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From: cse0603@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Looking for telemarketing program...
Date: 18 Nov 92 12:18:33 EST
Organization:  Wright State University 

Hello,

I'm looking for a software package (preferably shareware) that will allow my
mac to call a list of telephone numbers and play a previously recorded message
when someone picks up.  Kinda a telemarketing program, except I just want it
to call a list of team members to tell them what time practice is, etc.

Thanks for any help.

-Steve
cse0603@desire.wright.edu
Wright State University

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From: jmckee@world.std.com (Jim McKee)
Subject: Re: Canvas 3.0
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 01:52:20 GMT

In article <1992Nov21.174839.29241@wam.umd.edu> lud@wam.umd.edu () writes:
>
>Could someone please tell me how to curve text in canvas.  I have tried unsuccessfully and I would really like to know how to do it.  Please tell me if a special type of font is needed and common examples of those fonts..
>
>Thanks in advance..
>(lud@wam.umd.edu)

1. Type your text
2. Create an arc, circle or oval large enough for it to wrap around.
3. Select both your text and the object and select "Bind Text"

Your text will then be reformed in the shape of the object you've created.

Caveat: this works best (only?) with Type 1 Postscript fonts.

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From: garrett@me.udel.edu (Joel J. Garrett; Office 127 CMSL; Phone 831-2332)
Subject: Re: Quirk in Canvas w/scanned images?
Organization: Department of Mechanical Engineering/University of Delaware
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 23:22:25 GMT

I have run into a similar problem when working with images from an HP ScanJet,
but only had the problems when scanning the image as a PICT, if I scanned it
as a TIFF it worked just fine.

I think that there must be some upper limit to the size of a single PICT
resource, so the image has to be subdivided into little rectangles, and these
appear to be touching each other at screen resolution, but at printer resolution
gaps appear between the rectangles.  Then again that is just my humble, limited
attempt at explaining the problem

If you are currently scanning to a PICT and have the option of scanning to TIFF,
try that and see what happens.
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From: strange@zk3.dec.com (Steve Strange)
Subject: Re: Latest ATM?
Organization: Digital Equipment Corp.
Date: 19 Nov 92 10:18:03

In article <1992Nov18.205159.7582@cerritos.edu> jacobs@cerritos.edu writes:

   What is the latest up-to-the-minute version of ATM? Does it ship with sys7.1
   like I was hearing about? If not is there a deal on it somewhere?

It doesn't ship with system 7.1.  I don't know if Adobe is still
offering the ~$10 deal -- you might just give them a call (sorry, I
don't have the number).

	Steve
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From: mek@guinan.psu.edu (Mark E. Kotanchek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Word processor that does math formulas
Date: 16 Nov 92 16:21:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: atlantis.r6#1Hoz5ya
Organization: Penn State Center for Academic Computing

In article <simon-161192100443@archmac-162.arch.su.edu.au>  
simon@archsci.arch.su.edu.au (Simon Hayman) writes:
> >If you are talking of actual mathematics,
> > and want to communicate your work to others,
> > you will be very unwise to use anything other than TeX/LaTeX ,
> > as 99% of mathematicians use these.
> 
> But why?
> Unless you want to transfer the data as a file any WP program with maths
> capability (inherent or attached via something like expressionist) is  
fine
> if paper output is all that is needed. And a damn sight easier to use!!

I love the quality of TEX/LATEX documents; however, FrameMaker has beaten  
out LaTEX and MS Word/MathType for me because of the ease of equation  
entry and the posibilities for symbolic manipulation/equation rearranging.  
For longish technical treatises, IMHO this is the best way to go.

Mark.
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Applied Research Lab/Penn State
P.O. Box 30
State College, PA 16804
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From: carl@silver.lcs.mit.edu (Carl J.M. Alexander)
Subject: Russian OCR?
Organization: Plasma Fusion Center, MIT
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:12:25 GMT

The subject line says it:  I'd appreciate pointers to OCR software 
that can deal with Cyrillic fonts.  
 
--Carl Alexander
 
carl@silver.lcs.mit.edu
alexander@pfc.mit.edu
From: ph@physiology.oxford.ac.uk (Patrick Haggard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: DA to get mouse coordinates
Date: 17 Nov 92 11:48:03 GMT
Organization: Physiology Department, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
Originator: ph@galen.physiol


Hi.  I need to digitise a video, which I shall probably display in
Adobe premier.  I would like a DA which would allow me to open
an ascii file, and would then write the mouse coordinates to the
file every time I hit the return key/mouse button/other key, so I
could track the coordinates of objects in the video frames.

Does anyone know of something which does this?

Many thanks.

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From: rabel@netcom.com (Robert Abeles)
Subject: Re: Possible Bug in 7.1
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 06:53:24 GMT

Eric.Choi@zeus.ieee.org (Eric Choi) writes:

>My newer NEC CD Driver version 2.2.5 does not work with 7.1 either. I
>installed an older version and all are well.
>--  
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> Eric Choi - Internet: Eric.Choi@zeus.ieee.org

I had the same problem, and contacted NEC. They are aware of the bug
(apparently in their code) and are working on a fix. If you call their
service department, they will put you on a list for notification when
they have a fix. Their recommendation was to go back to 2.2.1 in the
interim. That worked for me.
 
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From: anowell@centerline.com (Andrew Nowell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Apple 2e application on Mac IIsi
Date: 18 Nov 92 21:33:03 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: CenterLine Software, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: 140.239.3.212

Is is possible to run an Apple 2e application on
a Macintosh IIsi??

Is there any emulation available??

Please e-mail if you have any suggestions (a friend is posting
this for me).

Thanks,
Andrew

                             
                Andrew Nowell | Insise Sales Rep
          CenterLine Software | anowell@centerline.com
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From: mlf@wdl30.wdl.loral.com (Mike L Forster)
Subject: MacX for System 7.x ?
Summary: Does MacX for System 7 exist?  Where can one get it?
Keywords: MacX System 7
Organization: Loral Western Development Labs
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 02:28:06 GMT

Hi, all you helpful people.

Does a System7-compatible version of MacX exist?  If so, how can one
obtain it?  And, what version of the Communications Toolbox does it
require?

Thanks.


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Disclaimer:  The above opinions are my own.  They are not related to the
             official or unofficial policies of LORAL/WDL or the
             U.S. Goverment (or my family, friends, pets, ...)
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From: simon@mmpe.mineral.ualberta.ca (Simon Tortike)
Subject: Possibility of obtaining 32-bit clean Trapeze?
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:41:19 GMT

I know this subject comes up every now and again, but I want to appeal
once more. Is there anyone out there with access to the sources for
the Trapeze program (a no-longer supported spreadsheet from DeltaPoint
Software) who could recompile it as a 32-bit clean application, assuming
that is possible? I still run it under System 7.01, but have to turn off
32-bit mode to do so. I have tried to use Excel 4.0 but its scalar limitations
make it weak compared to Trapeze's intuitive use of linear algebraic 
concepts, despite Excel 4's heavily laden set of features. Has anyone
tried to prepare a histogram with Excel 4? You have to configure a separate
macro sheet, and it requires a menu operation to run! This is just one
example to illustrate how far removed Excel is from practical scientific
and engineering use.

Regards, and may the power of flexible dimensioning be with you:-)

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From: miles@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Miles Abernathy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Inventory Software Needed
Date: 17 Nov 92 17:37:59 GMT
Organization: University of Texas
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X-XXDate: Tue, 17 Nov 92 11:30:36 GMT

Here at work we have some folks who need help keeping their inventory of
electronic components up-to-date. We can't quite figure out how a simple
database like FileMaker could do this in a user-friendly manner, so we
are seeking some dedicated freeware, shareware, or commercial inventory
software.

For each component, they technicians need to know how many they have in
stock, how many are on order and when the order is expected. When a
component's inventory gets low, the software should include it on a
weekly list of items to be ordered. The software should keep track of how
long it typically takes for an order to be delivered, as well as a
typical number of the components used each week, and use that information
in judging when to order more components.

This is bound to be a common, _a very common_, problem, but we can't find
any Mac software to handle it. Any suggestions?
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From: wes@vax2.concordia.ca (Wes Schyngera)
Subject: Sound Applications
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Concordia University
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 01:41:00 GMT

What applications besides SoundMaster will run Mac sound
files? Where are they on the FTP sites (note: I am looking
for non-System 7.O apps!)?

Thanks,
Wes
From: PENNY@brownvm.brown.edu (Penny Theodore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: What software for a graphic artist?!?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Date: 19 Nov 1992 14:22:17 GMT
Organization: Brown University
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: cis_staff-kntx43.cis.brown.edu



> However, another
> program worth checking out would be Letraset's ColorStudio with
> the Shapes Annex, which supposedly gives you the advantages of a
> bit-map program (such as Photoshop and Fractal Design Painter) as
> well as the functions of a vector program (Illustrator, Freehand)
> in one applications environment. 

Just wanted to note that ColorStudio is now owned by Fractal
Design...haven't used it myself, so can't comment.

Penny Theodore
Penny@brownvm.brown.edu
Opinions are my own :)
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From: bruno@nariwork20.ethz.ch (Bruno Rechberger)
Subject: Again: Mathematica 2.1 and Think C
Keywords: Mathematica 
Reply-To: bruno@nariwork20.ethz.ch
Organization: ETH Zurich
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 08:13:05 GMT

Again:
======

How can I use procedures from THINK C in Mathematica 2.1 on a Mac?

Please email to: bruno@nari.ikt.ethz.ch

Thanks.



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From: eric@homebase.vistachrome.com (Eric Brunson)
Subject: Re: What software for a graphic artist?!?
Keywords: graphics software
Organization: Vista-Chrome Incorporated
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 13:46:18 GMT

panlilio@acs.ucalgary.ca (Victor P. Panlilio) writes:

>In article <1992Nov18.040004.19625@Princeton.EDU> jdunning@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (John Alan Dunning) writes:
>>The program I find most indispensible is Adobe Illustrator.  If you're
>>doing any sort of PostScript line art, as opposed to bit-mapped graphics
>>this is the program to have.  Aldus FreeHand is similar, and has a few more
>>bells and whistles, but I think Illustrator is much more elegant.
>>It's handling of type is also superior.
>>
>>John

>I have both Adobe Illustrator 3.2 and Aldus Freehand 3.1. I find
>that I use Illustrator more, even though, as described above,
>Freehand has features not found in Illustrator. However, another
>program worth checking out would be Letraset's ColorStudio with
>the Shapes Annex, which supposedly gives you the advantages of a
>bit-map program (such as Photoshop and Fractal Design Painter) as
>well as the functions of a vector program (Illustrator, Freehand)
>in one applications environment. Other programs to keep in mind
>would be utilities such as JAG (Jaggies Are Gone) and Smoothie,
>for anti-aliasing on-screen renderings, and Pixar's Typestry,
>for doing really far-out stuff with type (I just ordered it).

I agree whole-heartedly with the two previous posters on their opinions of 
Illustrator.  It is the yardstick with which other vector programs are
measured.  Photoshop is a must for a well equipped studio also ( thoough
in this case, I have never used any competing packages, so there could
be others that would substitute ).  But lumping Fractal Design Painter
in with the rest of the bitmap programs is doing it a grave discredit.
Fractal Design used with a pressure sensitive tablet is capable of 
producing effects in seconds that could take hours with another package.
At $200 it is one of the best values on the graphic arts market.  The
program is truly amazing, you have to see it to believe it.  Mind you
the Wacomb Tablet can cost over a thousand dollars, but after you exper-
ience what can be done with it, you will start saving your pennies.

Speaking of pennies, this is just my two.

P.S.  I am not affiliated with Fractal Design, this is an unsolicited
recommendation.

Love, e.


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From: laug@fraser.sfu.ca (Christopher Lau)
Subject: Re: HP Deskwriter Bug?
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 19:44:45 GMT

jbra0006@rz.uni-hildesheim.de (Juergen Brauckmann) writes:

>The new DW-Driver is very slooooooow ( takes double time to print
>then version 2.x), so I`m still using the old one. Anyone else,
>who has this problems?


>Juergen

  Yes. I have had this problem with the new 3.1 drviers and I thought it was
the lack of RAM that I had in my computer! Well, it looks like that I'm not
the only one with a slow printer.

I think it has to do with some of the new features that make it so slow like
simulated greyscale.

Chris.
From: drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu (David Gutierrez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Batch conversion for images
Date: 16 Nov 1992 17:30:55 GMT
Organization: Univ. Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

In article <Bxp8Gt.71C@rahul.net> mike@rahul.net (Mike Smithwick) writes:
>I am in need of converting about 1800 Windows .BMP formatted images to
>PICT format. Are there any batch image conversion packages available up
>to the task? Preferably one which will read through a directory structure
>on its own convert any image files it finds and reconstruct the 
>directory on the target device with the new images.

MacLinkPlus 6.0 will convert your .BMP files in a batch, but you must
drag-select them in a dialog box. Also, it won't remove the old files - make
sure you've got lots of disk space. It might be better to do them in smaller
batches - a hundred or so at a time. I've never done more than about a dozen at
once.

David Gutierrez
drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu

"Only fools are positive." - Moe Howard
From: genius@picasso.ocis.temple.edu (Myung Choi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Opposite of Flamefile...
Date: 18 Nov 92 22:31:31 GMT
Organization: Temple University
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5


Hi. I need something, preferably PD/SW which will recover deleted files
on my hard disk. Eternal gratitude in advance.    Myung Choi
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From: jbra0006@rz.uni-hildesheim.de (Juergen Brauckmann)
Subject: Re: HP Deskwriter Bug?
Reply-To: jbra0006@rz.uni-hildesheim.de
Organization: Universitaet Hildesheim, RZ
Distribution: world
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 07:17:36 GMT

The new DW-Driver is very slooooooow ( takes double time to print
then version 2.x), so I`m still using the old one. Anyone else,
who has this problems?


Juergen
From: fairchil@helix.ucsd.edu (Kevin Fairchild)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Excel counting letter grades???
Date: 16 Nov 92 02:27:13 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego


From fairchil Sun Nov 15 18:26:39 1992
To: /home/helix/fairchil/.article

What am I missing?  I'm using Excel 4.0 to keep track of my students' grades. 
I have a column of letter grades.  What I want to do is create a simple
distribution; that is, tell me how many A's, how many B's, etc.  I have found
two complicated ways to do this:  1) use the Crosstab plug-in (complicated,
confusing, and slooooooow), or 2) use DCOUNT on a database *but* you can only
do that for one grade at a time.  I can't believe that there isn't a simple
function like HOWMANY(range,what_to_look_for).  What am I missing?

Kevin Fairchild
Soon-to-be-late-of-UCSD
*** I certainly hope that my opinions are not those of UCSD.***

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From: peppert@iastate.edu (Lono da God)
Subject: Re: Stuffit Lite anomaly (not bug)
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:52:12 GMT

In <18230.2B06D711@zeus.ieee.org> Eric.Choi@zeus.ieee.org (Eric Choi) writes:

>I have the same problem with Stuffit Lite 3.X. Every time I launch it, the
>program asks twice for a disk that I used on my Mac long, long time ago. I hit
>return twice (the dialo box asking for that disk come up twice) and the
>program will run normally. Annoying indeed. The AOL tech. person from Aladdin
>said it was my Mac, not the software. Now it appears someone has the same
>problem as mine!

>Let me know if you find a solution.

Guys - the problem is that Stuffit software is stupid and wants your
preferences file - you have probably run the software before and created a 
preference file on a different disk.  Stuffit tends to be annoying and not 
want to create a new file.  However, if you continually hit cancel (Command-.)
enough times it should ask you if you would like to create a new preferences
file somewhere.  Make sure you have no floppies in, and create a preferences 
file on the same drive where you run stuffit from.  This should eliminate the
problem.

-Lono
From: mxmora@unix.SRI.COM (Matt Mora)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Ars Magna
Date: 19 Nov 92 18:47:13 GMT
Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, California

In article <BxtKED.BCt@world.std.com> kenh@world.std.com (Ken Hancock) writes:

>Seeing as there's a lot of interest in this sort of thing, I'll volunteer
>to create a Mac-friendly version if someone can send me halfway-decent
>C source code for the algorithm part.  Get it to me by next week, and I'll
>do it over Thanksgiving.


Mike Morton was on NPR the other day talking about his program. He must
have a newer version somewhere. Does anyone know how to contact him?

Matt

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From: Ian Catlin <catlin@iosg.enet.dec.com>
Subject: Re: can spacesave coexist with AutoDoubler?
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X-Xxdate: Wed, 18 Nov 92 12:24:21 GMT
Organization: digital
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 12:26:27 GMT

Re: can spacesave coexist with AutoDoubler?

In article <1992Nov17.194649.26965@netcom.com> Leonard Rosenthol,
leonardr@netcom.com writes:
>	Actually they can co-exist just fine together, though AD 2.0 gets
>along better with SpaceSaver than AD 1.0.x (due to a change in handling
of
>DD Method A/B files).  
>
>	Should you choose to run both (for whatever reason), you DEFINATELY
>only want to run one of them in "background/Idle-Time compression" mode.
>

Leonard, I tried this and ran into a big problem.  Attempting to expand a
Compressed (with spacesaver) item resulted in a file "owned" by
DiskDoubler that was in fact the real file correctly expanded.. Basically
you can't do it!  (at least not with using Labels etc)  I put this to
both Aladdin and FGS tech support and the result was a statement that
"we're looking into making them compatible" or something similar.

As I said I'd REALLY like them to work together!  

My problem WAS with V1.07i of AutoDoubler - I may try it with V2.0i -
anyone else have experience of this??

Cheers,

Ian.

All my views are my own and not those of my company, wife, friends,
relations and dog.
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From: felciano@summit.stanford.edu (Ramon M. Felciano)
Subject: Freehand 3.1 and System 7.1?
X-Posted-From: InterNews1.0a5@leland.stanford.edu
Organization: Stanford University Medical Media and Information 
 Technologies
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 00:59:19 GMT
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Is anyone experiencing incompatibilities between these two? I'm getting
weird "Can finish the Print command because the file was not found"
errors whenever I try to print.

Thanks!

Ramon

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From: collin@angelo.amd.com (Collin K. Ong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: How much to upgrade QuicKeys 1.x to 2.x?
Date: 20 Nov 92 17:51:16 GMT
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

The sub says it all.

Collin
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