Re: Entourage "out of office" notification

[Neil Blake]

Greg

Many thanks for your response and very good explanation of what happens - it
is a shame the techs at the office couldn't explain it as clearly! I think
the only way I can set up an out of office notification on the system is to
go into the server with the old pc I used to use.  Back to dark ages indeed!

Cheers

Neil

On 30/8/05 2:12 PM, "Greg Pennefather" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Neil
> 
> Outlook for Windoze is able to send an out of office message because the
> Exchange server it connects to does this.  So when it receives mail for
> someone with an out of office message set Exchange generates the reply.  If
> you are using Entourage with Exchange this may be possible - it certainly
> will be for your Exchange admin.  But if you use Entourage to POP off your
> ISP then, unless your ISP's mail server allows you to, you can't set up the
> out of office message.
> 
> You can certainly use rules to generate a reply to all incoming mail but
> your Mac needs to be connected in order to do this.  Which probably defeats
> the purpose.
> 
> Basically the out of office reply is not a feature of the mail client
> (Outlook or Entourage) but a feature of the mail server.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
>> From: Neil Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:19:31 +0800
>> To: WAMUG Mailing List 
>> Subject: Entourage "out of office" notification
>> 
>> Hi 'Muggers
>> 
>> One for the Entourage gurus - can anyone help me set up a return e-mail
>> notification to inform people sending mail to me when I am out of the
>> office?  I'd like to be able to replicate the Out of Office Autoreply
>> feature in Outlook - but I can't seem to find anything similar in Entourage,
>> although maybe something can be set up using rules?
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Neil
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>> South Coast NRM  Region
>> C/- SCRIPT 
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>> ALBANY  WA  6330
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Neil Blake 
Regional Natural Resource Management Facilitator
South Coast NRM  Region
C/- SCRIPT 
444 Albany Highway 
ALBANY  WA  6330 
Ph:   (08) 9892 8525
Fax:  (08) 9841 2707
Mob: 0427 928 525

Entourage "out of office" notification

[Neil Blake]

Hi 'Muggers

One for the Entourage gurus - can anyone help me set up a return e-mail
notification to inform people sending mail to me when I am out of the
office?  I'd like to be able to replicate the Out of Office Autoreply
feature in Outlook - but I can't seem to find anything similar in Entourage,
although maybe something can be set up using rules?

Cheers

Neil
-- 
Neil Blake 
Regional Natural Resource Management Facilitator
South Coast NRM  Region
C/- SCRIPT 
444 Albany Highway 
ALBANY  WA  6330 
Ph:   (08) 9892 8525
Fax:  (08) 9841 2707
Mob: 0427 928 525

Re: Laptop bags

[Neil Blake]

Hi all

Many thanks for the enthusiastic and entertaining advice on laptop bags - I
can see I will need more than just a couple of hours to do justice to the
variety of choice!  I must admit that I had only considered 'briefcase' type
bags, but after the comments on crumpler bags I'm definitely having a look.

Thanks again WAMUG!

Cheers

Neil
-- 
Neil Blake 
Regional Natural Resource Management Facilitator
South Coast NRM  Region
C/- SCRIPT 
444 Albany Highway 
ALBANY  WA  6330 
Ph:   (08) 9892 8525
Fax:  (08) 9841 2707
Mob: 0427 928 525

Laptop bags

[Neil Blake]

Hi all

Am about to hit the smoke and need some advice as to the best place to
purchase a good laptop bag to fit a 12" Powerbook.  I want a good sturdy
bag, preferably with a sleeve, good protection and plenty of space for files
and bits and pieces. Am prepared to spend up to $200 - any suggestions as to
brands and purchase locations - ideally around the CBD?

Thanks

Neil
-- 
Neil Blake 
Regional Natural Resource Management Facilitator
South Coast NRM  Region
C/- South Coast Regional Initiative Planning Team
444 Albany Highway 
ALBANY  WA  6330 
Ph:   (08) 9892 8525
Fax:  (08) 9841 2707
Mob: 0427 928 525

Re: IE dropout problem

[Neil Blake & Associates]

On 24/5/04 10:09 PM, Robert Howells wrote:

> Heh Neil,. before you do that try cleaning out
> 
> preferences -> receiving files-> Cookies
> 
> delete them all and start again
> 
> Bob
> On Monday, May 24, 2004, at 09:54  PM, Neil Blake & Associates wrote:
> 
>> Hi all
>> 
>> Thanks to those who responded to my message about the curious internet
>> dropouts my Mac has been suffering lately.  I have quite by accident
>> discovered that the problem seems to be caused by my Favourites being
>> corrupted - not sure why - or how to fix it.  When I enter a URL
>> manually it
>> works fine!  Guess I'll have to clean out the favourites and start
>> again

Thanks for the suggestion Bob - but no joy.  The URL gets to a certain point
during loading from favourites before the spinning beach ball kicks in.

Any other thoughts anyone?

Cheers

Neil

Re: IE dropout problem

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Hi all

Thanks to those who responded to my message about the curious internet
dropouts my Mac has been suffering lately.  I have quite by accident
discovered that the problem seems to be caused by my Favourites being
corrupted - not sure why - or how to fix it.  When I enter a URL manually it
works fine!  Guess I'll have to clean out the favourites and start again

Cheers

Neil

Security update for earlier versions of OSX?

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Hi all

Following all the discussion on the list I was keen to run the security
upgrade, but find it is only available for 10.2.8 or 10.3.3.  Does this mean
that earlier versions of OSX are not vulnerable to this security problem, or
that Apple has not got its act together yet with an update for pre 10.2.8?

I am running 10.2.3. - should I still be nervous??

Cheers

Neil

One for the wireless gurus - curious internet dropout

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Dear 'Muggers

Having a bit of a problem accessing the internet via my Airport base station
today.  The problem doesn't affect my retrieval or sending of e-mail via
Airport at all, and if I connect direct via the Pismo's internal modem I can
get onto the net with no trouble.

If I am connecting wirelessly, the spinning beachball of death appears in IE
about 30 seconds after directing the browser to a website, and I have to
force quit.  The problem occurs with all Macs on the wireless network -
Pismo, iMac DV and eMac.

Any suggestions?

G3 Pismo 400, 384 Meg RAM, OS 10.2.3; Internet Explorer 5.2

Cheers

Neil

Re: Unable to boot from DiskWarrior CD

[Neil Blake & Associates]

On 6/11/03 8:30 PM, Pontifex Family wrote:

> Try these things
> 1.  Check the CD is clean, especially on inner areas where CD is first read
> from, to see if a smear or scratch is preventing the CD from being correctly
> read/recognised at boot time.
> 2. Have you enabled an 'open firmware' password to prevent booting from
> CD's?
> 3. Follow Apple knowledge base articles ID 2238, modified 16/6/2003 entitled
> Macintosh: How to Reset PRAM and NVRAM.  This document explains what is in
> PRAM and how to reset it and NVRAM on Macintosh computers (Macintosh: How to
> Reset PRAM and NVRAM 
> ).  If your computer is Open Firmware-based and you are unable to reset
> NVRAM as described in Article 2238, you may alternatively reset the NVRAM
> and Open Firmware settings using the steps in the Solution section of
> technical document Article ID 42642: "Macintosh: Computer Starts to
> Text-Based Open Firmware Screen
>  ".  Then try
> rebooting, holding down the C key, with the DW disk inserted.



Thanks Richard for all your helpful suggestions.  I'll give PRAM zapping a
try, as the disk is clean (it has been used only a few times) and as far as
I'm aware I have no open firmware password enabled.

Curiously I have since discovered that the CD drawer opens when I restart
into Classic from OSX via the startup disk - so it may not even be related
to DiskWarrior (I've also booted successfully from the disk on our eMac).  I
don't know if that rings any bells with anyone?

Cheers

Neil

Unable to boot from DiskWarrior CD

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Hi all

I have been having a few crashes lately, and so decided to run DiskWarrior 3
to try and sort things out.  However, I have been unable to boot from the DW
3 CD for some reason.  Every time I put the CD into the drive and restart
holding the C key, the Powerbook spits the CD out just after reboot.

Can anyone help?  I have tried going to system preferences and setting the
DW CD as the startup disk, but the same thing happens ­ the CD tray pops out
and the Powerbook boots up as per usual.

G3 Pismo 400 Powerbook, 384 MB RAM, OS 10.2.3

Thanks

Neil 

Re: Dial-up connection log

[Neil Blake & Associates]

On 13/10/03 10:33 PM, Shay Telfer wrote:

> You could always go to look at your bill online on the Telstra site,
> download the information and count how many phone calls you've made
> to the ISP's number and their duration.
> 
> The reason nothing appears in Internet Connect is that in your case
> it's the base station doing the connecting, not the Mac.

Shay

Thanks for your sound advice - and your explanation of the 'missing'
connection log.  I can't find any log through the Airport admin utility.

With a bit of luck, I won't need to find evidence of my lost calls as my
preparation for a rant to Telstra has been pre-empted by a call from a very
pleasant Telstra techo this evening with some suggestions to hopefully
eliminate the drop outs.

His main advice was to change the modem settings from v90 modem to v34 modem
as he discovered we were more than 5km from the exchange, and the v34
settings are much more stable and better suited to the type of line we are
on.  Changing the modem settings will apparently make no difference to our
line speed, as the maximum we can achieve through the ageing copper is 33
Kbps (you might have guessed we are in the bush!).  We'll see what happens!

Still - it is nice to know that not all the Telstra techos a) only work 9 to
5, and b) haven't all been shifted over to getting Bigpond up and running
again ;-)

Cheers

Neil

Dial-up connection log

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Hi ŒMuggers

Have been having some trouble over the past few weeks with connection drop
outs and the occasional inability to connect to my ISP.  Telstra assures me
there are no issues with the line, but the problem seems to have only
started after Telstra completed some line work near our place recently.

To gear myself up for an argument, I want to be able to quantify the
magnitude of the problem in terms of a record of lost connections or
inability to connect to my ISP ­ but I can¹t seem to find a connection log
with any call info (there is a connection log in Internet Connect, but it
only brings up a blank dialogue box).

I¹m using a G3 Powerbook, OS10.2 connecting to my ISP wirelessly via the
modem in a Œsnow¹ Airport base station.

Can anyone help?  Before OSX I used Apple Remote Access to dial in with and
was able to see a record of each dialup, so I¹m sure there must be a log of
calls somewhere.

Cheers

Neil

S-video cable question

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Hi all

A cable question.  Recent questions about using the s-video out port on G3
powerbooks has made me think about trying to hook mine up to the telly for a
bit of DVD viewing.  Having bought the 'book second hand, I don't have the
cable that apparently they are born with, so I need to get one.  What I'm a
little unclear about is whether the s-video out port only carries the
picture information, or if audio pins are also there?  If s-video is picture
only, presumably I need to use the stereo audio out port to convey the
audio.

Can someone help with advice on the type of cable I need please?  Is it
possible to get one cable with vision and audio together?  My TV has both
component and composite video input.

Thanks

Neil

Re: iiNet buying WestNet?

[Neil Blake & Associates]

On 13/8/03 6:40 PM, Matthew Healey wrote:

> I have been hearing some strange rumors that iiBorg is buying out WestNet. Has
> anyone heard anything similar or can authoritively confirm/deny this?

Matt

Can't confirm or deny your rumour, just sincerely hope it isn't so.  I've
been with Westnet for three years now and they are an excellent outfit -
very responsive on the odd occasion I've had difficulties, unfazed by
dealing with Mac users and constantly seeking to improve their service - I
would hate that to change.

If some of the sledging of iinet by WAMUG members in past months is anything
to go by, I would hold grave fears for continued good service in the event
of a buyout.  Let's hope it is nothing more than a rumour!

Cheers

Neil

Slightly OT - NiCads and NiMHs

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Hi all

I¹ve just bought some new rechargeable AA batteries to supplement my trusty
NiCads which I have used for several years (they still work fine, but are
dwindling in number as they get Œborrowed¹ for the kids¹ walkmans). I find
they are nickel metal hydride ­ NiMH ­ and the fine print on the battery
says to only charge them in a nickel metal hydride charger. Can I really
not use my standard NiCad charger for the NiMHs, or is the warning on the
battery a way to alarm me into unnecessarily buying a NiMH charger?

Can someone help please?

Cheers

Neil



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Re: Print problems in OSX

[Neil Blake & Associates]

On 19/3/03 6:51 PM, Reg Whitely wrote:

> I have that problem too on a combo iBook. I'll look at it with gimp and
> see what happens.

Reg

I'm using Gimp-print 4.2.1 with my PowerBook on OS 10.2.3 and find it great
with my Canon BJC 3000. It took a little bit of setting up, but the
Gimp-print discussion list was very helpful. It has been a godsend because
slack Canon are not looking after 'old' (ie 2 year old) printers by
providing OSX drivers.

Have a look at these sites for more info:

http://www.allosx.com/1030154694/index_html

https://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-print/

If you want to print from applications that generate their own Postscript,
such as Adobe applications and AppleWorks, with a gimp-print printer driver
you will need to install ESP GhostScript:

http://www.allosx.com/1031773924/index_html

Good luck!

Neil

Re: Print problems in OSX

[Neil Blake & Associates]

On 19/3/03 7:07 PM, Jim Cummins wrote:

> Can't find this in the archives. How does one delete print jobs?

Jim

If you are having trouble with Print Centre, try the built in CUPS (Common
Unix Printing System) print management window - it is a local web interface
(ie it is on your Mac) which you reach by going to http://127.0.0.1:631 in
your browser. Once there you have control over a whole range of printer
functions - much more than you can get in Print Centre. I've used it
successfully to set up Gimp-Print in the absence of Canon OSX drivers. It
'should' be able to cancel stopped jobs in a queue.

Good luck

Neil

Airport works - tarrahh!

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Dear WAMUGgers

Thought I¹d follow up my desperate plea for help to get Airport working on
on my iMac with some good news ­ it now works! I had the most frustrating
problem in not having a connect/disconnect button in the Airport window, and
being told by Airport that I was connected via ethernet - quite an
achievement without cables. Following some great support from Daniel I
updated from OS 9.1 to 9.2, used the Airport setup assistant, and bingo! we
have a fully functioning window. It appears the system upgrade also updates
the Airport software, so perhaps that was the issue all along.

Thanks again for the help ­ especially Daniel!

Cheers 

Neil (in a relaxed, wireless position, with his feet up)




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Airport help please!

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Evening WAMUGgers

I need some help from the Airport Gurus. I¹m trying to get an Airport
network going between my PowerBook (G3 400 Mhz, 384 MB RAM, running
OS10.2.3), a slot-loading iMac (G3 450 MHz, 512 MB RAM, running OS9.1) and a
Snow Airport base station (dual ethernet, on-board modem). I have installed
Airport cards in both the PowerBook and the iMac, and am using a dialup
connection to my ISP.

My problems revolve around getting the iMac to behave on the network. I
have been able to use the PowerBook to connect to the base station and
successfully access the ISP etc. I successfully used the Airport Admin
utility on the PowerBook to set everything up and can connect/disconnect via
Internet connect. The iMac shows a strong Airport signal in both the
Airport application dialogue box and on the Control Strip, but it tells me
that it is connected to the network via Ethernet ­ which it clearly is not!

I can connect to the internet from the iMac when I launch IE, but and there
is no connect/disconnect button to control the connection (the turn Airport
on/off button, will not disconnect the modem, nor does quitting IE or
shutting down the iMac). The only way to disconnect the iMac is to boot the
PowerBook up and use Internet Connect to disconnect, or turn the base
station off ­ which sort of defeats the purpose a bit!. I have not been
able to access the base station from the iMac via Airport Admin Utility ­
the utility cannot find the base station, and won¹t accept the correct
password when I browse for the base station (although it provides me with
the base station IP address - 10.0.1.1).

I have followed all the setup instructions, used the setup assistants,
zapped several prams, reset the base station, trashed preferences, done a
clean install of OS 9.1 on the iMac. The easy option might be to upgrade
the iMac to OSX, but I want to keep OS 9 on it for scanning and printing
purposes, and my wife is only just getting the hang of it after some nasty
experiences with PCs!

I have a suspicion I must be doing something fundamentally dim, but I can¹t
work it out! Can anyone help ­ PLEASE??

Cheers

Neil




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Sluggish Word X

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Hi all

I¹m relatively new to the world of OSX, and am enjoying learning more as I
go. Pretty much everything works smoothly except I have noticed that Word
is much more sluggish in OSX than it used to be under OS9. The slowness is
especially noticeable in scrolling, cutting and pasting and usually quick
formatting tasks such as inserting bullets etc. I use a mouse with a scroll
wheel, and scrolling becomes a matter of rolling the wheel and waiting for a
couple of seconds for the page to move. I have noticed that the situation
gets worse when I am working with larger documents

Has anyone got any ideas for speeding things up?

G3 400 Powerbook, OS 10.2.3, 384MB RAM

Thanks in anticipation

Neil




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Powerbook stand?

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Hi fellow WAMUGgers

Just read an interesting piece in TidBits about a new Powerbook/iBook stand
which effectively stands the Power/iBook almost vertical thus creating more
space and placing the screen at eye level (you obviously need to use an
external keyboard!). The reviewer of this piece couldn¹t get hold of the
new stand and so tried a standard document stand in its place, with good
results.

I¹ve just tried the same trick with my Powerbook on a document stand, and
with a bit of adjustment and a safety restraint to stop it falling over if
bumped, it works a treat.

The only question in my mind is whether the CD/DVD drive may not operate as
it should through being at such an angle. Can anyone with more technical
expertise comment? Are there any other potential problems with this setup?

Cheers

Neil




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FS - MYOB Fist Accounts v3.1

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Greetings all

Having a cleanout and want to sell my full version of MYOB First Accounts
v3.1 (for Mac and Windows), with manual etc. My accountant thought it would
be a good idea to buy it, but I¹ve never bothered to learn and use it. I¹m
afraid I¹m just too used to shoe boxes!

My accountant tells me it has everything necessary for a small business
accounting package, including GST, and is OS 8/OS 9 compatible. The latest
version is v3.5, which will cost you between $220 and $230, but you can
upgrade v3.1 to v3.5 for $59.

I¹m looking for $100 for the package, with serial numbers and password. I
can deliver around central Perth next week if required.

Contact me off list if you are interested.

Cheers

Neil



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Re: Start up and Missing favorites

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Matt

I hope I haven't missed something in this thread that you've already done,
but have you tried using Sherlock to search for 'favorites'? I just tried
on my machine and (once I'd got the US spelling right!) found a text file
document called Favorites.html with all my current favorites in it, all with
html links. The path was: system folder/preferences/explorer.

Good luck

Neil

Re: Blinking black shield on apple menu icon?

[Neil Blake & Associates]

On 24/5/02 3:31 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:

> After a quick search in the documentation I found something that refers to a
> Black Shield flashing in the menu bar for DiskWarrior. (Page 25 of 92 from
> the PDF Manual)

Give that man a cigar! (In fact I think he probably deserves a pay rise too
Rod!). From the illustration in the Disk Warrior manual, it is indeed the
black shield I saw.

Now if I can only get the thing to appear again I'll be able to find out
what Disk Warrior wants to warn me about!

Thanks Daniel

Cheers

Neil

Blinking black shield on apple menu icon?

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Hi WAMUGers

I¹ve got a curious one for you. This afternoon I inserted a CD from Digital
Photo magazine into my iMac and after it loaded (it took a while), I noticed
a black shield icon with a white exclamation mark in it blinking alternately
with the apple menu icon (in the same way as the remote access icon blinks
when I¹m online). I¹d never seen this before, but it looked like the Norton
Anti-Virus shield in silhouette, so I immediately scanned the CD for
viruses, but found none. I checked the NAV literature - it is not one of
the alert icons they use, and I found no explanation there. Having just
backed up I was feeling brave, so proceeded to use the CD without problems.

I¹ve since restarted the Mac and the black shield icon has disappeared and I
can¹t get it to reappear by reinserting the CD in question. Such
unexplained phenomena unsettles me a bit ­ has anyone come across this
before? I¹ve searched the archive with no success.

iMac DV+ 450MHz, 512 MB, OS 9.1

Cheers

Neil

Neil Blake & Associates
Environmental and Community Consultants
RMB 1050
South Coast Highway
Denmark
Western Australia 6333

Phone/Fax/Answering Machine: (08) 9840 9284
Mobile 0428 761 466




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Re: ON-line access via PABX switch

[Neil Blake & Associates]

On 14/5/02 10:47 AM, Andrew Nielsen wrote:

> Surely the organisation just has an Internet gateway running DHCP so
> that you could just plug into their ethernet and start work?

Andrew

Good thought. Unfortunately the client is a regional operation of a large
government agency which manages all its IT from Perth. There is no
technical expertise on site, and the techos in Perth are very nervous about
doing anything out of the ordinary with a remote site.

Thanks for your suggestions - I've solved the problem by working from my
motel room. The coffee is better too!

Cheers

Neil

BTW - I seem to be getting two copies of your messages - one with the WAMUG
mailing list footer and one without. Both have the WAMUG list and myself as
recipients.
Neil Blake & Associates
Environmental and Community Consultants
RMB 1050
South Coast Highway
Denmark
Western Australia 6333

Phone/Fax/Answering Machine: (08) 9840 9284
Mobile 0428 761 466

Re: ON-line access via PABX switch

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Onno, Andrew

Thanks for the quick response - I did think about the fax line, but
unfortunately it is located next to the reception desk. The thought of a
Mac in the frontline of the business was too distracting for my clients!

Cheers

Neil

ON-line access via PABX switch

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Hi ŒMUGgers

I¹m working temporarily out of a clients office using my iMac (surroundedby
Windoze machines and odd looks ­ it is good to journey to the heart of
darkness and feel superior!). I can¹t get the Mac to connect to my ISP
through the PABX switch. I¹ve put all the requisite commas and zeros into
the Remote Access configurations, but with no success. I have noticed that
the Œphone cables plugs are slightly broader than the standard plug (similar
in size to an ethernet plug), although they fit into the modem connection
port on the iMac with no trouble. The switch is a recent model Commander
system.

Am I flogging a dead horse here, or has someone got a tip to help me out?

Thanks

Neil




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Re: Word 2001

[Neil Blake & Associates]

On 4/5/02 1:31 PM, Dr Bill Parker wrote:

> Why is it so SLOW to do mostly anything? Plain to Bold, Print, Quit,
> anything. wait and wait

Bill

Are you by any chance running Norton Anti-Virus? I had a similar problem a
few months back and found the problem was running Word 2001 when my NAV
software is active. As soon as I turned the NAV control panel off, Word
just blitzed along. I now leave NAV off when I'm using any of the Office
2001 suite.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

Neil

Re: Scanning tables to editable text

[Neil Blake & Associates]

On 10/4/02 9:54 AM, Shay Telfer wrote:

> Simple Text doesn't support tables. I'm not sure what you mean by
> Excel not recognising them though. Do the figures appear in the
> spreadsheet? Are they the wrong figures? In the wrong place? Or does
> Excel just refuse to open the file?

Thanks Shay - the tables are a mixture of text and numbers, and nothing
appears in the Excel spreadsheet. I suspect the OCR software may not be
sophisticated enough. The live human option (ie me!) is looking like the
quickest option!

Cheers

Neil

Scanning tables to editable text

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Hi ŒMuggers

I¹m having great difficulty scanning some tables via OCR software to turn
them into an editable form. Neither Word, Excel or Simple Text will
recognise the tables once I¹ve scanned them and put it through my OCR
software (an Epson based package, which is excellent on plain text). Am I
expecting too much of the package or can somebody suggest a way around this
problem? I¹ve trawled the archives with no success.

iMac DV+ 450, OS 9.1 using an Epson 1650 scanner with Epson OCRApp software.

Thanks in anticipation.

Neil



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Blank iBook screen solution

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Dear WAMUG

Thanks to all that responded to my plea for help about a colleague¹s iBook
screen failing to power up. It seems the logic board died and has been
replaced under warranty, so all is now well.

Cheers

Neil

Blank screen after installing OS X

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Hi ŒMuggers

A list colleague from Bunbury has rung in some distress because his new(ish)
iBook is refusing to boot up properly after installing OS X. He has rung me
to see if I can get some help from the list. The iBook will chime as per
usual at start up, but with no screen display. I have searched the archives
and found one message referring to a similar problem with an iBook and OSX
which was solved by zapping the PRAM, but unfortunately the iBook in
question also refuses to be zapped ­ it won¹t chime any more than once.
Strangely, he can¹t open the CD drawer to try and boot from disc, so we are
a bit flummoxed. I¹m not familiar with the iBook or OSX, so my phone
ministrations have not been much help beyond the basic trouble shooting.

The machine is a new style iBook with 128MB RAM ­ not sure of the processor
size ­ which had been operating very happily on OS 9.

If anyone can help, I¹ll relay the info.

Cheers

Neil



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Value of the archive

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Hi all

Just a quick good news story on the value of the WAMUG archive.

I¹ve been trying to open a CD of conference proceedings with no luck ­ the
CD drives in my iMac, CD burner and old 5200CD refused to recognise the
disc, and asked me if I wanted to reformat it.

Trawled the archives and came upon the solution in a message from Œthe
pickle¹ (haven¹t heard from him for ages on the list?) - hold down
Command-Option-I while inserting the disc. Works a treat ­ put it on your
list of emergency fixes.

On ya WAMUG

Cheers

Neil



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Re slow formatting and printing in Word

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Hi WAMUGGERs

A small good news story!

I posted a query a couple of weeks back about Word 2001 being slow to carry
out certain formatting tasks and slow sending print jobs to the printer.
Having had a couple of helpful replies (trashing Word preferences, reducing
the font list etc), but no improvement in performance, I found the solution
today ­ turn off Norton Antivirus. What a difference!

I¹m off to format everything in sight ­ just because I can.

Cheers

Neil



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Re: Posting to WAMUG - Was: [G4 wanted]

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Onno

Lighten up. Not everyone has your number of years experience with Macs,
your exquisite command of netiquette or your succinct turn of phrase in
composing messages.

I enjoy your rapier like comments on most occasions, but your comments today
run the risk of turning away first and sometime users of the list who may
not understand your role as unofficial guardian of list correctness.

Perhaps you'd like to put together a quick style guide on how to post
questions to the list? (This is a serious suggestion, Onno, not a bit of
backhanded sarcasm)

Cheers

Neil

Slow formatting in Word

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Hi WAMUGGERs

I have a couple of problems with Word (Office 2001:Mac) taking a long time
to complete relatively simple formatting tasks like inserting a new table
(usually with only a few columns and lines) and inserting a bullet for the
first time. Word seems to go into freefall while the HD rattles away madly
in the background, often taking 10-15 seconds to do the job. I¹ve also
noticed the same delays happening when I go to print ­ HD rattling away for
a while before the print dialogue box appears.

I¹ve tried some of the obvious fixes ­ increase memory allocation, Office
2001 service pack upgrade ­ with no success.

Any ideas?

Cheers

Neil



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Please lick this iMac......

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Hi All

An amusing take on the new iMac can be seen at


Cheers

Neil



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Re: lacie vs retrospect

[Neil Blake & Associates]

David

I too have had trouble getting Retrospect Express to work with my burner,
despite having all the recent upgrades and trying different media. The only
difference in my case is that my burner is a Que!Fire machine, which in
every other respect is totally reliable. I've resorted to using Toast for
incremental backups.

I've tried contacting Dantz directly, but with no joy.

I would also be grateful if anyone can shed any light on this.

Cheers

Neil



> From: david paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 17:15:45 +0800
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: lacie vs retrospect
> 
> Hi
> 
> I am struggling to get my new LaCie CD-RW U&I drive (24x10x40) to
> work with Retrospect express 4.3 (the most recent available). I have
> doe=wnloaded the latest driver update (2.4) which has at least
> allowed the drive to be recognised by Retrospect E.
> 
> The back up session will commence and then the CD gets rejected
> almost immediately with the message -
> 
> *Error 100 (device rejected command)*
> 
> I have tried a couple of different brands of rewritable CDs and
> several different CDs from each brand so it does not seem to be a
> media issue.
> 
> I am using this with my G3 firewire powerbook 400 (128meg of RAM)
> running Mac OS 9.1.
> 
> I was wondering if anyone had come across this or has some thoughts
> for sorting it out?
> 
> Thanks
> Dave
> 
> Got a Question? Try searching the WAMUG list archives first at
> 
> 
> To unsubscribe from the WAMUG e-mail list, send e-mail from this account to
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> 
> 

Re: (unknown)

[Neil Blake & Associates]

Hi All

I've just received the same bunch of old e-mail - I use Westnet as my ISP.
Is it Yahoo?

Cheers

Neil


> From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 21:25:54 +0800
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: (unknown)
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I've just received a heap of e-mails from WAMUG which were sent in
> October. Is this Yahoo or bigpond playing up?
> 
> Bob
> 
> Got a Question? Try searching the WAMUG list archives first at
> 
> 
> To unsubscribe from the WAMUG e-mail list, send e-mail from this account to
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> 
>