MacFormat 08 Jan. 1994 1600x1200 72dpi

GUARA! ED TO HELP Beginner YOU! or expert, = discover hundreds of Mac and Performa secrets... Almost 3 megabytes on our super ralue disk! Mf your Mac can'treadHD = ® ramsey tn ill fisks, don't despair - see page 6 for details of getting replacements. Dompatibility information on page 6. ene DISK 8A JANUARY 1994 DISK VALUE graphics from Macs, PCs or Amigas ‘ At — @ COMMENT KEEPER ~ _ ; @ AUTOROUTE DEMO zs 4 7 . Try out this road atias on disk with i our fully working demo (limited to . ] the south of England). incredible Z F . y upgrade offer in the magazine! @ GRAPHIC CONVERTER Convert and edit all kinds of Saves Get Info comments @ HELIUM Instant access to balloon help @ MOUNT ALIAS Even better value for money with Speed up access to network January's MacFormat. This bonus disk fileservers = contains almost two megabytes of = extra software fi t e 4 comply eterno Fess 22 pages of advice to get 3 DISK 8B JANUARY 1994 J : INSIDE ‘0 JANUARY 1994 PeLLLLY) 65 out ; 4 ISSUE8 £3.95 z See page 6 for program details = of your M ac E —= ; ones 3 Tulure ure — PUBLISHING ASK YOUR ° Your guarantee NEWSAGENT W of value d FOR IT NOW ———— S, - as onal , AppleCentre Aberdeen Aberdeen 0224 770717 AppleCentre Edinburgh Edinburgh 031 557 5995 AppleCentre Glasgow Glasgow 041 226 3250 Scotsys Business Systems Edinburgh 031 554 6655 Scotsys Computers Glasgow 041 339 9627 Tower Records Glasgow 041 204 2500 AppleCentre Kidderminster Kidderminster 0562 822 222 AppleCentre Preston Preston 0772 615 512 Central Studios Ltd Merseyide 0704 534 534 Computers Incorporated Grimsby 0469 588 895 Gordon Harwood Computers Derby 0773 836781 Jessops Nottingham 0602 418 282 LCS (North West) Ltd Kendal 0539 741 777 MacGold Scarborough 0723 582100 MacPoint Birmingham 021 333 3448 Quodport Limited Manchester 061 274 3797 Superplate Computer Leeds 0532 340800 Tomorrows World Hull 0482 29583 Tailor Made Solutions Tyne & Wear 091 519 0101 software also available f Birmingham, New St Birmingham, High Si Brighton, Western Rd Cardiff, Queen Coventry, Precinct Chester, Foregate St Croydon, North End Manchester, Arndale Southampton, Bargat Coventry, W, Orchar Romford, Libert Softline products are available at these resellers: Absolute Computers Oxford 0865 53072 AppleCentre Norwich Norwich 0603 630252 AppleCentre Oxford Oxford 0865 20 11 00 AppleCentre Romford Romford 0708 384 242 Beatties Virtual Reality Leicester 0533 512 697 Noah Computers Oxford 0865 59653 PC World Lakeside West Thurrock 0800 486111 AppleCentre Acton Park W3 081 749 9909 AppleCentre Chiswick W4 081 994 7424 AppleCentre West One W1 071 631 5305 Chromasonic Computer NW4 081 203 8989 Dixons W1 071 408 0674 Globus Office World NW9 081 205 4466 Globus Office World W3 752 0006 Micro Anvika Ltd W1 071 580 6382 PC World NW2 & Brentford 0800 486111 Stirling Micro Systems Ltd NW1 071 935 5262 The Macintosh Centre W14 071 602 9444 Ealing, Waterglade Edinburgh, Princes St Glasgow, Sauchichall St Glasgow, Argyle St Kingston, Bentalls Leicester, High St Liverpool, Church St Thurrock, Le Hemel Hempsted, Marlowes Is Watford, Harlec ides Bromley, G Newcastle, f London, Level One London, Oxford St London, Trocadero Manchester, Market St Newcastle Northumberland St Oldham, Town Sq Centre Tower Records Piccadilly Circus 071 439 2500 Virtual Reality EC2 071 588 4831 Amsys Technolo; Kenley 081 660 7750 AppleCentre Cambridge Cambridge 0223 247111 AppleCentre Cheltenham Cheltenham 0242 228855 AppleCentre Croydon Croydon 081 681 0772 ApplePoint Farnborough Farnborough 0252 378378 ApplePoint Slough Slough 0753 518866 Bedford Computers Bedford 0234 271113 Bidmuthin Technolgies Ltd Harrow 081 868 4400 Callhaven Plc Kingston 081 549 5612 5to 12 Kingston 081 974 8900 Guernsey Computers Ltd Channel Islands 0481 728 738 Imago Europe Ple Haslemere 0428 645 225 Ind Ltd Maldon 0621 840666 Logic Computer Solutions Bournemouth 0202 319845 MacLine Surrey 081 401 LLL PC World Bristol 0800 486111 PC World Croydon 0800 486111 PostScript Bath 0225 483 151 The Serial Port Somerset 0749 670058 Tower Records Kingston 081 546 2500 Visual World Bristol 0272 258 823 Copystat Cardiff Limited Cardiff 0222 566133 Clwyd Computers Clwyd 0745 814156 PC World Cardiff 0800 486111 Virtual Reality Cardiff 0222 641089 hese retailers Oxford, Cornmarket St Reading, Oxford St Sheffield, Pinstone St Southend, Queens Rd York, Coney St eside Woking, Peacock Aberdeen, | juin Sheffield, Mead Tunbridge Wells John Lewis Partnership Also available at John Lewis fwe ton Special Using Une Cheats AXIS is the gamecheater! With this unique uulity installed you can override predefined game func- tions in all your favourite games—add extra ume lives, ammo, money or fuel. In some cases you can jump to different levels or screens, all froma single key press. Now you can finally crack that seventh level and get back to enjoying the rest of the game. With AXIS installed you are invincible! SRP £39.00 Myst is currently the hottest CD adventure game out there. The graphics, video, sound and plot are simply stunning. You are dragged into a surrealistic world and you only have your wits and intelligence to free yourself. The storyline is huge in scope and perfectly detailed, expect to spend many, many hours in Myst. As the box says ‘Myst is the surreal- istic adventure that will become your world!’ CD ROM SRP £34.03 Darkseed is based on the fantastic artwork of HR Giger (of Alien fame). You're plunged into a night- marish world of bio mechanical nasties, simply from waking with a slight headache! Time is run- ning out and you are on a collision course with des- tiny, every decision you make may be your last... so choose wisely, all of humanity is depending on you \ game not for the faint hearted! SRP £38.29 Milton Keynes Tyrrell & Green Oxford Street Aberdeen Brent Cross Robert Sayle, Cambridge George Henry Lee, Liverpool Southampton Bristol Peterborough Bainbridge, Newcastle Peter Jones, Sloane Square Edinburgh Welwyn Gdn Bonds, Norwich Cole Brothers, Sheffield High Wycombe City Heelas, Reading Kingston FA/18 Hornet is the latest and greatest flight sim- ilator from the people who brought you the best selling Helleats. This time you're in the FA/18, fly- ing either training missions or ‘tour of duty’ with super-smooth graphics. Now there’s more detail, missions, weather conditions (night flying is a must), action and fun. Upto 4 people can play over a network for the ultimate simulation! SRP £59.00 Super Maze Wars is the hottest network game Since Spectre. It includes an easier interface, more Skill anc strategy, more players and more fun! SMW contains 5 games, from simple ‘shoot every- thing’ to the devious ‘fox and hounds Upto 8 players, either Human or computer gener ated, can play in one game. Also great fun for single Players!! Single User SRP £39.99 Two Pack SRP £69.00 Karaoke. Out from the shower straight into your Mac. The ultimate in Karaoke on your Maes screen, You can sing along with the tracks and alter the instruments, generally DJ your way to heaven. Plenty of musical material available in the form of software ‘albums’. Fun for family, friends and drunken parties Requires Gencral MIDI Sound Module. SRP £49.00 Softline Distribution Ltd, Mill House, Mill Lane, Carshalton, Surrey Pathways in Darkness gives you real time 3D graphics and an ancient pyramid to explore. You're the last surviving member of a special forces team sent to destroy an evil ancient god. All you have is your wits and skill to solve the adventure and escape alive! First of it’s kind on the Mac, Pathways has excellent graphics, gameplay and a well thought out user interface SRP £49.99 Wallobee Jack is the worlds first interactive car toon. Get ready for some non-stop cartoon sound, animation and wacky fun you can interact with Left alone these digital toons will make up their own story, but by using your mouse and the Quiclik Interaction System you can alter the story line and stop the fiendish Dagon. Help Francesca find the Bingi Burra Stone in Australia CD-ROM SRP £29.99 Iron Helix. Prepare yourself for some of the most stunning Sci Fi action on CD. The Iron Helix is a deadly military ship, without a crew, out of control and you only have 3 robot probes to stop it Smooth 3D animated graphics and an eerie atmos phere combine with a deadly defender robot add up to some heart pounding suspense! CD-ROM SRP £34.03 io YO’ Yearn 2 Learn—Peanuts. Join Snoopy and his friends and practice math, reading, colouring, geog- raphy and having fun! Yearn 2 Learn—Peanuts includes real voice narration with zany sounds and animation which make the Peanuts characters come alive. Children can spend hours ‘playing’ the educational activities, using the eleetronic colour- ing book or simply having fun whilst learning! SRP £44.99 Spin Doctor the truly revolutionary arcade game! Using simple swings, flips and bounces you have to navigate the levels and collect the goal dot You'll need maximum ingenuity to bypass nasty coloured wands, moving doors, fuses, sparks, bombs and acid pools Simple, elegant and extremely addictive with hun- dreds of levels guaranteed to keep you amused! SRP £39.99 Oh No More Lemmings! Theyre back! The hairy green rodents are trying to throw themselves off high buildings and under deadly machinery, again. Now you get another 100 levels of lemming puzzling to negotiate along with more classi€ toe-tapping music! Doesn't require the original Lemmings in order to run. SRP £25.52 SM5 2WZ. U.K. Tel 081 401 1234 Fax 081 401 1235 AppleLink UK0037 CompuServe 100012,21 THE FINDER Your cover disks How to get your dozen new programs up and running in moments. Special offer: AutoRoute Save up to £50 on the electronic road atlas with MacFormat. News update Word 6, Excel 5, FreeHand 4, plus Sarah Greene on comms. Yes, really. AppleTalk Hungarian postmen, the Dalai Lama and mystery personalities. WordPerfect 3.0 Will the new WordPerfect be the one to beat Word at its own game? 200 essential tips in the biggest feature of its kind ever printed in a Macintosh magazine, we bring you literally hundreds of tips on every subject from comms to graphics to music to games. Designing covers Tips and tricks for adding sparkle to newsletter covers. MacFormat 51 Adobe Dimensions Creating three-dimensional images is easy with this Illustrator add-on. HyperCard programming Our step-by-step tutorial moves on to the uses of fields. CD-ROM round up News of new releases plus reviews of two children’s programs and a desktop planetarium. Lemmings free! Just subscribe to MacFormat and get Lemmings absolutely free. Mac survival kit How to get out of hard disk jams with your files intact. Shareware guide The very best shareware and PD on test, including Zipit, Bachman, SmartSaver and Find Stuff. Stylish symbols With a bit of thought and a decent font you can think up some great uses for symbols. The art of scheduling Getting things running on time is half the job of creating a publication. Just ask our production editor. 83 began... In Control Software to help manage your work and keep on time. Mac music Make your Mac play the tune you want it to with these tips MacAnswers Your real life questions answered by our Mac experts. Missed an issue? Fill that yawning gap in your life by ordering it now. Win WordPerfect 3.0 We've got five copies of the top word processor to give away. Plan your business How to use a spreadsheet for your financial planning. PSI pumped up Can a shareware database really do the business? Hoyle Classic Card Games Play a game of crib with Leisure Suit Larry or bridge with Lord British. Forget daleks, you'll be hiding behind the sofa if you play this Giger- inspired horror game. Reader ads All the little adverts which everyone really should read to bag a bargain. MacMart Check out the small ads. Next month | know it’s over. But it never really “URIVIAL COMMENT | had a phone call last Saturday from a highly distressed chap whose hard disk had crashed, and he had mislaid his Disk Tools disk. Could he borrow mine? Unfortunately he has a Centris 610 and | have a LC Ill, and the enablers don’t match. There would have been no point in lending him my disks — they wouldn’t work. Enablers, for those without a 1993 vintage Mac, are the little files which allow System 7.1 to work with new Macs. The idea, sensibly enough, is that whenever a new Mac comes out, Apple simply produces a new enabler rather than a whole new version of the System, avoiding the “which is the current version” question forever. But there’s a problem. These new Macs need the enabler to run System 7.1, and they need System 7.1. One day your disk crashes and you stick in your Safe and Sound or Norton Utilities disk and... nothing happens. It won't work without the enablers and System 7.1. And you will look in vain in the manual of any disk recovery program you can name for instructions about what to do. Eventually with the aid of a rather techie disk editor | managed to create an emergency disk for the 610, but only now with the release of MacTools 3 has any commercial software addressed the problem. At last owners of new Macs have a troubleshooting program. About time. Editorial enquiries: MacFormat, Future Publishing Ltd 30, Monmouth Street, Bath BA1 2BW Tel: 0225 442244 Fax: 0225 446019 AppleLink: MacFormat Internet: macformat@cix.compulink.co.uk Advertising enquiries: Mike Hawkins Tel: 0225 442244 Subscription enquiries: Future Publishing, Freepost, Somerton, Somerset TA11 7BR Tel 0458 73279 Fax 0458 74378 Sopyright: Future Publishing 1993 ti i Me es Over 200 gems of wisdom from our panel of Mac experts. Tips on games, tips on DTP, tips on databases, tips on the Finder: they are all here. We guarantee that whether you’re a beginner or an expert you'll pick up dozens of useful hints from our unprecedented 22-page tips extravaganza. p 2 5 OS Oe Se oumen” Shareware sprentubest heaves: @ ADOER ills q : | DENSI earriwmoons: ' DISK Ge derectty to windows from 4 mane (© DISK PRINT Swap Mies eonlty Aimest } megabytes 0a oer super Se Seeman ies disks, doa | Gaspar - see fotting reptacements dota of Compatioitty imformatson on page 6 sae TWO = DISKS! ~~ For full details of what’s on this month’s double dose of MacFormat cover disks, MacFormat double disks 6 MacFormat @ MAELSTROM @ NIH IMAGE @ MARINER @ ADDE! > APPLWINDOWS » DISK PRINT oisk BA JANUARY 1994 top programs! Start here! This month MacFormat brings you an extra bonus - two disks! Disk A is our usual huge high density disk, while disk B contains over 1.5Mb of extra software. Each disk operates independently, but you use them in the same way. Because we cram as much software as possible on to the disks, we compress them with Compact Pro. Before you can use the software you need to first decompress it on to your hard disk, and then follow any further installation instructions in the Read Me files which come with the programs. To decompress the disk, double click on the ‘MacFormat January’ icon. Use the dialogue box which appears to select your hard disk, and then click Exctract. In a few moments a folder will be created on your hard disk which will contain all of the programs from the disk. You'll need just over 4Mb of free space on your hard disk before you start to decompress all the programs (2.5Mb for disk A and 1.5Mb for disk B), but if you have Compact Pro from August's disk you can extract individual files by opening the ‘MacFormat January’ file from within Compact Pro. ‘Mariner = File Edit Format A few months ago we gave you the shareware spreadsheet BiPlane. Since then we've had a number of letters at MacFormat suggesting that another shareware spreadsheet, Mariner, is better. Well, now’s your chance to find out! Mariner has most functions that you'd expect from a spreadsheet, and it’s more than good enough to handle your finances or simple accounts. This shareware version only operates for 28 days if you don’t register it. If you have an older Mac If your Mac is chronologically challenged and it can’t use high density disks (Pluses, old SEs and original Mac Ils can’t; anything since the SE/30 including Classics and Performas can) don’t worry. To get the same programs on two ordinary disks, just send your disk with a self-addressed return envelope to: MacFormat Disk Swap, DisCopy Labs, PO Box 21, Daventry NN1 5BU. Make sure the envelope is big enough for two disks and sturdy enough to make it through the post. If you don’t want the hassle of doing this every month, then subscribe and you can choose to get your two disks delivered for no extra money! See page 66 for details. Compatibility We spend hours checking all the programs on the disk with many different machines, but we can't check every combination and we can’t guarantee that the progranis will work with your system. The information on compatibility is intended as a guide only. Nor can we warrant the programs or be in any way responsible for any problems arising from their use. (heck the Read me! file on the disk for common-sense guidelines for installing software. MacFormat doub Adder Disk: 8A Shareware fee: none for individuals Compatibility Mac: any Performa System: requires At Ease Maelstrom Display: any Adder is a little program which simplifies installing Disk: 8A programs from floppy disk into At Ease, the Finder Shareware fee: $15 replacement supplied with Performas. With Adder Compatibility installed, adding more programs is simply a matter of Mac: any System: any Display: 256 colours clicking on the Adder icon and inserting the disk. sion 1.1 © Ken Wessen 1993 If | said that Maelstrom is a Make sure a disk is inserted, and shareware version of select the application you wish to Asteroids, it would be true add to At Ease. but extremely misleading. ————— Maelstrom is the ultimate ( Add an application to At Ease Asteroids, with smooth- [Remove all applications added| scrolling 3D 256-colour —— aa. oS graphics, wonderful sound Quit and as many power ups and ) extras as a game fan could want. Maelstrom is so well done that it’s amazingthat = it’s not a full commercial game; it’s certainly better than some that companies charge £30 for. If you keep it, and you will, make sure you register as these people need encouraging — another game from the same stable is due very soon. A quick cheat for the impatient — hit ‘L’ on the title screen and you can go to any level. Try level 40 with TurboFunk on and see how long you last! NIH Image k Disk: 8A File Edit Options BaIRTTEs Analyze Special Stacks Windows — . : LUT | Tools Smooth : - Shareware fee: rione shrpe MountAlias Compatibility Shadow . . Trace Edges Mac: Minimum 4Mb RAM Reduce Noise Dither ’ : Disk: 8B cigars = : Convolve... = Shareware fee: none _ Display: | a Plugin Filters > : p “er et Naga e* Compatibility Binary 3 = SA rithmetic ' J Mac: any NIH Image is an extraordinary program: a PD an Siocrest peckgreved: + . Svetéin Syatoun7 image manipulation program that does many of \ 2 aeepeet phar a mt Displa apes the same things as Photoshop; in fact it even = Equalize : . ae aN Fix Colors accepts Photoshop plug-ins! NIH Image was originally developed as an ald to analysing medical images from brain scanners and the like, so it is full of quite impenetrable options for numerical image analysis. In fact on the disk is a macro for - io _____ Mountflias analysing your cerebellum structure, if you r happen to have a CAT scan of your head lying around. But NIH image works just fine on more conventional images too! NIH Image can work on TIFF and PICT If you frequently access a number of different AppleShare file servers it’s useful to have aliases to them so you can log on instantly. MountAlias is MountAlias Bincorenokon Jeff Miller automatically creates such an alias every fe Alias Folder time you mount a new N HardDisk :Aliases server, thus saving you images and has the ability to alter brightness doce (Change Folder ) thie saad emect ey and contrast plus manipulations such as smoothing and sharpening. Mount Alias is not installed MountAlias: save time when using AppleShare. rmat double disks SmartKeys helps to get you out of bad Macintosh typing habits and will improve the look of your documents. quotes into proper curly ones as you type, or will strip out double spaces Smart Override after a full stop. It can also catch double capitals (a common one for n Dash d Spaces r Disk: 8B Shareware fee: $25 Compatibility Mac: any System: System 7 Display: 256 colour Graphics buffs get a real bonus this month with GraphicConverter. This remarkable program can read just about any graphics format, PC, Mac Amiga or ST. Once converted you can then edit the graphics, alter their colours and so forth. In combination with NIH Image, also on the disk this month, you can achieve virtually anything with graphic images of whatever format. Between them these programs provide extraordinary graphics power for a tiny cost. GraphicConverter. gives you the power to edit graphics, wherever they come from. me when I'm two-finger typing flat mM a ir eys out), and can convert ‘f i’ and ‘f I’ to ligatures as you type. Two hyphens Disk: 8A become a proper typographer’s dash. : Shareware fee: none You can set SmartKeys to bleep Disk: 8A a Compatibility whenever it corrects something, so Shareware fee: $15 : Mac: any you can use it to train yourself to get Compatibility ; System: any better as you go along. Mac: any Display: any System: any SmartKeys For example it will convert straight Smartkey program's option on the menu have a sub-menu a A p p | Wi n d OWS which shows each open window that the Triat copy for: Stuart program has, so you can go directly to it. When Disk: 8A you have half a dozen over lapping ClarisWorks Shareware fee: none windows, this can save a DiskPrint Display: any You may well have read recently about programs for sharing documents between people who don’t have the same application: Adobe’s Acrobat has stirred up a lot of interest in the field. Well DiskPrint is a shareware program which does much the same thing. When installed, it appears in the Chooser. If you select DiskPrint instead of your usual printer, then, when you print, a copy of your document is saved to disk which can be viewed and printed by anyone, whether they have the same program as you or not. So you can create a document in Lotus 1-2-3 and send it to someone who doesn’t have a spreadsheet. Helium ’ On the left is the original Lotus 1-2-3 document on the right the DiskPrint page which can be sen to anyone, whether they have 1-2-3 or not CommentKeeper Disk: 8B Shareware fee: none Disk: 8B Compatibility Shareware fee: $7 Mac: any Compatibility System: System 7 Mac: any Display: any System: System 7 Display: any When you read the Mac Answers section, half of the answers will tell you to rebuild the Desktop. Indeed, this is the first resort whenever your Mac starts acting strangely. When you rebuild the desktop (by holding down [shift] and [option] on restarting) you force the Mac to look again at the contents of the hard disk, eliminating errors. Unfortunately, rebuilding the desktop deletes any comments you have given to files in their mos py Get Info boxes; with CommentKeeper installed, they will be saved. Many applications use System 7's balloon help system to give extra information on the program. But many find balloon help awkward to use; with Helium you just hold down selected keys to momentarily activate it until you've got the information you need. Instant access to balloon help with Helium Compatibility lot of time. F ; 7, Hide Finder Mac: any App!IWindows also Ka See tide Others System: System 7 restores the old System : de y ; Display: any 6 method of switching See ee He [J Catcutator applications by clicking - Se =Ba Compact Pro App!Windows does for the Application menu (in on the icon, and gives ‘: the top right corner of the screen) what you control over BeHierarchic on August’s MacFormat disk did automatic hiding of for the © menu. When you have several inactive applications so = programs open, AppiWindows makes each you can keep an uncluttered screen. Go instantly to any open window with ApplWindows. MacFormat double disks AutoRoute Demo AutoRoute is the electronic road atlas we reviewed in the November issue of MacFormat; now you have the chance to put it through its paces for yourself. y Cc c 2199 i j Bg ererer eoeeeL sie Our demo is a fully working one, Hilton Road Southampton with the exception that you can only S09 4xx Phone: 0703 220505 plot routes in part of the south of England. The real program’s map includes all of the UK and Eire, as well as additional information on days out and attractions. Get started with the demo by entering start and finish towns in the patbaiepecaa ay Route menu, and calculating a route. Meade ie : Use the ‘more detail’ command to Ka Whigdled Ban's Ge see more of the map. A compatibility 059 Lata on a aio s point: be sure you have a printer ARRIVE Christeburch IVastebasket] selected from the Chooser or the demo won't load. If you like what you see of AutoRoute, then MacFormat is pleased to be able to offer our readers an exclusive special deal. All readers are eligible for £25 off the usual price of £149.95, plus MacFormat subscribers can get an incredible £50 off! Just fill in the coupon below. Jt turn off onto Backing up your cover disk We recommend that you back up your cover disk before you do anything else with it, because floppies can easily become corrupted. Then work with the backup — keep the original safe. All you need to do to back up your disk is this: 1 Insert the MacFormat disk in your Mac. 2 Drag the disk icon to your hard disk’s icon. The contents of the disk will be copied into a folder called ‘MacFormat January disk’. 3 Drag the floppy disk icon onto the Wastebasket to eject it. 4 Insert a blank disk. If you need to, initialise it as a double sided and name it ‘MacFormat January backup’. 5 Drag the MacFormat folder from your hard disk on to the new floppy disk's icon. 6 When it has finished copying you have a backup of the original disk. 6 You can now delete the ‘MacFormat January’ folder on your hard disk by dragging it into the Wastebasket. er disk Save £ £ £s on AutoRoute This month only we can won’t work . offer you the full version of with IVI at Fo i mM at AutoRoute Express for £124.95, a saving of Unfortunately, when you duplicate £25. If you're a subscriber you can get as many thousands of disks as AutoRoute for an extraordinary £99.95 — that’s £50 off! MacFormat does, a few duds are This is just one of the advantages of subscribing to MacFormat — bound to slip through the net. If as well as getting 12 issues delivered to your door you also get a copy of you think you have one, just read Lemmings free, and mail order special offers. See page 66 for subscription details. the installation instructions again to make sure you're not missing Something. if it still won’t work then return the disk by 20 January, along with a Stamped addressed envelope, to: MacFormat January Disk Disk Copy Labs Ltd PO Box 21 Daventry NN11 5BU We regret that we cannot answer telephone enquiries on faulty disks OF disk installation. Yes! I'd like to order a copy of AutoRoute Express at MacFormat’s special offer price: [_] £124.95 (open to all readers) Code: MACAR [_] £99.95 (subscribers only Code: MACSUBAR 1 wish to pay by [_] Visa (_] Mastercard (_] cheque (Make cheques payable to Future Publishing Limited.) Send to: MacFormat AutoRoute Offer, Future Publishing, Somerton, Somerset TA11 7BR. 9 Mackormat Authorised Education Reseller Authorised Apple Workgroup Server Reseller Certified Digital Audio Editing Systems Specialists computer warehouse owor'raoe @e Authorised Reseller NEW MAC LC 475 THE POWERFUL NEW LC 475 How’s about a Quadra in an LC case. Well that's what the new C475 almost is. Mega power for little cash and ready for you at CW’ favourite store. is iS... way of Shopping” Tarts F % COLOUR DISPLAY |= » & r A 2 eee + STD KEYBOARD : ; MACINTOSH LC475 é It’s the fastest LC ever and here at CW! This little beauty packs a 20Mhz Motorola 68040 processor, and that means bundles of power for business, entertainment and education applications. * Motorola 68040 processor running ¢ Energy Star compliant at 20Mhz * Almost as fast as a Quadra 700! *® 4Mb RAM (max 36) tadane LC475 4Mb RAM, 80Mb DRIVE * LC expansion slot rae © Built-in monitor support to 21" KEYBOARD * System software 80Mb “< xs * Desktop Mouse DRIVE ; ; LCIll MEGA DEAL MACINTOSH LClll The superb LCill features a zippy 25Mhz Motorola 68030 processor which makes it the ideal machine for general business tasks and home entertainment. AND now The Warehouse has it at a great CW price. Better hurry - at this saving they won't hang about! * Motorola 68030 processor running at 25Mhz * 4Mb RAM (max 36) — * 80Mb hard drive * LC expansion slot CHEAPEST COLOUR MAC * 16" monitor support LIMITED ¢ System 7 software, mouse and standard OFFER keyboard included LClll 4/80 14" PERFORMA PLUS LCill 4MB RAM, 80MB DRIVE COLOUR DISPLAY Ticked «eh optional _A9pe 14° 508 monte UK’s Premier Macintosh Mail Order Store TILT SWIVEL BASE Lc111 | 28 DOT PITCH 4Mb RAM 80MB HARD £699°°° DRIVE a) > Top CW VALUE 071 724 4104, No 9 HATTON STREET. LONDON NWS 8&PR FAX: 071 724 3775 OPENING SOON! THE CW TECHNOLOGY STORE Another branch of CW will open in November. - It's gonna be a dandy! m* To-do list - Schedule LOWEST PRICES CW's HUGE buying power means he can offer the absolute LOWEST UK prices. ALL THE HARDWARE YOU NEED FOR LESS THAN £400! LIMITED OFFER .. Newton Message Pad The Message Pad™ is for anyone who needs to gather, organise and communicate information. With Newton CW can organise his life, take notes, turn doodles into drawings, format and print letters, communicate with his PC, - even send a fax! * NotePad - Write down * PCMCIA slot for adding notes, memos, sketches software events, things-to-do etc ¢ Names & Phonebook file - So easy to use | newron = MESSAGE PAD [on BATTERES | ticnawron 499 CW has got the lot + loads of PCMCIA cards from business application to great entertainment titles. eg: Columbus Mystery capers and Fortune 500. We also have in stock @ great selection of Newton accessories. Look at the features, check the spec and the oggle the amazing CW price. No you're not * 360dpi ink-jet engine * SCSI connection for superior quality * Prints to A3! APPLE COLOR PRINTER APPLE COLOR ve 7 5 BQ | ALASER FOR THE PRICE OF AN INK-JET! Whoops! CW's done it again. Here's a LASER printer for everyone. Why compromise on an ink-jet when you can have smooth text and graphics for the same money? © 300dpi Apple laser * 250 sheet A4 tray printer * 39 TrueType fonts Pui = SELECT 300 LASER GrayShare APPLE SELECT ‘ss AVE es | S ] ¢ Superb Apple smect 310 *LIMITED OFFER* i >! POSTSCRIPT LASER FOR LESS THAN £550! graphics senegal YES! A quality 300dpi Adobe Postscript A4 laser printer with 39 scalable fonts and speedy 5 page-per-minute operation. These have been selling like hot cakes so hurry, last few left. . * 250 sheet tray * A4 paper size SELECT 310 POSTSCRIPT APPUE SELECT ‘swe «« 549 VISIT THE WAREHOUSE _ “Big time bargains & service too The Warehouse is the place for you!” POWERBOOK SAVINGS! Powerbook 165 POWERBOOK 165 A33MHZ MACINTOSH NOTEBOOK FOR UNDER £1000! Terrific value greyscale Powerbook features a supertwist display providing 16 levels of grey letting you display crisp text and CW stunning graphics. It’s also CW fast with a Motorola 68030 running at a speedy 33MHz - that’s quicker than a Ilci and Ilvx!. * Motorola 68030 processor running at 33Mhz * 4Mb RAM (max 14Mb) * 80M 160Mb option Si ~ POWERBOOK 165 4/80 backlit screen * Direct colour display output - connect external Apple & VGA monitors POWERBOOK 165 4Mb RAM 80Mb H. DISK x VAT £1174 inc VAT -* THE MAC YOU'VE BEEN SAVE ££ ON THE MOST EXPANDABLE MAC TODAY! The Quadra 950 combines superb expansion options with CW blinding speed. If you're a serious user into graphics & high end publishing or if you're constantly running out of slots you need this machine. * 33MHz 68040 with integrated PMMU & math co-processor Built-in Ethemet * 5 NuBus + PDS slots CW Massive maximum 256Mb of RAM 3 internal 5 1/2” storage bays Built-in video up to 24bit on 16" Let CW build a 950 configuration for you! PowerBook Duo 270c This is the Duo CW loves. A speedy 33Mhz 68030 processor, co-processor, beautiful Active Matrix screen displaying 1,000s of oe * 68030 processor funning at 33Mhz * 4Mb RAM * 240Mb Hard Drive * Active Matrix * Built-in monitor support * 25Mhz Motorola 68030 * Backlit * 4Mb RAM. 80Mb H.Drive * Very Limited Offer Duo 230 * 33Mhz 68030 * 16 grey level screen * 4Mb RAM. 80Mb H.Drive * Built-in monitor support 4b RAM BOMb Drive sand otters mubject to avatabtity Prices exckste VAT Uwens otterwise stated EAOE Appi, Mac Quadra Neston. Lightbub and Macintosh are tademarns of Appie Computer All other trademarks respected Computer Warehouse sa division of TSC L'a. 4b RAM 80Mb Drive Authorised Education Reseller Authorised Apple Workgroup Server Reseller Apple™ Certified Digital Audio Editing Systems Specialists T k e 3 fi S | S eee computer ug warenouse i ay “Zippy Zippy here we go - prices at an all-time low!” ® Authorised Reseller Mac Quadra 650 / WAITING FOR! And at a CW price you didn’t expect. What an amazing piece of kit this is. Masses of power from the Motorola 68040 processor running at a Quadra 800 matching 33Mhz, built-in video to 21", 3 Nubus slots, space for an optional CD-ROM drive, PDS slot and much more. 33MHz 68040 4Mb RAM (max 136Mb) 160Mb Hard Drive 3 NuBus Slots * PDS Slot Built-in video up to 21° Built-in Ethernet 4 QUADRA 650 A 2 ‘ LH ed NEW AV MACS + GREAT DEALS & BIG DISCOUNTS ON QUADRA’S Macintosh Quadra 610 CW gives you all the power of an 040 Macintosh for less than a grand! The Quadra 610 is ideal for DTP, graphics & other power hungry applications. Pius, like all Quadra machines, it has Ethernet built-in! * Motorola 68040 processor * Mouse, System software, running at 25Mhz Microphone included * 4Mb RAM (max 68Mb) * 160Mb Hard Drive QUADRA 610 4/160 \S& 21° Monitor = 7 peririelec * Optional co | Samer Macintosh Quadra 800 Maximum oomph at reasonable cost. Now CW can offer the superb 33Mhz Quadra 800 at a greatly reduced price. The 800 is a serious user machine designed for high-end graphics, DTP and modelling. Fast Motorola 68040 * Sinternal bays cree Cree ff See r IN 491Uatd ae Ide Processor at 33Mhz * Optional CD-ROM * 8Mb RAM (max 136Mb) * Mouse, System software ° a, prteange QUADRA 800 8/230 e initor suf lo. to 16bit 016" | aRnee 3 NuBus slots ae rer Macintosh Centris 660av Advanced Multi-Media functionality & 16bit audio! CW loves the great video capabilities and the on-board DSP chip for speedy graphics editing and CD-quality capabilities! . Eikemiebill CENTRIS 660AV 8/80 CD connection to ISDN, PABX& = | Sena direct fax capabilty| ®¥e Macintosh Quadra 840av The most powerful Macintosh made and a real CW powerhouse! 40Mhz Motorola 68040 with a 66MHz DSP chip means CW blistering performance for video, audio and graphics applications. * Fast Motorola 68040 * On-board 66Mhz DSP processor at 40Mhz * Built-in CD-ROM © 8Mb RAM (max 136Mb) * Mouse, System software 10FS 49P4O JIE] YSO} * SOOMb or 1Gig QUADRA 840AV 8/500 CD hard drive (QUADRA B4OAV * Monitor support | menu SOOM® Deve, 24bit on 16° NuBus slots os EDUCATION DISCOUNTS! Call CW NOW to see if you qualify for special extra Education discounts! OFFERS ONLY AVAILABLE WHILE STOCKS LAST! FAX FORA QUICK QUOTE =! Fax 071 724 3775 with your requirements Y and we'll fax back a CW “super quote”. & 071 724 4104 No 9 HATTON STREET. LONDON NW8 8PR FAX: 071 7243775 7 Fo Pal al a) al al ener, ize ( ur co ter music system * Requires Windows™ 3.1. All fre marks acknowledged. one case Just as Apple seemed to have abandoned the all-in-one- box concept for Macs, it’s re-introduced it with an extraordinary piece of hardware called MacTV. MacTV is a combined Macintosh, television and CD stereo system in a smart all-black case. The machine, which has raised a few eyebrows, is being test marketed in the US. It has a tuner built in to the motherboard so its monitor can act as a 14-inch TV, and it has an ordinary remote when it’s being used as a telly or CD player. Sockets at the back allow the connec- tion of a video. But the MacTV is also a fully-fledged Mac, featuring a 68030 processor running at 32MHz, 5Mb of RAM and a 160Mb hard disk. The Mac can grab stills from the TV, but not moving images. MacTV is bundled with a load of software, including ClarisWorks, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, World Atlas, Space shuttle, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopaedia and the Time Almanac. Apple is just trying out the product in the States, with a production run of only 20,000. Brodie Keast of Apple | US told MacFormat: “This is a special edition of the | Mac. We hope to learn more about the needs of this New shop brings multimedia Mac, TV and CD in This is what the MacTV looks like ~ it's an artist's impression since although the product has officially been released, no photos exist... market and apply that knowledge to future products.” So perhaps by next summer we'll be able to switch off our spreadsheets and turn on the World Cup at the click of a mouse! for kids to the high street A shop featuring Mac educational software and claim- ing to be the first ‘multimedia children’s retailer’ has opened in Kingston. 512 Fun Learning is in the Bentall Centre in Kingston, and features a Performa 600 to demon- strate the software on offer. The company plans to open three more shops in the south east next year. This is an ambitious move, made possible because of the increasing number of CD-ROM drives being sold by Apple. 5-12 Fun Learning: 081 974 8900. A new range of powerful super-Duos will put the Mac back at the cutting edge next summer. The PowerBook range has slipped from being the most desirable portable around in recent months, and Apple has over a billion dollars’ worth of the machines stockpiled as sales have slumped. So Apple is planning to up the stakes with 68040 machines next year, designed to make PowerBooks trendy Up until now, ’040-based portables have been impossible because of their high power consumption and heat output, but Apple has solved these problems with better batteries and inge- nious use of the metal frame of the PowerBook Duo as a heatsink. The new Duos are expected to be available with either active matrix greyscale or colour screens, and to have a 60LC040 chip running at 25MHz. US Speedy 600 Performa 600 owners can now have 68040 speed thanks to DayStar Digital's new Turbo 040 accelerator card. The card is claimed to provide speed increases of up to 500%, and is also compatible with the livi and livx. It’s the latest in a long line of accelerators from US company DayStar, which provides cards for vimost all Macs. It should be available from ul! DayStar distributors. Grolier is go The 1994 New Grolier Multimedia Encyclope- dia is now available on CD-ROM. New in this edition are ‘Multimedia Maps’, animated maps which provide narration on important historical events such as Magel- lan’s voyage and the US Civil War. The CD-ROM has around 10 million words and 33,000 different articles. It costs £288, and is available from Optech on 0252 714340. once again. APPLE BITES Go Fetch! Aldus Fetch 1.2 is now available. This upgrade to the mixed media data- base includes better cataloguing, faster image retrieval and improved network access. Fetch catalogues graphics and QuickTime movies, allowing users to browse up to 100,000 items and display thumb- nail versions. Fetch 1.2 costs £229; users of version 1.0 can upgrade for £29. Aldus: 081 568 8868. prices should be just over $4,000. Smooth stuff Graphics professionals will be pleased to hear that Adobe Streamline has been upgraded to version 3.0. The program converts colour and mono bitmapped images into PostScript graphics, and the new version includes extra image processing tools, a new user interface and better compatibility with Ilustrator and Photo- shop. Streamline 3.0 costs £217, from Adobe authorised resellers. Net know-how Three new books on the Internet, that ‘electronic highway’ of more than 7 million computer users linked by modems and networks, are being released by McGraw-Hill. The Internet Guide For New Users costs £22.95, The Internet Complete Reference is also £22.95, and The Internet For Everyone sells for £26.95. The first title is available now, the other two are published in December and January. The next-generation Power PC Macs moved closer to reality this month with a series of announcements from Apple and chip maker Motorola. Apple confirmed that Power PC Macs are still on course for the first half of next year, and announced that the specification of the basic machine is to be improved. Because of better than expected production quality, the basic PowerPC Mac will contain a PowerPC 601 chip running at GOMHz rather then the SOMHz previ- ously announced. That will give the base Macs a valuable 20% speed hike. Motorola has also announced an 80MHz version of the 601 chip, and that’s expected to make its way into Macs before the end of next year. Also this month, Motorola announced that it had made the first successful chips for the t second in the PowerPC range, the 603. The 603 is designed as a low power consumption PowerPC chip for use in PowerBooks. (Someone at Apple really loves the word ‘power’). That puts the 603 chip almost exactly a year behind the 601, which “had first silicon” as the jargon goes, last autumn. On that basis we should see PowerPC PowerBooks in early 1995. No hassle if you have the Tools The popular disk utility MacTools has been upgraded to make data protection simpler. MacTools 3.0 features a number of enhance- ments to the disk fixing and file recovery program. For users of new Macs such as the Quadra 610 or Performa 600, MacTools 3.0 allows you to create emergency disks with the appropriate enablers, at last allowing third party disk recovery programs to work on these machines. If you accidentally throw away a file and empty the Wastebasket, MacTools' TrashBack facility adds an item to the Special menu which will instantly bring back the deleted file. MacTools can also perform background checking of disks if the Mac is idle, which can lead to the early identification of problems. Disk fixing has been improved, with the identification of damaged System files and applications. Virus protection has been enhanced to include scanning inside Stuffit archives. MacTools 3.0 costs £116 from Central Point on 0525 877877. Upgrades are £57. Throw away your keyboard | «sc... -: MacHandwriter: no more keyboard hassles if you have this little beasty. Arts on 0753 549442. hiding out, this time in a Now you can control your Mac with handwriting rather than Deluxe version of Where the mouse, with a system from Communication Intelligence. in the USA is Carmen The device, named MacHandwriter, uses a CalComp graphics Sandiego? The educa tablet combined with special handwriting recognition software to tional program is give you complete control over your Mac with a pen. enhanced with many Communications Intelligence claims that its device has more pictures, speech better handwriting recognition than the Newton, but unlike the and 300 extra clues, and hand-held it can’t read joined-up writing. The system is being launched at $199, increasing to $399 phy in some detail. later. Communications Intelligence: 0101 415 802 7888. Carmen USA costs teaches American geogra £59.99 from Electronic launched by Apple next year. of software distributed The Apple Colour Plus display is intended to part- which also contains the ner the new low-cost 68040 machines such as the LC password-protected full With a 0.28mm dot pitch, the monitor can display the software you phone colours and easy to read text,” says Apple. number and are given UK pricing is yet to be announced, but the Colour the password. Plus is selling in the US for $305. Over 50 developers this is Apple’s third new device in just 18 months. More software on CD A scheme called Software Dispatch is Symantec. It will operate in competition A budget high performance 14-inch monitor will be about to start up in the US, with demos’ with a similar system from Instant on a CD-ROM Access, whose own system has now Software will get even easier several months. 475 (see MacFormat passim). versions. If want to buy to buy next year when Software Software Dispatch the standard 640 x 480 pixel desktop with “vibrant up with your credit card Dispatch goes into the CD-ROM Britain next year, when are supporting prepared, and when they've corrected @ After only having one 13-inch monitor for years, the scheme, including Claris, Adobe and ___ the spelling of the title. been in operation for is likely to come to distribution business. a CD-ROM with UK versions has _ been °ee2eee00880 @ eocccccccccccccccccceccece NEWS MacWrite gets an upgrade MacWrite Pro 1.5 will make an appearance at the beginning of Decem- ber. The upgrade is now fully System 7-savvy, with support for Apple- Script, AppleEvents, QuickTime and Apple’s new electronic mail system, PowerTalk. This means that users of System 7 Pro will be able to e-mail people from within the program, rather than using a sepa- rate program. There are improve- ments for other users ‘too, though, including table-of-contents creation for people with large documents, and many “automated tasks such as batch file conversion, batch printing and mail merge using a database from Claris' FileMaker Pro. Because MacWrite Pro 1.5 is AppleEvent-aware, “users will be able to include graphics from programs such as MathType and Expres- sionist, two mathematical formula editors, and edit ‘them directly from those “programs. | MacWrite Pro 1.5 will cost £206; upgrades from version 1.0 will be £23.50 including postage and packing. Claris: 081 756 0101. The countdown to major new versions of Microsoft’s flagship applications Word and Excel has started. Windows versions of Excel 5 and Word 6 have been shown, and the Mac versions of these programs will be out early next year. Microsoft has taken a ‘core code’ approach which means that | the Windows and Mac versions will | be extremely similar, and there will also be increased interoperability between Word and Excel. All the programs will share consistent menu bars and _ tool bars, and the user interfaces will be adapted to make them as simi- lar as possible. Excel 5 will feature a version of Microsoft's Visual Basic language instead of its current macro language. The same _ language, which supports AppleScript, will be added to Word later. Both applications use OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) 2.0. This means, for example, that if you paste some data from an Excel spreadsheet into Word, it remains “live” in Word. If you click on it, you go into Exce/ automati- cally to edit it, and any alterations are fed back to Word. New features include an “Intelli- Sense” system which in Word can correct your spelling as you type, and in Excel can watch what you do | and suggest easier ways to do the | same thing. No pricing or release dates have | been announced. @ At the same time Microsoft will be updating its presentations pack- age PowerPoint to version 4. It shares many of the same interoper- ability features, and will also use } the Visual Basic macro language. More XPress upgrades Hot on the heels of QuarkXPress 3.2, released last month, comes news of version 3.3 which should be available by the end of the year. It will sell for the same price as the current version, and will have a few new features; upgrades from QuarkXPress 3.2 are likely to be free, but no firm UK decision had been taken as we went to press. Additions to the program include variable-shaped text boxes (such as circle and diamond-shaped boxes), support for Undo when multiple items have been deleted, and two new XTensions that will let users directly import JPEG-compressed images and PhotoCD files. The program will also automatically add any spot colours which exist in imported EPS files to the Colours palette - a feature much in demand from people who use the program. No firm upgrade pricing has yet been decided for the UK upgrade, but details will be available from Quark Systems Ltd on 0483 451717. @ It’s surprising that version 3.3 is available so soon after 3.2; the extra cost to the company in shipping out new versions for free will not be something that it welcomes. i) Photorealistic printing for just over £1,000. Great colour H=CH, H,CH, Chlorophyll a weer Output for just “ae over a grand to draw molec- CD Revolution is claiming a major price break- ir tives though in photo realistic dye sublimation printing - n of a printer for just £1,175! Most dye sub cost over three times as much as this. The firm's Primera printer is basically a colour thermal transfer printer, but with the addition of the dye sublimation kit (included in the price) it can output photo quality images up to 210mm x 254mm. Images take about 10 minutes to print, and os you get between 25 and 100 from a cartridge. well Scier We'll be taking a look at the Primera to see if 784800 it's as good as it sounds soon, but in the meantime you can contact CD Revolution on 0932 562000. 15 MacFormat Available from all good dealers, including: Abtex Business Solutions Ltd, Glasgow. 041 226 3250 AppleCentre West London, Hayes. 081 573 7797 Callhaven ple, London EC2. 071 410 9191 Fairhurst Ltd, Wilmslow. 0625 525694 KRCS Group plc, Nottingham. 0602 505352 MBC - MacPoint, Birmingham. 021 333 3235 Newcastle Computer Services plc, Newcastle. 0661 825515 Rothwell Group ple, Farnborough. 0252 377424 Waterloo Group plc, London SE1. 071 407 2882 Western Computer Group, Cheltenham. 0242 250120 | @ HEWLETT PACKARD Authorised Wholesaler Personal Computer Products FROM COMPUTER 2000 GROUP E'VE PUT SOMETHING IN TO HELP YOU GET THE MOST OUT FREE BrushStrokes with every HP DeskWriter 550C — while stocks last. >| Buy the HP DeskWriter 550C for just £539 RRP, and we'll give you a free copy of Brush Strokes, worth £125. The HP DeskWriter 550C offers high quality 300 x 300dpi in full colour on plain, glossy and special paper or even on transparencies. It’s got 13 built in fonts and plugs straight into your Mac via its AppleTalk interface. BrushStrokes, a new 24-bit painting program from the Claris Clear Choice label, offers all the functionality of high end paint programs serveral times its price. It even comes with a free collection of clip art images, objects, borders and backgrounds by a renowned artist. Contact your local Apple Dealer to see either the DeskWriter 550C or BrushStokes in action, or phone any of the dealers listed on this advertisement. eecoeeeaeaeaeaeeeeeeeeee2eee02020202020080888080 0 NEWS Give two top programs an Audition Geum Anyone who wants to experiment with Adobe’s Photo- shop and Premiere programs can now do so at a low cost, thanks to a new package called Audition. This includes Limited Edition (LE) versions of the two appli- cations and a CD-ROM containing more than 700 photographic images, QuickTime movies and technical tips for getting more out of the products. Audition costs just £229 - a fraction of the price of the full versions of the two programs. And even better, upgrades to the full versions are just another £229 each, making the package a very attractive proposition to anyone who wants to get involved in image manipulation and QuickTime movie editing. Adobe Audition should be available by the time you read this, from all Adobe authorised resellers. Visas for Mac users MacVisa, from Hi Resolu- tion Systems, provides system managers. with total control over who uses the Macs on their networks. Users must log in, which means _ that managers have access controls for different users and user groups, print audits, password protection and much more. It will be launched at the Apple Expo show at the end of November. @ Hi Resolution says that it has now sold over 20,000 copies of its MacPrefect application, which controls access to Macs. It is a popular choice for schools and colleges, | where the system administrator wants to control access to certain functions such as Control Panels. . a cies he alohures da the Mino Phone Hi Resolution Pa Be As you can seo, the research comes in on 0892 724050. Letters morph.Tifh (CMYK. 1:1) — Adobe Photoshop LE is the slightly limited version of the world’s best image manipulation program. And you can get it - and Premiere LE - for just £229. Informer interactive Research First new viruses for months arrive Background A picture says a thousand words. With Two new Macintosh viruses have been discovered in America —- the first to have been released in several months. Neither of the viruses has yet been sighted in Europe, but already a new version of Disinfectant, 3.3, has been released to cope with the danger. Virex, SAM and other commercial, shareware and public domain applications have also been updated. The Code 1 virus is a ‘stealth’ virus which can avoid most virus detection software by watching for anti-virus activity and hiding itself. Its only effect is to rename your hard disk to ‘Trent Saburo’ on October 31st. The other new virus is MBDF B, which does no intentional damage but may crash your Mac. Both, of course, should be avoided at all costs! CD-ROM, making Informer immediate exciting and fun. But it's no glossy toy Informer is heavy-duty research. You get Toaster trouble A jokey screen saver is being taken very seriously in San Fran- ciso. Opus N' Bill from Delrina is @ Screen saver which features the Cartoon penguin taking pot-shots at a bunch of fiying toasters. Innocuous enough, except that Berkeley Systems’ After Dark Screen saver is well known for its fying toasters, and the company has taken exception. A law suit has been filed in San Francisco! feedback from 8 two-hour groups each and every month = all amongst the key target market of 15-28 year olds If you're involved in youth marketing then a new product, Informer, may be of interest to you. It is market research on a CD-ROM of QuickTime movies of vox-pop interviews designed to “demystify the youth market.” Graham Hall Research: 071 734 5710. APPLE BITES Mac on Unix Owners of high-end Unix systems will soon be able to use Macintosh applications thanks to a version of the Mac's operating system and Toolbox which Apple has ported to workstations made by IBM, Sun and Hewlett-Packard. The ‘portable Tool- box’ is expected to be released early next year, and will mean a far larger user-base for Macintosh applications than exists at present. Aussie PD A shareware CD-ROM with a distinctly antipodean feel has been released in Australia. The Mac Community Archive includes PD and shareware from Australian and Kiwi software authors, plus large amounts of ‘Australiana’ such as the constitution and maps. The disk sells for AS$79 from Australian user groups. Macs by mail After years of insisting that Macs could only be bought through shops, Apple has launched its own mail order cata- logue. Called Apple Direct, the catalogue will be mailed four times a year to over 150,000 people. Orders can be placed on a free 0800 number. The move is designed to help boost Mac sales, already up 60% year-on-year. Apple Direct: 0800 767000. Floppy fun A slightly different floppy disk drive will be fitted to future Macs. The new drive is simi- lar to the ones fitted in PowerBooks, and features a dust cover. Apple had planned to fit a manual eject drive like the ones in PCs, but backed down after a very negative reaction from customers and developers, who feel that it would detract from the Mac’s user interface. Cross comms A Macintosh version of the popular PC comms package CrossTalk is available now. CrossTalk uses a highly graphical inter- face to simplify comms, and has its own scripting language. It has been available on the PC for some time, and has a large and loyal user base. The program is avail- able from DCA on 0494 473483, price is around £185. 17 THE ALL NEW APPLE NEWTON MESSAGEPAD IS AVAILABLE NOW! CALL FOR PRICE. E74 ails GENUINE SYQUEST CARTRIDGES Superior-quality 44, 88 and NEW 105MB cartridges now available ! 44 MB Syquest: MED 0035 £49°" Get Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Mail — over £1,150 worth of productivity plus FREE Hunt for Red October — for one low price! Ask for item no. EUR BND 1007 Less than £93°° per program! (\rrAnr ay VIYWUS weve ,) ? Dinosaur Adventure ui DINOSAUR Travel back in time to when dinosaurs ruled the world. Filled with colour, sound and full-motion video! Ask for item No, MSB 0007 “Diskette version -no CD-ROM Player required. 0800 181 332 MICROSOFT WORKS MacTools & Mavis Beacon Bundle Get the Tools - Do the Works! Limited time offer - only six weeks to order! t "4 All three packages for the amazing price of Ask for EUR BND 1004 = NORTON UTILITIES & Stacker Bundle Twice the Space, Twice as Safe! An unbeatable a ‘orm combination for only STACKER £99! EUR BND 1005 £995 i AppleCent re) ) increas Atha ? a, nie || ) onty £899! ~ While supplies last, get PageMaker 5.0 Cross Trade plus the award winning word processor, WriteNow! For only “189!....... YES! | want my FREE 1-YEAR SUBSCRIPTION to the MacWAREHOUSE catalogue! SYAVWAANY 4 Say Are you a new customer? j1Yes No MAIL THIS COUPON TO: Queens Road, Barnet, Herts ENS 4DL or FAX to: : 081 447 1696 s FreeHand: now more powerful A special edition of Lemmings for Christmas is due out now. Featuring 40 new levels with suitably onal music and festively-garbed lemmings, it ‘costs £15. Psygnosis: 051 709 5755. Aldus’ flagship illustration program FreeHand gets an upgrade this month. Version 4.0 is designed to be easier to use and even more powerful. The release follows an upgrade to the program’s main competitor, //lustrator from Adobe. New features include better text handling, with kerning and automatic hyphenation support; floating palettes; ‘drag and drop colours’, where the user drags a colour from the Colours palette directly on to an object or line; and support for many DTP-type facilities such as multiple columns, text wrap- ping and text block linking. Sources in the United States suggest that the program will cost the same price as current versions, but UK pricing and availability had not been decided at the time of going to press. FreeHand 4.0 is likely to receive its first public showing in the UK at the Apple Expo show, and should be released soon afterwards. Aldus UK: 031 220 4747. Disk space galore TimesTwo, the disk compression software, now ‘| gives even more disk space and claims increased reliability. TimesTwo 2.0 features new disk optimisation soft- ) Ware which is reckoned make compression up to 40% faster than the old version. The new version has the option to create a tiny uncompressed partition on the nard disk for emergency use. TimesTwo effectively doubles the size of you disk Grive by compressing all the data on it. It does this } ivisibly, and the only noticeable effect is a slight Slowing down of the Mac. TimesTwo is available from DirekTek on 081 845 15969, price to be announced. The Greene comms guide What TV personality Sarah Greene doesn't know about comms isn't worth knowing. Apparently. That's why US Robotics has chosen her to endorse the company's new Sport- ster Guide to On-Line Services. For your copy of this essential publica- tion, complete with a picture of Smilin’ Sarah on the front, call Sally Roberts at US Robotics on 0753 811180. Ready, set... The veteran desktop publishing package Ready,Set,Go! has been upgraded to give it more multime- dia potential. Version 6 add a slew of features such as graduated tints, EPS export, trapping support, automatic drop caps and multiple master pages. It also allows you to create slideshows, and supports Quick- Time. Ready,Set,Go! is available from Manhattan Graphics on 0101 914 725 2048 for $395. It will be distributed in the UK through normal sources. If you need to use an LCD projection panel, but can’t afford the £3,000 or so they cost, then it might be worth contacting Sahara Visual Systems, which operates a hire scheme through their dealer network for as little as £80 a day. Call Sahara for. more on 081 310 9967. SCSI replacement A super-fast connection system many times quicker than the current SCSI (built in to all Macs) is under development by Apple. Called FireWire, the system is being designed in conjunction with Texas Instruments. It’s intended to provide a connection system for hard drives, scanners, CD-ROMs and VCRs to allow data to flow much faster, enabling multimedia applications which are currently impractical. FireWire will use low cost cabling and miniature connectors, rather than SCSI's bulky wiring. a Just look at this little lot — Monkey Island scare stories, long walks in Hungary and a prisoner with a Quadra... Mostly harmless My dad has a II series System 7 Mac and is very protective about it — understandably seeing how much it cost. However I think he has gone too far. I read your review of Secret of Monkey Island II and decided to buy it, thinking it would surprise everyone. It came, but within one day I was forced to send it back because he was convinced it was dangerous and would wreck his ww 7 selection of Easter ‘tcuts and yations. This month's ; hidden t key co @ In Photoshop 2.5 hold down [option] while selecting ‘About Photoshop’ to get a secret screen. Then hold down the [command] key while selecting ‘About Photoshop’ for an extra special splash scree @ Press the interrupt switch if you have crashed and type ‘G Finder’ to return to Finder. @ If you hold down the [option] key when selecting Tidy up machine. I’m convinced that there must be other dads like mine out there somewhere, so please will you just state that games which are programmed for the Mac won’t mess it up. I have read every issue of MacFormat and even dear old Dad reckons it’s a damn good publication. Sam Adams, Ashorne, Nr Warwick Well Mr Adams, your son is right, there’s no more chance of Monkey Island damaging your Mac than there is of Word blowing up your hard disk. (Note to Microsoft lawyers: that means none, OK?) All change Why don’t you change the games you’re giving away with the subscription, as I have both games you are offering at the moment. James Golland, Hove Shazam! Your wish is my cliché. The new game is Lemmings. Let me guess, you’ve got that too... Not thrilled When I discovered MacFormat I was thrilled. Interesting articles to read, beautiful layout and a cover disk containing Compact Pro which helped me to prolong the life of my Macintosh SE and its 20Mb hard disk. Now I am not so thrilled any more. First of all I can no longer read your high density cover disks, so the joy of buying the magazine and rushing home to see what is on the disk has gone. Secondly, I immediately returned my cover disk on September 8 as you offered to swap the high density disks for two ordinary disks. What kind of weird experiments are they carrying out in your ‘Disk Copy Labs’? Please show me that I am wrong in thinking that you are not interested in the market segment of small users with outmoded Macs who . still buy magazines at newsstands, and send me my disks by return of mail. Evert Baarspul, Brussels Apologies to everyone who sent disks to be swapped. Teething troubles at the duplication plant meant that there were delays, but you should all have had your disks by now, and future swaps will be seen to more speedily. Remember you can subscribe and get the disks sent straight to you without the swapping business; and you get Lemmings free! No? Well it was worth a try... Desktop under the Special menu everything on your Desktop will be put in rows. @ Open the Labels Control Panel, delete all the Apple labels, leaving all the labels blank. When select labels from the ainst each colour you next menu bar MUZEUL AVIATI El ROMANE tinator lA - Missing Macs The one thing I feel has always missing from MacFormat has an in-depth review of past, cu and future Macs. This is particul the case in today’s very confusi! market. A series of comparisons basic features, price speed/power would be very useful particularly against an ‘old faithf benchmark such as an SE. Likewi your coverage of new Macs is f too sketchy. A Reviewing Macs is an area we’ steered clear of, not least beca we reckon most of you have M already, and to be honest thei not much you can say besi quoting various megabytes megahertz. For an instant hist of the Mac, and speculation future Macs, see our feature i August’s issue. Plea for help Greetings from Romania!!! You will be surprised to get a let from a perfect stranger. My name Stanculescu. Marin and I ii computers. I could say that they my hobby, but I don’t think I c ever afford one. Please publish name and address in your compu magazine and ask people if t could provide any kind of compu donation. Also, I would like subscribe to your magazine, but don’t know how to do it. Stanulescu Mai Str. Ciuruleasa, Nr Sect 4, OP7, Cod 7 Your wish is our comm Stanulescu. And good luck your search for a Mac... WIE Ka Li TH SPIRES? a3 oe SION CH Nr, St sani mat LI7 LW pte é AY 2 i pomer e: T eee ___ Scara —— faye Bloc! BAL K (Riv cork Judetul Sectorw' A KS OU LOCALITATEA Feneditnr STANCULESCU HAFIN. STR.CIURULEASA, HR-3. SECT.4, O.P- 7, COD 75445, Las cose ih RONANIA- On the other hand T have used a number of your icles to help the company make urchasing decisions. Our latest is a PowerBook 165c, based on the ‘“aticle in your October issue. N Cooling, Abingdon Dur coverage of new Macs is good ‘enough for some then? Thank for that. Too much publishing T think that you are spending too ‘much time with professional blishing articles. Obviously these subjects on which most of your ‘Saif are most qualified to comment ‘but surely that is not the point of ‘your magazine. You started off well ‘by covering most levels of Mac use, d I hope that you will keep more the down-market side of thusiasts and hobbyists. Surely all the other magazines are catering for the owners of “QuarkXPress and —mega-bucks ‘Printing setups? Sure, we all want to know what the big boys are doing, we don’t have the expense accounts or the equipment. Please use a bit more savvy and don’t turn ‘into another excuse for a collection of adverts. Vincent Barker, Sheffield intend to keep recognising the of enthusiasts — we’re all its here! But we also want to give practical advice to all Mac r We don’t consider that’s pple talk, MacFormat becoming like the other magazines: we want to give tips and tutorials that help people use their Macs, whether they are at home or in the office. Much more music Music, music, music! Macs are probably the best computers for sequencing in studios there are — they’re certainly the most friendly and professional. Atari ST? Rubbish. What a joke. Please treat the Mac as a serious musical tool. Let’s have solid software articles every month and help support this wonderful machine. Shane Daly, Hendon. Macs are indeed brilliant as musical tools. Can I just insert a shameless plug here for MacFormat’s sister magazine Future Music? Future Music has tutorials guaranteed to help you get the most from your musical set up. And it’s got a CD every month with samples and demos of the latest instruments. There, I feel much better now I’ve got that off my chest, Photo questions In the October issue there was an article about PhotoCDs. So, I can import my photo via CD-ROM to Mac, but then what? What can I do x 4 oU Vionmouth with the picture? Import it into DTP program, fine, but is there a Basic programming language that can import these pictures? I have made Basic programs using the Atari ST and Amiga. For example the STOS programming language on the ST can load digitised pictures, but those pics only use 16 colours. If I could use Mac and the Basic language to make programs and use PhotoCD pics in these programs... is this possible? Juha Toivanen, Finland I think this letter was in the wrong pile and was meant for Mac Answers, but since you’re here I may as well answer you. Yes, there are Basic languages for the Mac but I wouldn’t recommend them, especially not for handling graphics. What it sounds like you need is SuperCard, which has a built-in Basic-like language, or even good old HyperCard, if you can get hold of the extra utilities you need to import colour pictures. In either case you'll need a utility to convert the PhotoCD pictures into standard Mac PICTs before you can use them. If you want to get into this kind of thing, programs like Passport Producer or Macromind Director are brilliant, but also extremely expensive. I can see clearly now Please remember that the human eye uses light to see with. Text on dark coloured backgrounds is therefore hard to read, especially in poor light, especially by people with refractive errors and spectacles (like me) and people over 45 with bifocals (like me). Dark reasonable sized print on a pale background will mean we can glean more of your grains of wisdom. D Churchill, Tilehurst We'll try to keep things as legible as possible Mr Churchill, although saying that guarantees that our artists will decide this paragraph looks best in pale red on a dark green background with yellow polkadots. Long walk I look forward to'receiving my copy in Hungary, but please try to avoid packing dealers’ price lists. If they want to send me one they can do, but if a letter or package weighs more that half a kilo the postman will not deliver it — I have to travel to the central post office to collect it. =a ET) 2 ~- , Hs ove, °z. SLCC ba Paste aS Keep in touch! You cannot imagine the aggro — equivalent of you going to central London to get a magazine! Ian Shires, Budapest A brisk walk to the post office will do you a power of good Ian! Stuck inside I am a prisoner so I cannot send you a photo of myself or of my girlfriend to morph together. Her name is Tracey. However I would like a mouse mat for my Quadra. Ian Ogilvie, D-Wing, HM Prison Littlehey Perry They have Quadras in prison? My local secondary school doesn’t even have a Classic. Anyway, I'll send you a mouse mat Ian, and all the best to you and Tracey. Free clothes! By the time you read this our crate of MacFormat long- sleeved T-shirts will have arrived and we'll all be wandering around the office looking suitably magazine branded. Much as we want to keep them all, you can get hold of one either by sending us a tenner or writing such a good letter we decide to make it letter of the month and send you one free. A letter’s got to be better than £10, right? So get scribbling about an interesting topic (you decide what's interesting, anything under the Apple tree), and send your letter to AppleTalk, MacFormat, 30 Monmouth Street, Bath BA1 2BW. Do it. cee th BAT 2BW I Processor review The perfect Tim Smith takes a look at WordPerfect version 3, and finds that he likes it very much. processor? his is a cracker, it really is. For years and years, WordPerfect has suffered from ageist remarks as well as sneers about its thoroughly clerical (as in office rather than Archbishop of Canterbury) and PC-based heritage. And for years the WordPerfect Corp seemed to bury its head in the sand while mumbles emerged from just below the topsoil about units shifted and successful user-bases. Then, Microsoft came up with its gaudy, slow and system heavy Windows operating system for the PC world, and all the cross-platform developers were forced to reconsider their formerly command-line-based programs. Because Windows attempts to emulate the fluidity and success of Apple Computer’s System 6, 7 and 7.1, by use of menuing systems, application-to-application publishing and interdependence, programmers have been forced to create applications that are easy to use. This, in turn has translated to the Mac conversions. The upshot of all this is WordPerfect 3 for the Mac. And as upshots go, it went. Let’s start with the fact that the program really doesn’t know whether it is a word processor, a word publisher, or a full-blown DTP set-up. The things you can do with imported and created graphics seriously put Microsoft Word in the shade for now. For example, it is the first program outside of XPress or PageMaker that I know of that enables you to rotate graphics boxes. This is no mean achievement, and it really does have a strong benefit in the presentational sense of document creation. Now, you can jazz up your standard letters, your recipes, your fanzines, anything, in a highly professional manner without having to chuck them out to some friend with a copy of XPress, or to an agency that will charge you the Earth for the same task. In fact the graphics side of WP 3 is probably its most impressive feature. Ill explain this in a second, but first the question has to be posed as to exactly what WordPerfect is expecting to achieve with this program. Okay, I’ve had a little rave about it, but it is still more of a jack of all trades than an adept at any one area. For example, if you wanted to bang out some words for basic letters with the occasional bit of text jazzing — new fonts, italics, bolds and so on — then you'd probably be better off with Word, Nisus or McSink for speed and ease of use. If, on the other hand, you wanted some seriously powerful DTP tools, then you really would have to look to Quark, or Aldus’ babies for power use. WordPerfect, for all of its admirable catching up word File Edi Layout Arrange Macre Font Size Sty The Mac Document CSS i) [_Ronge {ait Mix Just when you thought it was safe to call it a word processor, WordPerfect 3 enables you to muck around with the colour palette for graphics... File Edit Legout firrange Macro Font Size Style The Mac Document SoS Se je Cait Min j __| fi bbid ber PRES EREEIS ).] .ulike this for example. What we have here is the ability to edit the mid-range in this palette to create warmer, darker, sharper or stranger hues. =o D ay ee wy =a SIE ede “ee — = I r 4 + 4. SS SASS 8 aE = Folder Search Retein <i Lotest I a (inoy ~) 7 Gasheas We wes bo manaperite aig 15,502K free wtting 9 dm eden tet | ROy:Cov; rev Grin tinier shot 10 Ray:forel Kora: Tiem;2 | © Roy:questionnatre;tim:2 Chew ae os tovbr |) moy:The SunTem:2 {he bet, ervey ee, | ROY;Birds;Linda | Elrreview xP snow: [mi_ >] (Cancel ) x. Importing text from other applications is also a dream. Not only can you pull the text in, you can also look at it first. with the rest of the Mac world from the depths PC-hell, still falls between both stools with quite audible crash, bang, wallop. So, for specialists, this is really not worth too close look. However, for those of us who want dabble in as many areas of Macdom as possi this could be the ideal solution. Anyway, back to the obviously good about this much improved program. Aside the ability to import graphics in PICT PostScript form (among others, but these are most useful) you can also create your own freehand tools such as the awesomely Bézier curve. This is incredibly useful for construction of easily identifiable icons (good corporate and personal identification and looking documents). It is also quick, easy understand and comes with the ability to use colour tints for a really plummy look. Built-in captioning and text positioning add to the power of these graphical abiliti Combine this with user-definable colour pal picture rotation, box resizing, and an incredi useful zoom function that enables you to see entire page on screen, then zap into it for som serious editing work, and you have a suite of t that will not have you tumbling off the learni curve in a confused death plunge, and won't | text, all you ed do is hold down the option key and drag you moaning for more for quite a long time come either. All in all, a big thumbs up for WP people, both on what they've included and what they’ve decided to leave out. Now on to the text tools. And here I have give a nod to macros. For some reason, mac are not an integral part of Systems 7 or 7.1. is bonkers because the Mac operating system crying out for this kind of labour saving devi yes I know you can buy third party creators but... well the point I'm grasping for that WP 3 comes with a very powerful option that enables you to control it and any WP-compatible programs on your system. works in tandem with WP’s ability to AppleScript in order to create system-wi macros. The usefulness of this cannot fait Leyout Arrenge Macro Font Size Style Word processor eanAl Oh God! What a horrible mess. oS The Mac Document File Edit Loyout Arrange Macro Font Size Style boked because it enables you to turn your into your Mac, tailored to the way you as an dual work. This makes using WP 3 almost nd nature after a day or so of macro creation. fhe next outstanding, and long awaited, e that this program lobs at you in its devil- pare, I’m-really-rather-good way is Drag and . This knocks the now aged cut and paste available) into an absurdly cocked hat. lly it enables you to highlight areas of text mply drag them around the document and them into place. If you want to copy a of text, all you need do is hold down the ] key and drag. The reason | rate this so is that it enables you to keep concentrating document and, most importantly, not clog jailable RAM with chunks of text that you eeded to save for a few seconds. We should this available in all applications now. This is rue of the function that enables you to move ated in WP around — and to and from ments without having to cut and _ paste. creation is a piece of cake, as is equation finding and exchanging and text ting. Even style creation makes many other programs look a bit slothful. ¢ one bell that really did annoy me to start ih was the over-use of cosmetics. This came ead with the font menu which, when you it down, re-draws all the available fonts on system. It looks lovely and enables you to off to your less font-endowed friends, but is any real need to have this slow method of pice built-in as standard? No there isn’t. it customisation is the name of the game Everything from creating your own action to having a million and one status bars at op of the screen. But make sure that your is well armed with RAM, if you want to use any speed above crawling. My 8Mb Ilsi d admirably, but it was still a little too slow ious word crunching. aside from a few gripes, it must be said VordPerfect 3 for Macintosh is a vast ement on its antecedents and a welcome on to the host of applications already ible to us. An excellent all-round tool rather serious specialist device. mf ON Te ae ie he ¥ De get ; Fortunately for us, WordPerfect 3 Go The Mac Document [=] comes with the ability to alter Ire Oo pees see Piers, colour graphics on the fly. Ai faa armenia vile That's You Are not joking « aaa] Not just alter - if you're happy Ww \ with your graphics, you can also add caption boxes easily, then —l send them behind the picture. a mH mmc [= Tie tot Insert Leyout Tools Teble font Size Style " = el The Mac Document ki [rer] teyet | toon] sys | toe [tet] tege 54 Oi Fo} (Ent OF roca} [Fwid_} {iver bayinwd) (Omer —} w* “nies (Bator) | Teoh of Contents (Sete) | =—s seater [Tee we} (_toe_| (Creme) to Gee) (2 TS) Cle) Ai) BS) Es) tow 0) Goes JS Ie bs oy <> —— ie was the manager! process of eliminatic Fight here ons re Sir Alf Reewsay Pros he wes Fall. We've all heard stern He won the Diviston Select team Une pub, the World Cup with 0 few the Popular, assists from Nobby, Bebby, Hursty and mg Banskey He was his own man an on and on Cons: he's ceed. = mediate Graham Taylor should But Considering his The only sin Go/Be aiven mere time _ Prog, this state of —his (aveur ore ine fect cos ot Print in columns if you like, and you don't have to go through a trillion option boxes to do so. Just click and write, on Hatten BODES of the bu welt, wid @ ro) @ Fite Edit Layout Macro Font Size Style oT) a The Mec Document }2) =) i a LC sy E A group of Bézier curves lurking on the page, waiting to be turned into something reasonable. A useful tool indeed. File Edit 1 Tools © il j Grommatik { Check Style Customize Help H P Gemom 1, Word: TT) ( Reptece ) 8 bos wel | (Skip Riweys) xx f° (igngre Class) “ hee ty sed Bonskey He wes nis considering nis Pros Pe te. Good at ball games. Likes to experiment * {__—_te- Once nonin webh Filis suffers (rom Death tut he could ecoeal The grammar-checker. There are two schools of thought regarding these devices: word snobs and real people. Grammar, grammar, we love you MacForrmat With MR BoxShift-Plus -You get VALUE FOR MONEY! Macintosh C t I'M YOUR MAN acintos omputers LC III 4/80, Peron Pie Monitor & Kbd. 755 FOR A GOOD DEAL LC II! 4/80,14" Colour Monitor & Kbd. 849 ON MACINTOSH!! LC 475 4/80, Performa Plus Monitor & Kbd. 975 Quadra 610 4/160 975 Quadra 610 4/230 cd 1395 Quadra 650 4/160 4295 Laser Printers Quadra 650 4/230 cd 1775 Laserwriter Pro 810 3715 Centris 660AV 8/230cd 1740 Laserwriter Pro 630 1499 Quadra 800 8/230 4949 __Laserwriter Select 300 495 Quadra 800 8/500 cd 2399 HP Laserwriter 4ML 895 Quadra 840AV 8/500 cd 2795 Personal Laserwriter NT+ 250 tray 639 Quadra 840AV 16/1 GB cd 3395 : Quadra 950 16/1 GB 3295 Displays _ Radius Colour Pivot ERGO 865 Powerbooks New Apple AV 14" Display 465 Powerbook 145B 4/80 975 Macintosh 14" RGB Display 275 Powerbook 165 4/80 1195 16" Apple RGB Display 699 Powerbook 165c 4/120 1445 Performa Plus 14" RGB Display 235 Powerbook 180 4/120 1795 Powerbook 180c 4/160 2195 Scanners Agfa Arcus 2519 Powerbook Duos Agfa Arcus Plus with transparency unit 2995 230 4/80 + DuoDock 1395 Microtek Scanmaker Il & g/s.P'shop LE 710 230 4/120 + DuoDock Plus 1575 250 4/200 1595 Storage and Back-up 250 12/200 + Modem 2075 44mb Syquest drive (inc 1st cart.) 345 270c 4/240 1989 88mb Syquest drive (inc 1st cart.) 545 270c 12/240 + Modem 2375 105mb Syquest drive (inc 1st cart.) 675 Printers - Bubble-jet / Inkjet Software Stylewriter I! 235 Pagemaker5 586 GCC Writemove II 365 Quark 3.2 645 HP Deskwriter 510 230 Freehand 3.1 295 : Portable Stylewriter 299 MS Office 430 Claris Works 2 150 Ce? . Filemaker Pro 2 225 ‘eg Special Memory Prices & KX < 450 625 16Mb Quadra 950 SIMMS 350 woe? + Nee + Kae Ss eH R°KS 3 FREE MOUSEMAT WITH IMIR a S. system EVERY ORDER! BoxShift-plus It's happening! 1ift-Plus, these are the pluses! n Years plus- Total Technical Support Tel: 071 -700 4621 uy from If you have any after sales problems with your ee ee part of the MR.BoxShift-Plus equipment, just ring our St ee romp 2 ted ork Road, rten years helpline for on-line technical support. SUSIE aera -ed Apple So you only pay, for what you need! ‘ -ery best prices, plus- Added-Value Options ..«¢ Most efficient acal support just a phone Technical Support Help-Line 0891 616040* MR.BoxShift-Plus makes sure that all equipment is configured and tested and that all software purchased with the system is installed by qualified staff before it's delivered to you. MR.BoxShift-Plus can also arrange - 7 day Swop Out Protection plus- Easy Ways to Pay uld your hardware fail within 7 days of zipt MR.BoxShift-Plus will either exchange ; faulty component or replace the whole unit .T OUR EXPENSE-WHEREVER YOU ARE N THE UK! ; All prices exclude VAT and are subject to change without prior notice. All prices subject to availability — You can pay by Access, American Express or Visa or by cheque (allow 7 days for clearance) or cash. Delivery anywhere in the UK is ata flat rate of £15.00 for a typical system (there's a small additional charge for orders over 25kg). *Calis charged at 48p per minute during business hours. Personal callers welcome, please telephone first. training so that you gain the know-how to get the best from your new system. In short, we're here to look after you ! Authorised Apple Reseller. MR.Boxshift-Plus is a division of Micro*Rent PLC 26 1. System software Use the latest version of the System software that your Mac can run — more and more software is now written to require System 7.0 or above, for example. 2. Custom icons Using custom icons under System 7 can slow down the time it takes to redraw your Desktop — worth thinking about if you’ ve got a slow Mac. 3. Mystery disk If your Mac is asking you to insert a disk that you don’t have with you any more, hold down the [command] key and hit the full-stop key a few times to get rid of the message. 4. Backing up work Back up your work! Do it on a regular basis — Sod’s Law states that a crash will happen just when you can least afford to lose files. 5. Tidying the desktop Holding down the [option] key and selecting the Special menu turns the Clean Up Window command into Clean Up by Name, which organises icons alphabetically. 6. Creating duplicate files Holding down [option] while dragging a file from one folder to another places a duplicate of the file in the destination folder, rather than actually moving it. 7. Emptying the Wastebasket To avoid being asked for confirmation every time you try to empty the Wastebasket, click on its icon, select Get Info from the File menu and turn off the ‘warn before emptying’ checkbox. 8. Checking for viruses Make sure that you always have the latest version of the freeware Disinfectant anti-virus program on your Mac (version 3.3 as of November 10th) — and install the Disinfectant Extension, which keeps a check to make sure no viruses sneak in. 9. 32-bit addressing If you have more than 8Mb of RAM installed, make sure that you turn 32-bit If you’re setting off on your voyage of Mac discovery, or want to know more about the Finder, these tips are for you — courtesy of lan Wrigley addressing on (from the Memory Control Panel) so that you have access to it all. 10. Shutting down Always turn off your Mac by using the Shut Down command in the Special menu — never just switch it off at the back, unless it’s crashed and you’ ve absolutely no other option than to use the switch. 11. Freeing up disk space To keep as much disk space free as possible, remember to do a trawl through your System folder periodically to check for files which may have been left by applications you no longer have. For instance, applications often create a ‘preferences’ file, recording their settings, which is kept in the Preferences folder within the System folder. If you’ ve ditched an application, ditch its preferences file too. Also, look out for files called strange names like ‘Temp000001’. These are created by some applications as they’re working, and are usually deleted when you quit. But if you’ ve had a crash, they sometimes sit around afterwards, taking up disk space. Trash them! 12. Uncluttered display Holding down the [option] key when you double-click on a folder will open the new window and close the one you were in at the same time. This is handy if you don’t want your display cluttered up with windows that you’re only going to have to close later anyway, and is known as ‘burrowing down’ through your disk’s folders. If you’re not sure whereabouts the folder is whose window you’re viewing, hold down the [command] key and click on the window’s title. A pop-up menu will appear, displaying all its enclosing folders. 13. SCSI devices If you have one or more SCSI devices attached to your Mac, make sure that you turn them on and off in the correct order; failure to do so could result in your Mac being damaged. Although it doesn’t matter which order you turn the individual SCSI devices on, it’s vital that your Mac is the last thing to be switched on. And when you’ ve finished work, shut down your Mac before you turn the SCSI devices off. Never, never turn on a SCSI device when the Mac is running. You may have done it in the past with no ill effects, but you’re courting disaster. Remember the rule: the Mac must be last on and first off. 14. Crash positions If your Mac appears to have crashed while you’re working in an application, don’t immediately panic and restart — you may able to save work that you’ ve done in o currently running applications. First, try clicking on the Desktop to see if you can switch out of the current application. If y can, go to any others that you have runni via the Application menu at the right-hand side of your menu bar and save your work. If you can’t switch to the Desktop and you’re running System 7 or above, hold down [command] and [option] then hit [escape] key. Confirm that you you want ‘force quit’ in the dialogue box and witha bit of luck you'll be returned to the Finder, Save any work from other open applications and then restart the Mac. 15. Faster Finder Optimise the Finder to get as much speed from it as possible. For example, in the General Control Panel turn off menu blinking — by default a menu blinks three times when you select an item, but in fact you don’t need it to blink at all — and turning the feature off saves you a couple of seconds each time. Likewise, set the mouse double-click speed to the fastest in the Mouse Control Panel — you’ ve still got over a second to get the two clicks in, and any slower runs the risk of the Mac interpreting two separate clicks as a doul click by mistake. 16. Black and white Your Mac will run faster if the display is set to black-and-white, rather than how many colours the monitor is capable of showing — you’ ll notice a marked difference if you change from displaying ‘millions of colours’ to just black-and- white. Put an Alias of the Monitors Con Panel on your Desktop, or loose in the Apple Menu Items folder, so that you ha’ quick access to it whenever you need to change the screen mode, rather than havi to go via the Control Panels folder itself. Alternatively, get hold of one of the numerous shareware utilities that allow to rapidly change modes. 17. Free up more RAM If you find that you’re running out of R remember that every Extension (INIT in pre-System 7 parlance) that you have installed is taking up some RAM — so see you really need all those widgets. You also increase the amount of free memory ing the RAM cache setting (in the Memory Sontrol Panel). Adobe Type Manager (ATM) iso requires a chunk of RAM set aside; this is alierable from within the ATM Control Panel. Don’t use virtual memory unless you have to — it ill slow your Mac down radically. (Owners of Macs with a 68000 processor such as the Hlassic, SE, Plus and so on don’t have the option ¥ virtual memory — it requires a 68030 or higher, or a 68020 with a PMMU chip added.) Rebuild the Desktop possible to reduce the amount of memory below the recommended amount if you’ re really short of space, but it’s not recommended — your application may not run at all, and if it does you will quite probably find that it’s not very reliable and will crash at random times — normally just when you’re at a critical point in your work. System 7.1 displays a ‘minimum memory’ figure, and you should not allocate a program less than this amount. When deciding how much memory you should give programs, take into account the amount of RAM that your Mac has, how much = the System is using Desktop file can growto Probably one of the Unnecessarily large if you most important things n't rebuild your Desktop on that you can do ona basis. regular basis to ensure that your Mac stays sll behaved is to rebuild the Desktop by estarting with [command] and [option] held until a dialogue box appears asking you to firm that you want to rebuild. The Desktop ile is an invisible file held on your hard drive keeps a record of what applications you installed, what icons to use to display jocuments created by those applications and so m. As you add and delete applications, the Desktop file can grow to be exceptionally large — ebuilding it will radically reduce its size, so iving you hard drive space. Also, if the Desktop is not rebuilt you’ ll find that you have blems such as not being able to launch an cation when you double-click on a jocument created in that application. Rebuilding the Desktop should only take a ute or two on all but the slowest Macs; in em 7 and above a progress bar appears to you how much of the job has been done, ile users of System 6 and below just see the aich cursor until the process has been pbmpleted. Don’t worry if it does take more than inute or two: the chances are that you have a of applications on your hard drive, and the Mac is taking a while to check them all out. You should rebuild the Desktop about once a geek or so. Make it a regular thing, say, to do so thing on a Monday morning. Memory allocation en running MultiFinder (if your Mac uses ystem 6) or System 7, allocate applications as ch memory space to work in as possible. This fill help them to run as fast as possible, and will en the chance of them bombing out due to wk of memory. To choose how much memory allocate to a program, click once on its icon nd then select Get Info from the File menu, or the keyboard shortcut [command] [I]. At the ottom right hand corner of the Info window will displayed a recommended memory setting the actual setting. You can increase this by 2 over the numbers already there. It is fire you sure you want to rebuild the desktop file on the disk “Home Alone”? Comments in info windows will be lost. (Concer) (CH) (find that out by selecting About This Macintosh from the @ menu) and which programs you will want to run simultaneously. For example, if you have a Mac with 1OMb RAM installed, the System is taking up 2,000K and you want to run Photoshop and Microsoft Word at the same time, you have around 8,000K to allocate between the two. Word is happy with the recommended amount of RAM (1,024K in version 5.1), but Photoshop works best with lots of memory to play with — so change its allocation to 6,500K or so. Remember, though, that if you do this you won’t be able to squeeze a third program into memory at the same time — you’ ll have to quit one of the ones that’s already running. It’s normally best to leave 1Mb or so free if you can spare it. About This Macintosh... Beginners tips 20. Apple Menu Items Make full use of the Apple Menu Items folder. Any document, application, folder or alias put in the Apple Menu Items folder (which you'll find within the System folder) will appear in the @ menu — so you can put aliases of your favourite applications there and have instant access to them. When you select an object in the @ menu, it’s just as if its original were double-clicked — so applications launch, documents are opened in their creating application and folders appear open on the Desktop. To get the most out of the @ menu, get hold of the shareware program BeHierarchic (or the commercial Now Utilities). When that’s running, any folders (or aliases of folders) in the @ menu will display a small arrow next to them — move the cursor down to the folder and a sub-menu will appear, showing its contents. Should one of its contents be another folder, then it too will show a sub-menu... and so on. Doing this, you can access the whole contents of your hard disk by making an alias of the disk and placing that alias in the Apple Menu Items folder. If you find that your @ menu is getting unmanageably long, you can arrange items in folders — one for applications, say, and another for documents. Since you can access the contents of folders directly when you’ re running BeHierarchic, this is just as convenient as having them directly in the @ menu. BeHierarchic is an excellent program, and one that every System 7 user should have. (Of course, in an ideal world Apple would have built it into the System software in the first place...) KeyFinder rs Newton Lowdown {] Note Pad BB Puzzle {3 RapidFax #| Retrieve It! { Scrapbook B stutt v Apple File Exchange (3 Freelance >| AppleLink 6.1 (3 MacFormat »| Compact Pro Co APPLICATIONS »| CompuServe Info Manager i Coleubiter ti Disinfectant 3.2 Dynodex 3.0 app 8 CD Remote Eight Ball Deluxe = Chooser sal Control Panels —+>|_ FileMaker Pro @ Dynodex DA INTERNET & Fast Find Maelstrom pay FanActivity MicroPhone™ II Norton Utilities image Assistant GS| 1 vuPress® i bane ss Stuffit Deluxe™ With Now Utilities or BeHierarchic running, folders in the Apple menu will display sub-menus when you place the cursor over them. Theoretically, you could display the whole of your hard drive like this. Demon script Eudora accessories > Eudoral.4.1b12d-11.1993 Fetch 2.1.1 Fetch Help Finger 1.3.5 f IRC LeeMail 2.0.2 - LeeMail 2.0.2 Docs LeeMail Files > MacCompress3.2 My group list New nuntius docs > Nuntius1.1.1d25 MacFormat =] a= on ey G) ey ) = (By_ Cy L) = os lan Wrigley Woh = a2 1. File transfer It’s possible to transfer data from any computer which can write MS-DOS-format disks — and that doesn’t just mean IBM- compatible PCs. The Amiga, for example, can write DOS disks; newer machines come with a built-in utility called CrossDOS which does this, while older machines can use the shareware MessyDOS to do the | If you think of yourself as a Mac power user, take a pew becaues has produced these tips especially for you | 2. Connecting SCSI devices If you want to attach more than one exter- nal SCSI device to your Mac, prepare for hassles while setting things up. Although in theory it should be easy, in practice it can take several hours of crashes, swearing and fiddling about before everything works properly together. Remember the golden rule: there should be a terminator at each end of the SCSI bus. Apple File Exchange Your Mac’s internal [CS APPLICATIONS © Desktop Folder [D REPORT © Screengrabs |GTranslote=) © Sturt ( Remove )| © System folder J} o Temporary Items 15K | O Trash bytes | selected L | hard drive is terminated 7) already, so that’s one end taken care of — but you must make sure that you use an external terminator on the end of the last device in the external chain if it’s not = Home Alone 2245.5K bytes available 696K bytes available internally terminated. Note that this is the physical chain of =) DATA Capen __):! (Brive Sew Foider) (i) same thing. And the Use Apple File Exchange Atari ST family will _ to read MS-DOS files - write DOS-format you'll find it hidden away disks if you use the on one your Mac’s | right commands when __ System disks. formatting the disk. To read the disks, you either need a commercial piece of software such as Apple’s PC Exchange, or Apple File Exchange, a free program which you’ll find on one of the System disks that came with your Mac. It’s not automatically put on your hard drive when you install the System, so some people don’t think that they have it — but it’s lurking away on one of the System disks just the same. To use Apple File Exchange, simply launch the program and then insert your DOS (or, indeed, Mac) formatted disk. The program will read its contents and produce a scrolling list of all the files, whi