Re: iWork problem

2009-08-10 Thread Mervyn Giuliana Bond
On 10/08/2009, at 9:25 AM, Bill Parker wrote: I wonder if anyone has experience with PAGES in iWork? I am at the hair pulling stage Working from an empty template except for a masthead and other common details (start size about 1MB) I have a 30 page document that comes out

Re: iWork problem

2009-08-10 Thread Bill Parker
Thanks Merv, I sent another message earlier talking about a solution: I de- embedded a range of fonts using Acrobat Pro 8, some of which I had never heard of. My end size was 2.7MB. The option comes under save as - useing Optimize. Bill On 10/08/2009, at 4:40 PM, Mervyn

Shared file: exploring_pages_08_with_pages_08.pdf

2009-08-10 Thread Ronda Brown
This document can be downloaded by interested people from my Public Folder. It will be available for ten (10) days. PDF copies of this document may be distributed free to Macintosh Users. Contact me for the password to access this file. Cheers, Ronni Name:

Appleworks CSV

2009-08-10 Thread Peter Curtis
Hi all Is there a way I can save an Appleworks database file in CSV to export to either/or both Excel and Filemaker Pro? Thanks in anticipation Peter -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: Appleworks CSV

2009-08-10 Thread Ronda Brown
On 10/08/2009, at 6:35 PM, Peter Curtis wrote: Hi all Is there a way I can save an Appleworks database file in CSV to export to either/or both Excel and Filemaker Pro? Thanks in anticipation Peter Hi Peter, I haven't used AW's for years, but I seem to remember you can: Save your

Re: Appleworks CSV

2009-08-10 Thread Eugene
Hi Peter, Ronni is correct, you simply export the database as text which will produce a tab delimited text file. (No need to rename it as .csv though) Excel will import it as is. File make will happily import it but ask you first if the top row is data or the name of the fields.

Re: Lost Administrator Privileges

2009-08-10 Thread Vladimir James
On 09/08/2009, at 11:07 PM, Warwick Smith wrote: Hi WAMUGers Does anyone have a 'quick fix' for lost administrator privileges. My personal PowerBook G4 (Mac OS X 10.5) now asks me for an administrator name and password three times before I can use system preferences, and no longer

Re: Appleworks CSV

2009-08-10 Thread Peter Curtis
Hi Ronni Eugene Thank you both. I got it transferred, sorta. Enough to resolve the problem anyway. Thanks again Regards Peter On 10/08/2009, at 7:34 PM, Eugene wrote: Hi Peter, Ronni is correct, you simply export the database as text which will produce a tab delimited text file. (No

Re: Lost Administrator Privileges

2009-08-10 Thread Ronda Brown
On 09/08/2009, at 11:07 PM, Warwick Smith wrote: Hi WAMUGers Does anyone have a 'quick fix' for lost administrator privileges. My personal PowerBook G4 (Mac OS X 10.5) now asks me for an administrator name and password three times before I can use system preferences, and no longer

Macs in the USA today

2009-08-10 Thread Ken Jackson
http://dealmac.com/Used-Apple-i-Macs-at-LA-Computer-Company- from-399-30-s-h/313026.html?ref=rss_dealmac_today Have a look at the prices of 2nd hand Macs in America folks, regards, Ken -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: Macs in the USA today

2009-08-10 Thread Craig Bruce
thats pretty par for the course if you look at how much one will run on ebay here then convert currency and think about the difference in population/apple users :) -- Craig Bruce Director M 0403 040 088 P 08 9367 4691 F 08 9367 4692 E craig.br...@maxstyle.com.au W

Re: Lost Administrator Privileges

2009-08-10 Thread Mark Secker
oh yeh forgot the major step at the beginning . back up your user home drive data to an external drive first... mark.sec...@uwa.edu.au Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) Computer officer, Business School IT Services The University of Western Australia - CRICOS

Re: Lost Administrator Privileges

2009-08-10 Thread Mark Secker
first thing to do is boot from the installer CD (doesn't have to be the one for the current version just has to be an OSX boot CD compatible with your mac) after it finishes booting and gets to the start of the installer go to the menu item and select Reset Password if this stil fails to