Info-Mac Digest V14 #237
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Info-Mac Digest Wed, 9 Oct 96 Volume 14 : Issue 237
Today's Topics:
[*] 3D Buttons v1.3.1
[*] Burst 1.5
[*] Cryptogrammer v1.1.2
[*] CycloDelic_Olympic_Textures
[*] Eastgate Web Squirrel
[*] eclipsed navigator patch info
[*] eMail Xpress Bulk Email Application
[*] Font Box Unlocker
[*] Guest Lister 1.2
[*] Referencer 3.2
[*] September infoZine
[*] Zed's Simple Collection 1.6b3
?? Printing a PS file with LW 8.4
[Q] Straight-through serial cable
Bacoding Snail mail software?
EMAIL
Ethernet time synchronization
Forgot Password
Hard Disk Utilities
How to Downgrade System?
Info-Mac Digest V14 #236
Mac SE/30 video
MacTools defragmenting
Web Tool?
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:07 -0500
From: (Jim Stout)[email protected]
Subject: [*] 3D Buttons v1.3.1
This is the COOLEST 3D Button around!! (but then I'm biased...)
Version 1.3.1 fixes a minor bug that is apparent only when running MS
Internet Explorerer 2
It is FREE, Accelerated for Power Macintosh, looks great even on white
backgrounds, has balloon help and works correctly with localized versions
of the MacOS.
After using it for a while, you'll be amazed at how "flat" the normal
Macintosh buttons appear.
It actually works side-by-side with other utilities, substituting it's
button for those in other utilities. If you like the look of this button,
it will replace the buttons used in NewLook=81 or Greg's Buttons (if you tur=
n
off its "System 7 Color Buttons" option) while allowing all the other
features of those utilities to work. It also works just fine with color
changing utilities like Aurora, Mac MakeOver and even Kolor for those
System 6 users out there.
The button design was inspired by the develop 15 article by Jamie Osborne &
Deanna Thomas and follows their recommendations for 3D shading and colors.
Hopefully, they will approve.
Other features are:
- 3D buttons appear in alerts & dialogs without color tables (and without
adding them).
- a 3D version of the "New folder" button in save dialogs - this works in
localized versions of the MacOS.
- buttons display correctly on PICT or pattern backgrounds - on black&white
displays the buttons are identical to the standard control
A color Macintosh and System 6.0.7 or better are required.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/3d-buttons-131.hqx; 44K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:16 -0500
From: (R Shapiro)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Burst 1.5
Burst is an Extended Message Service for Eudora 3.0 which will burst many
sorts of non-MIME digests (Eudora handles the MIME case already), including
rfc934, rfc1153, generic listserv, and majordomo. It will also extract
forwarded messages which follow the rfc934 protocol.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/burst-15.hqx; 67K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:11 -0500
From: (Larry Snyder)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Cryptogrammer v1.1.2
This is an update of Cryptogrammer v1.1.1, which is the same as the old one
except that my address for correspondence has changed.
Thanks,
Larry Snyder
[Archived as /info-mac/game/word/cryptogrammer-112.hqx; 101K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:09 -0500
From: (Ian Burt)[email protected]
Subject: [*] CycloDelic_Olympic_Textures
Attached are two Texture Installer files full of amusing content, from
wildly psychedelic, to snaps of the Olympic Games mens cycling Time Trial
event. You saw them here first. Have the freakiest desktop on your block.
They are eMailware, I would like to know how far they have got. Stick 'em
on your CD-roms, in your ftp archives, but don't charge for them.
Files are in .sit format so it helps if you have a handy decompression tool
on board. A short Read Me goes along too.
A contact in an eastern country could not find Texture Installer on the
net. He asked me to send it. The email with attachment bounced three times.
Regular eMail gets through to him. So maybe eMail is blue pencilled in that
country. If anyone knows of Texture Installers URL or ftp address, please
let me know so I can pass on to my contact. Even better, upload it to
MacGifts, it appears to be not there.
You want personalised desktops? Call me.
All the best,
Ian burt
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/txtr/cyclodelic-desktop-ppats.hqx; 531K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:15 -0500
From: (Mark Bernstein, Eastgate Systems, Inc.)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Eastgate Web Squirrel
Enclosed is a fresh (and fully-functional) demonstration release of the
Eastgate Web Squirrel.
The Eastgate Web Squirrel helps people visualize cyberspace by building
personal, spatial maps of the hundreds (or thousands) of web pages, ftp
sites, newsgroups, and email addresses that they need every day.
Web Squirrel works with all your favorite Internet software. It costs $49.95.
The demonstration edition expires 1 December 1996.
For further information, visit http://www.eastgate.com/squirrel/.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/eastgate-web-squirrel-demo.hqx; 1073K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:08 -0500
From: (jay t geiser)[email protected]
Subject: [*] eclipsed navigator patch info
eclipsed navigator patch
this patch makes netscape 3.0 a little nicer w/ greg landweber's (and fred
bass's)=93kaleidoscope 1.0.=94 primarily on the eclipse setting.
basically it alters the default color scheme for netscape's window frame
and it also has a beautiful splash screen and better icons.
it looks best on thousands of colors, but still improves the appearence in
256. this is a free patch and i hope to create more, when it is
appropriate. feel free to alter it at will, as it only took me an hour or
so w/resedit, photoshop and rescompare.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/eclipsed-navigator-patch.hqx; 717K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:18 -0500
From: (ISO FileMaker Magazine)[email protected]
Subject: [*] eMail Xpress Bulk Email Application
Looking for the most powerful tool for doing bulk email on the Macintosh?
No, it's not another script. This is a full-blown bulk/mass email
management system.
I am uploading the FileMaker archive here but you can get a self-running
version from the web site. I have included the press release if you are
reading this via the digest and would like to know more before downloading.
http://www.iso-ezine.com/emx/
Sincerely,
Matt Petrowsky
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PRESS RELEASE - eMail Xpress 1.6 - Bulk Email Management Software
INTERNET, Cyberspace. - Friday, September 6, 1996 - ISO Productions,
developer of productivity software for personal and business uses announced
eMail Xpress 1.6, the most efficient bulk/mass "email loader" available for
the Macintosh OS. A *complete* bulk email management system.
The power packed solution eMail Xpress, allows users of both Claris Emailer
and Qualcomm's Eudora, two of the most popular email applications for the
Macintosh, to send bulk and mass forms of email to large email lists.
Solving the needs of massive email list management, and combined with
features that allow the user to load email directly into their email
application, eMail Xpress is a wonderful communication tool.
One of the most powerful communication tools since the printing press,
eMail Xpress is a companion application to either Claris Emailer or Eudora.
"eMail Xpress is best described as a total bulk email management system."
says Matt Petrowsky, of ISO Productions.
Playing the leader in the bulk email management arena, eMail Xpress is more
than your plain old bulk/mass email loader - it's not just a simple script.
"eMail Xpress doesn't just load bulk email, it makes smart decisions about
the mail it sends to the people on your list." Due to the ever increasing
needs of promotional tools, eMail Xpress was designed with a marketing
purpose in mind and is capable of serving as a publisher's subscription
manager, a shareware registree manager or any organization's correspondence
management tool.
more...
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/email-xpress-16f.hqx; 918K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:12 -0500
From: (Rio Sabadicci)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Font Box Unlocker
Unlocks new versions of Font Box for Registered customers. To use it,
download the latest version of Font Box and this program. The enclosed Read
Me gives step by step instructions.
Rio Sabadicci -> [email protected]
Insider Software -> www.theInside.com
[Archived as /info-mac/font/util/font-box-unlocker.hqx; 9K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:19 -0500
From: (Peter Marks)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Guest Lister 1.2
Guest Lister is the fastest, most efficient way to find out about all those
shared volumes of useful stuff out there on your AppleTalk network with
GUEST access.
It's a HyperCard stack and uses some of the Rinaldi externals. Requires
HyperCard 2 or later, the player is fine.
When launched, it builds a zone list. Click a zone and it builds a list of
servers with guest access enabled, then it builds a list of all volumes on
those guest access servers.
A single click on a volume in the list will mount that volume (very quickly).
For determined surfers there is a Report feature that can (if you really
want) write a text file containing a list of all files on all guest access
servers in a given zone. You can also choose to just get a folder list, or
just to go 1 level deep. (That's enough to get an idea of what's out
there).
You may also want to get hold of "AppleShare Control" which lets you turn
off those pesky server welcome dialogs that some people enable. It's in
comm/atlk/ on Info-Mac.
Have fun.
http://www.pobox.com/~peter.marks
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/atlk/guest-lister-12-hc.hqx; 30K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:14 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Referencer 3.2
Referencer 3.2 is a Filemaker Pro 3 database that stores, organizes,
categorizes, and formats many types of references (articles, books, audio,
video, software, etc.) into professional styles. It is competitive in
features with bibliography applications that cost hundreds of dollars.
References can be organized and categorized using the Comments, Keywords,
Category, and Picture options (a picture look-up field automatically
provides a picture of the reference type). Referencer provides assistance
with professional formatting (APA and AMA styles). When you need an
abbreviated periodical name for an AMA reference list a file of over 850
journal names automatically provides the proper abbreviation. Reference
lists are automatically formatted and can be printed or exported to your
word processor. References can be maintained for easy computer searching,
like a library electronic catalog. You can "mark" a reference of interest
while browsing and print select sets. All you need to do is enter the basic
identifying information (title, author names, year, etc.) and decide how to
categorize the reference. Referencer is designed with a 3-D interface and
button-driven ease of use.
Referencer is ideal for teachers, researchers, scientists and students
(especially graduate students). It is invaluable for anyone who wants to
catalog collections of articles from subscribed journals, other
publications and media, for personal publications, and for organizations
that want to organize and track reference collections and facilitate
computer searches.
[Archived as /info-mac/data/referencer-32.hqx; 234K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:05 -0500
From: (Mark Robbins)[email protected]
Subject: [*] September infoZine
The September ZineNote (sm)
Inside the September infoZine, Kansas City's Digital Monthly Magazine:
With the music of The Kansas City's The UNBOUND, "Jazz Recidivists" Music
with the PC or MAC Editions and sound clips on the WEB.
###### FEATURES
The Importance of Black History
- Candace M. Maupins Learning A Foreign Language Online - William R. Eubank
Crypto Action Week - Jonah Seiger, CDT Policy Analyst
###### ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Community-Based Arts in Progress
'THE BUS EVENT' - Jane Berkowitz, CD Review with Miles McMahon - Max Sharam
...a million year girl, The Kansas City CD - The UNBOUND 'Jazz
Recidivists', CLUB KAYCEE - A new arrival to the Kansas City Cyberscape,
The Community Anti-Violence Arts Initiative, aha Dance Theatre - 'an
Evening of Dance in Liberty', Angels In America Part II: Perestroika,
1331 Union Gallery - 'Body of Work',
Cohen/Berkowitz - Lesley Dill - 'Voices In The Air', The Kemper Museum -
Artists Come Together In Kansas City,
* Ouattara,
* "Artists In Creation" The Who,
* Kansas City's 1st Annual Interactive Painting Symposium, At The Nelson
art Museum
* Lola Alvarez Bravo's Stirring Photographs of Mexico on View, * It's So
"Square",
* What Inspires Artists Betye Saar and Lesley Dill: Two Lectures, Kansas
City Art Exhibitions,
September Special Events,
Music & Dance Event Calendar,
Theatre Event Calendar,
###### BUSINESS & COMPUTERS
Tech Talk - Web Pages that Pop! -
Graeme E. B. Gibson, C.D.P. A Telephone Company in My Computer? - Richard
Greene Southtown Council's Early Bird Coffee - See You There! Success
Kansas City Style
Web Based Electronic Bidding Exchange Opens more...
[Archived as /info-mac/per/infozine-96-09.hqx; 754K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:20 -0500
From: (zed)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Zed's Simple Collection 1.6b3
Description:
what do you need:
-----------------------------------------------------
a MAC with a 68030, AppleTalk (for SimpleCHAT), QuickTime (for Simple Movie
Player), System 7 (for Simple AppEvent), colour?
Here is a veeeery short description of the appliction:
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Simple CD Player: this part plays Tracks from an Audio - CD...
Simple AppEvent: a part to send AppEvents to another applications.
Simple CHAT: with this application you can chat in realtime over a
appletalk network!
Simple Movie Player: it plays Quick Time=C5 Movies
Simple TEXT: a Text Editor like Simple Text
Simple Desktop: that part gives you informations about your mac
Simple Calendar: a calendar!
Simple Database: a database!
PS: My english is not very good... :-}
bye!
zed
--
http://nextop.in-berlin.de/~zed
mailto:[email protected]
Windows 95: installiert, gelacht, geloescht
[Archived as /info-mac/app/zeds-simple-collection-16b3.hqx; 610K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 14:08:42 -0700
From: [email protected] (Bob Durst)
Subject: ?? Printing a PS file with LW 8.4
Having upgraded to Laserwriter 8.4 has helped with this a lot, but I still
have a question maybe others can help with.
We need to "print" to a postscript file that will be sent to a service
bureau for final printing. I have the PPD for their printer and have
associated it with a printer that isn't normally used (couldn't seem to
just create a dummy printer, but had to modify one that I could see in the
chooser-is there a better way?). The problem is that inexperienced users
are failing to remember to change the destination from "Printer" to "File"
when they finally go to save the PS file. The saved defaults (PS level,
font inclusion etc.) work ok, but I see no way to make "File" the default.
Any suggestions?
-Bob D.
--
"Most people think solutions mean finding answers, but to chemists
solutions mean all mixed up".
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Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 01:15:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: [Q] Straight-through serial cable
On Tue, 8 Oct 96, at 11:47:09 +0200, Phil Hudson wrote,
> I need a "straight-through" Mac 8-pin mini-DIN to 8-pin mini-DIN serial
> cable.
>
> It looks like an ordinary ImageWriter/StyleWriter serial cable but it's
> wired differently: pin 1 to pin 1, pin 2 to pin 2, ... , pin 8 to pin 8.
> Apparently the normal Apple cable's wiring crosses over at some point,
> which is not what I need.
>
> Does anyone know where I could find such a cable? I need an email
> address or fax number, or a voice number if nothing else is available. I
> can't call 800 numbers (I'm not in North America). TIA.
Phil,
I'm looking for the same cable received the following message from a member of
a
different Mac list:
> I got the cable from Mac Zone (1-880-248-0800)... I explained to the
> person at Mac Zone what I had discovered and, after searching a bit, he
> came up with the right cable. They called it a "Switchbox Cable - Male
> DIN 8M to Male DIN 8M. The item number was M05830. It cost $6.98 plus
> S&H.
MacZone
15815 SE 37th St.
Bellevue, WA 98006-1800
International:
1-206-603-2570 (voice)
1-206-603-2550 (fax)
Good luck,
David E. Kelley
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH 44074
[email protected]
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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 09:11:28 -0400
From: "David P. Wentroble"
Subject: Bacoding Snail mail software?
I am looking for software to barcode addresses for bulk rate snail mailing. I
have a ClarisWorks database of 3200+ names that will soon be converted to
FileMaker Pro 3. Does anyone know of any software that will add the barcode?
This makes the per piece rate cheaper.
Thanks for your help.
Dave Wentroble
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Date: 08 Oct 96 16:08:10 CDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: EMAIL
Robert Browning [email protected]
Computer Services (Operations) 935-5317
Campus Box 1152,St Louis,Mo. 63130
DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A FREE EMAIL SERVICE FOR MACINTOSH USERS. MY RESEARCH
INDICATES THAT FREEMARK AND JUNO OFFER SUCH SERVICE TO ONLY PC USERS.
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 14:33:55 -0700
From: [email protected] (The Stargazer)
Subject: Ethernet time synchronization
>I am looking for a shareware (or solution) that would help me
>synchronize all my macs on my ETHERNET network so that all the users
>will have exactly the same time.
You might try this...
/info-mac/cfg/clock-sync-090a.hqx
-Florian
--
Florian Boyd -- [email protected] -- http://www.eskimo.com/~fboyd
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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 96 11:01:06 CEST
From: Monica Palermo
Subject: Forgot Password
Time ago I'd encrypted some files with Norton Encrypt, but now I don't
remember the password anymore. Does anybody has an idea to recover those
files? Please answer in e-mail. Thank you in advance Bye Monica
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 14:57:36 -0700
From: [email protected] (B.J. Major & Dennis J. Gorin)
Subject: Hard Disk Utilities
In regard to:
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 10:26:33 -0400
From: Jeffrey T Borggaard
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #227
A warning about Norton Utilities. I have a PowerMac 7500/100 and used to
run Norton Utilities. However, I had a problem with it where it would destroy
my catalog file. I had to reformat my disk and reinstall my software (I was
lucky enough to have it backed up). I think this problem is particular to
PCI Macs. If you look at the fine print on the MacTools box, you'll also see
that it is owned by Symantec. I suspect that it may have the same problem.
Can anyone confirm this?
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Yes, Jeffrey, Symantec now owns MacTools Pro (I haven't yet decided if this
is a good thing or not). I'm a fan of MTP rather than Norton U. because I
have used them all the way back to when they were "Copy // Plus" for the
Apple // line and belonged to Central Point Software. MTP has never given
me a moment's trouble on any Macintosh as far as optimizing, and it
certainly has never corrupted my hard disk data in any way. I use it
consistently every week. It also does automatic repairs if you select that
option, where in Norton U. you usually have to "OK" the repair to have it
done.
In a related note, it has been mentioned on this list that you can no
longer use the RAM disk option when optimizing if you have upgraded to
7.5.5. While this is true, I have found an easy workaround for this.
Simply back up your System Folder and a copy of the Mac Tools Clinic file
(that file only) to a zip or ezdrive cartridge and boot from that cartridge
to use the optimizer on a hard disk that is "in use."
--bj
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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 23:33:23 -0500
From: Chaz Larson
Subject: How to Downgrade System?
At 10:23 PM -0700 10/6/96, Ken wrote:
>What is the easiest way to downgrade back to an earlier version of System?
Boot from a different startup disk, then trash the vexing Systerm Folder,
and run the installers of your choice.
You will, unfortunately, need to delete the 7.5.5 System Folder. The 7.5
Installer will not install over it.
BTW, do your crashes continue without any extensions? 7.5.5's been
perfectly stable for me on the three machines I've got it on.
chazl
10.07.96
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 18:31:28 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #236
>>On October 2, Dale Keiger wrote:
>>> I have OS 7.5.5 on my PowerMac 7100/66. Last week, it was consuming 11.4
>>> megs of RAM, out of my total of 16 megs.
>>> Tired of freeze-ups from depleted memory, I doubled the RAM a few days
ago,
>>> from 16 to 32 megs. On booting my newly souped-up machine, I found that
now
>>> the OS is consuming 17+ megs! The only change I made to the machine was
>>> the additional RAM; all other settings (INITs, C-DEVs, etc.) remained
>>> unchanged. Why is my system such a RAM-pig? Can I do anything about it?
Make sure the RAM Disk is turned off in the Memory control panel.
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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 11:43:56 -0700
From: [email protected] (phil)
Subject: Mac SE/30 video
Hi all,
I've a old Mac SE/30. Now, the built-in video is crashed. There is a
SE/30 PDS slot on the machine. Are the any possibility to use an externe
monitor connectting with the PDS slot?
Best regards
Phil
e-mail: [email protected]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 18:31:27 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: MacTools defragmenting
>A warning about defragmenting using Norton Utilities.
>I have a PowerMac 7500/100 and used to
>run Norton Utilities. However, I had a problem with it where it would
>destroy my catalog file. I had to reformat my disk. I think this
>problem is particular to PCI Macs.
>If you look at the fine print on the MacTools box, you'll also see
>that it is owned by Symantec. I suspect that it may have the same problem.
>Can anyone confirm this?
MacTools was not developed at Symantec and has nothing in common with
Norton. I talked to a MacTools rep at MacWorld 3 years ago, right after
Symantec acquired MacTools. He said the chief MacTools programmer quit
right after Symantec acquired them. Symantec has not upgraded it since
then.
I have used MacTools a few times to defrag the HD on my Nubus PowerMac
without any problem.
I use MacTools regularly to scan my HD for directory and file corruption
problems. So far, it has been very successful in identifying and fixing
problems without destroying any data. I recommend it. However, it is
slow. (45 minutes to scan 540 meg disk with 7000 files. Defrag takes a
few hours.)
Bob Stern
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Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 09:38:22 -0400
From: Ioannis Savvidis
Subject: Web Tool?
Is there a tool or plug-in available, that will take a document (Word,
WordPerfect, Clarisworks, ...) that allows you to create an HTML version
of it, where it automatically creates links between a Table of Content
and the actual section referred to in the ToC? (Keeping at the same time
the tables and graphics you may have created it?)
I would appreciate it if you could e-mail me at
[email protected]
THANKS in advance for any help you can provide. I have a customer who
wants this feature badly.
Regards,
John Savvidis
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Info-Mac Digest Wed, 9 Oct 96 Volume 14 : Issue 237
Today's Topics:
[*] 3D Buttons v1.3.1
[*] Burst 1.5
[*] Cryptogrammer v1.1.2
[*] CycloDelic_Olympic_Textures
[*] Eastgate Web Squirrel
[*] eclipsed navigator patch info
[*] eMail Xpress Bulk Email Application
[*] Font Box Unlocker
[*] Guest Lister 1.2
[*] Referencer 3.2
[*] September infoZine
[*] Zed's Simple Collection 1.6b3
?? Printing a PS file with LW 8.4
[Q] Straight-through serial cable
Bacoding Snail mail software?
Ethernet time synchronization
Forgot Password
Hard Disk Utilities
How to Downgrade System?
Info-Mac Digest V14 #236
Mac SE/30 video
MacTools defragmenting
Web Tool?
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:07 -0500
From: (Jim Stout)[email protected]
Subject: [*] 3D Buttons v1.3.1
This is the COOLEST 3D Button around!! (but then I'm biased...)
Version 1.3.1 fixes a minor bug that is apparent only when running MS
Internet Explorerer 2
It is FREE, Accelerated for Power Macintosh, looks great even on white
backgrounds, has balloon help and works correctly with localized versions
of the MacOS.
After using it for a while, you'll be amazed at how "flat" the normal
Macintosh buttons appear.
It actually works side-by-side with other utilities, substituting it's
button for those in other utilities. If you like the look of this button,
it will replace the buttons used in NewLook=81 or Greg's Buttons (if you tur=
n
off its "System 7 Color Buttons" option) while allowing all the other
features of those utilities to work. It also works just fine with color
changing utilities like Aurora, Mac MakeOver and even Kolor for those
System 6 users out there.
The button design was inspired by the develop 15 article by Jamie Osborne &
Deanna Thomas and follows their recommendations for 3D shading and colors.
Hopefully, they will approve.
Other features are:
- 3D buttons appear in alerts & dialogs without color tables (and without
adding them).
- a 3D version of the "New folder" button in save dialogs - this works in
localized versions of the MacOS.
- buttons display correctly on PICT or pattern backgrounds - on black&white
displays the buttons are identical to the standard control
A color Macintosh and System 6.0.7 or better are required.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/3d-buttons-131.hqx; 44K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:16 -0500
From: (R Shapiro)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Burst 1.5
Burst is an Extended Message Service for Eudora 3.0 which will burst many
sorts of non-MIME digests (Eudora handles the MIME case already), including
rfc934, rfc1153, generic listserv, and majordomo. It will also extract
forwarded messages which follow the rfc934 protocol.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/burst-15.hqx; 67K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:11 -0500
From: (Larry Snyder)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Cryptogrammer v1.1.2
This is an update of Cryptogrammer v1.1.1, which is the same as the old one
except that my address for correspondence has changed.
Thanks,
Larry Snyder
[Archived as /info-mac/game/word/cryptogrammer-112.hqx; 101K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:09 -0500
From: (Ian Burt)[email protected]
Subject: [*] CycloDelic_Olympic_Textures
Attached are two Texture Installer files full of amusing content, from
wildly psychedelic, to snaps of the Olympic Games mens cycling Time Trial
event. You saw them here first. Have the freakiest desktop on your block.
They are eMailware, I would like to know how far they have got. Stick 'em
on your CD-roms, in your ftp archives, but don't charge for them.
Files are in .sit format so it helps if you have a handy decompression tool
on board. A short Read Me goes along too.
A contact in an eastern country could not find Texture Installer on the
net. He asked me to send it. The email with attachment bounced three times.
Regular eMail gets through to him. So maybe eMail is blue pencilled in that
country. If anyone knows of Texture Installers URL or ftp address, please
let me know so I can pass on to my contact. Even better, upload it to
MacGifts, it appears to be not there.
You want personalised desktops? Call me.
All the best,
Ian burt
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/txtr/cyclodelic-desktop-ppats.hqx; 531K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:15 -0500
From: (Mark Bernstein, Eastgate Systems, Inc.)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Eastgate Web Squirrel
Enclosed is a fresh (and fully-functional) demonstration release of the
Eastgate Web Squirrel.
The Eastgate Web Squirrel helps people visualize cyberspace by building
personal, spatial maps of the hundreds (or thousands) of web pages, ftp
sites, newsgroups, and email addresses that they need every day.
Web Squirrel works with all your favorite Internet software. It costs $49.95.
The demonstration edition expires 1 December 1996.
For further information, visit http://www.eastgate.com/squirrel/.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/eastgate-web-squirrel-demo.hqx; 1073K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:08 -0500
From: (jay t geiser)[email protected]
Subject: [*] eclipsed navigator patch info
eclipsed navigator patch
this patch makes netscape 3.0 a little nicer w/ greg landweber's (and fred
bass's)=93kaleidoscope 1.0.=94 primarily on the eclipse setting.
basically it alters the default color scheme for netscape's window frame
and it also has a beautiful splash screen and better icons.
it looks best on thousands of colors, but still improves the appearence in
256. this is a free patch and i hope to create more, when it is
appropriate. feel free to alter it at will, as it only took me an hour or
so w/resedit, photoshop and rescompare.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/eclipsed-navigator-patch.hqx; 717K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:18 -0500
From: (ISO FileMaker Magazine)[email protected]
Subject: [*] eMail Xpress Bulk Email Application
Looking for the most powerful tool for doing bulk email on the Macintosh?
No, it's not another script. This is a full-blown bulk/mass email
management system.
I am uploading the FileMaker archive here but you can get a self-running
version from the web site. I have included the press release if you are
reading this via the digest and would like to know more before downloading.
http://www.iso-ezine.com/emx/
Sincerely,
Matt Petrowsky
--- snip ---
PRESS RELEASE - eMail Xpress 1.6 - Bulk Email Management Software
INTERNET, Cyberspace. - Friday, September 6, 1996 - ISO Productions,
developer of productivity software for personal and business uses announced
eMail Xpress 1.6, the most efficient bulk/mass "email loader" available for
the Macintosh OS. A *complete* bulk email management system.
The power packed solution eMail Xpress, allows users of both Claris Emailer
and Qualcomm's Eudora, two of the most popular email applications for the
Macintosh, to send bulk and mass forms of email to large email lists.
Solving the needs of massive email list management, and combined with
features that allow the user to load email directly into their email
application, eMail Xpress is a wonderful communication tool.
One of the most powerful communication tools since the printing press,
eMail Xpress is a companion application to either Claris Emailer or Eudora.
"eMail Xpress is best described as a total bulk email management system."
says Matt Petrowsky, of ISO Productions.
Playing the leader in the bulk email management arena, eMail Xpress is more
than your plain old bulk/mass email loader - it's not just a simple script.
"eMail Xpress doesn't just load bulk email, it makes smart decisions about
the mail it sends to the people on your list." Due to the ever increasing
needs of promotional tools, eMail Xpress was designed with a marketing
purpose in mind and is capable of serving as a publisher's subscription
manager, a shareware registree manager or any organization's correspondence
management tool.
more...
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/email-xpress-16f.hqx; 918K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:12 -0500
From: (Rio Sabadicci)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Font Box Unlocker
Unlocks new versions of Font Box for Registered customers. To use it,
download the latest version of Font Box and this program. The enclosed Read
Me gives step by step instructions.
Rio Sabadicci -> [email protected]
Insider Software -> www.theInside.com
[Archived as /info-mac/font/util/font-box-unlocker.hqx; 9K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:19 -0500
From: (Peter Marks)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Guest Lister 1.2
Guest Lister is the fastest, most efficient way to find out about all those
shared volumes of useful stuff out there on your AppleTalk network with
GUEST access.
It's a HyperCard stack and uses some of the Rinaldi externals. Requires
HyperCard 2 or later, the player is fine.
When launched, it builds a zone list. Click a zone and it builds a list of
servers with guest access enabled, then it builds a list of all volumes on
those guest access servers.
A single click on a volume in the list will mount that volume (very quickly).
For determined surfers there is a Report feature that can (if you really
want) write a text file containing a list of all files on all guest access
servers in a given zone. You can also choose to just get a folder list, or
just to go 1 level deep. (That's enough to get an idea of what's out
there).
You may also want to get hold of "AppleShare Control" which lets you turn
off those pesky server welcome dialogs that some people enable. It's in
comm/atlk/ on Info-Mac.
Have fun.
http://www.pobox.com/~peter.marks
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/atlk/guest-lister-12-hc.hqx; 30K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:14 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Referencer 3.2
Referencer 3.2 is a Filemaker Pro 3 database that stores, organizes,
categorizes, and formats many types of references (articles, books, audio,
video, software, etc.) into professional styles. It is competitive in
features with bibliography applications that cost hundreds of dollars.
References can be organized and categorized using the Comments, Keywords,
Category, and Picture options (a picture look-up field automatically
provides a picture of the reference type). Referencer provides assistance
with professional formatting (APA and AMA styles). When you need an
abbreviated periodical name for an AMA reference list a file of over 850
journal names automatically provides the proper abbreviation. Reference
lists are automatically formatted and can be printed or exported to your
word processor. References can be maintained for easy computer searching,
like a library electronic catalog. You can "mark" a reference of interest
while browsing and print select sets. All you need to do is enter the basic
identifying information (title, author names, year, etc.) and decide how to
categorize the reference. Referencer is designed with a 3-D interface and
button-driven ease of use.
Referencer is ideal for teachers, researchers, scientists and students
(especially graduate students). It is invaluable for anyone who wants to
catalog collections of articles from subscribed journals, other
publications and media, for personal publications, and for organizations
that want to organize and track reference collections and facilitate
computer searches.
[Archived as /info-mac/data/referencer-32.hqx; 234K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:05 -0500
From: (Mark Robbins)[email protected]
Subject: [*] September infoZine
The September ZineNote (sm)
Inside the September infoZine, Kansas City's Digital Monthly Magazine:
With the music of The Kansas City's The UNBOUND, "Jazz Recidivists" Music
with the PC or MAC Editions and sound clips on the WEB.
###### FEATURES
The Importance of Black History
- Candace M. Maupins Learning A Foreign Language Online - William R. Eubank
Crypto Action Week - Jonah Seiger, CDT Policy Analyst
###### ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Community-Based Arts in Progress
'THE BUS EVENT' - Jane Berkowitz, CD Review with Miles McMahon - Max Sharam
...a million year girl, The Kansas City CD - The UNBOUND 'Jazz
Recidivists', CLUB KAYCEE - A new arrival to the Kansas City Cyberscape,
The Community Anti-Violence Arts Initiative, aha Dance Theatre - 'an
Evening of Dance in Liberty', Angels In America Part II: Perestroika,
1331 Union Gallery - 'Body of Work',
Cohen/Berkowitz - Lesley Dill - 'Voices In The Air', The Kemper Museum -
Artists Come Together In Kansas City,
* Ouattara,
* "Artists In Creation" The Who,
* Kansas City's 1st Annual Interactive Painting Symposium, At The Nelson
art Museum
* Lola Alvarez Bravo's Stirring Photographs of Mexico on View, * It's So
"Square",
* What Inspires Artists Betye Saar and Lesley Dill: Two Lectures, Kansas
City Art Exhibitions,
September Special Events,
Music & Dance Event Calendar,
Theatre Event Calendar,
###### BUSINESS & COMPUTERS
Tech Talk - Web Pages that Pop! -
Graeme E. B. Gibson, C.D.P. A Telephone Company in My Computer? - Richard
Greene Southtown Council's Early Bird Coffee - See You There! Success
Kansas City Style
Web Based Electronic Bidding Exchange Opens more...
[Archived as /info-mac/per/infozine-96-09.hqx; 754K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:20 -0500
From: (zed)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Zed's Simple Collection 1.6b3
Description:
what do you need:
-----------------------------------------------------
a MAC with a 68030, AppleTalk (for SimpleCHAT), QuickTime (for Simple Movie
Player), System 7 (for Simple AppEvent), colour?
Here is a veeeery short description of the appliction:
-----------------------------------------------------
Simple CD Player: this part plays Tracks from an Audio - CD...
Simple AppEvent: a part to send AppEvents to another applications.
Simple CHAT: with this application you can chat in realtime over a
appletalk network!
Simple Movie Player: it plays Quick Time=C5 Movies
Simple TEXT: a Text Editor like Simple Text
Simple Desktop: that part gives you informations about your mac
Simple Calendar: a calendar!
Simple Database: a database!
PS: My english is not very good... :-}
bye!
zed
--
http://nextop.in-berlin.de/~zed
mailto:[email protected]
Windows 95: installiert, gelacht, geloescht
[Archived as /info-mac/app/zeds-simple-collection-16b3.hqx; 610K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 14:08:42 -0700
From: [email protected] (Bob Durst)
Subject: ?? Printing a PS file with LW 8.4
Having upgraded to Laserwriter 8.4 has helped with this a lot, but I still
have a question maybe others can help with.
We need to "print" to a postscript file that will be sent to a service
bureau for final printing. I have the PPD for their printer and have
associated it with a printer that isn't normally used (couldn't seem to
just create a dummy printer, but had to modify one that I could see in the
chooser-is there a better way?). The problem is that inexperienced users
are failing to remember to change the destination from "Printer" to "File"
when they finally go to save the PS file. The saved defaults (PS level,
font inclusion etc.) work ok, but I see no way to make "File" the default.
Any suggestions?
-Bob D.
--
"Most people think solutions mean finding answers, but to chemists
solutions mean all mixed up".
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Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 01:15:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: [Q] Straight-through serial cable
On Tue, 8 Oct 96, at 11:47:09 +0200, Phil Hudson wrote,
> I need a "straight-through" Mac 8-pin mini-DIN to 8-pin mini-DIN serial
> cable.
>
> It looks like an ordinary ImageWriter/StyleWriter serial cable but it's
> wired differently: pin 1 to pin 1, pin 2 to pin 2, ... , pin 8 to pin 8.
> Apparently the normal Apple cable's wiring crosses over at some point,
> which is not what I need.
>
> Does anyone know where I could find such a cable? I need an email
> address or fax number, or a voice number if nothing else is available. I
> can't call 800 numbers (I'm not in North America). TIA.
Phil,
I'm looking for the same cable received the following message from a member of
a
different Mac list:
> I got the cable from Mac Zone (1-880-248-0800)... I explained to the
> person at Mac Zone what I had discovered and, after searching a bit, he
> came up with the right cable. They called it a "Switchbox Cable - Male
> DIN 8M to Male DIN 8M. The item number was M05830. It cost $6.98 plus
> S&H.
MacZone
15815 SE 37th St.
Bellevue, WA 98006-1800
International:
1-206-603-2570 (voice)
1-206-603-2550 (fax)
Good luck,
David E. Kelley
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH 44074
[email protected]
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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 09:11:28 -0400
From: "David P. Wentroble"
Subject: Bacoding Snail mail software?
I am looking for software to barcode addresses for bulk rate snail mailing. I
have a ClarisWorks database of 3200+ names that will soon be converted to
FileMaker Pro 3. Does anyone know of any software that will add the barcode?
This makes the per piece rate cheaper.
Thanks for your help.
Dave Wentroble
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Date: 08 Oct 96 16:08:10 CDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: EMAIL
Robert Browning [email protected]
Computer Services (Operations) 935-5317
Campus Box 1152,St Louis,Mo. 63130
DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A FREE EMAIL SERVICE FOR MACINTOSH USERS. MY RESEARCH
INDICATES THAT FREEMARK AND JUNO OFFER SUCH SERVICE TO ONLY PC USERS.
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 14:33:55 -0700
From: [email protected] (The Stargazer)
Subject: Ethernet time synchronization
>I am looking for a shareware (or solution) that would help me
>synchronize all my macs on my ETHERNET network so that all the users
>will have exactly the same time.
You might try this...
/info-mac/cfg/clock-sync-090a.hqx
-Florian
--
Florian Boyd -- [email protected] -- http://www.eskimo.com/~fboyd
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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 96 11:01:06 CEST
From: Monica Palermo
Subject: Forgot Password
Time ago I'd encrypted some files with Norton Encrypt, but now I don't
remember the password anymore. Does anybody has an idea to recover those
files? Please answer in e-mail. Thank you in advance Bye Monica
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 14:57:36 -0700
From: [email protected] (B.J. Major & Dennis J. Gorin)
Subject: Hard Disk Utilities
In regard to:
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 10:26:33 -0400
From: Jeffrey T Borggaard
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #227
A warning about Norton Utilities. I have a PowerMac 7500/100 and used to
run Norton Utilities. However, I had a problem with it where it would destroy
my catalog file. I had to reformat my disk and reinstall my software (I was
lucky enough to have it backed up). I think this problem is particular to
PCI Macs. If you look at the fine print on the MacTools box, you'll also see
that it is owned by Symantec. I suspect that it may have the same problem.
Can anyone confirm this?
-----------------------------
Yes, Jeffrey, Symantec now owns MacTools Pro (I haven't yet decided if this
is a good thing or not). I'm a fan of MTP rather than Norton U. because I
have used them all the way back to when they were "Copy // Plus" for the
Apple // line and belonged to Central Point Software. MTP has never given
me a moment's trouble on any Macintosh as far as optimizing, and it
certainly has never corrupted my hard disk data in any way. I use it
consistently every week. It also does automatic repairs if you select that
option, where in Norton U. you usually have to "OK" the repair to have it
done.
In a related note, it has been mentioned on this list that you can no
longer use the RAM disk option when optimizing if you have upgraded to
7.5.5. While this is true, I have found an easy workaround for this.
Simply back up your System Folder and a copy of the Mac Tools Clinic file
(that file only) to a zip or ezdrive cartridge and boot from that cartridge
to use the optimizer on a hard disk that is "in use."
--bj
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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 23:33:23 -0500
From: Chaz Larson
Subject: How to Downgrade System?
At 10:23 PM -0700 10/6/96, Ken wrote:
>What is the easiest way to downgrade back to an earlier version of System?
Boot from a different startup disk, then trash the vexing Systerm Folder,
and run the installers of your choice.
You will, unfortunately, need to delete the 7.5.5 System Folder. The 7.5
Installer will not install over it.
BTW, do your crashes continue without any extensions? 7.5.5's been
perfectly stable for me on the three machines I've got it on.
chazl
10.07.96
-------
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 18:31:28 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #236
>>On October 2, Dale Keiger wrote:
>>> I have OS 7.5.5 on my PowerMac 7100/66. Last week, it was consuming 11.4
>>> megs of RAM, out of my total of 16 megs.
>>> Tired of freeze-ups from depleted memory, I doubled the RAM a few days
ago,
>>> from 16 to 32 megs. On booting my newly souped-up machine, I found that
now
>>> the OS is consuming 17+ megs! The only change I made to the machine was
>>> the additional RAM; all other settings (INITs, C-DEVs, etc.) remained
>>> unchanged. Why is my system such a RAM-pig? Can I do anything about it?
Make sure the RAM Disk is turned off in the Memory control panel.
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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 11:43:56 -0700
From: [email protected] (phil)
Subject: Mac SE/30 video
Hi all,
I've a old Mac SE/30. Now, the built-in video is crashed. There is a
SE/30 PDS slot on the machine. Are the any possibility to use an externe
monitor connectting with the PDS slot?
Best regards
Phil
e-mail: [email protected]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 18:31:27 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: MacTools defragmenting
>A warning about defragmenting using Norton Utilities.
>I have a PowerMac 7500/100 and used to
>run Norton Utilities. However, I had a problem with it where it would
>destroy my catalog file. I had to reformat my disk. I think this
>problem is particular to PCI Macs.
>If you look at the fine print on the MacTools box, you'll also see
>that it is owned by Symantec. I suspect that it may have the same problem.
>Can anyone confirm this?
MacTools was not developed at Symantec and has nothing in common with
Norton. I talked to a MacTools rep at MacWorld 3 years ago, right after
Symantec acquired MacTools. He said the chief MacTools programmer quit
right after Symantec acquired them. Symantec has not upgraded it since
then.
I have used MacTools a few times to defrag the HD on my Nubus PowerMac
without any problem.
I use MacTools regularly to scan my HD for directory and file corruption
problems. So far, it has been very successful in identifying and fixing
problems without destroying any data. I recommend it. However, it is
slow. (45 minutes to scan 540 meg disk with 7000 files. Defrag takes a
few hours.)
Bob Stern
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Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 09:38:22 -0400
From: Ioannis Savvidis
Subject: Web Tool?
Is there a tool or plug-in available, that will take a document (Word,
WordPerfect, Clarisworks, ...) that allows you to create an HTML version
of it, where it automatically creates links between a Table of Content
and the actual section referred to in the ToC? (Keeping at the same time
the tables and graphics you may have created it?)
I would appreciate it if you could e-mail me at
[email protected]
THANKS in advance for any help you can provide. I have a customer who
wants this feature badly.
Regards,
John Savvidis
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