Part III: Application Secrets Chapter 16: Multitasking, Multi-Platforms How the Mac Multitasks MultiFinder Hazards of Multitasking Multitasking in System 7 Memory management Not knowing which program is open Multitasking Secrets Publish and Subscribe Why hasn’t it caught on? The basics of Publish and Subscribe Publish and Subscribe step-by-step Editing the subscriber Controlling when editions are updated Subscriber options Publish and Subscribe Secrets Types, Creators, and Double-clicking Creator codes Type codes Why you want to change type and creator codes Changing type and creator codes Type and Creator code Secrets Which Copy Will Launch? Which copy on your system Which version of the program Multitasking Pro: OpenDoc Mac to PC and Back PC disks PC documents PC programs and CD-ROMs PC-to-Mac Secrets Chapter 17: Word Processing A Few Words about Word Processing Universal Word Processing Secrets Microsoft Word Customizing menus Adding keyboard shortcuts Customizing Word 6 Toolbars Styles and style sheets AutoCorrect, AutoText, and the Glossary Templates and Settings files Microsoft Word Secrets Word 5.1 (or earlier) Secrets WordPerfect WordPerfect Secrets Nisus, WriteNow, MacWrite Pro ClarisWorks ClarisWorks Word Processor Secrets SimpleText — and TeachText, too SimpleText Secrets Chapter 18: Page Design Page-Layout Principles Two font families, three at most Page grid In defense of the ragged-right margin Break up the text Use rules Reverse type Widows and orphans Indents How to start a paragraph Watch those line lengths Keep your eyes open PageMaker PageMaker Secrets QuarkXPress Measurements palette Document palette QuarkXPress Secrets Chapter 19: Number and Data Crunching Spreadsheet Basics Excel Secrets Quicken Quicken Secrets FileMaker and ClarisWorks FileMaker/ClarisWorks Secrets Chapter 20: Graphics and 3-D Types of Macintosh Graphics Programs Painting Painting pointers Editing high-resolution bitmaps ClarisWorks ClarisWorks paint Secrets Adobe Photoshop (and Color It) Photoshop Secrets Drawing Drawing program advantages Selecting and grouping multiple objects Universal drawing-program Secrets PostScript Drawing Programs Paths and wireframes Faster, more reliable printing Universal PostScript drawing Secrets FreeHand Secrets Illustrator Secrets File Formats PICT files TIFF files JPEG EPS files GIF files SCRN (Startup screens) 3-D Graphics QuickDraw 3-D Chapter 21: The ResEdit Chapter What is ResEdit? How To Use ResEdit The Peril Factor A primer in customizing menus Adding a keyboard equivalent in Finder 7 Customizing dialog boxes Editing individual dialog-box elements ResEdit Secrets Top Ten ResEdit Pranks Chapter 22: Public Utilities Hard-Disk Repair and Recovery Software Disk Utility Secrets Virus Protection Where viruses live Software protection QuicKeys and Tempo II Intro to QuicKeys Batch processing QuicKeys Secrets Tempo II Tempo II Secrets AppleScript Scripting and recording Apple Events What to do with Apple Events What it’s good for now Screen Savers and Screen Grabbers Screen savers Screen grabbers Screen saver/grabber Secrets Compression Software Kinds of compression programs Segmenting files Now Utilities Now Utilities Secrets Font, Icon, Desktop, and Other Utilities Desktop pattern editors Extension managers Extension manager Secrets A few utilities you already own Chapter 23: Speech, Movies, and Sound A Mac Digitized-Sound Primer How to record sounds Microphone Secrets What to do with sounds Sound Secrets Music with MIDI Sequencing What you need MIDI Secrets QuickTime Movies How to record your own movies How to play back and edit movies What good is it? QuickTime Secrets QuickTime VR Mac Meets TV Bringing TV to your Mac Bringing your Mac to TV Speech I: The Mac Talks Speech II: The Mac Listens The importance of Speech What you can say to the Mac Speech Secrets Part IV: Attachments Chapter 24: Inside Fonts The Evolution of Mac Fonts Font format #1: bitmapped fonts Font format #2: PostScript fonts ATM ATM Secrets Font format #3: TrueType Font format #4: GX fonts Working with multiple font formats Which font version is that? Hinting Where Do They All Belong? Where to put fonts in System 6 Where to put fonts in System 7.0 and 7.0.1 Where to put fonts in System 7.1 and later System 7 Font Secrets Why Text Prints with Jaggies For any printer For StyleWriter-type (QuickDraw) printers only Style Variations Style variations for bitmapped fonts Style variations for PostScript fonts How to apply bold and italic Other styles — and Multiple Masters Other derived styles The Non-Typographer’s Guide to Type Proportional fonts Spaces between sentences Don’t use underline style Use tabs, not spaces Em dashes En dashes Special spaces Leading Tracking Kerning Ligatures Hyphenation Fractions Ellipses Curly quotes When to use dumb quotes The Option-key character set Option-key Secrets Where to get fonts Font Futures Common Font Problems Font-menu problems Option-key character glitches The classic “damaged” suitcase problem Chapter 25: Macintosh Printing Secrets How Printing Works Dot-matrix printers Inkjet printers Laser printers Tales of DPI General printing Secrets QuickDraw Printing QuickDraw versus PostScript The ImageWriter series The StyleWriter series StyleWriter Secrets The Truth about PostScript PostScript fundamentals PostScript printing PostScript fonts PostScript Page Setup PostScript printing Secrets PostScript — the Language LaserWriter 8: a New Level What you get with LaserWriter 8 A tour of the Level 2 PostScript driver LaserWriter 8 (Level 2) Secrets QuickDraw GX Features you get instantly GX features you have to wait for Why GX is mostly irrelevant QuickDraw GX Secrets PostScript Printer Guidebook Background printing The messages you see during printing What a difference RAM makes LaserWriter Utility/Apple Printer Utility PostScript printer Secrets PrintMonitor Notes on Color Printing Color printers Color separations Secrets of the Service Bureau Service bureau checklist PostScript files: the pros and the cons Service Bureau Secrets Printing Troubleshooting When the printout doesn’t match the screen Font and graphics problems General printer errors Complex printing errors Poor printout quality Chapter 26: Scanning Secrets How It Works Hooking Up Your Scanner Color Scanning Which Scanner to Buy Other kinds of scanners Choosing a Resolution Hand-held scanners — and the PaperPort Scanning Secrets All About OCR How OCR software works Faxes and OCR The end of spell-checking? OCR Secrets Chapter 27: Mysteries of the Modem The Hardware Modem speeds Standards and protocols Beyond the modem Handshaking: two modems get acquainted The Software Modem settings demystified The Hayes AT command set The modem initialization string How to Dial Up Another Mac by Modem Transferring files File-transfer protocols Telecom Secrets The Mac as Fax How to fax Fax/modem Secrets The GeoPort MegaPhone and GeoPort 2.0 Chapter 28: The Web, the Net, and Everything Online Online Services Working offline The Secrets guide to online etiquette Online service Secrets The Internet What it is What’s on it How to get on it Getting around: Internet addresses and URLs Where to go on the Internet The World Wide Web A World Wide Web warning Web browsers Where to go on the Web HTML — The language of the Web Internet and Web Secrets Chapter 29: A Short CD-ROM Chapter CD-ROM Basics The speed issue How a CD works What to Do with 600MB Shovelware Interactive CDs Getting Your CD-ROM Up and Running Photo CD After you have a Photo CD disc Make Your Own CDs CD-ROM Secrets Chapter 30: The SCSI Chain — and IDE What is SCSI? The Importance of Drivers The Three Basic Rules Rule #1: Termination Rule #2: SCSI Addresses Rule #3: Cabling The Great SCSI Power-Off Myth SCSI Troubleshooting Spotting the symptoms Solving the problems IDE: Cheaper, Sooner, and Less Flexible The Future of SCSI SCSI Manager 4.3 The Future: FireWire Chapter 31: NuBus, PCI, and Other Slots NuBus Cards The big idea NuBus ’90 PDS Cards The PCI Revolution Why PCI? PCI futures How to Install a NuBus, PCI, or PDS Card Losing charge The board meeting NuBus and PCI Secrets Chapter 32: The Networking Chapter Networking Basics Shared devices and servers AppleTalk messages and LANs LocalTalk vs. PhoneNet Ethernet Ethernet Secrets Token Ring Connecting One Mac, One Printer Connecting Two Macs (+ Printer) Two Macs, no printer And printer makes three Beyond the mini-network Network Services File servers Print servers E-mail Net modems Fax servers Program linking File Sharing 1: Setting Up the Control Panels A file-sharing history First stop: the Network control panel Second stop: Sharing Setup control panel Third stop: Users & Groups control panel File Sharing 2: Sharing Specific Folders The Sharing command The Sharing window Different degrees of access Open for business Sharing-command Secrets File Sharing 3: Logging onto Other Macs File-sharing Secrets Connecting a PowerBook to a Mac Setting up the PowerBook Setting up the desktop Mac File synchronization When Nobody’s Home: Remote Access Remote Access Secrets Expanding the Net General networking Secrets PowerTalk Where it comes from Sharing nicely All that PowerTalk clutter The key to it all Totally wired Files all over PowerTalk for power users Network Troubleshooting AppleTalk troubles Other common problems and solutions For more information Chapter 33: Troubleshooting Principles of Troubleshooting A word about troubleshooting More troubleshooting The Secrets Rule of Three Step 1: Turn off your extensions and control panels Step 2: A “clean reinstall” of the System Step 3: Unplug the SCSI chain Other things to try Avoiding Troubles in the First Place The Mac Secrets Error-Message Table DS Errors Negative Error Codes Details on the most common error messages Oddities on the Screen “Generic” icons “Generic” icons II: the SuperATM factor Shimmering monitor Flashing Apple menu Black Apple menu Finder changes don’t stick No Mac icon on the System Folder Start-up Troubles The “Sad Mac” icon The blinking question-mark icon at start-up Crashing on start-up Twilight Zone theme, car crash, or four notes Disk Troubles Hard-disk troubleshooting All floppy disks show up locked File, Desktop, and Icon Troubles Strange crashes with 32-bit Enabler Can’t empty the Trash Keyboard Ailments Dead key Crazy slow typing When All Else Fails The Top 10 Software Suspects Part V: The SECRETS Software Vault Chapter 34: The SECRETS Software What You’ve Got Here The Commercial Software Shareware Freeware Installation Disclaimer How the CD-ROM Is Organized The Secrets Software Described A Zillion Kajillion Rhymes Add/Strip Anagrams Apeiron AppDisk AreaCodeFinder Art Explosion! Sampler ArtValve Before Dark Bitstream Fonts Blood Cache-22 Chiral Clockometer Color Coordinator Color It! ColorSwitch Conflict Catcher 3 Demo Control Strip modules Dialog View Disinfectant Disk Rejuvenator DiskFit Direct DragAnyWindow DragStrip DropStuff Dvorak Keyboard Layouts Easy Envelopes+ Easy KEYS Eclipse Screen Saver FC Text-Picture File Buddy Flash-It FlashWrite ][ Folder Icon Maker Googol Eyes GURU Helium Holiday Lights Kaboom! Sounds KeyQuencer Label Secrets Pro Mac Identifier Mac Secrets Outtakes Macman Classic Pro Maelstrom MenuChoice MIDI Files Movie Play Movie2Snd Now Utilities 5.0 Olduvai Fonts & Sounds Oracle PhoneBook Plus PowerPCheck PowerSecretary demo movie PrintChoice Program Switcher QuickPop QuickTime 2.1 Remember? ResEdit ScrapIt Pro SCSIProbe Sleeper SmartKeys Snapz SoundBuilder Startup Screens StuffIt Expander Super Comments SuperClock! Swoop System 7 Pack! TechTool TempoEZ The Tilery To Do! TypeIt4Me X-Words Zonkers! Sampler ZTerm The Final Dialogue Glossary Index Installation Instructions