Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #175 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Fri, 03 Nov 00 Volume 17 : Issue 175 Today's Topics: (A) converting PowerPoint files [*] PandoCalendar (68K) 5.5.5 - Customizable desktop calendar for your Mac. [*] PandoCalendar 5.5.5 - Customizable desktop calendar for your Mac. [*] PhotoAdvent 2.0 - Personalized Advent Calendar [*] Program Switcher v5.5.2J - Japanese Version [*] Space Debris v2.2 - A Crystal Quest clone for Macintosh [*] Tex-Edit Plus 4.0.3J - Japanese Version [A] Subject: desktop wont rebuild [A]: This is REALLY getting to me--- Opening image file import from a PC system Slow Find by Content Indexing The Info-Mac Network is a volunteer organization that publishes the Info-Mac Digest and operates the Info-Mac Archive, a large network of FTP sites containing gigabytes of freely distributable Macintosh software. 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Info-Mac volunteers include Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Hugh Lewis, Tom Coradeschi, Shawn Bunn, Christopher Li, Patrik Montgomery, Ed Chambers, and Chris Pepper. America Online donated the main Info-Mac machine . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V17 #175" ------------------------------ Date: 2 Nov 2000 20:56:45 -0500 From: "D. Scott Beach" To: "Info-Mac Digest" Subject: (A) converting PowerPoint files Patty and Art Werschulz ask: >Occasionally I receive PowerPoint files via e-mail (the extension is >.pps). Is there some utility that will convert these into something I >can handle with my Mac (e.g., a folder of PICT files)? Patty or Art: Sorry, there's not much other than PowerPoint that can convert PowerPoint. The newer versions from Office 98 or 2001 can save presentations as a series of jpegs. The usual extension for a "presentation" file is .ppt. I think the .pps extension is a "show" file. I don't think that makes much difference to your ability to translate them though. Sorry. - Scott Remove the "spamless" to return eMail to me. Scott Beach Toronto, Canada ------------------------------ Date: 3 Nov 2000 From: Panda Systems To: Subject: [*] PandoCalendar (68K) 5.5.5 - Customizable desktop calendar for your Mac. PandoCalendar is a useful Mac-only program places a fully functional calendar on your desktop. The look is completely customizable. You can change the calendar font and its size, and the calendar's background color; you can center the current week (so you are always able to look back and ahead a full month at a time), display the numerical number of the weeks of the year, display the calendar with European style weeks (Monday being the first day and Sunday being the last), assign notes to any day of the year by clicking on the day in the calendar, and set alarms to remind you of time sensitive events. You can also have PandoCalendar automatically plot the days you work. Great for people who don't have a Monday-Friday work schedule! Version 5.5.5 - Fixed a bug in 5.5.4 that could corrupt the PandoCalendar Notes file. Panda Systems [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/pando-calendar-555-68k.hqx; 845 K] ------------------------------ Date: 3 Nov 2000 From: Panda Systems To: Subject: [*] PandoCalendar 5.5.5 - Customizable desktop calendar for your Mac. PandoCalendar is a useful Mac-only program places a fully functional calendar on your desktop. The look is completely customizable. You can change the calendar font and its size, and the calendar's background color; you can center the current week (so you are always able to look back and ahead a full month at a time), display the numerical number of the weeks of the year, display the calendar with European style weeks (Monday being the first day and Sunday being the last), assign notes to any day of the year by clicking on the day in the calendar, and set alarms to remind you of time sensitive events. You can also have PandoCalendar automatically plot the days you work. Great for people who don't have a Monday-Friday work schedule! Version 5.5.5 - Fixed a bug in 5.5.4 that could corrupt the PandoCalendar Notes file. Panda Systems [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/pando-calendar-555.hqx; 896 K] ------------------------------ Date: 3 Nov 2000 From: PhotoAdvent@aol.com To: Subject: [*] PhotoAdvent 2.0 - Personalized Advent Calendar PhotoAdvent is an Advent Calendar for your computer. It comes with 25 built in pictures, and allows you to personalize the calendar by importing your own pictures. It's a fun Christmas activity for everyone, and ideal for families with young children. The program opens on a snow scene with 25 numbered boxes. You click on the dates in order to expand them and then click and drag your mouse to gradually reveal the pictures hidden behind the dates. Although PhotoAdvent is not a screen saver, certain entertaining things do happen when PhotoAdvent is left idle for a period of time. PhotoAdvent is Shareware from InstantWorld Software. Minimum System Requirements: System 7.0, 8 MB RAM, 68030 Processor, 640x480 Monitor (PPC or better and a monitor capable of Thousands of Colors strongly recommended.) InstantWorld Software WWW: www.photoadvent.com E-mail: support@photoadvent.com [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/photo-advent-20.hqx; 946 K] ------------------------------ Date: 3 Nov 2000 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] Program Switcher v5.5.2J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the Program Switcher package. Program Switcher is a convenient timesaving control panel that allows you to switch between the applications running on your System 7.1 or greater Macintosh via a simple two-key keystroke. It was inspired by the same function found in "Windows," but has been improved and transformed into a unique and fully configurable control panel that makes switching applications on the Macintosh as simple as pressing a couple of keys. A Mac OS X version is under development. Key features include: - The ability to switch, launch, quit, or hide any application with a simple keystroke - The ability to switch, hide, or close windows with a simple keystroke - Full support for the latest MacOS technologies, such as Appearance, Navigation Services, and Multiple Users. - Elegant, unobtrusive interface that makes the seemingly simple task of switching applications truly simple and easy to do. - A powerful suite of user configurable hot keys, including such actions as "Open File" and "Quit All Applications". Version 5.5.2J fixes a bug where the user was unable to define a keystroke for a hot key if no other hot keys were already defined. Version 5.5.1r1J fixes a problem with the display of Japanese fonts. Version 5.5.1J fixes two bugs with the hot keys feature: - Bug which allowed more than one hot key have the same keystroke - Bug were certain hot key preferences were lost [Archived as /info-mac/gui/program-switcher-552-jp.hqx; 819 K] ------------------------------ Date: 3 Nov 2000 From: Richard Bannister To: Subject: [*] Space Debris v2.2 - A Crystal Quest clone for Macintosh Space Debris is a Crystal Quest style game for Macintosh. An update was released today for the first time in over two years, bringing it to v2.2. ¥ Space Debris is now nearly five years old. The shareware fee, originally $25.00, no longer seems appropriate, and for that reason, I have cut the price to just $10.00 as of this release. Special thanks to all those who paid for Space Debris at the original price. ¥ The Control Strip is now hidden during play (PowerMacs only). ¥ Fixed a cosmetic glitch that occurred during loading on some systems. ¥ Updated the web and e-mail addresses in the program. ¥ Added a speed throttle to the monitor fade in/out so that it doesn't occur instantly on PowerMac G4s. ¥ Rewrote the preferences handling code. The format has been changed, unfortunately, so you will need to re-enter your old registration code if you are upgrading from a previous release. ¥ Corrected a bug that caused some of the enemies on later levels to jump alarmingly under certain situations. ¥ Added a display of how many games you've played to the about box. ¥ Appearance Alert dialog boxes are now movable. ¥ Probably other minor things I can't remember. The official web page is here: http://www.bannister.org/software/ Enjoy! Regards, Richard Bannisterrds, [Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/space-debris-22.hqx; 1230 K] ------------------------------ Date: 3 Nov 2000 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] Tex-Edit Plus 4.0.3J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the Tex-Edit Plus package. Tex-Edit Plus is a scriptable, styled text editor that fills the gap between Apple's bare-bones SimpleText and a full-featured word processor. It's fast, efficient, and has a clean, uncluttered interface. It's also great for cleaning up text which is transmitted over the Internet. Tex-Edit Plus features: PowerPC native (fat), extensive munging abilities, unlimited file size, Drag&Drop support, AppleScript support, Word Services support, Speech Manager support, picture handling, sound handling, movie handling, ability to create SimpleText Read-Only documents, and much more. System 7.0 or better required. NEW IN 4.0.3 -- Tex-Edit Plus 4.0.3 eliminates a bug in 4.0.2 that prevented launch on certain systems and also employs the latest version of the WASTE text engine. Moving or resizing an unedited document no longer forces you to "Save Changes" when closing the document (4.0.2). A bug noted when opening small (< 2 character) text files was fixed and a font size/ baseline height bug on 68K machines was fixed (4.0.2). VERSION 4 : Tex-Edit Plus 4.0 represents a major upgrade, including many new features--all scriptable, of course! (This version requires MacOS 7.1 or newer.) Tex-Edit Plus supports unlimited undo and redo. A new "strikethrough" text style is supported. Flexible superscripting and subscripting are supported (in one point increments). "Text hiliting" is supported, allowing hiliter-like emphasis of any text. Tex-Edit Plus can read and write UTF-16 (unicode) text. The new file format is fully backward compatible with previous versions. Each paragraph can be formatted individually. These new paragraph settings include text justification (left, center, right, full), space above, space below, left indent, right indent, first line indent (or hanging outdent), and bottom border (in one of several line styles). Each paragraph can also have its own line spacing (in one point increments) and dominant text direction (useful for right-to-left scripts). [Archived as /info-mac/text/tex-edit-plus-403-jp.hqx; 1421 K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 06:56:41 -0500 From: Maurice Mike McNeil To: tpom@eircom.ne, digest@info-mac.org Subject: [A] Subject: desktop wont rebuild --============_-1238866278==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Highly recommend you download TechTool - it makes the entire process painless MicroMat can be reached by E-Mail at: techsupport@micromat.com Visit our web page at: http://www.micromat.com -- Hay for the horses, Whiskey for my men, and a plate of flies for my pet toad! ______^______ ================*----(___\) "Sleek & Fast, a G3 Powered Machine" Maurice "Mike" McNeil (858) 495-2619/2600 FAX: 7313 CELL: 354-6565 BBN Technology Solutions mmcneil@bbn.com 9655 Granite Ridge Drive, Ste 245 San Diego, CA 92123 --============_-1238866278==_ma============ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" [A] Subject: desktop wont rebuild
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--============_-1238866278==_ma============-- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 07:19:54 -0500 From: Maurice Mike McNeil To: chazzz , digest@info-mac.org Subject: [A]: This is REALLY getting to me--- I would recommend a couple of possibilities: 1) If you haven't already, DELETE the Desktop Folder using TechTool. Rebuilding a corrupt Desktop often does not cure the problem 2) Consider getting DiskWarrior - it handles a different category of Disk related problems, rebuilding and optimizing the disk directory structure (different from the Desktop). It rebuilds them from scratch. 3) Trash the preferences files - particularly anything to do with File Exchange Preferences Finder Preferences any translation software you have installed e.g. MacLinkPlus 9.7 4) Assuming that none of this helps, you may actually have a hardware problem - either HD or logic board. -- Hay for the horses, Whiskey for my men, and a plate of flies for my pet toad! ______^______ ================*----(___\) "Sleek & Fast, a G3 Powered Machine" Maurice "Mike" McNeil (858) 495-2619/2600 FAX: 7313 CELL: 354-6565 BBN Technology Solutions mmcneil@bbn.com 9655 Granite Ridge Drive, Ste 245 San Diego, CA 92123 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 19:52:00 -0400 From: Sylvain Garneau To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Opening image file import from a PC system Hi everybody! A little problem for you. I went to download a .img file from a Hotline server, on my friend's PC.. He burned it on a CD-R, but back home I wasn't able to mount the files.He burned it with the ISO mode 1.I can open the CD and copy the files on my hard drive. But when I cliked on it, Graphic Converter tried to open it. I suppose it has something to do with creator and file types. Does somebody have a clue on how to mount these precious files? The info window shoes that the size of the files are ok. You can email me your ideas Thanks N'être satisfait que de mon insatisfaction des choses du Seigneur Smith Wiglesworth ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:06:48 -0600 From: "David V. Wiltschko" To: Subject: Slow Find by Content Indexing Folks: My G4 has recently decided that indexing the hard drive shall take 100 hours. Up until that time, I had indexing for Find By Content in Sherlock done at night and, after the first time, only took a few hours. What's gone wrong and how to fix it? I tried to trash the invisible TheFindByContent folder in Sherlock, but it won't let me. Apple's support pages say that Sherlock lacks this ability on purpose. Any clues as to how to fix this? My hard disk is really getting a workout. Dave Wiltschko Texas A&M Univ. -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************