- f- 17 r a.ArYt C1 B' .. r; fl..l.. 0(. Macintosh Tips Quick Reference The list below highlights just a few of the tips found in the Encyclopedia Macintosh. See the pages listed on the right for complete details. Rearranging the order in which cdevs appear in the Control Panel. 16 Resetting the parameter RAM on any Mac II or SE. 17 Ejecting disks when closing a suitcase in the Font/DA Mover. 41 Opening DA's for a single application in MultiFinder. 48 Rebuilding the Desktop file. 50 The CAN'T CREATE DESKTOP FILE Alert dialog. 52 The DISK TOO FULL-CHANGES NOT RECORDED Alert dialog. 52 Dialog box shortcuts. 55 Formatting single-sided disks as double-sided. 66 Ejecting disks with command keys 71 Pasting disk names. 80 Using a "Pre-Trash" folder. 114 Using volume partitions. 116 Copying files between folders. 127 Deleting locked files. 130 Opening windows temporarily. 144 Closing every open window. 144 Aborting an application launch. 213 Launching a different copy of the Finder. 213 Printing to disk with the LaserWriter driver. 233 Recommended RAM cache sizes. 237 Using multiple Scrapbook files. 242 Fixing a broken Mac clock. 274 Using the same tool twice in MacDraw. 293 Inverting a pattern in SuperPaint. 311 Faking a grid in Illustrator 88. 314 Accessing scripts quickly in HyperCard. 355 Extra view sizes in PageMaker. 387 Filling text in MacPaint. 419 Editing number formats in Excel. 461 Mathematical expressions in Microsoft Word. 500 Opening your Macintosh. 540 Adding RAM to the Mac Plus or SE. 549 Adding RAM to the Mac II, Ilx, Ilcx, or SE/30. 557 How the Mac works. 563 Choosing a hard drive. 591 Desktop Publishing Type & Graphics. 619 Connecting to a bulletin board. 642 Choosing a Mac magazine. 673 Selecting a user group. 686 Public domain, freeware, & shareware defined. 689 Encyclopedia Macintosh Encyclopedia Macintosh® Craig Danuloff Deke McClelland San Francisco · Paris · Dusseldorf · Soest Acquisitions Editor: Dianne King Editor: Eric Stone Book Designer: Ingrid Owen Technical Art: Deke McClelland Typesetter: Publishing Resources Inc. Proofreader: Edith Rex Indexer: Julie Kawabata Cover Designer: Thomas Ingalls + Associates Cover Photographer: Michael Lamotte TRADEMARKS: SYBEX has attempted throughout this book to distinguish proprietary trademarks from descrip tive terms by captializing the first letter of each word, or by following the maufacturer's style of capitialization. Apple Desktop Bus, AppleShare, A/UX, Disk First Aid, Finder, HyperCard, HyperTalk, Lisa, LocalTalk, Mac, Macintosh, MultiFinder, and Switcher are trademarks, and Apple, the Apple logo, AppleCare, AppleTalk, ImageWriter, and LaserWriter are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. SYBEX is a registered trademark of SYBEX, Inc. Memory chip graphics ©Apple Computer, Inc. Used with permission. SYBEX is not affiliated with any manufacturer. Every effort has been made to supply complete and accurate information. However, SYBEX assumes no~­ sponsibility for its use, nor for any infringement of the intellectual property rights of third parties which would result from such use. Copyright© 1990 SYBEX Inc. 2021 Challenger Drive #100, Alameda, CA 94501. World rights reserved. No part of this publication may be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or reproduced in any way, including but not limited to photocopy, photograph, magnetic or other record, without the prior agreement and written per mission of the publisher. Library of Congress Card Number: 89-63176 ISBN: 0-89588-628-6 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 Early one morning in March or April of 1984 I found myself having break fast with a group of people I didn't know. The strange thing about this, beyond the fact that I was awake at that time of day, was that the breakfast was part of the interview process for a computer-store sales job. The group around me was the current staff of "sales representatives," and the meal was supposed to allow them to size me up. I was feeling quite confident as we began. After all, I had my own IBM PC, knew WordStar, Lotus 1-2-3, and dBASE II, and was generally the cocky sort. I sooq noticed, however, that none of these people seemed to care much about the PC or its software, and that the words Apple, Lisa, and Macintosh were getting tossed around quite a bit. As the conversation continued, I became aware of the fact that everyone except me was wear ing an Apple pin, carrying an Apple pen, or writing on an Apple notepad. There were other jobs, I told myself. And besides, the more time I spent with this group, the more I felt like a Moonie who didn't like flowers. When I was hired, the manager told me it was because they needed some one who would sell their IBM PCs and not push everyone into a Macintosh. For about 18 months I was the odd man out at that store, constantly engag ing in good-natured arguments with my coworkers about the virtues of the PC versus the Mac. Needless to say, I eventually was won over. Today I've got my own Apple pen, and probably scare others away when I start talking about the Mac. This book is dedicated to the runny eggs I ate in March or April of 1984. Craig M. Danuloff Just coffee for me, thanks. D. H. McClelland, II Acknowledgments For our involvement in this project we thank Dianne King at Sybex and Bill Gladstone at Waterside Productions. Both showed great faith at the outset of this project, and endurance as it has developed. A number of people at Sybex worked very hard on the production of this book. In particular, our sincere thanks to Eric Stone for editing and reediting our endless changes and additions, and keeping the goals of the project in focus. This book is significantly improved as a result of his hard work. We also thank Edith Rex and the other Sybex proofreaders (and the many red pens that gave their lives). At Publishing Resources Inc., we thank Tom Midgley and Ian Thompson for their research assistance and technical support, Scott Harmon for his Linotronic skills, and Susan Janow for keeping the whole thing moving ahead smoothly. John Duane provided programming and design services for the HyperCard stack version of this book. Thanks, Duke. A great number of software companies and their representatives provided us with evaluation software, technical information, and technical support. These include Sara Charf and Mike Poole at Microsoft, Renee Matthews at Claris, Carl Jamison at Aldus, Larry Davis at Alsoft, Jim Von Ehr at Altsys, Rick Barron at Affinity Microsystems, Lavon Collins and Julie Hurd at Adobe Systems, Zoe Roizen at T/Maker, Tracy Owens and Martha Keaveny at Ashton-Tate, Sue Nail at CE Software, Stuart Henigson at Silicon Beach, Nichole Noland at Electronic Arts, and Matthew Smith at Preferred Publishers. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 8, 9: R.D., S.R., J.G., A.E., and J.M. Deepest gratitude to Elizabeth Pheasant for countless lunches, pots of coffee, lots of love, and everything else that goes with a perfect marriage. Every book I write is dedicated to you. Special thanks to each of the following for their technical reviews and assistance: Loftus E. Becker, Jr. Scott Converse EdGlascow Sandy Greenberg Micheal Kimble Clayton Klayburner Mel Potter David Ramsey xi Contents Introduction xix Section One System Software & Utilities Chooser 3 Chooser Tips 3 Clipboard 4 Clipboard Tips 5 Clipboard Utilities 6 Connectivity 9 File Transfer Utilities 9 Data Conversion Utilities 13 Running Programs 13 Control Panel 15 Control Panel Tips 16 Cdev Utilities 17 Customization 18 Customizing Startup Screens 19 Customizing the Desktop Pattern 21 Customizing Window Displays 22 Customizing Menus 25 Customizing Icons 27 Customizing Dialog Boxes 31 Customizing Color 34 De-Customizing 35 Painting on the Mac 35