Re: comment :-)

[McCallum Malcolm]

Thanks for that info Mart, very interesting.Mac
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On 26/07/2011, at 8:21 PM, Martin Hill wrote:

>>> On 25/07/2011, at 10:25 AM, McCallum Malcolm wrote:
 In our early wamug meetings there was a rather LARGE GENTLEMAN( and I use 
 both terms advisedly) who was I think professor of English at UWA .He must 
 now be using much faster computers in the sky but he was always very 
 interesting to listen to. Does anyone remember his name?
> 
> 
> That would be Michael Scriven and to my knowledge he is still alive and 
> kicking working at a university near Los Angeles.  :-)
> 
> He used to spend 6 months lecturing at UWA and 6 months at UC Berkley every 
> year and would bring back the latest Mac news and gossip straight from the 
> famous Berkley Mac Users Group (BMUG) and Silicon Valley.  In the days before 
> the web (and wide email usage) he was a font of info for all of us early Mac 
> users and if I recall correctly one of the instigators of UWA getting some of 
> the first Mac 128Ks in 1984.  
> 
> I was vice president of the University Macintosh User Club at UWA, a 
> short-lived student guild affiliate of WAMUG at the time and early WAMUG 
> committee member so his titbits were very much appreciated for our WAMUG and 
> UMUC newsletters over quarter of a century ago (gasp!)
> 
> Ah memories.
> 
> -Mart
> 
> 
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[Martin Hill]

>> On 25/07/2011, at 10:25 AM, McCallum Malcolm wrote:
>>> In our early wamug meetings there was a rather LARGE GENTLEMAN( and I use 
>>> both terms advisedly) who was I think professor of English at UWA .He must 
>>> now be using much faster computers in the sky but he was always very 
>>> interesting to listen to. Does anyone remember his name?


That would be Michael Scriven and to my knowledge he is still alive and kicking 
working at a university near Los Angeles.  :-)

He used to spend 6 months lecturing at UWA and 6 months at UC Berkley every 
year and would bring back the latest Mac news and gossip straight from the 
famous Berkley Mac Users Group (BMUG) and Silicon Valley.  In the days before 
the web (and wide email usage) he was a font of info for all of us early Mac 
users and if I recall correctly one of the instigators of UWA getting some of 
the first Mac 128Ks in 1984.  

I was vice president of the University Macintosh User Club at UWA, a 
short-lived student guild affiliate of WAMUG at the time and early WAMUG 
committee member so his titbits were very much appreciated for our WAMUG and 
UMUC newsletters over quarter of a century ago (gasp!)

Ah memories.

-Mart


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[McCallum Malcolm]

Get a Mac :-)

Mac
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On 26/07/2011, at 7:27 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:

> 
> On 25/07/2011, at 10:25 AM, McCallum Malcolm wrote:
> 
>> 
>> We are an educated lot at wamug :-) I believe the windoze lot will be put 
>> off or need to bring their dictionaries with them when they come to meetings 
>> or our email listings ! (hubris, Götterdämmerung,juggernaut.
>> 
>> In our early wamug meetings there was a rather LARGE GENTLEMAN( and I use 
>> both terms advisedly) who was I think professor of English at UWA .He must 
>> now be using much faster computers in the sky but he was always very 
>> interesting to listen to. Does anyone remember his name?
>> 
>> Mac
>> Malcolm McCallum
>> 
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>> 
> 
> 
> The nice thing about being Mac users is that we don't need to bring our 
> dictionaries to meetings - they're built in to our computers   :-)
> 
> 
> hubris |ˈ(h)yoōbris|
> noun
> excessive pride or self-confidence.
> • (in Greek tragedy) excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading 
> to nemesis.
> DERIVATIVES
> hubristic |(h)yoōˈbristik| adjective
> ORIGIN Greek.
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On 25/07/2011, at 10:25 AM, McCallum Malcolm wrote:

> 
> We are an educated lot at wamug :-) I believe the windoze lot will be put off 
> or need to bring their dictionaries with them when they come to meetings or 
> our email listings ! (hubris, Götterdämmerung,juggernaut.
> 
> In our early wamug meetings there was a rather LARGE GENTLEMAN( and I use 
> both terms advisedly) who was I think professor of English at UWA .He must 
> now be using much faster computers in the sky but he was always very 
> interesting to listen to. Does anyone remember his name?
> 
> Mac
> Malcolm McCallum
> 
> doc...@westnet.com.au
> Skype docmactor
> 


The nice thing about being Mac users is that we don't need to bring our 
dictionaries to meetings - they're built in to our computers   :-)


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We are an educated lot at wamug :-) I believe the windoze lot will be put off 
or need to bring their dictionaries with them when they come to meetings or our 
email listings ! (hubris, Götterdämmerung,juggernaut.

In our early wamug meetings there was a rather LARGE GENTLEMAN( and I use both 
terms advisedly) who was I think professor of English at UWA .He must now be 
using much faster computers in the sky but he was always very interesting to 
listen to. Does anyone remember his name?

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Re: Ian's First WebSite Post - Comment re Office 2008

[Neil Houghton]

Dunno Peter,

All part of MS's great masterplan moving forward ;)

Yes lots of us find them very useful and there has been much complaining
about the decision.

If you are interested, Google will point to many forum discussions on this.


Cheers


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on 28/2/08 11:35 AM, Peter Bull at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Why have Microsoft "killed off" macros in Excel - they are a very
> useful function?
> 
> 
> On 27/02/2008, at 6:53 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:
> 
>> Well, for my part, I've had used Excel for more than 10 years now and
>> I'm
>> familiar & happy with it (except for them killing off macros).
>> 
>> Also it is easy to say it reads/saves back to xls - so does apples
>> Numbers -
>> however if I open one of my xls files in numbers, work on it and save
>> back
>> to .xls then open it in excel it will look very different to the
>> original!!
>> 
>> Also, does open office support all the excel macros/functions and how
>> does
>> it handle the different versions of Excel.
>> 
>> I'm not saying that it WON'T do what I want - I just can't afford the
>> time
>> to find out!!
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> 
>> Neil
>> -- 
>> Neil R. Houghton
>> Albany, Western Australia
>> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
>> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 
>> 
>> on 27/2/08 6:32 PM, James / Hans Kunz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> 
>>> it's strange ..all talk about micro$oft office..why not using
>>> open office (with X11) or neooffice for mac
>>> it works, reads & saves back to xls/doc/ppt/pps/& many more, it only
>>> costs us much as you donate.
>>> 
>>> http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php
>>> 
>>> cheers   James
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 27/02/2008, at 10:05, Neil Houghton wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Looks good,
>>>> 
>>>> I just left a comment - then, cos I'm not sure how many members
>>>> would go
>>>> check them out, I thought I'd post it! ..
>>>> 
>>>> Re:
>>>>> The next demo was on Microsoft Office 2008 which retails at A$229
>>>>> for the
>>>>> student and home editions.
>>>>> There is not a lot to shout about in this version as Entourage is
>>>>> very similar
>>>>> to that in 2004. The most changes appear to be in Word although
>>>>> apart from the
>>>>> new Publisher function, they also seem to be fairly cosmetic.
>>>>> Files are now
>>>>> compatible with docx in Office 2007 for Windows.
>>>>> Excel has a new method of creating and handling sheets and as with
>>>>> the other
>>>>> modules, employs Smart Art graphics. (try saying that quickly)
>>>>> Word and Excel
>>>>> now have a photo button which interacts with both iPhoto and
>>>>> Filemaker. There
>>>>> is little change in Power Point.
>>>> 
>>>> One thing to shout about (and not in a good way!) is that in the
>>>> new version
>>>> of Excel they have done away with macros.
>>>> 
>>>> I have several spreadsheets where I use macros - so if I were to
>>>> update
>>>> these macros would stop working.
>>>> 
>>>> I have a LOT of time invested in various Excel spreadsheets that I
>>>> use
>>>> constantly - so I cannot contemplate either updating Excel or
>>>> changing to
>>>> Numbers (it doesn't handle Excel macros either).
>>>> 
>>>> The problem for me goes deeper than that - MS don't support Office/
>>>> Excel
>>>> 2004 for Leopard - so even though my new iMac came with a Leopard
>>>> upgrade
>>>> disc, I'm still running Tiger - at the moment I'm up to my eyeballs
>>>> in
>>>> accounts spreadsheets and I can't afford to find out the hard way any
>>>> incompatabilities between Excel 2004 & Leopard.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Bit of a bummer really :(
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Neil
>>>> -- 
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>>>> Albany, Western Australia
>>>> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
>&g

Re: Comment re Office 2008

[John & Julie Thompson]

Hi Stephen,
	I would suggest, if you are using only Word and Excel and not  
relying heavily on macros, then iWork would be the better choice.   
Pages and Numbers files can be directly exported as Word or Excel  
files and you would not be cluttering your system with excessive  
Microsoft garbage that is built into their software.


Regards

John Thompson
On 27/02/2008, at 19:06, Stephen Chape wrote:

I use Office 2004 but only for home use (just Excel & Word really)
I have wondered if I should invest in Office  2008 home edition ...  
about $220

Or if I should buy iWork instead ... about $100
I would value WAMUG comments on this !!

On 27/02/2008, at 11:57 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote:


Hi Neil

Office 2004 runs under Leopard no problems at all. I run it on a  
current

iMac and MacBookPro with no issues.
And yes, you are right Excel as part of Office 2008 does away with  
Macros.
However, when you install Office 2008 you can choose not to delete  
Office
2004, so this leaves you with both. Not really a solution, but at  
least a
bit of a work around. Then you can run things with Macros into  
Excel 2004
and everything else into Excel/Office 2008. That way you don't lose  
it.
A bit of a shame they did that, but that's what I've set up for  
clients that

need both. Seems to be the only way to do it at the moment.

Hope that helps a little.

Kind Regards
Daniel


On 27/2/08 10:05 AM, "Neil Houghton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Looks good,

I just left a comment - then, cos I'm not sure how many members  
would go

check them out, I thought I'd post it! ..

Re:
The next demo was on Microsoft Office 2008 which retails at A$229  
for the


One thing to shout about (and not in a good way!) is that in the  
new version

of Excel they have done away with macros.

I have several spreadsheets where I use macros - so if I were to  
update

these macros would stop working.

I have a LOT of time invested in various Excel spreadsheets that I  
use
constantly - so I cannot contemplate either updating Excel or  
changing to

Numbers (it doesn't handle Excel macros either).

The problem for me goes deeper than that - MS don't support Office/ 
Excel
2004 for Leopard - so even though my new iMac came with a Leopard  
upgrade
disc, I'm still running Tiger - at the moment I'm up to my  
eyeballs in

accounts spreadsheets and I can't afford to find out the hard way any
incompatabilities between Excel 2004 & Leopard.


Bit of a bummer really :(


Cheers




Neil


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Re: Ian's First WebSite Post - Comment re Office 2008

[Neil Houghton]

Well, for my part, I've had used Excel for more than 10 years now and I'm
familiar & happy with it (except for them killing off macros).

Also it is easy to say it reads/saves back to xls - so does apples Numbers -
however if I open one of my xls files in numbers, work on it and save back
to .xls then open it in excel it will look very different to the original!!

Also, does open office support all the excel macros/functions and how does
it handle the different versions of Excel.

I'm not saying that it WON'T do what I want - I just can't afford the time
to find out!!

Cheers


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on 27/2/08 6:32 PM, James / Hans Kunz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> it's strange ..all talk about micro$oft office..why not using
> open office (with X11) or neooffice for mac
> it works, reads & saves back to xls/doc/ppt/pps/& many more, it only
> costs us much as you donate.
> 
> http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php
> 
> cheers   James
> 
> 
> On 27/02/2008, at 10:05, Neil Houghton wrote:
> 
>> Looks good,
>> 
>> I just left a comment - then, cos I'm not sure how many members
>> would go
>> check them out, I thought I'd post it! ..
>> 
>> Re:
>>> The next demo was on Microsoft Office 2008 which retails at A$229
>>> for the
>>> student and home editions.
>>> There is not a lot to shout about in this version as Entourage is
>>> very similar
>>> to that in 2004. The most changes appear to be in Word although
>>> apart from the
>>> new Publisher function, they also seem to be fairly cosmetic.
>>> Files are now
>>> compatible with docx in Office 2007 for Windows.
>>> Excel has a new method of creating and handling sheets and as with
>>> the other
>>> modules, employs Smart Art graphics. (try saying that quickly)
>>> Word and Excel
>>> now have a photo button which interacts with both iPhoto and
>>> Filemaker. There
>>> is little change in Power Point.
>> 
>> One thing to shout about (and not in a good way!) is that in the
>> new version
>> of Excel they have done away with macros.
>> 
>> I have several spreadsheets where I use macros - so if I were to
>> update
>> these macros would stop working.
>> 
>> I have a LOT of time invested in various Excel spreadsheets that I use
>> constantly - so I cannot contemplate either updating Excel or
>> changing to
>> Numbers (it doesn't handle Excel macros either).
>> 
>> The problem for me goes deeper than that - MS don't support Office/
>> Excel
>> 2004 for Leopard - so even though my new iMac came with a Leopard
>> upgrade
>> disc, I'm still running Tiger - at the moment I'm up to my eyeballs in
>> accounts spreadsheets and I can't afford to find out the hard way any
>> incompatabilities between Excel 2004 & Leopard.
>> 
>> 
>> Bit of a bummer really :(
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Neil
>> -- 
>> Neil R. Houghton
>> Albany, Western Australia
>> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
>> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 
>> on 26/2/08 11:05 PM, Matthew Healey at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Everyone,
>>> 
>>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/2008/02/26/monthly-meeting-0208/>
>>> 
>>> Here is Ian's write-up of the Feb meeting. All formatted and pretty
>>> with links and all. Have a read and leave a comment :-)
>>> 
>>> - Matt
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Re: Comment re Office 2008

[Stephen Chape]

I use Office 2004 but only for home use (just Excel & Word really)
I have wondered if I should invest in Office  2008 home edition ...  
about $220

Or if I should buy iWork instead ... about $100
I would value WAMUG comments on this !!

On 27/02/2008, at 11:57 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote:


Hi Neil

Office 2004 runs under Leopard no problems at all. I run it on a  
current

iMac and MacBookPro with no issues.
And yes, you are right Excel as part of Office 2008 does away with  
Macros.
However, when you install Office 2008 you can choose not to delete  
Office
2004, so this leaves you with both. Not really a solution, but at  
least a
bit of a work around. Then you can run things with Macros into Excel  
2004
and everything else into Excel/Office 2008. That way you don't lose  
it.
A bit of a shame they did that, but that's what I've set up for  
clients that

need both. Seems to be the only way to do it at the moment.

Hope that helps a little.

Kind Regards
Daniel


On 27/2/08 10:05 AM, "Neil Houghton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Looks good,

I just left a comment - then, cos I'm not sure how many members  
would go

check them out, I thought I'd post it! ..

Re:
The next demo was on Microsoft Office 2008 which retails at A$229  
for the


One thing to shout about (and not in a good way!) is that in the  
new version

of Excel they have done away with macros.

I have several spreadsheets where I use macros - so if I were to  
update

these macros would stop working.

I have a LOT of time invested in various Excel spreadsheets that I  
use
constantly - so I cannot contemplate either updating Excel or  
changing to

Numbers (it doesn't handle Excel macros either).

The problem for me goes deeper than that - MS don't support Office/ 
Excel
2004 for Leopard - so even though my new iMac came with a Leopard  
upgrade
disc, I'm still running Tiger - at the moment I'm up to my eyeballs  
in

accounts spreadsheets and I can't afford to find out the hard way any
incompatabilities between Excel 2004 & Leopard.


Bit of a bummer really :(


Cheers




Neil


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Re: Ian's First WebSite Post - Comment re Office 2008

[James / Hans Kunz]

it's strange ..all talk about micro$oft office..why not using  
open office (with X11) or neooffice for mac
it works, reads & saves back to xls/doc/ppt/pps/& many more, it only  
costs us much as you donate.


http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php

cheers   James


On 27/02/2008, at 10:05, Neil Houghton wrote:


Looks good,

I just left a comment - then, cos I'm not sure how many members  
would go

check them out, I thought I'd post it! ..

Re:
The next demo was on Microsoft Office 2008 which retails at A$229  
for the

student and home editions.
There is not a lot to shout about in this version as Entourage is  
very similar
to that in 2004. The most changes appear to be in Word although  
apart from the
new Publisher function, they also seem to be fairly cosmetic.  
Files are now

compatible with docx in Office 2007 for Windows.
Excel has a new method of creating and handling sheets and as with  
the other
modules, employs Smart Art graphics. (try saying that quickly)  
Word and Excel
now have a photo button which interacts with both iPhoto and  
Filemaker. There

is little change in Power Point.


One thing to shout about (and not in a good way!) is that in the  
new version

of Excel they have done away with macros.

I have several spreadsheets where I use macros - so if I were to  
update

these macros would stop working.

I have a LOT of time invested in various Excel spreadsheets that I use
constantly - so I cannot contemplate either updating Excel or  
changing to

Numbers (it doesn't handle Excel macros either).

The problem for me goes deeper than that - MS don't support Office/ 
Excel
2004 for Leopard - so even though my new iMac came with a Leopard  
upgrade

disc, I'm still running Tiger - at the moment I'm up to my eyeballs in
accounts spreadsheets and I can't afford to find out the hard way any
incompatabilities between Excel 2004 & Leopard.


Bit of a bummer really :(


Cheers




Neil
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Albany, Western Australia
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on 26/2/08 11:05 PM, Matthew Healey at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Hi Everyone,

<http://www.wamug.org.au/2008/02/26/monthly-meeting-0208/>

Here is Ian's write-up of the Feb meeting. All formatted and pretty
with links and all. Have a read and leave a comment :-)

- Matt

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Re: Comment re Office 2008

[Daniel Kerr]

Hi Neil

Office 2004 runs under Leopard no problems at all. I run it on a current
iMac and MacBookPro with no issues.
And yes, you are right Excel as part of Office 2008 does away with Macros.
However, when you install Office 2008 you can choose not to delete Office
2004, so this leaves you with both. Not really a solution, but at least a
bit of a work around. Then you can run things with Macros into Excel 2004
and everything else into Excel/Office 2008. That way you don't lose it.
A bit of a shame they did that, but that's what I've set up for clients that
need both. Seems to be the only way to do it at the moment.

Hope that helps a little.

Kind Regards
Daniel


On 27/2/08 10:05 AM, "Neil Houghton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Looks good,
> 
> I just left a comment - then, cos I'm not sure how many members would go
> check them out, I thought I'd post it! ..
> 
> Re:
>> The next demo was on Microsoft Office 2008 which retails at A$229 for the

> One thing to shout about (and not in a good way!) is that in the new version
> of Excel they have done away with macros.
> 
> I have several spreadsheets where I use macros - so if I were to update
> these macros would stop working.
> 
> I have a LOT of time invested in various Excel spreadsheets that I use
> constantly - so I cannot contemplate either updating Excel or changing to
> Numbers (it doesn't handle Excel macros either).
> 
> The problem for me goes deeper than that - MS don't support Office/Excel
> 2004 for Leopard - so even though my new iMac came with a Leopard upgrade
> disc, I'm still running Tiger - at the moment I'm up to my eyeballs in
> accounts spreadsheets and I can't afford to find out the hard way any
> incompatabilities between Excel 2004 & Leopard.
> 
> 
> Bit of a bummer really :(
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Neil

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Re: Ian's First WebSite Post - Comment re Office 2008

[Neil Houghton]

Looks good,

I just left a comment - then, cos I'm not sure how many members would go
check them out, I thought I'd post it! ..

Re:
> The next demo was on Microsoft Office 2008 which retails at A$229 for the
> student and home editions.
> There is not a lot to shout about in this version as Entourage is very similar
> to that in 2004. The most changes appear to be in Word although apart from the
> new Publisher function, they also seem to be fairly cosmetic. Files are now
> compatible with docx in Office 2007 for Windows.
> Excel has a new method of creating and handling sheets and as with the other
> modules, employs Smart Art graphics. (try saying that quickly) Word and Excel
> now have a photo button which interacts with both iPhoto and Filemaker. There
> is little change in Power Point.

One thing to shout about (and not in a good way!) is that in the new version
of Excel they have done away with macros.

I have several spreadsheets where I use macros - so if I were to update
these macros would stop working.

I have a LOT of time invested in various Excel spreadsheets that I use
constantly - so I cannot contemplate either updating Excel or changing to
Numbers (it doesn't handle Excel macros either).

The problem for me goes deeper than that - MS don't support Office/Excel
2004 for Leopard - so even though my new iMac came with a Leopard upgrade
disc, I'm still running Tiger - at the moment I'm up to my eyeballs in
accounts spreadsheets and I can't afford to find out the hard way any
incompatabilities between Excel 2004 & Leopard.


Bit of a bummer really :(


Cheers




Neil
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on 26/2/08 11:05 PM, Matthew Healey at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> <http://www.wamug.org.au/2008/02/26/monthly-meeting-0208/>
> 
> Here is Ian's write-up of the Feb meeting. All formatted and pretty
> with links and all. Have a read and leave a comment :-)
> 
> - Matt
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