Re: Reading embedded documents within a MS Word doc

[Ian Conaghan]

I have found that by simply dragging the embedded object onto the 
desktop and opening it from within a relevant application eg: image 
files - Graphic Convertor or Photoshop etc has always worked for me 
but I admit that I haven't tried it with an embedded PDF.


Further to Daniel's comments on sending certain file types to 
commercial printers, I quote from the Penfold Buscome Print Buyers 
Guide: Applications that are not commercially acceptable and should 
be avoided are Microsoft Publisher, Word, Excel or Powerpoint (among 
others)


Cheers
Ian


No, did not work.
Has anyone else met and solved this problem?

regards

robin

On 02/02/2009, at 4:35 PM, Eugene wrote:


 I don't know if this would work but I have used it many times to
 extract embedded pictures as separate files.

 Open the document in Pages and save it immediately as a pages
 document.

 Right click (cntrl click) on the new document and 'open the package
 contents'. With a bit of luck the PDFs might be files contained
 within.

 Tell me if this works.

  Regards,
  Eugene


 On 02/02/2009, at 4:15 PM, Robin Belford wrote:


 This is something that Murdoch university does a lot.
 They send out a word (.doc) document and embedded in it are a
 number of PDFs (.pdf).
 I cannot open the the embedded documents with my version of word
 (Office X) or acrobat or any other PDF reader.
 I cannot extract them from the word document, nothing that I have
 works.
 The only solution is to send it to someone with windows and then
 the embedded documents are readable (with Acrobat etc)

 Any solution to this would be fine, and seeing how I'm upgrading to
 iWorks 9 perhaps that might solve this problem.

 regards

 robin

 On 02/02/2009, at 12:41 PM, Michael Anderson wrote:


 Hi,
 Specs:
 MacBook 2ghz Intel Core Duo, running OSX 10.5.6, and Pages 08 (v
 3.02).  I also have on a separate HD back up my old MS Office for
 Mac 2004.

 I have received by email a Word document which is supposed to have
 embedded in it several other word documents and PDFs.  I can see
 the titles of the documents,  but am unable to open them.

 I've tried Pages, Word and Preview without success to open the
 embedded documents.

 Does anyone on the list have any suggestions?

 Thanks in advance
 Mike



Subject: Re: Reading embedded documents within a MS Word doc
From: Daniel Kerr 
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I don't think you'll find a solution I'm afraid. I could be wrong, but I
think it's to do with the way the links and file structure change/are
different for the Mac and the PC.

This is an old thread, but explains the same thing.


Unfortunately, I think it's more to do with the thinking that Word can do
everything. It's a Word Processor,..so it should be used like one. It's not
a page layout program, or a graphics program, it's just Word.
It would be like writing a novel in your email program with pictures then
trying to get all the formatting and layout to work. It just wont. Take that
a step further and send it to a publisher and say please print this,..they
would send it back and laugh.*
Unfortunately, so many places now seem to think that Word can do all these
wonderful things,...well maybe it can,..but at the end of the day,..it's a
Word Processor.

I think the only way would be asking them to email the pdfs as well.
Or, if there's another way out there,..google doesn't find it. (Well not for
me and the first four pages of google searches I looked at anyway) And I
tried various forms of searches with different keywords.

And as much as we you can try I don't think you'll get the University to
change the way they view "Word".

Or,..maybe I'm completely wrong and missing it all. ;o)
Feel free to flame away,... :o)

Kind Regards
Daniel

* I actually know a story where a yearbook/catalogue was written in
Word,...all 60 or 70 pages of it with photos and things in Word. It was then
sent to a graphic house so it could be printed out. But they were told "some
of the photos are out of alignment a little. So you'll need to adjust them
please before you print it". Once the graphic place told them, then once
they change the first picture on page one,..it will adjust everyone page. So
the charge would be a lot to fix the whole thing. And correct all the other
problems that had put into Word. None the less the were politely asked to
take it back and then change it to some form of "reasonable" document to
work with,..like a pdf etc.
Microsoft Word and Microsoft Publisher are the two programs you can
instantly see a graphic artist cringe when given one of those documents to
"do something with" before printing.)
Apologies to anyone who uses Word or Publisher for anything. :o)
PDF's go a long way,. :o)

/goes hide for fear of the flaming,.. :o)



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Re: Deleting Ozmac Mailbox from Mail

[Robert Howells]

On 04/02/2009, at 10:51 AM, Matt Falvey wrote:

Hi, Matt Healey emailed recently to let me know that the Ozmac mail  
service is finishing.


I want to delete my Ozmac mail box and account in my Mail App, as  
the off-line symbol next to it is annoying.


Mail help says that "deleting a mailbox permanently deletes the  
mailbox and its contents, and cannot be undone".


I have taken all of the messages out of the Ozmac mailbox and put  
them in other "on My Mac" mailboxes, but I am concerned that  
deleting the Ozmac mailbox may still delete the messages that  
originated from it. Please tell me it isn't so and  that I am being  
paranoid.


Thanks

Matt Falvey



Matt

So you want to be SURE :-


You should be able to find the relevant sent messages in

hard drive - users - Library - mail - pop address for ozmac - Sent  
messages.mbox - messages



Create a new folder somewhere on your drive ,
highlight all the messages in the send messages box
do an Apple D  to duplicate them

then drag all the duplicates to the folder you have just created .


So now you have a copy !


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Deleting Ozmac Mailbox from Mail

[Matt Falvey]

Hi, Matt Healey emailed recently to let me know that the Ozmac mail  
service is finishing.


I want to delete my Ozmac mail box and account in my Mail App, as the  
off-line symbol next to it is annoying.


Mail help says that "deleting a mailbox permanently deletes the  
mailbox and its contents, and cannot be undone".


I have taken all of the messages out of the Ozmac mailbox and put them  
in other "on My Mac" mailboxes, but I am concerned that deleting the  
Ozmac mailbox may still delete the messages that originated from it.  
Please tell me it isn't so and  that I am being paranoid.


Thanks

Matt Falvey

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Re: FileMaker Question

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 04/02/2009, at 8:28 AM, Neil Houghton wrote:


Hehe...

Just a very silly idea call it Irish lateral thinking...

Can you rotate the text 90 degrees in all the fields/boxes...

Then print in landscape layout...


Sorry, sometimes I just can't help myself ;)


Cheers



Yes, you can do that, but it won't really solve the problem. The  
records will still be listed vertically.





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Re: 1901 Census Online - Downloads

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 04/02/2009, at 8:15 AM, Rick Armstrong wrote:


1901 Census of England and Wales Online
We are trying to download some images after paying for the download  
pages but keep getting a .asp file
(Apparently the files are in pdf format). Have tried both Safari and  
Firefox




If you are able to see the images on the page in full resolution (ie,  
not just thumbnails), simply drag them to the folder of your choice.  
No need to explicitly "download". (disclaimer: this advice was given  
in complete ignorance of the content of the page in question)


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Re: FileMaker Question

[Neil Houghton]

Hehe...

Just a very silly idea call it Irish lateral thinking...

Can you rotate the text 90 degrees in all the fields/boxes...

Then print in landscape layout...


Sorry, sometimes I just can't help myself ;)


Cheers



Neil
(who has never even used Filemaker)
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on 4/2/09 8:08 AM, Peter Hinchliffe at hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote:

> 
> On 03/02/2009, at 6:11 PM, Norman Leslie wrote:
> 
>> Hi Folks,
>> 
>> I haven't used FileMaker in a couple of years, so I am a little rusty.
>> 
>> I have checked FileMaker Support and Knowledge Base pages, as well
>> as a general Google inquiry but couldn't find what I was looking for.
>> 
>> I would like to create a "Report Layout" with the records in columns
>> and fields in rows - this is not an option in any of the Layout
>> Templates, where the fields are in columns and the records in rows.
>> 
>> Can someone put me out of my misery?
>> 
>> This is for a project I'm doing for the Bunbury Entertainment Centre
>> on a volunteer basis.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance
>> 
>> Norm Leslie
>> Bunbury
>> 
> 
> Filemaker's Layout Mode does not support this in any way. In fact I'm
> struggling to think of any database tool that does. By their very
> nature, you are always going to have many more records than fields, so
> a vertical arrangement of records displaying a set number of fields
> (allowing "endless" scrolling) is the natural and obvious approach.
> It's also much easier to make sense of.
> 
> Do you have any examples of the model you are trying to reproduce?
> 
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1901 Census Online - Downloads

[Rick Armstrong]

1901 Census of England and Wales Online
We are trying to download some images after paying for the download  
pages but keep getting a .asp file
(Apparently the files are in pdf format). Have tried both Safari and  
Firefox



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Re: FileMaker Question

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 03/02/2009, at 6:11 PM, Norman Leslie wrote:


Hi Folks,

I haven't used FileMaker in a couple of years, so I am a little rusty.

I have checked FileMaker Support and Knowledge Base pages, as well  
as a general Google inquiry but couldn't find what I was looking for.


I would like to create a "Report Layout" with the records in columns  
and fields in rows - this is not an option in any of the Layout  
Templates, where the fields are in columns and the records in rows.


Can someone put me out of my misery?

This is for a project I'm doing for the Bunbury Entertainment Centre  
on a volunteer basis.


Thanks in advance

Norm Leslie
Bunbury



Filemaker's Layout Mode does not support this in any way. In fact I'm  
struggling to think of any database tool that does. By their very  
nature, you are always going to have many more records than fields, so  
a vertical arrangement of records displaying a set number of fields  
(allowing "endless" scrolling) is the natural and obvious approach.  
It's also much easier to make sense of.


Do you have any examples of the model you are trying to reproduce?

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Re: Reading embedded documents within a MS Word doc

[Daniel Kerr]

I don't think you'll find a solution I'm afraid. I could be wrong, but I
think it's to do with the way the links and file structure change/are
different for the Mac and the PC.

This is an old thread, but explains the same thing.


Unfortunately, I think it's more to do with the thinking that Word can do
everything. It's a Word Processor,..so it should be used like one. It's not
a page layout program, or a graphics program, it's just Word.
It would be like writing a novel in your email program with pictures then
trying to get all the formatting and layout to work. It just wont. Take that
a step further and send it to a publisher and say please print this,..they
would send it back and laugh.*
Unfortunately, so many places now seem to think that Word can do all these
wonderful things,...well maybe it can,..but at the end of the day,..it's a
Word Processor.

I think the only way would be asking them to email the pdfs as well.
Or, if there's another way out there,..google doesn't find it. (Well not for
me and the first four pages of google searches I looked at anyway) And I
tried various forms of searches with different keywords.

And as much as we you can try I don't think you'll get the University to
change the way they view "Word".

Or,..maybe I'm completely wrong and missing it all. ;o)
Feel free to flame away,... :o)

Kind Regards
Daniel

* I actually know a story where a yearbook/catalogue was written in
Word,...all 60 or 70 pages of it with photos and things in Word. It was then
sent to a graphic house so it could be printed out. But they were told "some
of the photos are out of alignment a little. So you'll need to adjust them
please before you print it". Once the graphic place told them, then once
they change the first picture on page one,..it will adjust everyone page. So
the charge would be a lot to fix the whole thing. And correct all the other
problems that had put into Word. None the less the were politely asked to
take it back and then change it to some form of "reasonable" document to
work with,..like a pdf etc.
Microsoft Word and Microsoft Publisher are the two programs you can
instantly see a graphic artist cringe when given one of those documents to
"do something with" before printing.)
Apologies to anyone who uses Word or Publisher for anything. :o)
PDF's go a long way,. :o)

/goes hide for fear of the flaming,.. :o)


On 3/2/09 9:43 PM, "Robin Belford"  wrote:

> No, did not work.
> Has anyone else met and solved this problem?
> 
> regards
> 
> robin
> 
> On 02/02/2009, at 4:35 PM, Eugene wrote:
> 
>> I don't know if this would work but I have used it many times to
>> extract embedded pictures as separate files.
>> 
>> Open the document in Pages and save it immediately as a pages
>> document.
>> 
>> Right click (cntrl click) on the new document and 'open the package
>> contents'. With a bit of luck the PDFs might be files contained
>> within.
>> 
>> Tell me if this works.
>> 
>>  Regards,
>>  Eugene
>> 
>> 
>> On 02/02/2009, at 4:15 PM, Robin Belford wrote:
>> 
>>> This is something that Murdoch university does a lot.
>>> They send out a word (.doc) document and embedded in it are a
>>> number of PDFs (.pdf).
>>> I cannot open the the embedded documents with my version of word
>>> (Office X) or acrobat or any other PDF reader.
>>> I cannot extract them from the word document, nothing that I have
>>> works.
>>> The only solution is to send it to someone with windows and then
>>> the embedded documents are readable (with Acrobat etc)
>>> 
>>> Any solution to this would be fine, and seeing how I'm upgrading to
>>> iWorks 9 perhaps that might solve this problem.
>>> 
>>> regards
>>> 
>>> robin
>>> 
>>> On 02/02/2009, at 12:41 PM, Michael Anderson wrote:
>>> 
 Hi,
 Specs:
 MacBook 2ghz Intel Core Duo, running OSX 10.5.6, and Pages 08 (v
 3.02).  I also have on a separate HD back up my old MS Office for
 Mac 2004.
 
 I have received by email a Word document which is supposed to have
 embedded in it several other word documents and PDFs.  I can see
 the titles of the documents,  but am unable to open them.
 
 I've tried Pages, Word and Preview without success to open the
 embedded documents.
 
 Does anyone on the list have any suggestions?
 
 Thanks in advance
 Mike
 
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Re: Reading embedded documents within a MS Word doc

[Robin Belford]

No, did not work.
Has anyone else met and solved this problem?

regards

robin

On 02/02/2009, at 4:35 PM, Eugene wrote:

I don't know if this would work but I have used it many times to  
extract embedded pictures as separate files.


Open the document in Pages and save it immediately as a pages  
document.


Right click (cntrl click) on the new document and 'open the package  
contents'. With a bit of luck the PDFs might be files contained  
within.


Tell me if this works.

 Regards,
 Eugene


On 02/02/2009, at 4:15 PM, Robin Belford wrote:


This is something that Murdoch university does a lot.
They send out a word (.doc) document and embedded in it are a  
number of PDFs (.pdf).
I cannot open the the embedded documents with my version of word  
(Office X) or acrobat or any other PDF reader.
I cannot extract them from the word document, nothing that I have  
works.
The only solution is to send it to someone with windows and then  
the embedded documents are readable (with Acrobat etc)


Any solution to this would be fine, and seeing how I'm upgrading to  
iWorks 9 perhaps that might solve this problem.


regards

robin

On 02/02/2009, at 12:41 PM, Michael Anderson wrote:


Hi,
Specs:
MacBook 2ghz Intel Core Duo, running OSX 10.5.6, and Pages 08 (v  
3.02).  I also have on a separate HD back up my old MS Office for  
Mac 2004.


I have received by email a Word document which is supposed to have  
embedded in it several other word documents and PDFs.  I can see  
the titles of the documents,  but am unable to open them.


I've tried Pages, Word and Preview without success to open the  
embedded documents.


Does anyone on the list have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance
Mike

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FileMaker Question

[Norman Leslie]

Hi Folks,

I haven't used FileMaker in a couple of years, so I am a little rusty.

I have checked FileMaker Support and Knowledge Base pages, as well as  
a general Google inquiry but couldn't find what I was looking for.


I would like to create a "Report Layout" with the records in columns  
and fields in rows - this is not an option in any of the Layout  
Templates, where the fields are in columns and the records in rows.


Can someone put me out of my misery?

This is for a project I'm doing for the Bunbury Entertainment Centre  
on a volunteer basis.


Thanks in advance

Norm Leslie
Bunbury





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Re: Problems Starting Up

[Rod Blitvich]

Thanks Peter and Glenn
I am going to try a re-install of everything first.
Wish me luck.
Rod


on 3/02/09 8:13 AM, Peter Hinchliffe at hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote:

> 
> On 02/02/2009, at 9:33 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote:
> 
>> Sounds like a warranty issue.
>> You've bought a computer that sure ain't behaving like it is meant to.
>> Glenn.
>> 
> 
> I agree with Glenn here. My immediate reaction was to suggest booting
> from the restore DVD and taking it back to Day 1, but it obviously has
> problems which came with it out of the box. Anything else you do might
> mask these. Take it straight back and make a warranty claim.
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