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Flash: "Use original player" ? 0 85 (9/15/2011 9:09:19 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps I access the web using Safari under Snow Leopard with ClickToFlash installed and activated. Lately it seems as if a lot of Flash windows (all of them?), either before or after clicking the "Flash button in... AES

Directory Synching, MacBook Air <=> MacBook Pro ? 8 53 (9/15/2011 5:15:34 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps Ideas on synching selected (large) directories between a MacBook Pro and a MacBook Air? -- especially from the Pro to the Air? Possible methods mentioned thus far include: 1) Use DirSynch Pro (or something... AES

Yellow dot as "laser pointer" for presentations? 1 64 (9/14/2011 9:21:27 AM) comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica The following YouTube video shows the use of a soft yellow dot as a pseudo laser pointer in a presentation. First time I've encountered this; seems kinda nice to me. Any easy ways to do this using... AES

Illustrator, PDFs, and CMaps? 1 74 (9/9/2011 7:09:49 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps I do a lot of editing of PDFs (and other files) in Illustrator, then Save the final product to PDF format. When I do this, I check the "Display PDF" option in the Save window; the Saved file normally pops ... AES

Dictionary query 6 57 (9/9/2011 12:25:09 AM) comp.sys.mac.apps In the old (and much missed) American Heritage dictionary from OS 9 days, typing just a couple or three letters into the search box (and maybe hitting some keyboard key?) would bring up the complete alphabet... AES

TeXShop, pdftex, Plain TeX, and image aliases? 7 60 (9/7/2011 3:58:23 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps I can insert PDF files into TeX output files using TeXShop, pdftex, Plain TeX, and the following rubric % To insert a centered PDF image in TeXShop % \centerline{ \pdfximage ... AES

Duplicates in Address Book? 21 52 (9/2/2011 5:51:26 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps How can a native application as basic and important as Address Book be so unremittingly mediocre?!? A moment ago I was looking at a particular subset of my Address Book cards (results of a search for a certa... AES

Assembling PDFs into a PDF document? 6 41 (9/2/2011 7:32:37 AM) comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica [I can set about learning how to do the following by myself, but if anyone has an off-the-cuff answer or pointers to the starting point, I'll be appreciative.] Given a large number of single-page PDF ima... AES

Large tilde? Or large tau? 3 53 (8/31/2011 4:53:00 PM) comp.text.tex I'd like to define a distinctive or appropriately accented math character, let's call it \bigtau, for use in Plain TeX, that would either look like a strong, emphasized or accented tau (a "cap tau" or "boldf... AES

Dragging and dropping text - tips & tricks? 5 73 (8/27/2011 11:30:52 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps Are there any special interface tips and tricks for dragging and dropping selected text? (within single documents for varying apps, web pages, database pages, and so on) That is, once you've dragged across ... AES

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Duplicates in Address Book? 21 52 (9/2/2011 5:51:26 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps How can a native application as basic and important as Address Book be so unremittingly mediocre?!? A moment ago I was looking at a particular subset of my Address Book cards (results of a search for a certa... siegman (1553)

Previous View as a named action? 3 48 (9/3/2011 9:11:07 PM) comp.text.pdf I use pdf in full screen mode for my lecture notes (created with pdfTeX and hand-rolled style files). There are spots where I would like to add a button that jumps to the previous view. Does Adobe Reader, or an... raonath (4)

Re: Assembling PDFs into a PDF document? #2 1 48 (9/3/2011 9:56:24 PM) comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica Hi AES, This solution cheats because it uses latex to do the real job. However, it does use mathematica to assemble the latex code. To use it: 1. place your pdf's in a subdirectory of the directory that... tmatsoukas (69)

Re: Assembling PDFs into a PDF document? #4 2 44 (9/4/2011 8:15:15 AM) comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica On 9/3/11 at 5:55 PM, siegman@stanford.edu (AES) wrote: >I guess I'm surprised at the answers I've gotten to this query -- >thus far, anyway -- which basically say, "You gotta do this by >hand". You hav... readnews134 (1194)

Re: Personal Database software 18 55 (9/5/2011 4:40:29 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps Thank all of you for your suggestions to solve my database project. Yes, FileMker pro is an overkill money wise but will do what I want, if only on the mini/lion. The CSV files originated on an AcornRisc PC r... news176 (7)

TeXShop, pdftex, Plain TeX, and image aliases? 7 60 (9/7/2011 3:58:23 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps I can insert PDF files into TeX output files using TeXShop, pdftex, Plain TeX, and the following rubric % To insert a centered PDF image in TeXShop % \centerline{ \pdfximage ... siegman (1553)

Dictionary query 6 57 (9/9/2011 12:25:09 AM) comp.sys.mac.apps In the old (and much missed) American Heritage dictionary from OS 9 days, typing just a couple or three letters into the search box (and maybe hitting some keyboard key?) would bring up the complete alphabet... siegman (1553)

Re: How create new style sheet- Mathematica 8 2 59 (9/12/2011 8:21:39 AM) comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:29:17 -0400 (EDT), Murray Eisenberg wrote: > How does one create (and save!) a new style sheet in Mathematica 8? > > One way that used to work in earlier versions was: > > 1. Open a ... jfultz (564)

Re: How create new style sheet- Mathematica 8 #2 8 46 (9/13/2011 11:28:26 AM) comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica I don't understand your first point. What do you mean by "Browse" option? I can't possibly think you mean that the file browsing dialog only shows 2 of n notebooks in some given directory. Yes, it is th... jfultz (564)

Changing Style Sheets in 8.0 2 52 (9/14/2011 9:17:22 AM) comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica Hello guys! I have been reading several messages discussing how to edit an existing Style Sheet and saving it with another name in version 8. Some years ago, I needed to do just that, and some one in the ... sterraza (30)