Re: Photo albums et al
Evening, To be correct the control+tab is a Unix/Linux derivative so in actual fact OS X being Unix based it did not steal from M$ Same as control+→, or ← will give you an alternative desktop for which there are 4 default many more on application. (Unix has alt+fkeys) I think this is what Apple refers to as Spaces in Leopard; although I believe I had it in Tiger, but only 4(some coding required??). http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/spaces. Cheers! `RobD... On 15Jun2009, at 11:36 am, Eugene wrote: And just an addendum to Neil's hint, if you go Command+shift+tab it cycles through in reverse. Sometimes useful if you have too many applications open or you accidently skipped past the app you wanted. I tell my students that command+tab was one of the few things the Mac stole from the windows environment. Regards, Eugene On 15/06/2009, at 11:22 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, Congratulations on your successful publication! One of the things I love about the Mac is how it allows you to be creative and even makes it fun :) I have been using Macs now for at least 20 years but I'm still constantly amazed at finding new tips/tricks/features (and many from this list). My latest: Although I'd known for many years that ⌘tab cycled through your open applications, it was only recently that I learnt that ⌘~ cycled through the open windows of your current application - now I use it all the time! (in case your mail browser doesn't display the symbol properly that's Command-tab to cycle applications and Command-tilde to cycle windows) Have fun! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 15/6/09 10:26 AM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all Recently I was given a great deal of help with the scanning of photos that I wanted to use to make an on line photo album. Thanks to all your advice, particularly Ronni, Neil and Susan, I have now created my first photo book using Snapfish (recommended by Susan). It's a great site and, interestingly, is now part of the iiNet freezone. I arranged for the book to be forwarded direct to the recipient who is delighted with the result. It's true that now having seen the finished product I can see room for improvement with the next one but that's part of the learning process. On a totally different subject, while searching for some information on French train journeys and using a French language site, even though my French is very basic, I saw alongside the result of one of my searches what looked like the iCal icon. Curious, I clicked on it and am amazed to find that the information has been sent to iCal on my Macbook, appearing on the appropriate date in September. Maybe this is not news to all you very experienced Mac users but for me it seemed like a small miracle!! Regards Laura -- 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 -- 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: Photo albums et al
Neil, keep these shortcut coming! Thank you! Thank you!! Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Hm Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Wk Ph: (08) 9291 4599 Mbl: 0417 053 266 On 15/06/2009, at 11:22 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, Congratulations on your successful publication! One of the things I love about the Mac is how it allows you to be creative and even makes it fun :) I have been using Macs now for at least 20 years but I'm still constantly amazed at finding new tips/tricks/features (and many from this list). My latest: Although I'd known for many years that ⌘tab cycled through your open applications, it was only recently that I learnt that ⌘~ cycled through the open windows of your current application - now I use it all the time! (in case your mail browser doesn't display the symbol properly that's Command-tab to cycle applications and Command-tilde to cycle windows) Have fun! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 15/6/09 10:26 AM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all Recently I was given a great deal of help with the scanning of photos that I wanted to use to make an on line photo album. Thanks to all your advice, particularly Ronni, Neil and Susan, I have now created my first photo book using Snapfish (recommended by Susan). It's a great site and, interestingly, is now part of the iiNet freezone. I arranged for the book to be forwarded direct to the recipient who is delighted with the result. It's true that now having seen the finished product I can see room for improvement with the next one but that's part of the learning process. On a totally different subject, while searching for some information on French train journeys and using a French language site, even though my French is very basic, I saw alongside the result of one of my searches what looked like the iCal icon. Curious, I clicked on it and am amazed to find that the information has been sent to iCal on my Macbook, appearing on the appropriate date in September. Maybe this is not news to all you very experienced Mac users but for me it seemed like a small miracle!! Regards Laura -- 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
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On 16/06/2009, at 2:49 PM, RJDarts wrote: Evening, To be correct the control+tab is a Unix/Linux derivative so in actual fact OS X being Unix based it did not steal from M$ Same as control+→, or ← will give you an alternative desktop for which there are 4 default many more on application. (Unix has alt +fkeys) I think this is what Apple refers to as Spaces in Leopard; although I believe I had it in Tiger, but only 4(some coding required??). http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/spaces. Cheers! `RobD... Spaces (Multiple Desktops in other unixes) is a Leopard-only feature. It does not exist in Tiger as a user-accessible feature. The default number of desktops is four. This can be increased to a maximum of 16 in the Spaces System Preference. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 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: Photo albums et al
Hi Laura, I like to have both Character Palette and Keyboard Viewer turned on in System Preferences International - Input Menu. I find Keyboard Viewer is useful to see how the different modifier keys work for character selection and to check key combinations for just typing things (like your Shift+Option+K = ) For tracking down obscure symbols though you can't beat Character Palette You also find that there are a lot of different options which limit or expand the characters shown. I don't really remember if Tiger was that different to Leopard but my setup to find the ⌘ was: View: Set to All Characters - (View menu in top left of window) Display set to by Category (options just below view menu) Then in left pane open Symbols category which displays various Symbols sub-categories - select Technical Symbols and (for me) ⌘ is at the start of the third line of displayed symbols. If you had the view menu set to,say, Roman rather than All Characters you would find that you had much less options to choose from and Technical Symbols would not be available. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 15/6/09 1:32 PM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni I do have the Input Menu showing in my Menu bar but had chosen Keyboard View rather than Character Palette. However there is still no Technical Symbol option so maybe another Tiger/Leopard difference. Thanks anyway. Regards Laura On 15/06/2009, at 1:19 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, Good to hear your Photo Album project turned out well. To type the Apple Command symbol: Open the Character Palette, then select Technical Symbols you will find it there ⌘ If you haven't got the Input Menu showing in your Menu bar on the desktop. Go to System Preferences International - Input Menu and check Character Palette check Show input Menu in Menu Bar. International Cheers, Ronni On 15/06/2009, at 12:51 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Thanks Neil. I envy you having been able for so long to enjoy being a Mac user. Some of us take a bit longer to learn about the finer things in life :) Perhaps your tip only applies to Leopard, I am still with Tiger. Command-tab for me just brings up the dock while Command-tilde does nothing at all. The same applies to Eugene's tip, it brings up the dock. I know that Shift+Option+K = but how do I type the Command symbol? I've had a look at the Keyboard Viewer but not sure how it works. Regards Laura On 15/06/2009, at 11:22 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, Congratulations on your successful publication! One of the things I love about the Mac is how it allows you to be creative and even makes it fun :) I have been using Macs now for at least 20 years but I'm still constantly amazed at finding new tips/tricks/features (and many from this list). My latest: Although I'd known for many years that ⌘tab cycled through your open applications, it was only recently that I learnt that ⌘~ cycled through the open windows of your current application - now I use it all the time! (in case your mail browser doesn't display the symbol properly that's Command-tab to cycle applications and Command-tilde to cycle windows) Have fun! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 15/6/09 10:26 AM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all Recently I was given a great deal of help with the scanning of photos that I wanted to use to make an on line photo album. Thanks to all your advice, particularly Ronni, Neil and Susan, I have now created my first photo book using Snapfish (recommended by Susan). It's a great site and, interestingly, is now part of the iiNet freezone. I arranged for the book to be forwarded direct to the recipient who is delighted with the result. It's true that now having seen the finished product I can see room for improvement with the next one but that's part of the learning process. On a totally different subject, while searching for some information on French train journeys and using a French language site, even though my French is very basic, I saw alongside the result of one of my searches what looked like the iCal icon. Curious, I clicked on it and am amazed to find that the information has been sent to iCal on my Macbook, appearing on the appropriate date in September. Maybe this is not news to all you very experienced Mac users but for me it seemed like a small miracle!! Regards Laura -- 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: Photo albums et al
Hi Neil Aha that was the problem. Try as I might following Ronni's technical symbols suggestion I just could not find what I felt should be obvious. I had View menu set to Roman, not realising I should adjust that in any way. Bingo now I have it. Thank you. Regards Laura On 15/06/2009, at 3:06 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, I like to have both Character Palette and Keyboard Viewer turned on in System Preferences International - Input Menu. I find Keyboard Viewer is useful to see how the different modifier keys work for character selection and to check key combinations for just typing things (like your Shift+Option+K = ) For tracking down obscure symbols though you can't beat Character Palette You also find that there are a lot of different options which limit or expand the characters shown. I don't really remember if Tiger was that different to Leopard but my setup to find the ⌘ was: View: Set to All Characters - (View menu in top left of window) Display set to by Category (options just below view menu) Then in left pane open Symbols category which displays various Symbols sub-categories - select Technical Symbols and (for me) ⌘ is at the start of the third line of displayed symbols. If you had the view menu set to,say, Roman rather than All Characters you would find that you had much less options to choose from and Technical Symbols would not be available. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 15/6/09 1:32 PM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni I do have the Input Menu showing in my Menu bar but had chosen Keyboard View rather than Character Palette. However there is still no Technical Symbol option so maybe another Tiger/Leopard difference. Thanks anyway. Regards Laura On 15/06/2009, at 1:19 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, Good to hear your Photo Album project turned out well. To type the Apple Command symbol: Open the Character Palette, then select Technical Symbols you will find it there ⌘ If you haven't got the Input Menu showing in your Menu bar on the desktop. Go to System Preferences International - Input Menu and check Character Palette check Show input Menu in Menu Bar. International Cheers, Ronni On 15/06/2009, at 12:51 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Thanks Neil. I envy you having been able for so long to enjoy being a Mac user. Some of us take a bit longer to learn about the finer things in life :) Perhaps your tip only applies to Leopard, I am still with Tiger. Command-tab for me just brings up the dock while Command-tilde does nothing at all. The same applies to Eugene's tip, it brings up the dock. I know that Shift+Option+K = but how do I type the Command symbol? I've had a look at the Keyboard Viewer but not sure how it works. Regards Laura On 15/06/2009, at 11:22 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, Congratulations on your successful publication! One of the things I love about the Mac is how it allows you to be creative and even makes it fun :) I have been using Macs now for at least 20 years but I'm still constantly amazed at finding new tips/tricks/features (and many from this list). My latest: Although I'd known for many years that ⌘tab cycled through your open applications, it was only recently that I learnt that ⌘~ cycled through the open windows of your current application - now I use it all the time! (in case your mail browser doesn't display the symbol properly that's Command-tab to cycle applications and Command-tilde to cycle windows) Have fun! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 15/6/09 10:26 AM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all Recently I was given a great deal of help with the scanning of photos that I wanted to use to make an on line photo album. Thanks to all your advice, particularly Ronni, Neil and Susan, I have now created my first photo book using Snapfish (recommended by Susan). It's a great site and, interestingly, is now part of the iiNet freezone. I arranged for the book to be forwarded direct to the recipient who is delighted with the result. It's true that now having seen the finished product I can see room for improvement with the next one but that's part of the learning process. On a totally different subject, while searching for some information on French train journeys and using a French language site, even though my French is very basic, I saw alongside the result of one of my searches what looked like the iCal icon. Curious, I clicked on it and am amazed to find that the information has been sent to iCal on my Macbook, appearing on the appropriate date in September. Maybe this is not news to all you very experienced Mac users but for me it seemed like a small miracle!! Regards Laura -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -
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On 15/06/2009, at 11:36 AM, Eugene wrote: And just an addendum to Neil's hint, if you go Command+shift+tab it cycles through in reverse. Sometimes useful if you have too many applications open or you accidently skipped past the app you wanted. I tell my students that command+tab was one of the few things the Mac stole from the windows environment. Regards, Eugene You should enlarge on that by explaining that although they copied the idea, they also improved it. For example, with the cmd-Tab windows open, you can select any icon on it and use cmd-Q to tell that application tt quit without actually having to bring that app to the front. You can also use your mouse to select the icons instead of tabbing through them. This is handy when you have a lot of apps running. Microsoft's implementation is downright boring in comparison. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 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
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Hi Laura, Congratulations on your successful publication! One of the things I love about the Mac is how it allows you to be creative and even makes it fun :) I have been using Macs now for at least 20 years but I'm still constantly amazed at finding new tips/tricks/features (and many from this list). My latest: Although I'd known for many years that ⌘tab cycled through your open applications, it was only recently that I learnt that ⌘~ cycled through the open windows of your current application - now I use it all the time! (in case your mail browser doesn't display the symbol properly that's Command-tab to cycle applications and Command-tilde to cycle windows) Have fun! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 15/6/09 10:26 AM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all Recently I was given a great deal of help with the scanning of photos that I wanted to use to make an on line photo album. Thanks to all your advice, particularly Ronni, Neil and Susan, I have now created my first photo book using Snapfish (recommended by Susan). It's a great site and, interestingly, is now part of the iiNet freezone. I arranged for the book to be forwarded direct to the recipient who is delighted with the result. It's true that now having seen the finished product I can see room for improvement with the next one but that's part of the learning process. On a totally different subject, while searching for some information on French train journeys and using a French language site, even though my French is very basic, I saw alongside the result of one of my searches what looked like the iCal icon. Curious, I clicked on it and am amazed to find that the information has been sent to iCal on my Macbook, appearing on the appropriate date in September. Maybe this is not news to all you very experienced Mac users but for me it seemed like a small miracle!! Regards Laura -- 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
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And just an addendum to Neil's hint, if you go Command+shift+tab it cycles through in reverse. Sometimes useful if you have too many applications open or you accidently skipped past the app you wanted. I tell my students that command+tab was one of the few things the Mac stole from the windows environment. Regards, Eugene On 15/06/2009, at 11:22 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, Congratulations on your successful publication! One of the things I love about the Mac is how it allows you to be creative and even makes it fun :) I have been using Macs now for at least 20 years but I'm still constantly amazed at finding new tips/tricks/features (and many from this list). My latest: Although I'd known for many years that ⌘tab cycled through your open applications, it was only recently that I learnt that ⌘~ cycled through the open windows of your current application - now I use it all the time! (in case your mail browser doesn't display the symbol properly that's Command-tab to cycle applications and Command-tilde to cycle windows) Have fun! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 15/6/09 10:26 AM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all Recently I was given a great deal of help with the scanning of photos that I wanted to use to make an on line photo album. Thanks to all your advice, particularly Ronni, Neil and Susan, I have now created my first photo book using Snapfish (recommended by Susan). It's a great site and, interestingly, is now part of the iiNet freezone. I arranged for the book to be forwarded direct to the recipient who is delighted with the result. It's true that now having seen the finished product I can see room for improvement with the next one but that's part of the learning process. On a totally different subject, while searching for some information on French train journeys and using a French language site, even though my French is very basic, I saw alongside the result of one of my searches what looked like the iCal icon. Curious, I clicked on it and am amazed to find that the information has been sent to iCal on my Macbook, appearing on the appropriate date in September. Maybe this is not news to all you very experienced Mac users but for me it seemed like a small miracle!! Regards Laura -- 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
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Thanks Neil. I envy you having been able for so long to enjoy being a Mac user. Some of us take a bit longer to learn about the finer things in life :) Perhaps your tip only applies to Leopard, I am still with Tiger. Command-tab for me just brings up the dock while Command-tilde does nothing at all. The same applies to Eugene's tip, it brings up the dock. I know that Shift+Option+K = but how do I type the Command symbol? I've had a look at the Keyboard Viewer but not sure how it works. Regards Laura On 15/06/2009, at 11:22 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, Congratulations on your successful publication! One of the things I love about the Mac is how it allows you to be creative and even makes it fun :) I have been using Macs now for at least 20 years but I'm still constantly amazed at finding new tips/tricks/features (and many from this list). My latest: Although I'd known for many years that ⌘tab cycled through your open applications, it was only recently that I learnt that ⌘~ cycled through the open windows of your current application - now I use it all the time! (in case your mail browser doesn't display the symbol properly that's Command-tab to cycle applications and Command-tilde to cycle windows) Have fun! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 15/6/09 10:26 AM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all Recently I was given a great deal of help with the scanning of photos that I wanted to use to make an on line photo album. Thanks to all your advice, particularly Ronni, Neil and Susan, I have now created my first photo book using Snapfish (recommended by Susan). It's a great site and, interestingly, is now part of the iiNet freezone. I arranged for the book to be forwarded direct to the recipient who is delighted with the result. It's true that now having seen the finished product I can see room for improvement with the next one but that's part of the learning process. On a totally different subject, while searching for some information on French train journeys and using a French language site, even though my French is very basic, I saw alongside the result of one of my searches what looked like the iCal icon. Curious, I clicked on it and am amazed to find that the information has been sent to iCal on my Macbook, appearing on the appropriate date in September. Maybe this is not news to all you very experienced Mac users but for me it seemed like a small miracle!! Regards Laura -- 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
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Hi Laura, Good to hear your Photo Album project turned out well. To type the Apple Command symbol: Open the Character Palette, then select Technical Symbols you will find it there ⌘ If you haven't got the Input Menu showing in your Menu bar on the desktop. Go to System Preferences International - Input Menu and check Character Palette check Show input Menu in Menu Bar. International Cheers, Ronni On 15/06/2009, at 12:51 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Thanks Neil. I envy you having been able for so long to enjoy being a Mac user. Some of us take a bit longer to learn about the finer things in life :) Perhaps your tip only applies to Leopard, I am still with Tiger. Command-tab for me just brings up the dock while Command-tilde does nothing at all. The same applies to Eugene's tip, it brings up the dock. I know that Shift+Option+K = but how do I type the Command symbol? I've had a look at the Keyboard Viewer but not sure how it works. Regards Laura On 15/06/2009, at 11:22 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, Congratulations on your successful publication! One of the things I love about the Mac is how it allows you to be creative and even makes it fun :) I have been using Macs now for at least 20 years but I'm still constantly amazed at finding new tips/tricks/features (and many from this list). My latest: Although I'd known for many years that ⌘tab cycled through your open applications, it was only recently that I learnt that ⌘~ cycled through the open windows of your current application - now I use it all the time! (in case your mail browser doesn't display the symbol properly that's Command-tab to cycle applications and Command-tilde to cycle windows) Have fun! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 15/6/09 10:26 AM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all Recently I was given a great deal of help with the scanning of photos that I wanted to use to make an on line photo album. Thanks to all your advice, particularly Ronni, Neil and Susan, I have now created my first photo book using Snapfish (recommended by Susan). It's a great site and, interestingly, is now part of the iiNet freezone. I arranged for the book to be forwarded direct to the recipient who is delighted with the result. It's true that now having seen the finished product I can see room for improvement with the next one but that's part of the learning process. On a totally different subject, while searching for some information on French train journeys and using a French language site, even though my French is very basic, I saw alongside the result of one of my searches what looked like the iCal icon. Curious, I clicked on it and am amazed to find that the information has been sent to iCal on my Macbook, appearing on the appropriate date in September. Maybe this is not news to all you very experienced Mac users but for me it seemed like a small miracle!! Regards Laura -- 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
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Hi Laura As a fellow tigerite - command-tab (I don't know how to type the symbol either - but Neil does! - perhaps he'll tell us...) does indeed bring up the dock - but tab again and things are highlighted in turn Command ~ would do nothing if you only have one window open in the current application. Or you're in photoshop, where it doesn't work for some reason... best Alastair On 15 Jun 2009, at 05:51, Laura Webb wrote: Thanks Neil. I envy you having been able for so long to enjoy being a Mac user. Some of us take a bit longer to learn about the finer things in life :) Perhaps your tip only applies to Leopard, I am still with Tiger. Command-tab for me just brings up the dock while Command-tilde does nothing at all. The same applies to Eugene's tip, it brings up the dock. I know that Shift+Option+K = but how do I type the Command symbol? I've had a look at the Keyboard Viewer but not sure how it works. Regards Laura On 15/06/2009, at 11:22 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, Congratulations on your successful publication! One of the things I love about the Mac is how it allows you to be creative and even makes it fun :) I have been using Macs now for at least 20 years but I'm still constantly amazed at finding new tips/tricks/features (and many from this list). My latest: Although I'd known for many years that ⌘tab cycled through your open applications, it was only recently that I learnt that ⌘~ cycled through the open windows of your current application - now I use it all the time! (in case your mail browser doesn't display the symbol properly that's Command-tab to cycle applications and Command-tilde to cycle windows) Have fun! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 15/6/09 10:26 AM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all Recently I was given a great deal of help with the scanning of photos that I wanted to use to make an on line photo album. Thanks to all your advice, particularly Ronni, Neil and Susan, I have now created my first photo book using Snapfish (recommended by Susan). It's a great site and, interestingly, is now part of the iiNet freezone. I arranged for the book to be forwarded direct to the recipient who is delighted with the result. It's true that now having seen the finished product I can see room for improvement with the next one but that's part of the learning process. On a totally different subject, while searching for some information on French train journeys and using a French language site, even though my French is very basic, I saw alongside the result of one of my searches what looked like the iCal icon. Curious, I clicked on it and am amazed to find that the information has been sent to iCal on my Macbook, appearing on the appropriate date in September. Maybe this is not news to all you very experienced Mac users but for me it seemed like a small miracle!! Regards Laura -- 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 -- 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: Photo albums et al
Hi Laura, No it's not just a leopard thing. I think you may have misunderstood the command thing. You don't have to type the Command symbol just press the command key. So when I say ⌘tab or Command-tab it means to hold down the command/⌘ key while you press the tab key (or the ~/tilde key for window cycling) The command/⌘ key is the key immediately to the left of the space bar (at least on my keyboard) and is the key used for most menu shortcuts in the mac eg: ⌘C (command-C) is copy ⌘V (command-V) is paste ⌘O (command-O) is open ⌘P (command-P) is print Or are you saying that this doesn't work for you? Hope that makes sense. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 15/6/09 12:51 PM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Thanks Neil. I envy you having been able for so long to enjoy being a Mac user. Some of us take a bit longer to learn about the finer things in life :) Perhaps your tip only applies to Leopard, I am still with Tiger. Command-tab for me just brings up the dock while Command-tilde does nothing at all. The same applies to Eugene's tip, it brings up the dock. I know that Shift+Option+K = but how do I type the Command symbol? I've had a look at the Keyboard Viewer but not sure how it works. Regards Laura On 15/06/2009, at 11:22 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, Congratulations on your successful publication! One of the things I love about the Mac is how it allows you to be creative and even makes it fun :) I have been using Macs now for at least 20 years but I'm still constantly amazed at finding new tips/tricks/features (and many from this list). My latest: Although I'd known for many years that ⌘tab cycled through your open applications, it was only recently that I learnt that ⌘~ cycled through the open windows of your current application - now I use it all the time! (in case your mail browser doesn't display the symbol properly that's Command-tab to cycle applications and Command-tilde to cycle windows) Have fun! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.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
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Hi Ronni I do have the Input Menu showing in my Menu bar but had chosen Keyboard View rather than Character Palette. However there is still no Technical Symbol option so maybe another Tiger/Leopard difference. Thanks anyway. Regards Laura On 15/06/2009, at 1:19 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, Good to hear your Photo Album project turned out well. To type the Apple Command symbol: Open the Character Palette, then select Technical Symbols you will find it there ⌘ If you haven't got the Input Menu showing in your Menu bar on the desktop. Go to System Preferences International - Input Menu and check Character Palette check Show input Menu in Menu Bar. International Cheers, Ronni On 15/06/2009, at 12:51 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Thanks Neil. I envy you having been able for so long to enjoy being a Mac user. Some of us take a bit longer to learn about the finer things in life :) Perhaps your tip only applies to Leopard, I am still with Tiger. Command-tab for me just brings up the dock while Command-tilde does nothing at all. The same applies to Eugene's tip, it brings up the dock. I know that Shift+Option+K = but how do I type the Command symbol? I've had a look at the Keyboard Viewer but not sure how it works. Regards Laura On 15/06/2009, at 11:22 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, Congratulations on your successful publication! One of the things I love about the Mac is how it allows you to be creative and even makes it fun :) I have been using Macs now for at least 20 years but I'm still constantly amazed at finding new tips/tricks/features (and many from this list). My latest: Although I'd known for many years that ⌘tab cycled through your open applications, it was only recently that I learnt that ⌘~ cycled through the open windows of your current application - now I use it all the time! (in case your mail browser doesn't display the symbol properly that's Command-tab to cycle applications and Command-tilde to cycle windows) Have fun! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 15/6/09 10:26 AM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all Recently I was given a great deal of help with the scanning of photos that I wanted to use to make an on line photo album. Thanks to all your advice, particularly Ronni, Neil and Susan, I have now created my first photo book using Snapfish (recommended by Susan). It's a great site and, interestingly, is now part of the iiNet freezone. I arranged for the book to be forwarded direct to the recipient who is delighted with the result. It's true that now having seen the finished product I can see room for improvement with the next one but that's part of the learning process. On a totally different subject, while searching for some information on French train journeys and using a French language site, even though my French is very basic, I saw alongside the result of one of my searches what looked like the iCal icon. Curious, I clicked on it and am amazed to find that the information has been sent to iCal on my Macbook, appearing on the appropriate date in September. Maybe this is not news to all you very experienced Mac users but for me it seemed like a small miracle!! Regards Laura -- 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
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on 15/6/09 1:03 PM, Robert Howells at rhowe...@arach.net.au wrote: On 15/06/2009, at 12:51 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Thanks Neil. I envy you having been able for so long to enjoy being a Mac user. Some of us take a bit longer to learn about the finer things in life :) Perhaps your tip only applies to Leopard, I am still with Tiger. Command-tab for me just brings up the dock while Command-tilde does nothing at all. The same applies to Eugene's tip, it brings up the dock. I know that Shift+Option+K = but how do I type the Command symbol? I've had a look at the Keyboard Viewer but not sure how it works. Regards Laura Command is the Apple on an Apple keyboard Bob Or on the new keyboards like mine the Apple has gone! and the key is actually printed with command ⌘ (on the left of the space bar) or ⌘ command (on the right of the space bar) End of an era eh? ;) On 15/06/2009, at 11:22 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, Congratulations on your successful publication! One of the things I love about the Mac is how it allows you to be creative and even makes it fun :) I have been using Macs now for at least 20 years but I'm still constantly amazed at finding new tips/tricks/features (and many from this list). My latest: Although I'd known for many years that ⌘tab cycled through your open applications, it was only recently that I learnt that ⌘~ cycled through the open windows of your current application - now I use it all the time! (in case your mail browser doesn't display the symbol properly that's Command-tab to cycle applications and Command-tilde to cycle windows) Have fun! Cheers Neil -- -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.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
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Hi Laura, In Character Palette View: All Characters - By Category ... Symbols (open the arrow) ... scroll down to Technical Symbols. Cheers, Ronni On 15/06/2009, at 1:32 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Ronni I do have the Input Menu showing in my Menu bar but had chosen Keyboard View rather than Character Palette. However there is still no Technical Symbol option so maybe another Tiger/Leopard difference. Thanks anyway. Regards Laura On 15/06/2009, at 1:19 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, Good to hear your Photo Album project turned out well. To type the Apple Command symbol: Open the Character Palette, then select Technical Symbols you will find it there ⌘ If you haven't got the Input Menu showing in your Menu bar on the desktop. Go to System Preferences International - Input Menu and check Character Palette check Show input Menu in Menu Bar. International Cheers, Ronni On 15/06/2009, at 12:51 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Thanks Neil. I envy you having been able for so long to enjoy being a Mac user. Some of us take a bit longer to learn about the finer things in life :) Perhaps your tip only applies to Leopard, I am still with Tiger. Command-tab for me just brings up the dock while Command-tilde does nothing at all. The same applies to Eugene's tip, it brings up the dock. I know that Shift+Option+K = but how do I type the Command symbol? I've had a look at the Keyboard Viewer but not sure how it works. Regards Laura -- 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
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Sorry Laura, I think it was me that misunderstood what you were saying! As Alastair says, in Tiger, command-tab does indeed bring up the dock - but tab again and things are highlighted in turn Command ~ would do nothing if you only have one window open in the current application - try opening, for example, a number of browser windows and then try it. Regarding how to type ⌘ - as Ronni says I did use the character palette - just select the character and click the insert button. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 15/6/09 1:14 PM, Neil Houghton at n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi Laura, No it's not just a leopard thing. I think you may have misunderstood the command thing. You don't have to type the Command symbol just press the command key. So when I say ⌘tab or Command-tab it means to hold down the command/⌘ key while you press the tab key (or the ~/tilde key for window cycling) The command/⌘ key is the key immediately to the left of the space bar (at least on my keyboard) and is the key used for most menu shortcuts in the mac eg: ⌘C (command-C) is copy ⌘V (command-V) is paste ⌘O (command-O) is open ⌘P (command-P) is print Or are you saying that this doesn't work for you? Hope that makes sense. 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
