Re: NeoOffice problems when opening files

2009-10-01 Thread JC Helary
On 2 oct. 2009, at 00:51, Israel wrote: > When I worked in windows, I was most comfortable typing and saving > files in Word Perfect. More recently I used MS Word and saved my > files as RTF to share with friends, but when switching to Mac, I moved > all my Word Perfect files to the new Mac. I w

Re: Time Machine Restore

2009-10-03 Thread JC Helary
On 3 oct. 2009, at 21:53, Chris Hofstader wrote: > So, can someone help with restoring? I am pretty sure you need to do a DVD reboot and then to select the Time Machine backup day of your choice to do a full system restore. If you just launch Time Machine and click on "restore", you'll resto

Re: Basic Web Authoring Tool for the Mac

2009-10-06 Thread JC Helary
On 7 oct. 2009, at 10:07, Simon Fogarty wrote: >> notepad 2, Notepad 2 is for Windows isn't it ? > I am looking for a web authoring tool that would be good for a > beginner or > web author with intermediate skills. Any suggestions? For Mac you can use TextWrangler. Jean-Christophe Helar

Re: How Much is My Macbook Worth?

2009-11-12 Thread JC Helary
Le 13 nov. 2009 à 10:30, Tiffany D a écrit : > I'm really considering selling my Macbook if I can't just get it fixed under > warranty. As I mentioned in the previous thread, it was bought in December of > 2007. <...> > We originally bought it for about $1,700, but that was with the Apple Ca

Re: + Buy Apple computers and pay and pay and pay (fwd)

2009-11-17 Thread JC Helary
On 18 nov. 2009, at 07:04, Karen Lewellen wrote: > I got this on another list. They cannot be serious? Can you imagine what > this would sound like, not to mention the gross intrusion on computing? > The list of possible places for these ads, is frightening. Apple fills a lot of patents app

Re: + Buy Apple computers and pay and pay and pay (fwd)

2009-11-18 Thread JC Helary
On 18 nov. 2009, at 20:12, Chris Hofstader wrote: > I suppose the only possible positive is that Apple could create two classes > of Macintosh: a full priced MacBook Pro for $1199 or one locked down with ads > for $599 giving a slightly crippled solution to people who want to save some > money

Re: no mac for blind people in Belgium

2009-12-01 Thread JC Helary
On 1 déc. 2009, at 23:37, Chris Hofstader wrote: > According to NFB numbers, there are 1.5 blind people and about 10 million low > vision in the US. With a total population of over 300 million, we are an > absolutely tiny fraction of the population. For people who rely on niche devices that i

Re: webkit

2009-12-02 Thread JC Helary
On 2 déc. 2009, at 20:01, anouk radix wrote: > Hello, I just downloaded webkit because I am getting sick of the slowness of > safari. I thought webkit was only the underlying framework of safari. Or is > it identical in functionality? Webkit looks and feels exactly like Safari except for the i

Re: webkit

2009-12-02 Thread JC Helary
On 2 déc. 2009, at 21:14, anouk radix wrote: > Hi, I personally get A LOT mre safari busy messages with webkit then i did > with safari, I couldn't tell about that. Even in the Japanese country side we have optical fiber so nothing feels busy or slow... Jean-Christophe Helary -- You receiv

Re: webkit

2009-12-02 Thread JC Helary
On 2 déc. 2009, at 22:05, anouk radix wrote: > Hello, well thats just the strang e thing. I have an uber fast internet > connection (50mbit down) and a very fast pc 3.0 ghz and 4gb ram so it SHOULD > not be slow... Safari menu > Reset Safari can help sometimes. Jean-Christophe Helary -- Yo

Re: LaTEX

2009-12-04 Thread JC Helary
On 4 déc. 2009, at 20:54, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > I'm currently learning LaTEX, and I've been looking for a Macintosh > interpreter. Can anyone help with this? Google interestingly leads me to > Latex rubber and fetish sites. It's kind of creepy. I figured I'd just stop > Googling. This shou

Re: the kitty is about to pounce

2009-08-28 Thread JC Helary
Le 29 août 2009 à 12:53, Yuma Antoine Decaux a écrit : > I have all my data files backed up on my external drive, and all i > actually need is to preserve my mail settings. Is that automatically > done when upgrading? Think of Snow Leopard as a "normal" software update. The OS retains all you

Re: why is openoffice accessible and neoofficeenot

2009-08-29 Thread JC Helary
Le 30 août 2009 à 05:53, Jonathan C. Cohn a écrit : > Chris, > > What are the requirements for emacs speak? I could not find requirement information on the emacspeak page so I suppose the package works on any Unix like machine with a fairly recent emacs installed. I say Unix because it seem

Re: Just got a Mac Mini

2009-08-29 Thread JC Helary
Le 30 août 2009 à 07:57, Rich Ring a écrit : > Second, we have SL, and we will need to install it. My thought was > that since this is a brand new machine, I might as well do a clean > upgrade. Should I just put the SL DVD in the drive press C and > eventually press command f5 and do the

Re: Open Office, inserting Current Date into a document

2009-08-29 Thread JC Helary
Le 30 août 2009 à 09:31, Dane Trethowan a écrit : > Hi! > > To be honest I'm not expecting a quick answer to this question from > the list as I'm probably the only one using Open Office with a Mac but > I thought I'd give it a go anyway . Does anyone know how you > go about inserting the curren

Re: is it possible to cut files?

2009-08-30 Thread JC Helary
Le 30 août 2009 à 20:45, a radix a écrit : > Hello, going to boot my mac later today again, is it possible to not > just copy files but cut them or script this? My understanding is that when you copy a file, OSX does not put the file in memory but only its location, so that when you paste t

Re: SL Install?

2009-08-30 Thread JC Helary
Le 30 août 2009 à 21:30, M AUSTEN a écrit : > Hi All, > I've now got my copy of SL. > Will a simple upgrade allow me to install with out erasing all my > data such as iLife and all my applications. Also all the data store > on my HD? It is always better to backup all your data and check tha

Re: going up a folder

2009-08-30 Thread JC Helary
Le 30 août 2009 à 22:27, a radix a écrit : > Hello everyone, is it possible in fidner to go back a folder like > you can do with backspace in windows? I dont have it set so that a > fodler opens in a new window. This is usually command + up arrow. Jean-Christophe Helary --~--~-~-

Re: Services gone

2009-08-30 Thread JC Helary
Le 30 août 2009 à 23:38, Krister Ekstrom a écrit : > It looks that if i go into the applications menu on my mac and go into > the "services" menu, VO informs me that no services are available, > although there should be. It looks as if the services available in the application menu depend on

Re: Question: V M Ware Fusion or Parallels Desktop

2009-08-31 Thread JC Helary
Le 31 août 2009 à 16:36, M. Taylor a écrit : > Based on anecdotal evidence, I think I'm leaning towards V M Ware > but I > realize that Parallels has been around much longer and I tend to > favor those > companies that have been on the proverbial scene longer. I'd try the free Virtual Box f

Re: Question: V M Ware Fusion or Parallels Desktop

2009-08-31 Thread JC Helary
Le 31 août 2009 à 17:37, hank smith a écrit : > > how do you use that with vo? > I couldn't get it to work last I tried that Apologies. It was just a virtual machine suggestion. I did not intend to say it worked with VO. In fact I am pretty sure you'll only be able to use VO to access the V

Re: text-files and openoffice?

2009-08-31 Thread JC Helary
Le 31 août 2009 à 22:07, a radix a écrit : > Hello, I opened a text-file in openoffice and while it did open and > i think it showed righton the screen i got no brialle and it just > said soemthinglike sheet, as if it was a table. It sounds like your document was open as a spreadsheet. > I

Re: (extedit) how to select text, start a new page

2009-09-02 Thread JC Helary
Le 2 sept. 2009 à 17:20, anouk radix a écrit : > Hello, can I just select text with cmd-shift down arrow and then i > can copy it? Yes. Copy is Cmd+c > I guess I will have to be careful to have my cursor at the beginning > of a line? Beginning of line is ctrl+a, end of line is Ctrl+e. >

Re: (extedit) how to select text, start a new page

2009-09-03 Thread JC Helary
"Start a new page" can be done by using the "Edit" menu, "Insert" item, "Page break" item. Jean-Christophe Helary --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, se

Re: Webkit

2009-09-07 Thread JC Helary
On 7 sept. 2009, at 22:50, Mike Arrigo wrote: > I believe it is. When you launch webkit, it actually uses the safari > browser, but I think it is using the webkit engine you have installed > to process the html. That is correct. The application's name is Webkit but it looks and feels exactly

Re: VLC does not work on Snow Leopard at the moment

2009-09-12 Thread JC Helary
It works fine here. But I am still on a 32 bits machine (first generation Core Duo MacBook). On 12 sept. 2009, at 23:11, James & Nash wrote: > > Hi folks, > > From what i've been reading http://www.jbkempf.com/blog/ VLC does not > currently seem to work on Snow Leopard. Just thought I'd pass t

Re: Query about 10.6.1 update

2009-09-13 Thread JC Helary
On 13 sept. 2009, at 20:44, James & Nash wrote: > > Hi folks, > > From what I've read the update is 75MB but the update I just > downloaded from > software update is only about 10MB. Does anyone know why? I will go > to the > Apple website and get the 75MB update but I was just curious to kn

Re: Query about 10.6.1 update

2009-09-13 Thread JC Helary
On 13 sept. 2009, at 22:10, James & Nash wrote: > > Thanks Anne, > > Did the update upgrade your Flash version? That's one thing it says it does: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3810 "Includes an update to Adobe Flash Player plug-in version 10.0.32.18" Jean-Christophe Helary --~--~-

Re: Query about 10.6.1 update

2009-09-13 Thread JC Helary
Anne, According to: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3810 and http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ The Flash plugin that comes with 10.6.1 is the latest version available on Mac. On 13 sept. 2009, at 22:25, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello James, > > No, it didn't update the Flash player p