Re: Label & addresses app.

2009-11-19 Thread Mervyn & Giuliana Bond
For dinosaurs like me who still fiddle with AppleWorks I use the Data Base 1 In Layout mode for Labels select how many labels across you need and then create one label to the dimensions required and put in the text. 2 Switch to Browse. 3 In Browse mode you see one label. In the Edit Men

What WERE they thinking of?

2009-11-19 Thread Neil Houghton
Forgive the slightly off-topic (but lots of mac users DO google) - I found it funny and interesting: Google plays with the power of suggestion <http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/google-plays-with-the-power-of-su ggestion-20091119-iow4.html> Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton

Re: Label & addresses app.

2009-11-19 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Bill, I would have thought the easiest way to do multiple copies of the same address would be just to use the word template for the specific label sheet, eg: for the 30 label sheet Just copy the address and paste from label to label and then pri

Re: Firefox Bookmarks

2009-11-19 Thread Frank Biundo
Thanks Gav Using FF 3.5 and your suggestion did the trick. Thanks to all who replied. Frank On 20/11/09 11:06 AM, "Gavin Criddle" wrote: > > Hi Frank, > > Depending on what version of Firefox you're using, they can be stored in a few > locations: > > FF 3.0 and below should be user profi

RE: Firefox Bookmarks

2009-11-19 Thread Paul Burke
A bit more info on this... Here is a good doc on exporting/importing bookmarks http://mozilla.gunnars.net/firefox_bookmarks_tutorial.html Also a 'cant live without' firefox addon to sync your bookmarks with any pc on any browser (well the main 4 anyway) http://www.xmarks.com/ -Original M

Re: Label & addresses app.

2009-11-19 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Bill, I don't know of a way to use the "Mailing Labels" function for multiple copies of the same "return" address. Another way you could have done this project is using the Envelopes function Print. NOTE:If you want to print envelopes, first make sure your printer is configured to print th

Re: Firefox Bookmarks

2009-11-19 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Frank, Depending on what version of Firefox you're using, they can be stored in a few locations: FF 3.0 and below should be user profile > Library > Application Support > Firefox > Profiles > Profile Name > bookmarks.html FF 3.5 - the file should be in the same location but it will be cal

Re: Firefox Bookmarks

2009-11-19 Thread Daniel Kerr
On 20/11/09 10:52 AM, "Frank Biundo" wrote: > > Hello All > > Can anyone please tell me how I can import the Firefox Bookmarks from one > Macbook Pro to another Macbook Pro. > > I used Migration assistant to transfer everything across but the bookmarks > did not work. > > The original machin

Firefox Bookmarks

2009-11-19 Thread Frank Biundo
Hello All Can anyone please tell me how I can import the Firefox Bookmarks from one Macbook Pro to another Macbook Pro. I used Migration assistant to transfer everything across but the bookmarks did not work. The original machine is running Leopard and the new one is on Snow leopard. Safari syn

Re: Word to Pages transfer

2009-11-19 Thread John Daniels
Thanks to Stuart, Peter and Neil Now, with all the alternate ways to do the job I have no problem. Cheers John On 20/11/2009, at 8:38 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 19/11/2009, at 5:48 PM, John Daniels wrote: Hi all What is the best way to transfer all documents from Word to Pages (my Wo

Re: Label & addresses app.

2009-11-19 Thread Bill Cole
Hi all, ( Ronda ) it worked like a dream, all my selected multi addresses folders printed out great, Except that yesterday evening I spent all evening trying to print my " return" address , I could only get it to print 1 (one) Avery L7651 on the sheet of labels,

Re: Word to Pages transfer

2009-11-19 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 19/11/2009, at 5:48 PM, John Daniels wrote: > > Hi all > What is the best way to transfer all documents from Word to Pages (my Word is > old and flaky) > Cheers > John > > In addition to the suggestions offered by Neil and Stuart, you ccna also go the the more "brute force" option: sel

Re: mail

2009-11-19 Thread Ronda Brown
On 19/11/2009, at 3:26 PM, Martin Sulkowski wrote: > > I use mail 4.2 on Mac.os10.2 Intel i-mac 2GHz > Since the upgrade to snowleopard all e-mails are not send coming up with an > errormessage saying > > When i doubleclick the message in the outbox and click SEND it is working > ...any

Mac Convert!

2009-11-19 Thread Robert Miller-Eves
Jim Cockrum -one of the the best known e Bay experts around has recently become a Mac convert Have a look at his blog -it'll make you smile! http://www.jimcockrum.com/blog/2009/11/18/you-cant-afford-not-to-buy-a-mac-as-your-next-computer/#comment-156281 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mail

8 Gig iPod Nano experience

2009-11-19 Thread Paul Weaver
In case you haven't noticed there's a shove going on with 8 Gig iPod Nanos at the moment. Apple.au still list them for $199, but Harvey Norman has been pushing them out the door for $168. Kmart have been $169 for the past week. We checked JBs Myaree yesterday but they'd thrown in the towel an

Re: Word to Pages transfer

2009-11-19 Thread Stuart Breden
Better still. Drag the MS Word document onto the Pages icon in the dock. Hey presto!. The Word document usually open formatting intact in Pages. Some times the formatting is better as I experienced today. Some times the formatting has to be redone a little. Some times Pages will not

Re: numbers

2009-11-19 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
Sent from my iPhone On 19/11/2009, at 10:14 AM, Rob Phillips wrote: Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 19/11/2009, at 8:50 AM, Martin Sulkowski wrote: Excel doesn't support tables at all, and the "page" concept in Excel is very basic. This is one of Numbers' main strengths. But a table

Re: Word to Pages transfer

2009-11-19 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi John, The usual way would be just to open the .doc word file in pages and then save as in the native pages format. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 19/11/09 5:48 PM, John Daniels at jdani...@westnet.com.au wrot

Re: Label & addresses app.

2009-11-19 Thread Bill Cole
Thanks for that David, but I have settled on Ronda's reply, ie using Address Book ( I've got the labels---just didn't know how to utilise them !! ) Cheers Bill On 19/11/2009, at 5:38 PM, David Noel wrote: > > Bill, you've had many useful replies to your query -- just to say if > you don't re

Word to Pages transfer

2009-11-19 Thread John Daniels
Hi all What is the best way to transfer all documents from Word to Pages (my Word is old and flaky) Cheers John -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines - U

Re: Label & addresses app.

2009-11-19 Thread David Noel
Bill, you've had many useful replies to your query -- just to say if you don't really have a lot of labels, it may be easiest to get some full A4 label forms and cut up the different addresses produced by the suggested methods with scissors -- or even print on plain paper and use glue to stick the

Re: Label & addresses app.

2009-11-19 Thread David Moyle
Afternoon all, I'd just like to add a note. OpenOffice now has a native Mac application which I'm lead to believe is better than NeoOffice is. Could be an alternative option. Big vote on mail merges, can be a massive time saving bonus. May take a little time to setup but if the job is bi

Re: Label & addresses app.

2009-11-19 Thread Bill Cole
Hi all, Thanks to Rob,Neil, Eugene, & Ronda for all your useful replies, they are all tucked away in my " Problem Solving file " that I keep, the one that I will be using is what Ronda suggested " Address Book v 5.0.1, " I've have used address book for years and never knew you c

LED projectors

2009-11-19 Thread Severin Crisp
We, meaning the Albany Summer School, are looking to purchase a third digital projector. We already have a Sony and an Epson. We are looking at the LED types and wonder if anyone has any experience or advice to offer, they look attractive at first reading. The use is for small classr