TypeIt4Me 4.8.2
From: Neil Anderson
Hi Charles,
"The icon can be positioned anywhere along the menu bar by holding
down the Control key and dragging."
Actually, I believe it's the Command key.
Cheers, Neil
http://www.CycleLogicPress.com
You're right Neil.
Charles
Operating SpellTools with MS Outlook Express
5
From Al Schubert
MS Outlook Express 5 does not allow the SpellTools control panel to
appear on the screen, therefore it can't be used. What is the fix?
Regards
Al Schubert
Hi Al,
For most applications, all you have to do is to drag the desired
application icon to the SpellTools application icon to create an
instant SpellTools plug-in for that app.
Once you do that , SpellTools should appear.
Let me know if this works for you.
Charles.
From: Al Schubert
Charles
Thank you for instructions to make SpellTools work with MS Outlook
Express. It worked fine, but only if you drag SpellTools to the
application. Is version 1.5 available and how do I get it?
Regards
Al
Hi again Al,
No word on any update to SpellTools yet that I know of. I keep hoping
for an OS X version, but I'm not terribly optimistic.
Charles
Re: Free POP3 email?
From David L. Duff
Hello Charles Moore,
You haven't run across anything like Juno for a Mac have you -
something that has its own dialup access?
I'm looking to get rid of Internet (and therefore my ISP), but want
to keep email of some type. My Mac is of course rather low-end and not
really capable of Mac OS 9+ resource-wise.
Looking into those sites you mentioned in your article, apparently
one has to have an existing ISP account to access any of them (or did I
miss something?). Any ideas?
Thanks and regards, David Duff
Hi David,
Nope. You're right. Juno does not support the Mac, and there are no
equivalent Mac services. Are there any community ISPs in your area that
would be adequate for email support?
I know my ISP offers a 10 hour per month option for $10.00.
Charles
Thank you!
From Jane Thompson
Dear Mr. Moore,
Thanks so much for all of your informative articles. I've just
recently discovered Road Warrior, and
I'm also a 6-week member of several LEM
lists, although I've been a Mac user for 9 years. (I just never had
a PowerBook before, nor thought of my machines as "Low End.") I bought
a refurbed Pismo 400 from Apple. (I got it an hour after the Feb. 28th
earthquake here in Seattle, a day I'll always remember!) I now have a
hard time relating to any of my older Macs, I like this one so much.
Did you ever get one? I've read much of your agonizing about it after
the theft of the other (Lombard?). So much to read, so little time!
The real reason that prompted me to write, though, was your two
columns on SpellTools and Utilities for 9. I publish a monthly
newsletter with lots of cutting and pasting from email, and SpellTools
looks like just the thing I've been wishing for. The others look good,
too, but ST is a revelation to me. I'm a huge fan of shareware and
utilities, but you've managed to introduce me to even more. Thanks so
much for all your work for the community.
And, yes, the Pismo is worth it.
;-)
Jane Thompson
Hi Jane,
Thanks for the nice letter, and I'm delighted to hear that you enjoy
The Road Warrior and my LEM contributions.
Re: the Pismo. I'm still using my old
WallStreet, but I may have something new to say about Pismos and me
soon. And yes, once you get used to a PowerBook, it's hard to go back
to using anything else. I was gratified to note that Steve Wozniak said
much the same thing in a recent interview.
The stolen 'Book was actually my son's WallStreet (nearly two years
ago). He replaced It with a Lombard 333, which has been an excellent
machine.
I'm addicted to SpellTools. If you haven't already, you might also try
downloading Tex-Edit Plus, which is great for cleaning up text from
emails, and works nicely with SpellTools.
Charles
From Jane Thompson redux
I've wanted a PowerBook ever since the very first one. I saw that ad
of the guy with one on the top of the Grand Canyon, and it's been PB
lust ever since. I've bought a Pismo, a 170 (for $20), and a 280c fully
loaded for my mother in the last 7 months. I really don't know what
took me so long.
I love Tex-Edit, and have been using it for years for translating
odd files. Now, I'm finding it a good program for the 170, although I'm
a huge fan of WriteNow 4.0.
Here's a copy of what I just sent to the iMac list in response to a
newbie. I was hoping that another thread would ensue, but it didn't. I
would imagine that you use or know about all or most of these.
Several years ago, when I discovered newsgroups, there was a lengthy
thread that was titled something like "Shareware you can't live
without." I learned about many of my favorites that way, and love to
see this brought up every now and then.
Here are a few of my faves:
- Stuffit
Expander/Dropstuff. Without this, you can't do anything with
downloads.
- GraphicConverter. Simply the
best for seeing, enhancing, and converting graphics.
- CopyPaste.
Don't know how anyone lives and writes without this multiple
clipboard
- TTConverter.
Allows me to convert PC fonts for use on Macs. A whole new world!
- Tex-Edit. Really
useful to read odd text files, including M$ schtuff that I won't allow
on my machines.
- Print2PDF.
Let's you do most of what the big boys do for about 1/5 of the
cost.
- A-Dock.
gives you a taste of what's coming in OS X dock. Very cool. I like it
better than Apple's tear-off menu, and
- Wapp Pro.
Made by the same guy, work well together. Puts dropdown menus in your
menu bar, containing anything that you want.
- Kaleidoscope. Change the
appearance of your desktop. So sad that it will no longer be around
when OS X takes over.
- Tech Tool. Best way to
rebuild your desktop and zap your PRAM. Gives nice system profile,
too.
- iSearch. Better than Sherlock because you don't have to index. Very
fast text string searches.
- Weather Grok. Customizable
weather utility.
and just for good luck
- Solitaire
House. Tons of card games with really nice graphics and sound.
These are just a few. There are so many ways to dress up your Mac
and customize it for just the way you use it.
Thank you again.
Sincerely,
Jane
Refurb. iMacs
From: Josh Rosenkranz
Can you tell me where to get a refurbished iMac as you mentioned in
your article: Cheap Power Macs: The $500 G3
and $750 G4, 22 May 2000.
I am buying a computer for my grandfather, and I know he would love
an iMac.
Thanks,
Josh
Hi Josh,
Try <http://www.smalldog.com/> or
<http://www.powermax.com/cpus/refurb.html>.
Many other resellers have refurb. iMacs from time to time.
Charles
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