Re: MYOB cross platform
Chris, Used to use MYOB on Mac (with book keeper/accountant on Window) - now use Saasu.com, a hosted (software-as-a-service) accounting system. You give your advisers a special login, no need to send files all over the place. This is an excellent accounting option for small business. Doesn't cost anything to use the trial version, and very modestly priced when the full version used. Many features, but best of all is how easy it is to use. Glenn Nicholas OM4 :: On 13 June 2010 10:59, Christopher S c...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi All, Just doing some preliminary research into MYOB for a friend and was wondering if anyone used newish versions of MYOB on both Mac and Windows – there were some older posts in the archives, which were good but applied to older versions. So the questions I can’t find good answers for are: Can the same MYOB data file be used in AccountRight(Win) and AccountEdge(Mac) and if so does it just need an extension change or zipping etc? Does anyone know if the network versions of either AccountRight or AccountEdge can be used with both Mac and Windows clients – the manuals only talk about clients from the same platform, they’re not specific, surprise! I know nothing about accounting but does anyone send their MYOB files to an accountant and if so is it just the data file that you send or do you do an export? Thanks for any info on this as MYOB’s site isn’t too helpful and reviews seem to overlook these details. Chris. -- -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: MYOB cross platform
Thanks for that Glenn. Definitely something I¹ll look into and perhaps suggest as an option. It seems MYOB will be offering something in that space too with their soon to be launched liveaccounts although it will be version 1... From: Glenn Nicholas gl...@om4.com.au Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:28:05 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: MYOB cross platform Saasu.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: MYOB cross platform
I echo Glenn's comments on this. I've been using Saasu exclusively since 2008, and set myself up as a reseller since then - here is a youtube video of Marc Lehmann completing Australia's first BAS on an ipad http://productblog.saasu.com/2010/05/28/saasu-on-the-ipad/ Best regards Justin Davies m...@justindavies.com.au www.justindavies.com.au 0414 567 638 9309 9309 Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/justinkdavies Business website: www.emergination.com.au Twitter: www.twitter.com/justinkdavies On 13 Jun 2010, at 2:28 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: Chris, Used to use MYOB on Mac (with book keeper/accountant on Window) - now use Saasu.com, a hosted (software-as-a-service) accounting system. You give your advisers a special login, no need to send files all over the place. This is an excellent accounting option for small business. Doesn't cost anything to use the trial version, and very modestly priced when the full version used. Many features, but best of all is how easy it is to use. Glenn Nicholas OM4 :: On 13 June 2010 10:59, Christopher S c...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi All, Just doing some preliminary research into MYOB for a friend and was wondering if anyone used newish versions of MYOB on both Mac and Windows – there were some older posts in the archives, which were good but applied to older versions. So the questions I can’t find good answers for are: Can the same MYOB data file be used in AccountRight(Win) and AccountEdge(Mac) and if so does it just need an extension change or zipping etc? Does anyone know if the network versions of either AccountRight or AccountEdge can be used with both Mac and Windows clients – the manuals only talk about clients from the same platform, they’re not specific, surprise! I know nothing about accounting but does anyone send their MYOB files to an accountant and if so is it just the data file that you send or do you do an export? Thanks for any info on this as MYOB’s site isn’t too helpful and reviews seem to overlook these details. Chris. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Final Cut Express versions
Thanks, Ronni, that did the trick and after installation Software Update duly recognised what was needed and did the necessary. A pleasant and useful interlude in a warm, drowsy Sunday afternoon. Enjoy the rest of the day Severin On 13/06/2010, at 11:56 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Severin, You might need to uninstall FCE and reinstall it for it to update to the current version of 4.0.1 Apple has published two documents that are relevant - the first is Troubleshooting and the second document is Final Cut Express HD - How to Uninstall. Read both. Then completely uninstall the app. It's important that you remove the /Library/Application Support/ ProApps/Final Cut Express System ID file - it contains your serial number. Then restart your Mac. Then reinstall FCE in an administrator account. Run FCE at least once before you do anything else, including updating it to v4.0.1 The above links are: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2611 http://support.apple.com/kb/TA38198?viewlocale=en_US Cheers, Ronni On 13/06/2010, at 11:44 AM, Severin Crisp wrote: My version of FC Express is unambiguously 4.0 from everything I can see and noway can I make it update or so it seems. Yes VT has some real failings and wrong information bits but none the less some useful attributes. Have a good day! Severin On 13/06/2010, at 9:23 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 10/06/2010, at 4:37 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I have Final cut Express v 4.0 according to Get Info and I believe that is correct. Version Tracker Pro, to which I subscribe agrees with this but notes the update v 4.0.1 Software Update tells me everything is up to date and nowhere on the Apple site can I find a 4.0 to 4.0.1 download. The apparent update download link on the FCE page merely tells me how to do a check through Software Update. I have no recollection of performing this update in the past and VT Pro seems to have got this right, though it gets some versions wrong (it insists Transmit 4.0.4 is 3.7 for example). Has anyone any comments or experience here. This arises from a long overdue cleanup/checkup of my Appliations/Utilities folders. Hi Severin, My version of Final Cut Express is v4.0.1. Version 4.0.1 was released around 2 years ago? I have cancelled my renewal subscription to Version Tracker Pro this year. I have found over the years it was inaccurate with versions of my Applications. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Two scanners one Mac
My wife has an iBook G4, OSX10.4.11 At present she can access the Epson Stylus Office TX600FW for printing and scanning. However, I wish to also access my old Epson Perfection 1260 Photo scanner from the iBook. 1 Can I get the TX scanner software to talk to the 1260 scanner? 2 If not, am I able to install the 1260 scanner's driver on the iBook without causing a major set of conflict disasters? I have tried using Image Capture on the iBook and it works fine but when scanning text the jpeg option is greyed out and I would like to be able to use FineReader to convert to word processing text. I know the TX will do all these things but I wish to take the laptop and the 1260 scanner to another location to demonstrate some basic scanning procedures. Any thoughts please? Merv -- Education without values and knowledge without ethics is a false education. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
17 MacBook Pro - hard drive doesn't spin down etc
I had my 17 MacBook Pro in recently for a hard drive exchange, which I picked up a couple of days back. The repairer alluded to a couple of other parts which were found defective, and presumably fixed or replaced, still waiting for clarification on that, however I'm guessing something may be wrong with the Mac's Power Management System. The hard drive seems to run at full speed all of the time, and this morning, I disconnected it from the mains, shut the lid, and without using it further about 3 hours later the battery power had reduced from 100% to around 20%, then reduced further despite the lid being shut. Any suggestion on what I could do to try a quick fix? I'm loathe to go through the whole back up and recovery process again, which I would need to do if I left it with the service centre. It's running 10.6.3, all updates installed. Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: 17 MacBook Pro - hard drive doesn't spin down etc
Hi Steven Have you tried to reset you PMU ? http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964 http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1431 Please let us know what you find. Alex On 13 Jun 2010, at 18:35, Steven Knowles wrote: I had my 17 MacBook Pro in recently for a hard drive exchange, which I picked up a couple of days back. The repairer alluded to a couple of other parts which were found defective, and presumably fixed or replaced, still waiting for clarification on that, however I'm guessing something may be wrong with the Mac's Power Management System. The hard drive seems to run at full speed all of the time, and this morning, I disconnected it from the mains, shut the lid, and without using it further about 3 hours later the battery power had reduced from 100% to around 20%, then reduced further despite the lid being shut. Any suggestion on what I could do to try a quick fix? I'm loathe to go through the whole back up and recovery process again, which I would need to do if I left it with the service centre. It's running 10.6.3, all updates installed. Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: 17 MacBook Pro - hard drive doesn't spin down etc
Alex, that seems to have done some good. As I type, the silence is deafening! Appreciate your suggestion and help. Cheers, Steven On 13/06/2010, at 7:54 PM, Alexander Hartner wrote: Hi Steven Have you tried to reset you PMU ? http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964 http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1431 Please let us know what you find. Alex On 13 Jun 2010, at 18:35, Steven Knowles wrote: I had my 17 MacBook Pro in recently for a hard drive exchange, which I picked up a couple of days back. The repairer alluded to a couple of other parts which were found defective, and presumably fixed or replaced, still waiting for clarification on that, however I'm guessing something may be wrong with the Mac's Power Management System. The hard drive seems to run at full speed all of the time, and this morning, I disconnected it from the mains, shut the lid, and without using it further about 3 hours later the battery power had reduced from 100% to around 20%, then reduced further despite the lid being shut. Any suggestion on what I could do to try a quick fix? I'm loathe to go through the whole back up and recovery process again, which I would need to do if I left it with the service centre. It's running 10.6.3, all updates installed. Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
modems various
Folks, I have various ADSL modems lying idle after a few switches from Optus to Pigpond and vv. Details of models etc to anyone interested. No charge. You collect. Bill -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: modems various
Please can I have it bell --Original Message-- From: Bill Parker Sender: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au To: List WAMUG ReplyTo: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: modems various Sent: Jun 14, 2010 6:13 AM Folks, I have various ADSL modems lying idle after a few switches from Optus to Pigpond and vv. Details of models etc to anyone interested. No charge. You collect. Bill -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Sent from my BlackBerry® from Optus -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: modems various
Please can I have it Bill! --Original Message-- From: Bill Parker Sender: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au To: List WAMUG ReplyTo: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: modems various Sent: Jun 14, 2010 6:13 AM Folks, I have various ADSL modems lying idle after a few switches from Optus to Pigpond and vv. Details of models etc to anyone interested. No charge. You collect. Bill -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Sent from my BlackBerry® from Optus -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: modems various
Ok, I'll make a list, but the collection point is Wooroloo. Bill On 14/06/2010, at 6:50 AM, obydea...@gmail.com wrote: Please can I have it Bill! --Original Message-- From: Bill Parker Sender: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au To: List WAMUG ReplyTo: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: modems various Sent: Jun 14, 2010 6:13 AM Folks, I have various ADSL modems lying idle after a few switches from Optus to Pigpond and vv. Details of models etc to anyone interested. No charge. You collect. Bill -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Sent from my BlackBerry® from Optus -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone/Speed dialing
On 12/06/2010, at 9:37 AM, Stuart Breden wrote: On old mobile phones you could program each button for one button speed dialling. is this available with the iPhone or can you only do this by adding to the favourites list? Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 But the favourites list IS a speed dial list... Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Creating emails from Word
On 12/06/2010, at 9:48 PM, Rob Phillips wrote: I'm not sure if this is one problem or two (or more...) I occasionally do mail merges from M$ Word to email. For the last month or more I've been unable to do this. In the meantime, I've upgraded to Snow Leopard, and from MS Office 2004 to 2008. I can do mail merges to file or to printer, but the 'merge to email' button is greyed out. Looking into it a bit more, I've been trying some other things without success. Using the Word File menu to 'Send to' email, but the option to 'Mail recipient (as attachment)' is greyed out. This may not be related, but when I look under the Services menu under application's menu, a greyed out message 'No services apply' appears. Of course, normal email works (assuming you get this :-), but the communication between programs seems to have failed. My normal email program is Thunderbird 3, but I also use Entourage 2008 for work calendars. Any ideas? Rob The Send To option works fine on my system, but I use Mail as my default email client. It's possible that Thunderbird is not a recognised email client for Word 2008 to use. As far as as Services menu goes, I suspect that's because Word 2008 is still a Carbon application and probably not written to support the Snow Leopard Services structure correctly. Try setting your default email client to Mail or Entourage temporarily and see if things change. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: MYOB cross platform
On 13/06/2010, at 10:59 AM, Christopher S wrote: Hi All, Just doing some preliminary research into MYOB for a friend and was wondering if anyone used newish versions of MYOB on both Mac and Windows – there were some older posts in the archives, which were good but applied to older versions. So the questions I can’t find good answers for are: Can the same MYOB data file be used in AccountRight(Win) and AccountEdge(Mac) and if so does it just need an extension change or zipping etc? Just make sure you use AccountEdge, NOT FirstEdge. FirstEdge cannot recognise MYOB files created on Windows. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Two scanners one Mac
On 13/06/2010, at 6:32 PM, Merv Bond wrote: My wife has an iBook G4, OSX10.4.11 At present she can access the Epson Stylus Office TX600FW for printing and scanning. However, I wish to also access my old Epson Perfection 1260 Photo scanner from the iBook. 1 Can I get the TX scanner software to talk to the 1260 scanner? 2 If not, am I able to install the 1260 scanner's driver on the iBook without causing a major set of conflict disasters? I have tried using Image Capture on the iBook and it works fine but when scanning text the jpeg option is greyed out and I would like to be able to use FineReader to convert to word processing text. I know the TX will do all these things but I wish to take the laptop and the 1260 scanner to another location to demonstrate some basic scanning procedures. The 1260 drivers are listed as being compatible with 10.4.x http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yesoid=14553prodoid=21643923infoType=Downloadsplatform=Macintosh Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Creating emails from Word
Thanks, Peter. Opening Mail and changing my default email app to Entourage worked. The 'No services apply' message is still present no matter which App I use. Just one of those mysteries, I suppose. I never use it anyway! Rob On 14/06/10 8:53 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 12/06/2010, at 9:48 PM, Rob Phillips wrote: I'm not sure if this is one problem or two (or more...) I occasionally do mail merges from M$ Word to email. For the last month or more I've been unable to do this. In the meantime, I've upgraded to Snow Leopard, and from MS Office 2004 to 2008. I can do mail merges to file or to printer, but the 'merge to email' button is greyed out. Looking into it a bit more, I've been trying some other things without success. Using the Word File menu to 'Send to' email, but the option to 'Mail recipient (as attachment)' is greyed out. This may not be related, but when I look under the Services menu under application's menu, a greyed out message 'No services apply' appears. Of course, normal email works (assuming you get this :-), but the communication between programs seems to have failed. My normal email program is Thunderbird 3, but I also use Entourage 2008 for work calendars. Any ideas? Rob The Send To option works fine on my system, but I use Mail as my default email client. It's possible that Thunderbird is not a recognised email client for Word 2008 to use. As far as as Services menu goes, I suspect that's because Word 2008 is still a Carbon application and probably not written to support the Snow Leopard Services structure correctly. Try setting your default email client to Mail or Entourage temporarily and see if things change. Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. --TheWAMacintoshUserGroupMailingList-- Archives-http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines-http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe-mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- Associate Professor Rob Phillips Educational Development Unit Room 4.42 Level 4 Library North Wing, Murdoch University r.phill...@murdoch.edu.au Phone: +61 8 9360 6054 Mobile: 0416 065 054 Fellow, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Currently on sabbatical leave --TheWAMacintoshUserGroupMailingList-- Archives-http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines-http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe-mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Two scanners one Mac
On 14/06/10 9:09 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 13/06/2010, at 6:32 PM, Merv Bond wrote: My wife has an iBook G4, OSX10.4.11 At present she can access the Epson Stylus Office TX600FW for printing and scanning. However, I wish to also access my old Epson Perfection 1260 Photo scanner from the iBook. 1 Can I get the TX scanner software to talk to the 1260 scanner? 2 If not, am I able to install the 1260 scanner's driver on the iBook without causing a major set of conflict disasters? I have tried using Image Capture on the iBook and it works fine but when scanning text the jpeg option is greyed out and I would like to be able to use FineReader to convert to word processing text. I know the TX will do all these things but I wish to take the laptop and the 1260 scanner to another location to demonstrate some basic scanning procedures. The 1260 drivers are listed as being compatible with 10.4.x http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yesoid=14553prodoid=21643923infoType=Downloadsplatform=Macintosh Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services Thanks Peter. But how do I install the driver without creating conflicts with the TX600FW already on the hard drive? Merv -- Education without values and knowledge without ethics is a false education. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Creating emails from Word
Hi Rob, AFAIK the 'No services apply' message is due to SL¹s improved handling of services previously all the services would show but non-applicable ones would be greyed out now only applicable ones will show. If you want to see real service options in Entourage, for example, first select some text (eg a sentence or paragraph) and then go to the Services menu under the Entourage menu the options showing (for me) include: * Make new sticky note * Look up in Dictionary * Search with Google * New email with selection * New note with selection Your options may vary, depending what other applications you have installed. I must admit, I rarely used ³services² in the past - but I am now starting to find a few more uses for them. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 14/6/10 9:15 AM, Rob Phillips at r.phill...@murdoch.edu.au wrote: Thanks, Peter. Opening Mail and changing my default email app to Entourage worked. The 'No services apply' message is still present no matter which App I use. Just one of those mysteries, I suppose. I never use it anyway! Rob On 14/06/10 8:53 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 12/06/2010, at 9:48 PM, Rob Phillips wrote: I'm not sure if this is one problem or two (or more...) I occasionally do mail merges from M$ Word to email. For the last month or more I've been unable to do this. In the meantime, I've upgraded to Snow Leopard, and from MS Office 2004 to 2008. I can do mail merges to file or to printer, but the 'merge to email' button is greyed out. Looking into it a bit more, I've been trying some other things without success. * Using the Word File menu to 'Send to' email, but the option to 'Mail recipient (as attachment)' is greyed out. * This may not be related, but when I look under the Services menu under application's menu, a greyed out message 'No services apply' appears. Of course, normal email works (assuming you get this :-), but the communication between programs seems to have failed. My normal email program is Thunderbird 3, but I also use Entourage 2008 for work calendars. Any ideas? Rob The Send To option works fine on my system, but I use Mail as my default email client. It's possible that Thunderbird is not a recognised email client for Word 2008 to use. As far as as Services menu goes, I suspect that's because Word 2008 is still a Carbon application and probably not written to support the Snow Leopard Services structure correctly. Try setting your default email client to Mail or Entourage temporarily and see if things change. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Dropbox - TIP - how to add a Save PDF to Dropbox item (and other options) to your print menu
Hi all, I recently found this tip hidden away in the Dropbox Wiki: http://wiki.dropbox.com/TipsAndTricks/PrintToPDF In Mac OS X, you can set your Dropbox folder as an option in the Print/PDF menu. This is useful if you want to save articles/web pages to your Dropbox which you can then go on to view from other computers as a PDF document. The article goes on to take you through the very simple steps involved to do this. However, what I think is really nice about this tip is that it is not limited just to Dropbox you can use it for any folder: I find ³print to pdf² is one of my all-time favourite features of OSX. Up to finding this tip I nearly always tended to use just two of the items in the drop-down menu: * Save as PDF... * Save PDF to Web Receipts Folder I really like the one-click convenience of the ³Save PDF to Web Receipts Folder² action, but I want to limit this folder to actual online receipts, payment advices etc. so for everything else I used the ³Save as PDF...² action this has the advantage of letting me change the pdf name and select the destination on an item by item basis which is great for items I want to organise and file away but it does add extra steps and time to the operation. For myself, I found there were two categories of articles/web pages that I repeatedly saved as pdfs: * Webpages of interest for later reading * Recipes from, for example, http://www.cuisine.com.au/ or http://gourmettraveller.com.au/Recipe-Home-page.htm The ³Web Receipts² folder is located, by default, in the users ³Documents² folder so I created a new ³Web to Read² folder (also in my documents folder) and I already had a ³Recipes² folder where I was filing the recipes I downloaded I followed the steps in the article (for these folders rather than the dropbox folder) and now have the following additional items in the PDF dropdown menu in the print dialogue box: * Save PDF to Web to Read Folder * Save PDF to Recipes Folder It¹s probably obvious but following the steps in the article would just have added the items as ³Web to Read² and ³Recipes² in the drop down menu but, being somewhat pedantic about these matters, I renamed the aliases as ³Save PDF to Web to Read Folder² and ³Save PDF to Recipes Folder² for consistency with the existing ³Save PDF to Web Receipts Folder² item. I still use the ³Save as PDF...² action for other items but I now find the two new one-click options really convenient and time-saving. It¹s little feature like this that I really love about OSX!! Cheers -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 8/5/10 7:42 PM, Neil Houghton at n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi all, I recently set-up a free Dropbox account and was amazed at how easy and user-friendly it all was. A free account gives you up to 2GB of space - but you can get more with referrals. So, if anyone was thinking of opening an account, YOU can get an extra free 250 MB - AND get ME an extra free 250 MB :o) if you use this link to sign-up: https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTY2NjA1NDM5 Cheers Neil -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
