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THE MACINTOSH? MAGAZINE -- HOW TO CR IW. JLTI MEDIA PRESENTATIC “41 Software Authoring Tools Compared New PowerPoint 3.0 tools make power! fis =] fi7julsl=) ake (Ey) (eee (el The toolbar. A powerful way to save time. Because now the most commonly used features are just a point and a click away. Output you have to see to believe. Creating sharp-looking overheads, WYSIWYG Outline view lets you create and work with 35mm slides or speaker’ notes has never been easien the content of your entire presentation as an outline, Plus, full text formatting capabilities let you see and edit ‘fonts, Sizes and siyles right in Oulline view. Dang Kt Ge Presenting the Shape tool, Now making diagrams is quick and Get graphical. 84 different graph styles to pick from, including 3-D easy, There’ a palette of 24 adjustable shapes to choose from, graphs with rotation and perspective control. myalere poad AWRia Now you have everything you _ files with PowerPoint 3.0 for Windows” need to make all your presentations directly. No translation necessary. as powerful as your ideas. Best of all, you can upgrade to And that includes cross-platform PowerPoint 3.0 for only $129. This support.Which means you can share _ offer is valid for everyone who is "aye Detain Delo States, el (800) 128: tered trademarks igi he urate re i ed Caton a prion Cth ot CE ecause powerful ful presentations. Mire ceewy Sail to tnies With Anytime Templates, you can apply one of 160 professionally designed templates or For polished, professional electronic presentations | use any other presentation as a template. Anytime. use automatic build slides with flying bullets, transition effects, on-screen notation, sound and video. ‘129 You can upgrade to PowerPoint 3.0 and all these powerful features for only $129" (800)426-9400 For youtr copy of the Microsoft” PowerPoint” The PowerPoint presentation graphics program fully version 3.0 upgrade, visit your nearest reseller or pick up supports QuickTime”and System 7” and is part of a complete the phone and push these buettons: (800) 426-9400. Line of powerful Microsoft applications for the Macintosh? using PowerPoint 2.01 or older, Aldus’ you know it, you will find yourself Persuasion; or any other competitive in a position of power. presentation graphics program: - ; So get your hands on PowerPoint Microsoft 3.0 for the Macintosh. And before Making it easier 2 mainte page of acer’ manual or Disk fhe rosa. Rs 5206 aa Bir eormat ont Cara, call (800) 368 (nts ar mattered raerar ef Cie! Soar Santee MOR es may ear. Pas appa sles tx and rea if mdr det fom Most Oe goed ons th Posh and fuer Pon ee repsod mates a Winco crane ie Mee Corpor Maino tea ‘Spee Crh lion of oar cesar fore arsah os Sen BAZ At NEC, we've developed hundreds of computer products expressly Sor Mac systems: from our highly- acclaimed MultiSync ‘monitors, MultiSpin™ CD-ROM readers and Silentvriter® taser printers, to our Professional Graphics Series, which ineludes our new 27" MultiSyne 3PG data monitor and MultiSync 6PG and 9PG Projection Moni- tors for images as large as 25 feet. ¢ Announcing a The ultimate moi The NEC MultiSync 4FG" Boss @ -MacUser Magazine Aug.’92 better mousetrap. for your Mac: The NEC MultiSync’ 3FGx monitor. The least you should do In 1992, the only monitor to snag the coveted five- mice rating was an NEC monitor: the MultiSync 4FG. After running it and 13 others through the most rigorous technical evaluation they’d ever used for testing monitors, MacUser magazine concluded, “If you’re looking for the sharpest dis- play, the NEC MultiSync 4FG should be your top choice”? What more can we say? Glad you asked. Our AccuColor™ Control System prompted AfacUser to make special mention of the “easy color adjustments” AccuColor lets you adjust on-screen colors, so if you're looking for mouse-tail pink, that’s what you'll get. If, however, color control is not a priority for you, you'll be very happy with NEC’s MultiSync 3FGx monitor, which shares almost all of the 4FG’s award-winning features. Both monitors pro- duce sharp, bright images, crisp graphics and vibrant colors. An Invar shadow mask provides increased brightness without loss of focus. Another big idea—the display area. The large 15" screen (13.8" active display area) coupled with FullScan™ capability for edge-to-edge images gives you a larger display area than typical 13” or 14" RGB monitors. How do you make an NEC MultiSync monitor work with your Mac? Just plug it in, using NEC’s free FG/Mac cable adapter. It works with the Mac’s on-board video, so you won’t need an add-in video board? Both monitors are compatible with the Mac* II family, Quadra™ series, LC’s, PowerBooks™ and PC systems. So you can use just one monitor for both types of platforms. MacUser noted the “powerful and versatile controls make switching from a Mac to a PC a snap” And to make these monitors as user-friendly as possible, we’ve included ergonomic features such as a tilt/swivel base and up-front user controls. Plus, our Reduced Magnetic Field™ technology meets the strict Swedish MPR II guidelines for magnetic field emissions. There are lots of reasons for considering an NEC MultiSync monitor for your Mac—the sharp, bright images, the vibrant colors, the large display area, the flexibility, the compatibility—to name five. And the t t t { t to name five more. For more information on our award-winning monitors, call 1-800-NEC-INFO (in Canada: 1-800-343-4418). Or for a complete brochure via fax, call NEC FastFacts™ at 1-800-366-0476, request #62234. "For Macintosh 640.460 rescuton, justaltach NEC's FG/Mac cable edaptar and pluginte: Macintosh, lei, LC, LCi vx, Mi, Quacral™ 700, Quadra 900, Quaca 950, Perlorma’™ 400, Performa 600, oueB00k"™ 160, PowesBiook 160, andthe PowerBook 210 and Powwrfiock 230 rMinDock™ Cr witvan a¢-in video eard: Macintoah lx x,t, PowarBcok 10, PowecBook 15, and PowerBook 170, Got tha 640 x 480FGiMJac adaptr toe by caling NEC a (312) 822.7427 8:50AM SPM CST. Circle 68 on reader service card [ is | ZINE MARCH 1993 SPECIAL MULTIMEDIA GUIDE Top 10 CD ROMs.. BY JAMES A. MARTIN Macworld picks ten winners that excite the intellect, stir the imagination, and deliver a wealth of information in a way that only a compact disc ca On the Cover CHECK OUR MULTIMEDIA GUIDE (PAGE 98) FOR THE TOP CD ROMS, ENTRY-LEVEL-TO- First-Time Authoring... eat ded BY JOSEPH SCHORR Movingcharts, flying logos, anda musical seare nary presentation into a memorable one. Dive into multimedia with one of th grams aimed at the novice producer, HIGH-END AUTHORING PROGRAMS, AND Multimedia Masters........ BY NICK WEST Werateseven authoring programs that inte- SOUND TO YOUR PRODUCTIONS. TIPS ON ADDING grate video, animation, sound, graphics, and text for large, complex i Seon projects—to help you match your needs with the right application. FRANZ-MOORE.) Sound Advice bi A18 BY JIM HEID Tips and tutorials for recording digital sound and adding an audio dimension to multimedia productions. Hard Drives... EW R. CLARK Macworld Lab tests 84 drives in the 200MB-to-520MB MW mum 3 Printers & 1 Scanner... BY STEVE ROTH Apple unveils an impr imaging hardware and software—low-costink-jets, a midrange color scanner, and high-end laser printers. Page 124 4 March 1993 MACWORLD DEPARTMENTS is How to Contact Maeworld 23 MacBulletin 25 State of the Mac BY ADRIAN MELLO Choosing the right PowerBook REVIEWS 144 Timbuktu 5.0.1 Terminal emulation 146 PowerBook Duo 210 and 230 Notebook computer a1 Letters s3 Art Beat BY CATHY ABES 4148 Duo Dock Desktop housing for PowerBook Duo 57 The Iconoclast 150 Microsoft Word 5.1 Page 106 BY STEVEN LEVY Word processor Is computer productivity an 450 Special Delivery 1.0 oxymoron? Presentation software 170 Inline Sync 1.0 69 Conspicuous 152 Apple Font Pack File-synchronization software TrueType fonts Consumer 172 Rodney's Wonder BY DEBORAH BRANSCUM oa Olds Reteonal Eres Window With justa Macanda modem, you Hubli It Easy. 2 CDROM of Mac art cals wenvire farfrom home Page-layout software 172 America Alive 164 Conflict Catcher and CD ROM travel guide a1 News Other Innovative Utilities | aY DAN LITTMAN AND 1.0; INITPicker 3.0 174 StrataType 3d 1.0 t TOM MORAN INIT manager utilities 3-D type-effects software . Sd 166. Expressionist 3.0; 474, Network Vital Signs 1.0 181 The Desktop Critic MathType 3.0, Network- monitoring system ay DAVID POGUE Equation ih vorware Sensational System 7 add-ons 468 PicturePress 2.5 Image-compression iss New Products oie 193 How To/Quick Tips 168 MiniCAD+4 BY LON POOLE ‘Computer-assisted drafting 2 203 How To/Getting 170 AtEase ‘2 Desktop altemative Started BY JIM HEID Word processing with style sheets 211 PowerBook Notes BY CARY LU ‘The care and feeding of batteries 176 Battle Chess Enhanced F ROM 221 Slar Ratings Game software 176 Where in America's Past 298 Best-Sellers Is Carmen Sandiego? — ¢ 4 Educational game 178 Spiral 1.0.1 Note-taking software Nes li 10, hnbe 3 ecole ia ee ‘Miowold Conmintation Ine, 01 Setend S27 Se ies 17! MetaDesign 3.0. Structured systems software Second St, Son Fane, CA 107, «16/283-0509. MACWORLD March 1993 5 Looks like Mac users just got The new generation HP LaserJet 4M printer. r My eas creates rich, ful- dimensional text and graphics. Mierfine tna rakes 60 dps ou putlook ven Sharpr The HP LaserJet 4M is the one for all. qe Typettypelacos forMar and PC PostScript usr and moliont Sd 10 TueType Sypuces for PE document sys, print out crisp, cleat and fast. ically for the Mac from the ground up—the new LaserJet 4M. A laser printer for Mac users with everything you expect. And, more importantly, everything you need. From built-in PostScript Level 2 software from Adobe and 6 MB ofmemory, to standard LocalTalk and optional EtherTalk. Features which make certai this new generation in laser printing is ready-made just The finest print quality in its class. In addition to complete Macintosh caer: ‘ocunts compatibility, the LaserJet 4M printer also delivers the finest print quality of any 600 dpi machine available—thanks to O1MEHewe Prckrd Company PEL227H “Suggested US. ts price HP's microfine toner, Resolution Enhancement technology, and an advanced engine expressly engi- necred for 600x600 dpi. New generation features mean you will lose no time get- ting your work onto the page. A new RISC proces- sor and 6 MB of standard memory accelerate formatting and /O 6ME ofmemoy speeds, so complex builtin PostScript language and graphics files are rendered faster and more clearly than ever before. Greater flexibility. But this wouldn't be an HP-caliber breakthrough if the innovations weren't across the board. That's why, even though the new genera- tion LaserJet 4M printer is built for the Macintosh, it will perform for DOS and Windows users as well... automatically. Automatic Taha eal 18009 data siete mmodite via fax machine call 130.051 1267 from your tu de and FostSerg are traces of Adobe Syste Iecoporated which ra language switching (between PCL5 and PostScript) and three hot I/O ports Gerial, parallel, and LocalTalk) make sure users are able to share the printer simultaneously. Without waiting. Also, because of the LaserJet 4M printer's two integrated paper trays (total capacity 350 sheets) and optional 500-sheet tray and power envelope feeder, you will save time, avoid paper-handling hassles, and gain flexibility. HP quality and reliability. The new generation LaserJet 4M printer lets you enjoy the one particular no other Macintosh laser printer can offer—the renowned quality and re- liability which . comes with NN owning an HP " peripheral. Not Increased paper handing Carta ours rst. tomention 040i 00 dpi our out- standing customer Four times the dots for support, betler resolution. where information about how to get the most from your printer is nevermore than aphone call away, Surprisingly affordable. Perhaps the most remarkable attribute of the new LaserJet 4M printer is the price—$2,999* A breakthrough in its own right. So call 1-800-LASERJET 1-800-527-3753), Ext.7135 to receive a print sample** and comparison disk to see the quality for yourself. 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Lightning-Fast ColorSyne: At press time, RasterOps said it would demonstrate at Macworld Expo in January a technology that can speed Apple's new ColorSync color-management software by up to 18,000 times. That means a 40MB image would be color-corrected instantly instead of taking about four minutes, the company said. A product based on the ASIC chip should be available in late spring this year. m MACWORLD March 1993 23 THE ONLY TAPE DRIVE THAT PUTS 25GB ON A SINGLE SM TAPE. opt sonenneuramtcneman air REO aaa ca ee D 5 > DEC TUMTAB ° is » Uni 0S STATE OF THE MAC Which PowerBook? BY ADRIAN MELLO HE PROBLEM WITH HAVING a lot of good choices is deciding among them. Lately, I’ve no- ticed a special kind of suffering that is afflicting potential PowerBook owners. With the introduction of five compelling PowerBook models, buyers are struggling over which to get. I wanted to figure out which model I wanted myself, so I spent time living with each model to discover their strengths and weaknesses. Here’s what I found out. The key to choosing a PowerBook is deciding between one of the three tried- and-true “traditional” PowerBook models and one of the slim PowerBook Duos (the 210 and 230, along with a small solar sys- tem of accessories). The traditional Power- Book design is heavier (6.8 pounds) and can have everything you're likely to need built in except an AC power adapter. The PowerBook Duos are slim and light (4.2 pounds) and fit in a stationary docking system. Apple’s Duo Dock docking sta- tion provides access to a floating-point chip and has most of the advantages of a desktop computer, including two slots, extra video memory, and a bay for an in- ternal hard drive (in addition to the Duo’s own internal drive). At first glance, the choice appears to be between the conve- nience of an all-in-one design and the flexibility of being able to add to a basic system that’s also lighter in weight. Now that I’ve given you a rational overview, please indulge me while I ex- plore the emotional aspects of the new PowerBooks. Like me, you may have to get the “cool-toys response” out of your system before you can make the right de- cision, Let’s start with the coolest com- puter I've ever seen—the PowerBook Duo. The Dynamic Duo versus the Active Matrix IF BATMAN HAD A COMPUTER, IT would be a PowerBook Duo. I can see him bursting into the Bat Cave—a few quick strides and he’s seated at his electronic command post facing his Duo Dock. With a touch of a button, the robotic whir of the PowerLatch system ejects the Duo, He slaps the MiniDock onto the back of the notebook and thrusts it into an ar- mored black carrying case marked with the Batman logo. He briskly clips the AC adapter onto his utility belt. Batman then clips the floppy adapter in place, carefully keeping it separate from the suspiciously similar-looking batarang. Hey, what’s good enough for Batman is good enough for me. I was captivated by the Duo. But the first time I used the PowerBook 180, it dragged me back to- ward using a conventional PowerBook. ‘Until you use an active matrix screen like those of the 170 and 180 and compare it with a passive matrix screen, you can’t ap- preciate the difference: the 180’s screen is far superior to the Duo’s screen. The real surprise is how much nicer the 180’s screen is than the 170’s. They are both active matrix, but the 180 adds gray scale and a shadow mask. The result is a sharp- er, higher-contrast image that makes the 180’s screen much more appealing. The Duo Dilemma ALL RIGHT, TIME TO COME BACK DOWN to earth. After all, we’re talking a lot of money, now that we're choosing between a fully loaded PowerBook Duo and a PowerBook 180. These products list for around $4000, and that’s if you can get your hands on the 180, which is in tre- mendous demand (and short supply, due toscreen-manufacturing problems)."That’s the beauty of rationality—it can help you decide that you don’t want what you re- ally want when you're not sure you can have it anyway. Now let’s analyze the joy out of the first object of my infatuation—the Power- Book Duo. After living with a Duo system for a while, I dis- covered that it has a problem —too many pieces (of course, this is precisely why I liked it in the first place!). Every time I went somewhere I had to think about which pieces to bring. What if I want to tran: fer files to another comput that color monitor in a colleague’s office and work on my presentation in color. Better bring the MiniDock. But then I don’t need the Duo Floppy Adapter. Take that out and put it back. After all, I want to reduce weight and save room in the car- rying case. But I can forget about both of those goals if I bring along a floppy drive ora MiniDock. The trick with a Duo system is that to really save the 2 pounds, you have to de- cide that you can live without a floppy drive and an external monitor most of the time. Otherwise you will carry around a floppy drive and an adapter or MiniDock and about as much weight as a conven- tional PowerBook. If you forgo a floppy drive you have to use a pair of PhoneNet adapters or the HDI-30 SCSI System Cable to load new software or transfer data files. And that means you have to have access to someone else’s computer, which means you aren’t nearly as indepen- dent. If you want to back up your hard drive and there’s no other computer handy, you can do it remotely, but you have to have a computer or server set up at another location so that you can dial in and download a file. You may not like carrying a floppy drive, but you can be caught in a bind without one. A Strength of Tradition IF CONVENIENCE IS THE NAME OF THE game, the traditional PowerBook design largely wins. You don’t need to think about which pieces to bring; you don’t have to unpack and repack them on the road or worry about losing them; and you won't forget to bring that one crucial piece that would have let you do the job. Also, once you cable a floppy drive or other compo- nent to a Duo, you’re making. a portable PowerBook look uncomfortably similar to an immovable desktop machine Should I bring the SCSI Disk Which with its sundry attachments. Adapter or a couple of Phone- The chief convenience of Net connectors? But I might PowerBook a Duo is not the unlikely buy a new software package on weight savings, but the way it the road and want to install it. would configures your system when Better bring the floppy drive. Oh yeah, don’t forget the floppy adapter that goes with it. I might want to hook up to Batman buy? rejoined to’a Duo Dock. 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Better yet, there are the necessary Duo accessories at each end. At work you have a Duo Dock set up as a desktop sys- tem, At home you have a MiniDock, an AC adapter, a color monitor, and a floppy drive. You toss your Duo into a briefcase and take it home. You don’t have to worry about the pieces you bring. A Duo might also be a good choice for people who regularly travel between meetings and take notes there. Choosing a Winner NEVERTH MOST PEOPLE ARE better off with a traditional PowerBook. So which one—the 145, the 160, or the 180? If money is no object, the 180 is the PowerBook of choice. If you can afford one and don’t mind waiting in line to get it, you won't be disappointed. If you plan to regularly work in front of the built-in screen for extended periods of time, the extra $1300 or so premium over the PowerBook 160 is worth it. Remember, I said if you can afford it. Many people aren’t willing or able to pay $4000 or more for a notebook computer. So for most people I recommend the PowerBook 160. For about $300 more than the PowerBook 145, the 160 lets you attach an external gray-scale or color monitor. This means you can run color presentations from your PowerBook, and you can bypass the passive matrix screen when you have access to a real monitor. If the 145 were $700 to $800 less than the 160 it might make more sense. Allin all, the choice for most users is between the PowerBook 160 and the PowerBook 180, The 180 wins if you just won’t be near a monitor that often and you work in front of the screen for long periods of time. As much as I love the 180, I give the nod to the 160 because now that n connect it to an external monitor its passive matrix screen is less limiting. Rationally, the 160 makes the most sense for most people. Of course, that doesn’t stop me from wishing I had a Duo sys- tem—just for the fun of it. Hmm. 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PostScript isa trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc.All other marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of theicrespectiv Circle 143 on reader service card IIvx Just Putters A LL RIGHT, GET ON YOUR HOR and figure this one out, quick. I’ve been reading the reviews on the new Mac IIvx computer from Apple, and most of what I read makes my mouth water (“The Macintosh TIvx,” December 1992). But I'm puzzled by something, Why is it that a new computer with a built-in math co- processor that runs 28 percent faster than a Mac Ici, still runs slower than or only as fast as the Mac IIci? How about an an- swer on this one? Craig Peterson Santa Monica, California A bottleneck is the reason behind the slower speed. According to one source, even though the CPU (the central processing unit, or the brain of the computer) of the llvx is faster than the CPU of the Ici, the livx's ADB transceiver (Apple Desktop Bus transmitter and receiver) is only half as fast as the llvx’s CPU, which means that the CPU is often left waiting to receive or send processed information, It’s sort of like dictating a message at 30 words per minute to someone who can write only 15 words per minute. You have to stop and wait for the message taker to catch up periodically. —ed. HARLES SEITER SAYS, “FOR YEARS the AppleColor Monitor has been called 13-inch, an honest reference to the true diagonal size of the image area.” Wrong! The actual image area is 11’ inches. The exposed glass area of the tube isa tad less than 13 inches. Seiter goes on, “This new standard Apple monitor, with the same picture dimensions as the old one, has been proudly redesignated as a 14-inch monitor.” Whose side is he o1 The government passed a law many years ago requiring an honest diagonal measurement of TV screens. How about getting a law requiring computer monitor makers to measure screens the same way, relative to actual image area and not the glass area? Richard Maclean Crofion, Maryland No Deal at All FOUND THE ARTICLE “THE UP- grade Express” very good (Conspicuous Consumer, December 1992). I was particu- larly interested in the quote from Judy Chase, Microsoft Word product manager, about her “deal of the century” (Word 5.0 owners will get 5.1 for less than $20). What deal? I received my upgrade of- fer from Microsoft with a price of $129. On the back of the card it indicated if T bought Word 5.0 after October 1, then it would only cost $5 for shipping. I am sure you printed what you were told, but it is indicative of the credibility of some of the Microsoft people. In my case, I upgraded to 5.0 in January and when I consider the upgrade cost, I am less than satisfied. Word has some excellent features, but it is also flawed, Is there an explanation why 5.1 came out such a short time after 5.0? William L.. Kriegs Racine, Wisconsin It's no misprint—Microsoft is offering registered Word 5.0 owners an upgrade to 5.1 for $19.95, which includes shipping and handling. If you are a registered 5,0 owner and receive the wrong offer, call Microsoft's Customer Service number at 800/ 426-9000.—Ed. Miracle Connection ’M WRITING ABOUT “HARD DRIVE Rx” in the December 1992 issue. The “SCSI Do’s and Don’ts” chart on page 215 states that “the last device should have an external termination connector.” Did something get lost in the editing or does Mr. Eckhardt really mean it? 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Allex Podressoff Tempe, Arizona The last device needs to be terminated, but termi- nation can be either internal or external, —Ed. Tnconsistently Reviewed PERCEIVE A GREAT DEAL OF INCON- sistency among identically rated prod- ucts, Specifically I am referring to the three stars accorded both Omnis 7 1.1 and Kodak Renaissance in December 1992 Reviews, In the Omnis review the pros and cons box sets the tone, with many pros and only one con, “Not for neophytes,” which is nota con at all, since I can’t think of any relational database that is particu- larly suitable for neophytes, though He- lix is no doubt easier. Contrast this with the review of Kodak Renaissance that has several not-inconsequential cons, a review PLAYING 10 HOLES IK NEW YORK CITY 1S NO PROBLEM Wut boon iol uu bree that’, de Sure, it’s hard to see the first hole from your hotel on Madison and 53rd, Golf, how- ever, is definitely an option when you visit the Big Apple. 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Strate Circle 224 on reader service card March 1993 MACWORLD fe SHSSESSNr Alll the details come with easy to read maps. THE MAPPING. SOFTWARE EXPERTS™ indittonat ieronks are 32 laden with details of its shortcomings. Yet both programs get exactly the same, three-star, rating! T sincerely request you add half-stars to your rating system and most especially that you set forth specific guidelines on how reviewers are to use the system whether you stick with the current one or not. Then have someone other than the reviewer read through the reviews to catch inconsistent ratings in the future. Andrew Ruff Palo Alto, California Grade Wars WAS DISAPPOINTED BY THE SE- lection of Grade Machine 5.0 over Making the Grade 2.0 in the December 1992 Reviews. I suspect that George Beek- man and Kay Stephens have never been overworked, underpaid classroom teach- ers. Nor, I presume, have they ever been challenged to select a grading program for a number of computer-shy educators who. continues “How to Unlock the Hidden Storage on Your Hard Drive” (PowerBook Notes, February 1993) warned that readers should back up their bard drives in case anything went wrong. The article should have noted that readers must back up their hard drives and verify that the backups are functional before following the procedure, which will destroy any data on the hard drive. In Step 3, after users see the message “Partitioning was successfinl,” select Done, and then Quit, they must restart the Mac- intosh using the Disk Tools Sy: tem. Then users should copy the Systent back onto their bard drive, and restore their back- up files. “Gauging Video Speed” (24-Bit Color Graphics,” February 1993) didn’t reflect the actual performance of RasterOps’ Painthoard Li. With the appropriate software, the Painthoard Li’s performance is nearly identical to that of RasterOps’ 24XLi board. Retest- ing of the boards revealed signi- ficantly better performance than was originally indicated, with the following results: vertical seroll 81.4 seconds, horizontal scroll 71.2 seconds, and page scroll | 153 seconds. CANVAS 3. cote ETH BSE TH OU late cheesecake. Seems like all of life's really satisfying stuff comes laced with IS BAD FOR YOU, coherent package. It's all there. And i's all good. © How good? Good enough to generate a slew of rave revues and positive comparisons with programs costing much more, © And good enough to capture virtually every significant industry award there is - froma MacUser Eddy for Best titit JAN, 1992 Drawing Program to a MacWeek Target for Best Business Graphics Program to the Infoworld Buyers Assurance Seal. © Canvas 3, No fat. No side effects. No shin splints. 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The Macint Expers ‘Order now from resellers everywhere inlucing.. 1-800-255-6227 Circle 225 on reader service card 34 March 1993 MACWORLD LETTERS not only need, but require, the friendly interface and, “chatty” documentation that ‘Making the Grade offers. As for the com- ment that the number of reports offered may appear to be overkill, it is obvious that your reviewers have never been in the position of having ten minutes to prepare for a conference with a concerned, or irate, parent. I found the reports created by Making the Grade a constant reassur- ance to both students and parents. Sandra Ewanowski Lilburn, Georgia CONCUR WITH MOST OF WHAT YOU said about Grade Machine 5.0. The programmers at Misty City Software are in tune with teachers’ needs and seem to always have new and improved versions in the wings. I'd like to underscore a feature you touched on: the incredible flexibility of the entire program. All the gradebook re- ports, attendance reports, and individual student reports can be tailored, it seems, indefinitely. I noticed you mentioned a pro of Making the Grade 2.0 was its abil- ity to print in Spanish. I have been able to tailor Grade Machine reports using style sheets to read almost completely in Span- ish for three years. Diane Berthoin-Hernandez Castroville, California The Classroom Attendance module for Misty City's Grade Machine is now shipping. It was not at the time of our December issue —Ed. Another Look at Fonts F I WERE SOMEONE INTERESTED in creating or editing outline fonts, the review of Fontographer 3.5 could have only hindered my quest for accurate infor- mation (Reviews, November 1992). In- stead, I am an experienced user of Font- ographer and its competitor FontStudio. From my perspective, the reviewer did not understand the program and its relation to making font outlines, Nor do I believe the reviewer understood the significance of font formats or the discipline of working with letterforms. For instance, the state- ment “As with any PostScript draw pro- gram, you can control fill patterns, line weight, the way each line ends, and the way strokes meet” is truly meaningless. First, there are no patterns in Font- ographer, only tints; second, the tints and strokes can only be used with the Type 3 font format, which is largely irrelevant, Talso cannot fathom why the renam- ing of a font is so hard for your reviewer, And then the reviewer lumps interpola- tion under the concept of adding control to font editing. Anyone who has used in- terpolation would know that control is not one of the results, though interpolation does add options. Finally, the short dis- cussion of Multiple Master technology must have had the people at Adobe won- dering why they even came up with the silly idea. Tom Davis Dallas, Texas Alternative Suggestion ENUCHOICE BY KERRY CLEN dinning, $15 shareware, does the same thing for me as Power Menus on my Tcx running System 7.1 (Reviews, Decem- ber 1992). Not only does it allow submenus for anything in the Apple menu that supports them, but also to mounted volume aliases placed there. It also creates a Recent menu item that tracks the most recently used Apple menu items during a session. MenuChoice doesn’t allow fid- geting with font sizes, but that seems a small sacrifice. Just another example of shareware lighting the way. Patrick Denny Hawthorne, California Motion Works Responds N READING THE REVIEW OF PRO- motion (November 1992), we have found a number of areas in which the re- view was incorrect. How is it that the “three-step proce- dure of opening the host file, selecting the object you want to import, and confirm- ing the object’s name” is a “mind-numb- ingly slow” process? You would be hard- pressed to find any other package that not only provides the import/export flexibil- ity but also the simplicity that is found in Promotion, The review says “The eyedropper tool works only in the foreground win- dow, preventing you from, say, matching the colors in the current actor to the col- ors in a prop.” Promotion allows you to edit multiple actors and props at the same time. All the user needs to do is open both the actor and prop for editing, select the color in the prop, and use it in the actor. ‘The review also says “When drawing an actor, you can’t preview the appearance of a specific frame against its background, denying you a glimpse of the big picture.” The image of the actor és updated in the animation window if the actor is edited on a frame-by-frame basis. ‘The opening summary states “No support for QuickTime compression.” continues: Dee Take Inside Your Old LaserWriter A 600 x 600 dpi Superprinter (You Just Have To Know How To Coax It Out.) f you have an Apple* LaserWriter* or HP® LaserJet®, S, already have the makings of a lightning fast, 600 x 600 dpi Superprinter. Don’t let your current investment go to waste! Just install an Accel-a-Writer controller and bring new industry leading technology to your old Apple LaserWriter or HP LaserJet. Print speedy, high resolution graphics without the expense of buying a brand new printer! 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Circle 6 on reader service card LETTERS When exporting to the QuickTime for- mat, Promotion defaults to using the Ani- jon Compressor, which is the com- pressor Apple recommends when creating animated QuickTime movies Rajiv Aggarwal Vice President, Product Development Motion Works International Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Stacks and Heaps L ON POOLE’S REPLY TO CURT D. Baker about stack and heap collisions is confusing (Quick Tips, December 1992). The short story is that when the Finder launches a program, the system allocates a default amount of memory to that pro- gram, which you set up in the Get Info window of a program. This whole chunk of memory represents both the heap and the stack areas the program will use while itis running. Where the heap ends in that chunk of memory, the stack also ends. As Lon Poole said, the stack and the heap “grow toward each other.” Actually they’re both in the same chunk. The pro- grammer can internally set the size to which the program’s heap can grow until the program runs out of memory. ‘There are some cases in which a pro- gram has sufficient memory but will s crash with the “Stack collision with heap” error. This happens when the program- mer didn’t have that extra cup of coffee (or Jolt cola) required when he or she was dealing with memory allocation, When a program references an address, such as a variable’s address in memory that is no longer valid, and that program tries to write data to this address, the Mac notices that something is wrong and assumes thar the “stack” has moved onto the “heap.” If increasing the memory partition of the program doesn’t solve the problem, then the only thing you can do is wait for an update after having reported the problem to the technical-support people of the program’s publisher. Martin-Gilles Lavoie Montreal, Quebec, Canada Want Accounting Jargon HAVE SERIOUS DISAGREEMENTS with Jim Heid’s Getting Started (“Small-Business Accounting,” November 1992), He is mistaken when he classifies income as an asset, grouping it with money in the bank and equipment. He is mistaken when he classifies rent as a liability, grouping it with bank loans and bills. Money in the bank and equipment go in the debit column while income goes 42 March 1993 MACWORLD in the credit column; bank loans and bills go in the credit column while rent goes in the debit column, Danny Schlesinger Caracas, Venezuela Paying for Answer ] MS THAT APPLE, AS WE many of the software companies that produce software for the Macintosh com- puter, has discarded the philosophy that has given the Macintosh such a loyal fol- lowing. I remember the days when you opened a new software package and spent a few fun hours discovering how to use it. The manual was considered a last resort as well as an admission of defeat. Now, not only are software manuals a must but the user is oftentimes at the mercy of technical support. The final insult comes after hacking your way through the auto- mated phone system and finally reaching a real person who tells you that buying and registering your software is not enough. You must now pay for a techni- cal-service contract. Zena Mercer Galveston, Texas seking Mini Mouse eg SEARCHED FAR AND WIDE IN toy stores and found the perfect, tex- tured, glass marble to replace the plastic trackball in my PowerBook 100. But when [’m drawing in FreeHand, the poor machine is reduced to a digital Etch A Sketch. Sure I could use a regular mouse, and drag along a mouse pad and a hardback book to put it on. A second lap is not always available. Is someone out there going to make us one-lappers a micromouse? Richard Gordon Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada At the November 1992 Comdex show, Appoint, maker of the MousePen, announced a new mouse that is half the size of the Apple mouse and that has a friction trackball allowing it to work at any angle. The product will be called Gulliver and has a sug- gested retail price of $99, Readers can call 800/448- 11184 or 510/463-3003 for more information.—Ed. Letters should be sent to Letters, Macworld, 501 Second St., San Francisco, CA 94107, or electroni- cally to CompuServe (70370,702), MCI Mail (294- 8078), America Online (Macworld), or AppleLink (Macworld1). Include return address and daytime phone number. Due to the high volume of mail re- ceived, we can't respond personally to each letter. We reserve the right to edit all letters. 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