
set similarly, behave as they should.  Has anyone else encountered  
this?   I believe it may be related to the annoying habit that both  
Word and Excel have of always opening a blank document when I bring  
them up.


Hi Severin,

By any chance, do you have the option to "Show icon preview" checked?
Try command-j and deactivate that option to get standard Office icons.

Cheers,
Ronni

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Re: AM/FM radio for iPhone

[Martin Hill]

On 19/12/2008, at 9:19 AM, Hugh Griffiths wrote:

Am radio add ons are not generally available for portable devices  
due to the need for a relatively large, heavy and cumbersome aerial.  
If you look at most AM capable transistor radios, their form factor  
is due to the size of the aerial. For FM receivers the headphone  
cable can act as the aerial. It also generally viewed by the  
broadcasters that AM is an inferior broadcast mechanism ( although  
it has much better range than FM)


You don't necessarily need a hardware add-on to receive AM radio on  
your iPhone when you are in cell or wifi range.


Some AM radio stations are already included on many of the streaming  
radio aggregators available on the App Store for the iPhone and iPod  
Touch.


You just need to lobby your favourite AM station to start streaming  
their programs out onto the internet if they don't already and then  
get these aggregators to pick them up.  Some of the streaming radio  
aggregator apps available include:  Stitcher Radio (Free and works  
with thousands of radio stations including all 5 BBC Radio stations  
plus Worldview etc), Tuner, FlyCast (free and works with 25,000  
stations in the Shoutcast network) etc.


ps. SimCity is now available on the App Store and it plays amazingly  
well on the iPhone.  It is not a cut-down mobile version but rather  
the full desktop SimCity 3000.


Also, check out WebMD a free app for diagnosing health complaints  
(click on the part of the body that ails you and choose symptoms, see  
possible causes, treatments etc).


Nuther fun one is the app called Television.  Allows you to view the  
latest on-demand video slots from dozens of TV channels including CNN,  
National Geographic, Discovery Channel, BBC, ABC News (Australia),


Phone Aid - a first aid program that talks you through CPR and other  
treatments with voice recordings so you don't have to look at the  
phone and it keeps you in time.


Road trip - Free fuel economy app.


With the rich apps now out, no one has any excuse to be bored if you  
have an iPhone or iPod touch on you.


-Mart

On 19/12/2008, at 9:20 AM, Adam Hewitt wrote:


Denise said she would like to be mentally challenged, not listen to
someone mentally challenged

:P



giggle!  :-)





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Andrew

Sent: Friday, 19 December 2008 9:15 AM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: AM/FM radio for iPhone

Alice Cooper - week nights on 96fm.

Andrew

On 19/12/2008, at 1:08 AM, Denise Williams   
wrote:



And for those who like to be mentally challenged, there is the ABC
720 (AM
Radio) Challenge of 25 general knowledge questions every week night
at 10pm!
What can FM radio offer to challenge the mind??

Denise Williams-Photographer
PH 9447 3468
MOB 0417 184592
chri...@iinet.net.au



Yeah, that's what the crickets on!
Peter
On 18/12/2008, at 10:49 PM, David Moyle wrote:



Do people listen to that? :P

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From: bred...@highway1.biz
To: wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject: AM/FM radio for iPhone
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:07:06 +0900


Hi there

I see that there are FM radio applications for the iPhone.  Are
there

any for AM radio?

Stuart Breden
PO Box 132
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Wk Ph: (08) 9291 4599
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[4Sale] iMacs x3, eMac x1

[Rod Kevill]

Hi all,

Another cleanout of the garage... This time iMacs and an eMac as below:

iMac G3/400 DV, Lime 400MHz PPC slot load DVD-ROM, Firewire, 192Mb 10GB HD,
OSX 10.4.10 $100 Runs OK (See
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/stats/imac_dv_400.html )
 
iMac G3/400 Blueberry 400MHz PPC slot load CD-RW, Firewire, 320MB 20GB HD,
OSX 10.4.11 + OS9 $100 Runs OK
 
iMac G3/600 Graphite 600mHz PPC Special Edition slot load CD-RW, Firewire -
power supply dead ­ $70 or offers (See
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/stats/imac_se_600.html)
 
eMac  G4/1.25GHz, 256MB 80GB HD, USB 2, tray-load DVD, Firewire, OSX 10.4.
Runs OK with occasional freeze. $200  (See
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/emac/stats/emac_1.25.html )

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Re: MacBook Air - Leopard and an AD network

[David Moyle]

One thing I have just thought of, you say these are running 10.5.5.
Is this installation from a pre-made image or the default software
discs that came with the computer?

Thanks,

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From: ro...@wn.com.au
To: wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject: Re: MacBook Air - Leopard and an AD network
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:43:02 +0900

>Hello Aurora,
>
>On 12/12/2008, at 6:22 PM, Aurora74 wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have two of the brand new MacBook Airs on our internal network.  
>> They are
>> running 10.5.5 and are bounnd via AD to the 2003 network.
>>
>> What I am having issues with is the machines seemingly not
>retaining a
>> default list of network connections and their preferred orders.
>>
>> They are configured to join both the Ethernet and the Corp Wireless
> 
>> network
>> - wireless preferred (A). The issue occurs if I flip across to
>another
>> wireless network (B). Unless I disconnect from this network and
>move  
>> to a
>> preferred one before shutting down, it is trying to connect to the
>B
>> connection on startup and ignoring the Corp Wireless and ethernet
>on
>> restart/relogging in. It is then forcing (popups without the saved 
>
>> info)
>> reauthentication to the corp wireless even though all the settings 
>
>> appear to
>> have been saved and have been triple checked by our Networking guru
>
>In System Preferences > Network - Airport - Advanced - under Airport 
>
>are all the Preferred Networks listed?
>Do you have ticked "Remember any Network this computer has joined" & 
>
>"Disconnect from wireless networks when logging out"?
>
>> There is a separate issue where Aiport is constantly scanning and  
>> turning
>> itself off/on - I have applied the latest EFI firmware for the  
>> Airport but
>> this continues.
>
>When you first click on the Airport icon in the Menu bar it indicates
> 
>"Scanning" for a few seconds, then it says "On" and stays that way.
>It has to scan to look for other Networks in range, which it shows in
> 
>the pull down menu.
>
>Cheers,
>Ronni
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Unable to restart a Mac G4 running tiger osx.

[Malcolm McCallum]

Hello
I have a Mac G4 500 (2000 model) running the latest version of OS X  
Tiger
I recently downloaded a security update this week which was about 70  
megs

and then I was told to restart.
My g4 gets to the blue screen with the blue progress bar which gets  
right

to the end and then stays there for hours on end.
I have tried rebooting with the shift key down, and also disconnecting
the power and depressing the small button on the mother board
to no avail.
Is anybody able to assist please.
My telephone number is 0409 176 611
or you can reach me at
peter.mccal...@police.wa.gov.au
Thankyou for any assistance you may be able to offer.

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Re: A 10.5.6 glitch

[Severin Crisp]

Hi Ronni
	This sounds interesting but I am puzzled.  Is command-j in the Finder  
or Word or Excel?  I have tried them all and nothing seems to change.

Severin

On 19/12/2008, at 12:05 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:



On 19/12/2008, at 11:47 AM, Severin Crisp wrote:

Since upgrading to 10.5.6, Word and Excel from Office 2008, but of  
which are set as Startup Items with Hide checked, no longer Hide  
automatically but display an open blank document.   Unchecking and  
rechecking the box makes no difference.  A number of other items,  
set similarly, behave as they should.  Has anyone else encountered  
this?   I believe it may be related to the annoying habit that both  
Word and Excel have of always opening a blank document when I bring  
them up.


Hi Severin,

By any chance, do you have the option to "Show icon preview" checked?
Try command-j and deactivate that option to get standard Office icons.

Cheers,
Ronni

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Re: A 10.5.6 glitch

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Severin,

In Finder  click once to highlight your Word or Excel  blank icon,  
then  Command-j & it will bring up a dialogue box with  "Show icons"  
"Show icon Preview" etc.


Ronni

On 19/12/2008, at 1:38 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:


Hi Ronni
	This sounds interesting but I am puzzled.  Is command-j in the  
Finder or Word or Excel?  I have tried them all and nothing seems to  
change.

Severin

On 19/12/2008, at 12:05 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:



On 19/12/2008, at 11:47 AM, Severin Crisp wrote:

Since upgrading to 10.5.6, Word and Excel from Office 2008, but of  
which are set as Startup Items with Hide checked, no longer Hide  
automatically but display an open blank document.   Unchecking and  
rechecking the box makes no difference.  A number of other items,  
set similarly, behave as they should.  Has anyone else encountered  
this?   I believe it may be related to the annoying habit that  
both Word and Excel have of always opening a blank document when I  
bring them up.


Hi Severin,

By any chance, do you have the option to "Show icon preview" checked?
Try command-j and deactivate that option to get standard Office  
icons.


Cheers,
Ronni


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Re: A 10.5.6 glitch

[Severin Crisp]

Thanks, Ronni.  No "Show Icon Preview" is not checked
Severin

On 19/12/2008, at 1:51 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Severin,

In Finder  click once to highlight your Word or Excel  blank icon,  
then  Command-j & it will bring up a dialogue box with  "Show icons"  
"Show icon Preview" etc.


Ronni

On 19/12/2008, at 1:38 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:


Hi Ronni
	This sounds interesting but I am puzzled.  Is command-j in the  
Finder or Word or Excel?  I have tried them all and nothing seems  
to change.

Severin

On 19/12/2008, at 12:05 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:



On 19/12/2008, at 11:47 AM, Severin Crisp wrote:

Since upgrading to 10.5.6, Word and Excel from Office 2008, but  
of which are set as Startup Items with Hide checked, no longer  
Hide automatically but display an open blank document.
Unchecking and rechecking the box makes no difference.  A number  
of other items, set similarly, behave as they should.  Has anyone  
else encountered this?   I believe it may be related to the  
annoying habit that both Word and Excel have of always opening a  
blank document when I bring them up.


Hi Severin,

By any chance, do you have the option to "Show icon preview"  
checked?
Try command-j and deactivate that option to get standard Office  
icons.


Cheers,
Ronni


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Re: A 10.5.6 glitch

[Ronda Brown]

Severin,

Hmm, I'm not sure then. Have you tried deleting Word & Excel from your  
System Preferences > Accounts - Login Items and then re-adding them?


You could try downloading and applying the standalone OS X 10.5.6   
"Combo" update.
"This edition includes all updated files since the release of 10.5.0,  
and as such will ensure all files are properly accounted for in the  
system.
It is recommended that users update by downloading the combo update  
and then boot into Safe mode.
When in Safe mode, run a permissions fix and drive check using Disk  
Utility, and install once those are completed."


Other than that, I'm stuck!

Ronni


On 19/12/2008, at 1:59 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:


Thanks, Ronni.  No "Show Icon Preview" is not checked
Severin

On 19/12/2008, at 1:51 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Severin,

In Finder  click once to highlight your Word or Excel  blank icon,  
then  Command-j & it will bring up a dialogue box with  "Show  
icons" "Show icon Preview" etc.


Ronni

On 19/12/2008, at 1:38 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:


Hi Ronni
	This sounds interesting but I am puzzled.  Is command-j in the  
Finder or Word or Excel?  I have tried them all and nothing seems  
to change.

Severin

On 19/12/2008, at 12:05 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:



On 19/12/2008, at 11:47 AM, Severin Crisp wrote:

Since upgrading to 10.5.6, Word and Excel from Office 2008, but  
of which are set as Startup Items with Hide checked, no longer  
Hide automatically but display an open blank document.
Unchecking and rechecking the box makes no difference.  A number  
of other items, set similarly, behave as they should.  Has  
anyone else encountered this?   I believe it may be related to  
the annoying habit that both Word and Excel have of always  
opening a blank document when I bring them up.


Hi Severin,

By any chance, do you have the option to "Show icon preview"  
checked?
Try command-j and deactivate that option to get standard Office  
icons.


Cheers,
Ronni





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Re: Unable to restart a Mac G4 running tiger osx.

[Robert Howells]

On 19/12/2008, at 1:25 PM, Malcolm McCallum wrote:


Hello
I have a Mac G4 500 (2000 model) running the latest version of OS X  
Tiger
I recently downloaded a security update this week which was about 70  
megs

and then I was told to restart.
My g4 gets to the blue screen with the blue progress bar which gets  
right

to the end and then stays there for hours on end.
I have tried rebooting with the shift key down, and also disconnecting
the power and depressing the small button on the mother board
to no avail.
Is anybody able to assist please.
My telephone number is 0409 176 611
or you can reach me at
peter.mccal...@police.wa.gov.au
Thankyou for any assistance you may be able to offer.

Pete McCallum



Do u have the tiger system disk ? ( must be Tiger )

Get it in and start up from it ,
( Power up with the disk loaded and hold down the C key , or hold down  
the option key and then select the disk)


When it loads , do NOT start the instal , instead look in the drop  
down menu's for Disk Utility.


Start Disk utility and run " Repair Permissions" on your drive .

See if that helps ?

Bob




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Re: A 10.5.6 glitch

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On 19/12/2008, at 11:47 AM, Severin Crisp wrote:

 the annoying habit that both Word and Excel have of always opening  
a blank document when I bring them up.


Severin,

In regard to your query above about Word & Excel always opening a  
blank document on starting the application.


The default worksheet works in the same way as Word, Excel,  
PowerPoint, TextEdit, and other applications to provide a starting  
document, but there are some preferences you can set to get a  
different startup experience.


Go to Excel->Preferences, to the General preferences, you can turn on  
the checkbox for "Open Project Gallery when application opens", then  
the Project Gallery window will open first thing when you launch  
Excel, and you can access recently used files in the "Recent" tab,  
open a new file from a template, or use the "Open Other..." button to  
choose a file to open.


If you are generally working on a key workbook or set of workbooks at  
any one time, you can have these files open automatically each time  
you launch Excel. Go to Excel->Preferences, to the General  
preferences, and find the setting, "At startup, open all files in:".  
Click the Choose button and you can select a file folder. All the  
documents in the folder that Excel can parse will open each time you  
launch, so be aware that text files, all workbooks, and other files  
will be opened.


Cheers,
Ronni


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Re: A 10.5.6 glitch

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Fixed.  I removed Word and Excel from the Startup items then put them  
back in again and all is now fine apart from a new document window  
whenever I bring up Word or Excel (active) from the dock.  I find the  
"Open Recent" is my preferred start point; for other documents I go to  
my Templates, all accessible from an alias in the dock.

At least I do not have those annoying open documents after startup.
Enjoy this hotter day, my thermometer says 24C right now but it felt  
hotter than that.

Severin

On 19/12/2008, at 2:45 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:



On 19/12/2008, at 11:47 AM, Severin Crisp wrote:

the annoying habit that both Word and Excel have of always opening  
a blank document when I bring them up.


Severin,

In regard to your query above about Word & Excel always opening a  
blank document on starting the application.


The default worksheet works in the same way as Word, Excel,  
PowerPoint, TextEdit, and other applications to provide a starting  
document, but there are some preferences you can set to get a  
different startup experience.


Go to Excel->Preferences, to the General preferences, you can turn  
on the checkbox for "Open Project Gallery when application opens",  
then the Project Gallery window will open first thing when you  
launch Excel, and you can access recently used files in the "Recent"  
tab, open a new file from a template, or use the "Open Other..."  
button to choose a file to open.


If you are generally working on a key workbook or set of workbooks  
at any one time, you can have these files open automatically each  
time you launch Excel. Go to Excel->Preferences, to the General  
preferences, and find the setting, "At startup, open all files in:".  
Click the Choose button and you can select a file folder. All the  
documents in the folder that Excel can parse will open each time you  
launch, so be aware that text files, all workbooks, and other files  
will be opened.


Cheers,
Ronni


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