Messages

16

2008 / Fonts in Pages 08 - A question

« on: June 22, 2008, 10:13:37 PM »

Tacit & ABD:  Thanks for the explanations, but it still seems to me a retrograde step.   I accept what you say about Japanese, Chinese, Dingbats, etc., but don't see that as an excuse for not putting Roman fonts as actuals.   If Word & Write can do it, why not Pages?

If one wants a new font, but not quite sure which, it's a real bind to have to trawl through over 200 font names to see what they look like.
I may just go to the trouble of creating my own font 'dictionary'  

17

2008 / Fonts in Pages 08 - A question

« on: June 21, 2008, 12:49:32 PM »

Thank you Sandy.  That gets me half-way there — at least I can see what a font looks like once I've selected it, but what I was hoping for was a menu listing all fonts in their actual shape, thus saving the chore of trawling through a long list and clicking on them individually to find one that suits the occasion.   With fonts listed as actuals, one can see right away the one to pick.

I can't believe that a sophisticated prog like Pages has missed out on that most helpful of items.

18

2008 / Fonts in Pages 08 - A question

« on: June 21, 2008, 11:54:55 AM »

Being new to Pages 08 I'm still struggling to get to grips with the multitude of bells and whistles.

What I can't find — and would really like — is a way to get the Font Menu to list fonts as actuals.  I know one can see what they look like by reference to the Font Book but that's very inconvenient.
Word, AW and Mariner Write list fonts as actuals and I imagine there must be a way to get Pages to do likewise.   Someone (Dick? Jim?) let me in on the secret please.

19

2008 / AppleWorks problem

« on: June 20, 2008, 07:10:57 AM »

Neilum:  Muchec thankus fori lorem ipsum wot ego foundet extraordinarius valuent.  Ego havet copieda ex websitus et putit in specialeq folderum.

Vale!

Petrius  

20

2008 / AppleWorks problem

« on: June 20, 2008, 04:03:04 AM »

Dick:  Thanks for that.  Problem is I've been doing EXACTLY what you say (got the know-how from Pages' User Guide) but it just doesn’t work — the text insists on going top and bottom of the graphic instead of surrounding it.

As I write this it's around 02:00 your time, so I expect you're in the Land of Nod (or at a night club. I know what you youngsters are like) so I'll try a 'chat' some time later, after you've showered and shaved.

LATER

Just dawned on me what was wrong.  I was doing a test piece to see how 'wrapping' worked in Pages 08.  My piece of 'test' was a continuous series of M's with no breaks at all.  That just wouldn't wrap.  Perhaps not surprisingly.   When I copy/pasted a full page of proper text from another file, the text wrapped perfectly around the graphic.

So problem solved.   The stupid thing is, I have a recollection of having exactly the same problem a couple of years ago doing a test wrap using Mariner Write.  I recall that I filled the page with M's which wouldn't wrap and only got it to work properly by breaking up the continuous sentence of M's.   But that was two years ago and my memory span is not what it was.

Anyway, thanks again

21

2008 / AppleWorks problem

« on: June 19, 2008, 03:09:28 PM »

Thanks for that Bob.   I'll get in touch with Dick and see if he knows the answer.

22

2008 / AppleWorks problem

« on: June 19, 2008, 11:16:54 AM »

Mayo: Thanks for the tip.  I've scanned the Apple forum but can't find an answer so I've posted my problem there.

23

2008 / AppleWorks problem

« on: June 19, 2008, 08:04:35 AM »

Glad I'm not alone Gregg!

But now I'm wondering if I'll ever get to grips with Pages.  Was trying to do a small thing.  Couldn't figure how, so downloaded and opened the User Guide.  All 246 pages of it.  246 pages!!.  I'll be in my nineties before I've got the hang of it.

Eventually got to the pages I needed for wrapping text around an object (110 & 111).  Faithfully followed the instructions but couldn't get it to work.  Maybe someone familiar with pages (Mayo?) can solve the problem.

Let me explain:   I inserted a graphic on to a text page, positioned where I wanted it.  Opened "Wrap" from the format bar and highlighted all the appropriate symbols to get the text to wrap around the graphic.  BUT when I return to the text page, the highlights on the "Wrap" Inspector disappear unless I click on the graphic.  As soon as I try to add text it refuses to wrap and just jumps from above the graphic to below it.
Makes me want to

Am sure there's a simple solution but I haven't found it.

24

2008 / AppleWorks problem

« on: June 19, 2008, 02:06:36 AM »

Mayo: I am now highly embarrassed  

I downloaded the trial version of iWorks 08.  Thought it had a vaguely familiar look.  "Where have I seen that before?" thought I.
Opened my Applications folder and, there, nestling between iWeb and Jumpcut, was iWork 08!!  I see I downloaded it in February
.
Must have tucked it away to look at some time and promptly forgot about it!  Oh dear.  And I thought I was a young octogenarian!

Guess I'll be meeting Mr Alzheimer next.

I've now had a good look at it and am impressed.  Think it will spell the end of AW for my future word-processing.

Trouble is I'm a sucker for anything new and it's not the first time I've downloaded a prog, got called away by she-who-must-be-obeyed to do some minor chore, then promptly forgot about my recent download.

I know the TS motto is "There's no such thing as a stupid question", but to my chagrin I find there IS such a thing as a stupid TeeEsser.

Thanks Mayo, for your kind persistence.

25

2008 / AppleWorks problem

« on: June 18, 2008, 03:07:19 PM »

Mayo:  Thanks again.  I'll have a look at Pages, but not sure I want to learn new tricks.  You know what they say about old dogs!!

26

2008 / AppleWorks problem

« on: June 18, 2008, 01:52:25 PM »

Gregg:  My Excel is just called "Excel X for Mac — Service Release 1".  I've never had the issues you mention 'tho I've used it for some time in a number of files.  I'm a two-finger-look-at-the-board typist.  I've tried to learn touch-typing and I find it quite easy except for the fact that I always touch the wrong keys!  Given that up now.

Mayo:  Thanks for the tip.  I'll have a look at the iWork free trial.

27

2008 / AppleWorks problem

« on: June 18, 2008, 12:11:24 PM »

Gregg:  I did try to print page 5 solo, but no dice.  Thanks for the response.

Harv:  You know the answer 'cos we've 'chatted'

Kris:  Thanks for the forum quote — but I'll stiock with Excel for spreadsheetsfrom now on

28

2008 / AppleWorks problem

« on: June 17, 2008, 11:15:42 AM »

Chris:  I tried copying into a new AW spreadsheet - same problem.  Decided to copy all to Excel and printed with no difficulty.
   The file is on a G5 Tower using 10.4.11

jb:  Will look the AW forum out of interest, but have decided to use Excel for any future spreadsheets.  

Many thanks to you both for your input.

29

2008 / AppleWorks problem

« on: June 17, 2008, 09:19:01 AM »

I have an AW spreadsheet which now runs to five pages.  Until today it had only four pages and I had no problem printing them all, but since I added an additional few lines today, it now runs to the fifth page.  But the last page won't print.  The print Preview shows only four pages.
I've had a chat with Epsom who say "Not a printer fault.  If Preview shows only four pages that's all the printer can print.  Must be an AW problem".

Oddly enough, the printer will only print a portion of the fourth page.  Preview shows 30 lines on that page but the printer will only print 28 lines although it prints all lines on previous pages.

It's hopeless trying to speak to Apple, so here I am asking the TS brains if anyone has a solution.

Maybe I should transfer the entire spreadsheet to Excel or Mariner Calc.

30

2008 / International Input Menu

« on: January 28, 2008, 03:29:51 AM »

Grateful thanks for that Kris.  I had previously looked at International, but hadn't spotted the section about menu shortcuts. Your explicit
instructions put me right.  I suspect that although I said in my first post the language changed "with no input from me", I now suspect that I had inadvertently changed language by using a shortcut without realising it.  

And I'm still using Tiger, not yet convinced that it's worth upgrading to Leopard, more so 'cos I'm watching all those posts that find something amiss with it.  Anyway, tigers are an endangered species and I'm not going to add to the problem by killing mine off