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WizTools a collection of invaluable utilities which make using your Mac easier and more enjoyable. The set includes backup with synchronisation, keystroke recorder, worldclock, launcher, finder tools, submenu and much === more... SRP £69.00 f WizTools PB is a collection for PowerBook users. Includes Security, Battery management, Remote Access support, Synchronisation and PB Ease to make using your PowerBooks’ trackball easier. Wiz Tools SRP £69.00 Popup Folder is the ultimate Finder navigator. Gain instant access to any folder or drive icon, even from open and save dialogs, up to 5 levels deep. You can sim- a ply drag-and-drop files into these menus. Navigating server volumes has never been so easy! Additionally, Popup Folder will add hierarchical menus to your Apple Menu. SRP £39.00 PopupFolder Virex is the fastest and safest anti-virus software for the Macintosh. 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Stress induced injuries are alleviated as users adopt a more relaxed input position and don’t have to keep their fingers poised MacHandwriter THE CREATIVITY TOOL Leam with MacHandwriter Children use the pen naturally in all their favourite learning applications. Why constrain their creativity? They can learn to read, write and draw without first having to lean about a keyboard and mouse. Z Draw with MacHandwriter MacHandwriter doesn’t promise to improve your artistic skills but it will allow you to trace, draw and paint with ease. It works perfectly with all your existing graphics and paint packages. If using a mouse to sketch has reduced your work to a scribble you'll see an instant improve- ment... it may even rekindle your artistic ambitions. Tech Specs MacHandwriter comes with a cordless electronic pen (either standard or pressure sensitive) and an ultralight, ultrathin tablet with a ten foot cord that plugs into your Mac's ADB port. A clever connec- tion means you don’t lose your mouse or keyboard access. MacHandwriter with pressure sensitive pen SRP £399.00 CONTENTS She: REGULARS MACEORMAT 17 Special deals on the new multimedia Macs, Claris- | Works 3.0, the Future of entertainment, and more This Month 28 What’s new in the world of Apple? Only the biggest development since QuickTime, says Josef Morrell Apple Talk 31 Your views on everything Mac-related, from violence in games and the value of shareware to the price of chips Mac Answers 77 Your Mac problems solved by our team of experts — any- thing from fonts to programming languages! Special Offers 97 Some of the best Mac products at some of the best prices around, direct from MACFORMAT Back Issues if you can still get ‘em! 4 they’re only a fiver each — . . 7 Buying Advice 120 Whether you're shopping by mail or in person, it helps to know your rights and how to avoid being ripped off “5 Free Reader Ads 122 If you’re looking for a bargain, have something to sell, or just want to meet other Mac fans, this is the place to come Are PowerMacs Crap? 124 A Macrormat reader shares his experiences of Apple’s much-vaunted new machines in our new Soapbox section Dilbert 124 Macrormat shatters the stereotype that com- puter users are nerds... everywhere but here Next Month 129 Presenting: MacTimeWarp! Knowledge about the future can be yours, before you've even finished with the present! Win! Win! Win! This month you could win: 7th Guest 125 ClarisDraw 130 elcome again to MAcFormat, Britain’s best-selling Mac magazine! Whether you’re an old hand ora novice, we'll bring you news, reviews of affordable and interesting new products, tips and techniques to help you get more out of your Mac, whatever you use it for! Editorial enquiries: Macrormart, Future Publishing Ltd, 30 Monmouth Street, Bath BAl 2BW Tel: 0225 442244, Fax: 0225 446019 AppleLink: MacFormat E-mail: macformat@cix.compulink.co.uk Advertising enquiries: Mike Hawkins, Tel: 0225 442244 Subscription enquiries: Future Publishing, Freepost (BS4900), Somerton, Somerset TA11 6BR Tel 0225 442244, Fax 0458 274378 A word on prices... We try to ensure that all prices quoted in editorial pages in Macrormat are accurate at the time of going to press, and they are all inclusive of UK Value Added Tax at 17.5%. However, this may not necessarily be the case with prices appearing in advertisements, $0 we recommend that you always contact advertisers before ordering to confirm prices and availability. See page 121 for some helpful buying advice. Entire contents Copyright © 1994 Future Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. "“SAlow_16 Dow. Comms: Getting your CIX 56 Join the CIX on-line service for free, then save money whenever you connect. Plus news of a new Internet service Highlight Effects 62 Give your Mac artwork a new realism with our guide to producing reflection and highlight effects, including ‘specular highlights’ and the ‘desert illusion’, no matter which art program you're using Editing: Getting into Print 68 Whatever publication you’re producing on your Mac, you'll want to print it at the end. Here’s what you need to know Sharing HyperCard Stacks 73 Learn how you can make your useful routines available at any time and take real control of your Mac Fantasy Football 120 Got a Fantasy Football League team? Here’s how to use your spreadsheet to manage your League yourself! MACFORMAT * ISSUE 18 * NOVEMBER 1994 ft CONTENTS 82 It says ‘version 1.0’ on the box, but it’s really the latest incarnation of a package that integrates drawing, painting and text handling... and even ‘intelligent tools’! Find out exactly how it shapes up | oa — 84 ———————i} If you want a dedicated spreadsheet package for your Mac, your choice is now down to this one. So is this latest version any good? = 8 : ues 8 ) * * , If you want the right answer, someone once said, you’ve got to ask the right question. That’s what this education package is all about. It can even do surveys for businesses... Sequencing software may form the basis of most Mac music set-ups, but what would you say to a program that can help with accompaniment and composition? We round up no less than eight of ‘em, from Band-in-A-Box to Visual Arranger 94 Let's do the time warp again! All of last year’s news from the studios of ITN — plus the year before’s — reappears on your Mac in this new multimedia CD-ROM Was it really 25 years ago? If your memory isn’t what it was before, relive it all with this CD-ROM title 101 The intrepid Derek Smith plunges into the Internet armed only with a modem, and returns bearing treasures such as a glider design program and a coffee warmer! Oh dear... One of these games is ‘quite simply the best Macintosh CD- ROM product to date’, according to the reviewer. And most of the rest are pretty brilliant too! eS Rebel Assault 106 > Theme Park 108 Links Pro 112 i Battle of Britain 114 Chess Master 3000 116 a isk 118 Does your external hard drive fail to mount? Do you want to create custom partitions? This may be the utility for you 119 Perhaps the most sophisticated Extensions manager there is — but will it help you fix those startup problems? BUST ING It’s a fact of life: all Macs crash, or freeze, or refuse to start up, at some time or other. Don’t panic! Just turn to MACFORMAT’S easy-to-use guide to why it happens and what to do about it — plus how to stop it happening again! a > 7 ee eee Thanks for AG i eS 42 | | gibporting } ~~ vere FPU! This month’s cover disk includes a hand-picked selection of utilities to help you prevent trouble and manage your Mac Head to head: the new versions of the top commercial utilities packages. Which one is worth buying? usting books 49 For even more information and help when your Mac is giving you grief, try one of these handy reference works. But which one is going to meet your needs? 22 SS stazzy An exclusive preview of some of We the exciting Mac developments to ke keep an eye out for at the Apple Expo at Olympia this month COVER DISKS Your guide to this month’s jam-packed cover disk — a complete strategy game, six invaluable utilities, and even more! 7 If you have the CD-ROM edition of this issue, you have everything that’s on the floppy disk, plus much, much more... Everything you need to get on the Internet, including free connection for one month! (Included on the CD edition) MACFORMAT * ISSUE 18 * NOVEMBER 1994 5 MACFORMAT COVER DISKS Your cover di This month we’ve crammed so many great programs on to the disk that we must have set a new world record. Derek Smith tells all... Level one is easy, but level two provides more of a challenge. There are several ways to complete it, but here’s a clue. ,4 START HERE A high density floppy disk can contain about 1.4 megabytes of software, but we want to bring you as much as possible every month. Therefore, we use com- pression programs to reduce the files in size so we can fit more on — this month there’s well over three megabytes worth. Unfortunately, this means you can’t use the programs straight off the disk; you must install them on your hard disk first. Doing this is very simple. Just double- click on the floppy disk icon, then double-click on the MACFoRMAT 18 icon. A copyright message appears; click Continue. A box then appears that asks you where you want to save the contents of the disk. Choose the place on your hard disk where you want everything stored and click Save. After a couple of minutes or so of frantic disk activity, the files will be stored on your hard disk. Before installing the cover disk we rec- ommend that you back up any important work on your hard disk. This sensible precaution will avoid problems should any software not be compatible with your setup. We make every effort to check our disks for compatibility and viruses, but the information here is intended as a guide only, and MacrorMat cannot be held responsible for any damage to data, any inability to use this software or any consequential losses. So please, for your own sake, back up first. Push Push Game > Requires: colour monitor, logic This lovely little program proves that a game doesn’t need huge fancy graphics to be good, it just needs compulsive gameplay — and Push Push has that by the barrel-load. The idea of the game is to push the little purple people around the grid until they hit the door - a sort of guide-’em-up, if you like. The only problem is that once you push the people, they slide along until they hit a solid object, like a wall, which limits your options for subsequent pushes. Full instructions are provided within the game; to access them, simply select ‘Instructions’ from the Help menu. Virtual Desktop Screen enlarger at Requires: any Mac Everyone needs a larger monitor now and again. Virtual Desktop gives you exactly that, and without costing you a penny! The first time you open Virtual Desktop you're asked whether you want to install an Extension to enable the program to work. Click ‘Yes’, and restart your Mac. Now, when you re-launch the program, you'll see scroll bars at the bottom and right of your screen. You'll need to use these to scroll around your Desktop, because it’s now larger than your monitor can display. This program is especially useful for people with very small monitors, because it could enable them to run programs that require a larger monitor. Incredible! Your monitor is now larger on the inside than it is on the outside — mine also developed a blue light on the top. Chipbasic 2.9 Programming language Requires: any Mac (PowerMac native) This is a complete version of the first program- ming language most people learn: BASIC. Al- though not the most comprehensive BASIC program around, it is the only one that is both PowerMac native and absolutely free! The ReadMe document included with the program contains all the commands you can use, so experiment and start programming. Printer Defaults Printer utility a Requires: any Mac and a printer If you use a printer, then you'll have noticed how some programs always default to US Letter size paper. It’s been a consistent problem here at MAcForMAT, which is one of the reasons I sought out this nifty little program. Not only can it change the default paper size to A4, it can also change any other printer defaults that you want. The best news of all is that this fabu- lously useful program is free. Hurrah! LoserWriter 8 Page Setup Cnerge OE] ® Orientation: w You can't change the weather, you can't change your mother-in-law, you can’t even change your underpants every day, but at least you can change your printer's defaults. } PrefsCleaner Preferences cleaner Requires: any Mac System 7’s Preferences folder is all jolly lovely and everything, but it’s very easy to forget about. As soon as you turn your back on it, the damn thing becomes crammed full of outdated Preference files for programs you got rid of years ago. What's more, tidying up this folder is a laborious job — unlike tidying your clothes, you can’t just stick files in the bottom of your wardrobe until they rot away. PrefsCleaner automatically does this tidying job for you (on the Preferences, that is, not Preferences files to delete: About Preferences Align Folders Prefs 2.0 E | BP Viewer prefs (7) : BugOff Prefs The Multimedia Workshop Prefs Euclid Prefs Extend Preferences Exfminer Prefs (Select All } Outdated Preferences can eat up valuable hard disk space, so get rid of them with this easy-to-use utility. { Cancel MACFORMAT * ISSUE 18 * NOVEMBER 1994 G ‘ | GETTING YOUR BACK UP. Before you do anything else, you should make a backup of the MACFORMAT cover disk and work only with the backup — just in case anything does happen to go wrong. Make sure the original cover disk is write- protected (move the tab so that you can see through the hole) — then nothing can be written to the disk. Then follow these simple steps: 1. Insert the MAcForMaT cover disk. 2. Drag the disk’s icon over your hard disk’s icon. The contents of the cover disk will then be copied into a new folder on your hard disk called ‘MacFrorMat 18’ (but it is still not decompressed, so you still can’t run your clothes). It looks at your Preferences fol- der, then checks which programs you have in- stalled on your hard drive. It then shows you a list of Preferences for programs you don’t have, and enables to you to selectively delete them or dump the whole lot in one go. Then you can sit back and watch as your Mac gives a huge sigh of relief when it finally regains that precious disk space. File Buddy File utility %, Requires: any Mac Got a file? Get a buddy! This program can do a whole bundle of useful things to a file, includ- ing changing its creation date (a useful feature for students who want to convince their teacher they started their projects on time). You can create aliases, delete files, make files invisible, change the creator of a file, and a whole host of other things. This month we have so many top-notch demos and high-flying shareware programs in our stunning collection that you'll be anything directly). 3. When the copying finishes, drag the cover disk icon into the Wastebasket to eject it. 4. Insert a blank high density disk. Check that it’s not write-protected, and, if need be, format it, naming it ‘MAcForMAT 18 backup’ (or ‘Fred’ if you want. It doesn’t matter). 5. Drag the ‘Macrormar 18’ folder from your hard disk on to the new floppy disk’s icon. When it has finished copying, your backup is complete. 6. You can now delete the ‘MAcFoRMAT 18’ folder from your hard disk by dragging it across to the Wastebasket, and selecting Empty Wastebasket. File Buddy az ates) Reseuree Fork: 320K Data Fork: 0 bytes % ‘A Weice Littiie File Utility st 4 Finder info Kind: application program Shee: 336 K on disk, (328,192 bytes used) Where: MacFormat 18 Floppy File Busty I} | Created: Mon, May 2, 1994, 2:14 am Suggested Size: 700K Minimum Sire :|450 |x Preferred Sire:|700 |K |] Modified: Mon, May 2, 1994, 2:15 am Version: Version 22 ©1993-94 Laurence Harris || Eile and Felder Flops ) Tape and Creater Signatere CD) trristete 1) Use Custer toon | Type :[APPL Jr) Creater:[fj80 T=) (crcose | Nuevo Lo L Fite Flags ———__________, Cains CD Stationery | Co shares If you’re short of friends, then get File Buddy. OK, it won't phone or visit, but it will take care of your files. Application Station 1.1 Alias organiser ety Requires: System 7 Do you find yourself opening the same sets of files and programs time and time again? Appili- cation Station enables you to create links be- MACFORMAT COVER DISKS tween aliases and programs so you can open up several files with a single double-click. You can also create icons to put on your Desktop that open different sets of files for different projects. If you update programs or move files around, the aliases tend to forget which pro- grams and files they are linked to. This means deleting the old aliases and creating new ones. Application Station takes all the hassle out of that process by easily creating new links between aliases and files. Back Issues Database Requires: any Mac Following requests from our readers, we asked for your help in the creation of a database of all our back issues. Bruno Bowden very kindly volunteered to do the hard work and helped us to create that database. It is provided in two formats: ClarisWorks and text. If you don’t have ClarisWorks, then you can open the text file into a word processor or import the data into most databases or spread- sheets (see your own manual about how to im- port data). There’s also a demo of ClarisWorks on this month’s CD that will open these files. ,@AND FINALLY... Also on the floppy is a folder of essential - troubleshooting shareware programs. For more details, see the Bomb Busting guide on page 42. We also have PhoneLogger 2, which was specially created for you by our resident HyperCard expert, Rod Lawton. To see more about this stack, read his article on page 73. glued to your Mac for the whole month! Derek Smith is your guide. ith over 500Mb of class software this month, it was a mammoth task to put the CD together — but for a collection this good, it was certainly worth the effort. When you insert your CD, you'll see ten folder of goodies — so let's get down to business... @ Highlights: this folder contains aliases of folders elsewhere on the CD. Double-clicking on one of the folders will open the original, so it’s an easy way to get started on this month’s best programs. ™@ MacrormatT 18 Floppy: contains all the software from this month's floppy disk edition. @ FutureNet: the second cover floppy disk contains all the software you need to connect to the Internet, and our own FutureNet. Alas, it doesn’t contain a modem, but check out the US Robotics modem in our mail order section on page 99. @ Demos: this folder contains both shareware and commercial demos that we have arranged specially for you. @ Shareware City: this folder contains all the best shareware programs released during the previous month. -° @ Shareware in MaAcrormart: this folder con- MACFORMAT ¢ ISSUE 18 * NOVEMBER 1994 7 MACFORM AT COVER DISCS tains all of the software reviewed in MACFORMAT this month (and the odd extra one). See page 101 for the start of our shareware round up. @ Utility Spectacular: with nearly 200Mb of utility software, this represents the definitive collection of helpful and informative software. @ Comms Spectacular: if you have a modem, you probably already have access to many of these programs, but this compilation will save you pounds on your phone bill. @ Troubleshooting: combined with all the troubleshooting programs in the MAcFOoRMAT 18 Floppy folder, this is the ultimate shareware collection for a healthy Mac. @ Reader’s Corner: your chance to be fa- mous! This section contains your software, letters and comments. But that’s enough sweeping generalisations, let’s take an in-depth look at the highlights of this month’s CD... © Requires: LCIII or better, colour monitor, CD-ROM drive (double- speed CD-ROM drive recommended) and 2.4Mb RAM Star Wars game The full game gets a brilliant review on page 106, and this demo gives you two full levels to enjoy. You can play the game directly from the CD, or copy the Rebel Assault icon to your hard disk for slightly faster action. The game can be played with a mouse or joystick. To access the pull-down menus during play, press [command]. To move Luke to the left or right when you get to the second level, press [option]. Feel like you could take on the whole Empire by yourself? Well, load up this Classic Award winning game and get to it. Chase Imperial TIE Fighters through a deadly asteroid field. Quick reactions and a sharp eye will be needed if you're going to reach the end of this level. If you manage to survive the asteroid field, then you'll have to battle your way past Storm-troopers to get to your ship. Take the lift (the door with a big ‘3’ on it) down to level one. Here you're greeted with a brawl to rival Harrods on sale day. , 3D action game af Requires: LCII or better, minimum of 2,560K free RAM and a colour monitor Sensory Overload is the first in a series of 3D shoot-’em-ups to be released on the Mac (turn to page 17 for news about the forthcoming re- lease of Doom), and it sets a high standard for the others to follow. It was reviewed in the last issue and scored an excellent 85% (see Mac- FORMAT 17). Now you can play the first three levels for yourself. You'll need to copy the com- plete Sensory Overload folder to your hard disk in order to make it run at the correct speed (you'll need around 3Mb of disk space). & file tait = Site © ME) Setoresare 1.0.54 Fees a Stes 442.| PB oe 2K rete } Loe a Lp 8 TOS hee ot Otter Before Sark 1 Oe tearele rewt rte Hew Tot Yor CotrelPowt The ante tee Owe Ps. —_ PreteCiower uw ra} You'll find loads of great utilities here, like BeforeDark, which will change your Desktop pattern to something more fun. able in their areas, and over the coming months will build up to become a definitive source for any piece of shareware you could possibly want. ~ ane — ,) Integrated package Requires: any Mac ClarisWorks has quickly established itself as one of the best-selling Mac products ever. Here's your chance to sample its charms in this virtu- ally complete version of the program (the only thing that’s been disabled is the Save function - although your printouts will also have a water- mark across them). = } Reviews (08) jescription Organiser = um ioppy wg Screen saver demo # Requires: 14-inch colour monitor This is a simple rolling demo to give you a taste of a screen-saver that all Star Wars fans will want. It contains an incredible amount of data and lore, as well as the entire script! Watch for a review soon. Shareware collections Requires: see individual ReadMe files Each month we will bring you collections of shareware from the Internet; last month it was fonts, this month utilities and comms. These collections represent the bulk of software avail- _ = S = on The Empire has annexed my Mac with this screen-saver, which is fine, providing they keep those damned Ewoks away. - in Min Mac Pius Company Computers Uniimites ww Memory (MD) 2 Contact No, 081 2008282 Hard Otek (Mb) 22 Screen Ary There are, ls true, cheaper adcress hain System 6.04 book programs than Dynodex. But none offer the same king of flexibly and power- and, of course, pose value as people see your Ereaculately prinied personal organiser pages. Is the program worth the money? Yes, defintely. Highly recommended Features 95 Ease of Use 85 Documentation 90 Value for Money 80 Graphics Sound Gameptay Educational Value Print Quality Sound Quality Software Overall Rating 68 Cie Tree 1 et al aC? What better use could there be for this demo than to open our super database and search through the back issues? Your programs Requires: see individual ReadMe files Contributions this month include Mystique, a computer magazine for fans of Myst, which ac- tually uses the program’s own graphical inter- face. There are some beautiful animations from Alan Smith, and icons from Daniel Counsell and Jonnie Elovsson. Sam and Stef from Har- penden have sent in their first game, which is called Sol (nice icon, guys!), and Thorsten Lemke was kind enough to send us the latest version of his excellent utility GraphicConverter. Alan Smith has sent Macrormat three QuickTime animations that he created, including two beautiful Mandelbrot sets. MACFORMAT * ISSUE 18 * NOVEMBER 1994 8 MACFORMAT COVER DISCS . With over 500Mb of top software on the CD, we’ve covered only the merest fraction on these pages. Others worth a quick mention in- Gee Genesis 1 KJ HET a cedures described in these pages correctly, to ensure that there is a physical problem with the disk itself. Otherwise, the replace- ment will be just the same! Return HD disks to: Discopy Labs PO Box 21 Daventry NN11 5BU Somerton Somerset TA11 6BR Enclose a self-addressed padded envelope (but we'll pay return postage) with the disk or CD, and a description of the fault. Please do not return disks or CDs to the editorial office; we don’t hold stocks of them and can only refer you to the addresses above. clude a demo of Cubase, one of the leading music packages (see page Bcc uee nn ne tmrcreeen pm none 4 90 for details of its IPS system). There’s also a demo of Bodymapper, a 2 And the earth was without form, end void; 2 . ‘ ond derkness [was] upon the fece of the deep. great educational program that received 92% in MACFORMAT 16. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of . . . hi rm Realmz is a mammoth shareware game that is jam-packed full of 2 ‘3 © And God s01d, Let there be light: end thers ; : Vee : Tight professional graphics, and it is guaranteed to keep you occupied for 3 “4nd God sew the ht, tet ie was] good ; 7 is i i i end God divided the light from the darkness. days and days. Online Bible isa Bible study aid (please note this ee ceriess cariad tan tik boned toe doesn’t represent any religious bias, we just haven’t come across On- is] darkness he celled Night. And the evening end li K t) ja the morning were the first dey. ine Koran — yet). 6 @ And God seid, Let there be o firmament in Last month we had a terrific response to our little competition, so ; Meirotumthinetee Tee H U + tcc Se 7 And God de the fi it, ond divided here we go again. We’re offering the one and only Gold Master Disc Cot aiara Omen beninel ancortice Thetfavaal of this month’s CD to the first person who can tell us which program An enlarged X ray picture... Are me Nis Were ye Wee Bob Clark wrote on this month’s CD. If you spot it, send your details ey ; 8 And God celled the firmement Heaven. And 5 ¢ Yuck! Take a look inside yourself and see what you are _| tne evening end the morning were the second on a postcard or stuck-down envelope to: ‘CD Gold 18 Comp’, Mac- doy made of with a demo of the excellent Bodymapper. iS 4 ANG God Seid: Lak the Watere Wier ne FORMAT, 30 Monmouth Street, Bath, Avon BA1 2BW. Employees of : = Future Publishing and their families are not eligible to enter. No (ee ae) multiple entries are allowed. Please state if you don’t want Online Bible tells us that in your name added to a mailing list. The editor’s decision is M.¥.0.8. Accounting with Peyroll the beginning the Apple final, and the closing date is Friday 11 November. zl =a @ as ae ll. é! cost man dearly (but over Oh, and congratulations to Laurence Richt for winning last >| 28 | ele the last few years they've month’s competition. ypst *' Hicheckbook]} Seles |] Purchases]! Peyrott |] inventory Admin. dropped a lot in price). Tf Click a selector for more information 7 Mind Your Own Business rs - is a great name for an re te accounting program, so ae - M.¥.0.8, is the BEST, FULL-FEATURED, EASY TO USE small get your money head on , business accounting software available! and give it a try. See for yourself... sit " > Ler rm 3 = oF a ey os SS fo SS + ime + bom ee pas ae ae Be return summar 2), Ee) at I lees ; loom == === =a 4) oe sd ee oe a s A A sd ee oe a le) leeee een oe oe Coe oo Perhaps a little late for the 50th anniversary commemoration, but here as tit. St EEE ——I is a preview of D-Day, a multimedia title to induce a bit a’ jingoism. ree. Lo ———— a 2) mee te seten | Foo [ans ee fu pa) d Your chance to sample (no pun intended) one of the top eee Tne 2 s : ea Serer music programs available for the Mac: Cubase. | Realmzis a huge shareware game that gives you the chance to be a bold, hunky hero. Not that | need the game to achieve that, of course. Gi 7. Question Mark Demonstration SES sesetions = Type . . . rue or se? This is e i If the covermounted high density disk or Return CD-ROMs to: Bea Beer wc. Gat ahaa. 5 CD-ROM you have is defective, return it to MACFORMAT CD returns High continent is shown (ful tiple choice) . » * Three of the following co. (Mul tiple response) us and we will replace it. Please make sure Future Publishing Rank the following countr. _<Matching/ranking) you have followed the installation pro- FREEPOST (BS4900) THs ie nleeen es is Cee? The leaning tower of Pisa (Multiple choice) a] Double-click ono Press 6 button on the left to create @ new question how it w: question above to see Who ore se { Try Out This Test } [ Press Reviews ) {Open New Test a Pricing J {_ Help _} (Open Example Report) (Ordering information) Test your general knowledge with the Question Mark demo tests. For a full review see page 88 MACFORMAT * ISSUE 18 * NOVEMBER 1994 9 MACFORMAT COVER DISKS he FutureNet cover disk contains all the software you need to travel the In- formation Highway. So pop it in your disk drive and get on-line with this fantastic free offer brought to you courtesy of MaAcForMat and CityScape. Go on, you know it makes sense... ™@ MacTCP and MacPPP. These two pieces of software actually connect your Mac to the In- ternet and enable the other applications to talk to any Internet site in the world. MacTCP is pro- vided under licence from Apple, whereas MacPPP is freeware from Merit Network and the University of Michigan. @ MacWeb. The latest Macintosh World Wide Web browser. This is being distributed under li- cence from MCC. It can be used to view info pages on your hard disk, or from Internet sites all over the world. CityScape’s own pages (the most popular in Europe) offer a great guide to the Internet for business and pleasure users. Using the CityScape pages, you can download all sorts of free applications and resources for your Mac. M™ Eudora. This excellent e-Mail package is supplied free, courtesy of Qualcomm Inc. It has virtually every feature you could wish for, including MIME, the latest Internet standard for sending graphics and sound files. @ Nuntius. Combined with a CityScape IP.- GOLD account, Nuntius gives access to over 3,500 public forums for discussing anything from Quark to scuba-diving, from memory up- grades to cookery. @ Finally, the disk includes a selection of World Wide Web-style pages for readers who don’t yet own a modem. These can be read using MacWeb (as described in the instructions) and contain information about CityScape IP.GOLD and .net, the new Internet magazine from Future Publishing. Please refer to the individual licence docu- = file (dit Options Novigate Hotlist fri 33 pm OO (D = fite {dit Options Novigate Hotlist fri 47 pm OO L = file Edit Options Nawigete Netlist Fri z07 pm WO (D & is] Goidsite Europe @ is] Computer Home Pege [s Wetcome to Macformet a vat” (2) ‘| uset (2). a uma” [= 1) Hp ~ intent ‘Welcome to the GoidSite Europe ceobatty Eurooe ¢ buawet commana! 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To <3 ia baie teen Er rd There’s loads of info on the ‘Net, and with your World Wide Web browser you can explore it all with just a click of a mouse! CityScape’s own GoldSite is a great place to start. You can even look up Apple on the Internet, which is a good idea if you want to take a gander at the latest press releases and product information. Yes, your favourite magazine is on-line with our FutureNet service. Use the software on this disk to connect to us and discover even more about Britain’s best-selling Mac monthly. CRUISE THE INTERNET FOR FREE! For one month you can get on-line free of charge with CityScape’s IP-GOLD (offer excludes any phone charges incurred). Just fill in the form below and post it to CityScape and you will receive a user name and password giving you one free month on the Internet. If you don’t wish to continue your subscription, simply inform CityScape in writing within the month. Should you de- cide to keep the software an initial charge of £95 will be made for the first quarter and £45 for each quarter after that. ® Requires: Hayes compatible V32 modem or better, Mac running System 7 or above, 4Mb of RAM and 4Mb of hard disk space. ® Important: CityScape Internet Services reserves the right to refuse access to anyone violating any aspect of the PIPEX acceptable — use policy (details available on request). All applications must be received by CityScape on or before Wednesday 30 November 1994. The offer is limited to one application per person. Just fill in the form below... “ I J Name (on credit Card) .....ssssssessssssrssesrsssseseenseens IRGOIESS siinincnnnucumnnmuannininnminnauuT Credit card number rere) AAO nena nena nanan ene neneneneeeeeeeneeeeeeeeneneeenenenenenes TEED NONE MUIDEN ” sesiciscesecesssesesapereiseasenesssesenesss seeeeeee Perrererrererererrrettirtrriig) Perrrrtrretrriertir rir eererererererrrirtrtriritttitiritii ty Renee eee e ee eenenewanen EES Pir yy CAE: inscccsssscassnccessvecchssdssndpanscinetettsnsenseseace I verify that I am over eighteen and that the above details are correct. Send this form to: CityScape Internet Services Ltd, Alexandria House, 9 Covent Garden, Cambridge, CB1 2HR. Or Fax: 01223 566951. Credit card type (delete as applicable) Visa / Access / Mastercard Ref: Box4 | ee ee | MACFORMAT ¢ ISSUE 18 * NOVEMBER 1994 10 oblems installing the software, please phone e telephone support line on 01223 566983 and 12 noon or between 2pm and 4pm. need to get your user name and password from e you can use IP.GOLD. m notes for modem owners FutureNet floppy disk into your disk drive. you want to place the installation folder. and click the ‘Extract’ button. ed ‘CityScape IP.GOLD’ is now created. Open o reveal the following: Internet applications Release notes and help files Files and more folders to do with the Mac O/S s System Folder and the System Folder on your en the CityScape Control Panels folder and drag ns into the Macintosh System Control Panels your hard disk. If an error message indicates that Control Panels folder on your hard disk and ments (see the Documents folder) for details of each application’s availability. CityScape IP.GOLD CityScape IP.GOLD is a professional, low-cost, simple-to-use Internet IP service. The full ser- vice is available now. CityScape IP-GOLD gives PC Windows and Mac users Internet access in one simple-to-use, quick-to-install package. The disk includes: @ A professional e-Mail package to send and receive e-Mail. @ A Usenet News reader and feed. @ A World Wide Web Browser. @ A Mailbox and Internet mail address. @ One year’s subscription to CityScape’s Inter- net connection. ® Access to CityScape’s renowned Telephone and e-Mail support. highlight (using a single click) the ‘PPP Config’ icon. Now select ‘Make Alias’ from the File menu. A new icon should appear called ‘PPP Config alias’. Drag this on to the desktop, where you can reach it easily. How to configure IP.GOLD All the files are now copied into the appropriate locations on the hard disk of your machine. All that remains is to personalise your copy of IP.GOLD. 10. Double-click on the ‘Config PPP alias’ icon. A window of settings appears. Use the PPP Server menu to select your nearest city. This will be the telephone area to which IP.GOLD will connect. 11. Select ‘Configure Server’ and then, from the new window, select ‘Connect Script’ for yet another window. Note: in points 12 to 14 both the user name and password are case sensitive. That is, upper case (or capital) letters must be typed as upper case letters, and lower case letters as lower case letters. You should also make sure you don't edit any of the other boxes in this window. 12. Replace the text ‘XXXX’ with the user name that you received from CityScape (see ‘Cruise the Internet for free’). 13. Replace the text ‘YYYYYY’ with the password. 14. Now click the ‘OK’ button followed by the ‘Done’ button. How to configure e-Mail You've just configured the network connecting software PPP, so all you have to do now is configure the e-Mail software Eudora. 15. Run Eudora from the IP.GOLD Applications folder (choosing ‘Cancel’ at the password prompt). 16. Choose ‘Configuration’ from Eudora’s ‘Special’ menu. 17. Again, replace the text ‘XXXX' with your user name (as in point 12 above). 18. Replace the text in the ‘Real Name’ field with your real name. This can be almost any name you like, but don't include any punctuation and try to use less than 24 CityScape IP-GOLD is the simplest introduc- tion to the Internet yet. It provides a collection of friendly, easy-to-use applications, completely pre-configured for your connection. Following the instructions on this page you can be con- nected to the Internet in under ten minutes. And if you do have any problems, the solution should be no more than a phone call away. As CityScape’s service is based completely on Open Standards, you are not limited to the soft- ware supplied. Virtually any Mac TCP/IP prod- uct will work with IP-GOLD, and CityScape’s World Wide Web pages will help you download any specialist software you require to add to your collection. 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What about cpt and sit? ie] Recent Ct i... Mitch Jones «mores @netcom comm Mien Jones PO Box 354 Temple Cay, CA 91780 USA + License. Shareware ($5) + Type: Exersinn j + Requires: System >= 7.0 * Source SMe: Quine toes 20 ya sfutnneto meio + Local Sine: 42009 bytes Sniten, by Mitch Jones, i an extension whicn changes the Denavior of the Finder such that Ow types, creators, And adr Dates of Mes are diapiayed in - and canbe changed from « "Get info” windows, Aug 4 EEL E Tie Tieterat Tb ce wines eaala Tere) byes] nT a hae EE EE The ‘Net also has discussion groups on everything under the sun, where you can get help and advice, or just chat! There’s a seemingly infinite amount of Mac software on the "Net, and it’s just waiting to be downloaded to your machine. MACFORMAT COVER DISKS HOW TO INSTALL THE COVER DISK characters. 19. Click the ‘OK’ button and quit Eudora. How to connect up to the "Net 20. Now restart your Macintosh and plug in the modem. 21. Locate the ‘Config PPP alias’ icon and double-click on it. Click the ‘Open’ button and wait for the modem to connect. Welcome to the Internet You can now easily run any of the applications simply by double-clicking them. A good place to start is MacWeb (called ‘WWW Browser’ on the disk), which can be used to view an on-line Internet guide: the CityScape Global OnLine Magazine. Installation notes for readers without modems If you haven't got a modem, the World Wide Web browsing software on the disk will still work, but you'll only be able to access a limited number of files. (If you do decide to take the plunge into modem ownership, be sure to check out Macrormat's special modem offer on page 99.) First, follow steps 1, 2 and 3 above. Because the only application on the disk that works without a modem (and hence, an Internet connection) is MacWeb, there's only one configuration file to copy. Open the ‘System Folder’ in the ‘CityScape IP.GOLD’ folder, and then the ‘Preferences’ folder within that. Then open the ‘System Folder’ and ‘Preferences’ folder on your hard disk and drag the ‘MacWeb Preferences’ icon from one to the other. Now, when you activate MacWeb, the first page should come up with the Macrormat logo and an introduction to browsing the World Wibe Web. If a link doesn't work, it's probably because it points to a page somewhere else on the Internet, which, of course, you can't reach if you're not connected to the Internet. Europe’s premier commercial Internet provider. PIPEX currently provides six UK nodes from which to access the Internet, with a total of 210 lines: London (60), Edinburgh (30), Manches- ter (30), Bristol (30), Birmingham (30), Cam- bridge (30). There will be at least ten nodes by the end of the year. CityScape aims to avoid busy tones! It has full 24-hour support on the nodes through PIPEX, 24-hour e-Mail support and a telephone support line (see ‘How to in- stall the cover disk’ box above for details). There are no on-line, e-Mail, or data transfer charges. Whether you are sending e-Mail to Australia or browsing in the Library of Con- gress, you only pay for the telephone call to your nearest CityScape node. THERE’S MORE... For more details about CityScape e-Mail: sales@cityscape.co.uk Phone: 01223 566950 Fax: 01223 566951 Post: CityScape Internet Services Ltd, Alexandria House, 9 Covent Garden, Cambridge, CB1 2HR. For more details about Future’s latest mag, .net, check out the free supplement bundled with this issue. For more details about FutureNet, Future’s new on-line service, turn to page 58 of this issue. MACFORMAT ¢ ISSUE 18 * NOVEMBER 1994 11 2 not take home one of these fantastic bargains?!” ng I Mac Comput Sete] I UEGRAD ABLE: \ PowerPC ? 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This Christ- mas you'll be able to buy it with special software bundles aimed to appeal to different types of user. The bundles are being supported with a national adver- tising campaign. The Performa 630, as reported in Macrormat 16, is designed with easy access to expansion slots, so you can add extras such as a video capture card and even a gadget that enables you to receive TV on your Mac. Most 630s will be fitted with CD-ROM drives as standard. Apple is also trying to raise the profile of the Performa range in the United States, to win a bigger share of the home computer market. 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The Performa, which has proved successful in chain stores like Dixons, is now being sold through independent dealers as well. The expansion in distribution follows research by Apple that indicated a demand from non-business customers for more choice of sales a outlets and a more confident after- sales service. Floisand says that as a result of the changes, ‘the cus- tomers can actually choose where they want to purchase [their Macs] — without any barriers.’ Apple is also working more closely with its retailers in the hope that with suitable literature and training, sales assistants will be better able to deal with customer queries. For more details, contact Apple on 0800 257753. With support from national advertising, the Performa 630 should be making its way into a lot more homes by Christmas. As Apple says, ‘Home is where the Mac is.’ Doom and Robots go Macintosh One of these robots will be eating metal before too long. Rise Of The Robots is your chance to get obsessed with trying to get the special moves right ome of the biggest names in bey the games industry are ready- ing new titles for the Mac that promise an explosive time for Mac games fans next year. The smash hit Doom is expected to be released in the first half of 1995. This frantic, pulse-raising, 3D-action shoot-’em-up is being developed by Lion Entertainment on behalf of the original creator, Id Software. A standard Macintosh version is ‘under active consideration’, but the lead format for Doom will be the PowerMac. And with the new machine’s blistering speed and ex- ceptional graphic capabilities, PC owners are sure to be eating their hearts out with envy. Doom 2: Hell On ii Earth will follow later in 1995. Rise Of The Robots is one of those great side-on fighting games that get the blue-rinse censor-it brigade in such a tizz. Mirage is licensing the development of this graphically-superior beat-’em-up, and expects to release it around Easter. For more new games due next year, don’t miss next month’s issue of MAcForMaT. And if you want to see them for yourself, don’t miss the Future Entertainment Show - see page 18. pee oe GS BEX ft | Bae The tactics for playing Doom are rather complex, but can be summarised as follows: shoot it! Shoot it! MACFORMAT ¢ ISSUE 18 * NOVEMBER 1994 17 a T he popular integrated package ClarisWorks has just received a facelift, and a new version should be out soon at just over £150. The program, which combines word processor, database, spreadsheet, art program and communications modules, goes from v2.1 to 3.0. The number may indicate a major upgrade, but Claris’s intention seems to be to standardise Works across the Mac- intosh and PC platforms — although it has also taken the opportunity to tweak the programming. One significant change, though, is the inclusion of Claris Assistants. These are on-line tutorials that ClarisWorks 3.0; — here to help! take you, step-by-step, through the process of creating a certain type of document - such as a report ora database. Claris has rejected the option of making Works more com- plicated by adding tons of extra features, preferring to keep things simple instead. As ®yvind Lundgreen, Claris’s Managing Director for Northern Europe, explains, ‘The main focus of this version is to continue to make the product easier to use — to get users up and running.’ This welcome move is in re- sponse to research that Claris has been conducting into how owners actually use the program. The company has also added crowd- pleasing freebies, like a selection of clip art and seven TrueType fonts, including Bodoni and Gill Sans. One other small, but welcome, ad- dition is a word-count function. This is the first time that both the Mac and PC versions of Works have shared the same number. If you use both versions, you'll notice only minimal differences between the two graphic interfaces (al- though those differences are all the Mac version needs to look so much better), and you'll be able to swap a Works file between one computer and the other with no fuss. ClarisWorks 3.0 is scheduled to be released in November at a reduced price of £152. You can call Claris on 081 756 0101 for more details. a Show me an onscreen tour of ClarisWorks. i Create a new document Open an existing document. erhinwiel A iaea byerel opie oe | Mecwteeh 1 (conte ieee meals Li ive tat tormal lonl size Style Ouline lew a aries Project Preceetation meter vate: Geer er =) Sedect your bectgr wend style: Presentation Assistant ‘Select your presentation mutersalt mt the Seckyround style you want Then prots Anat te tee wr) Og 1101 em ed & Fite Edit Format font Size St | Vatitied 108) fe Merle SSSR oem SCHrk BAECOD ito2om Bg If Aewtertet, youth presentation, good far sehen! CODY a ie sarees ymare, (hen Curent starts ww, 9 Vang te mag new Gomcents ) Bar » Gee) Gem) Ga) GES) Car eae LE The new introduction screen for ClarisWorks is fairly indicative of the company’s latest initiative, which aims to make its packages inviting and easy to use. The Presentation Assistant (which is one of ClarisWorks’ new help features) offers step-by-step instructions to enable you to insert your own words into pre-formatted templates. In addition to those appearing in its own products, Claris is hoping further templates and Assistants will be released by | third-partiy companies in the near future. Future Publishing — the home of Macrormat — is about to launch two new magazines, and the Mac magazine Don't know your modem from a madame? Well, grab a copy of this and you'll never need to visit the clinic again. plays a part in the contents of both. .Net is a monthly guide to the Internet, the nebulous space inhabited by e-Mail and bulletin boards. The first issue shows you how to link up to the ‘Net, includ- ing a personal account by some- one who’s attempting to log-on for the first time ever. An answers section continues the mission to make life on the ‘Net easier. An- other highlight promises to be the Directory, which is a listing and critique of the services you can find with a Mac and a modem. .Net costs £2.95 each month, and the first issue is out on Wed- nesday 26 October. Tuesday 1 November sees the debut of Ultimate Future Games magazine, a colourful look at major game releases across all current platforms. The mag will Step into the Future now! also cover previews of titles for the powerful next generation of games machines. It'll include news of big releases on the Mac, too. UFG will usually cost £2.25, but the first issue will be available for the bargain price of 95p. And if you go to the Future Entertain- ment Show, you'll be able to take a shuffty at the new mag in ad- vance — which brings us to... The FES: the UK’s biggest leisure computing show, which this year is being held at Earl’s Court. Come along and you can see all the new Mac developments in multimedia, music and games, as well as catching up on the lat- est releases for all the other com- puter and console platforms. CD- ROMs are booming, and all the new releases will at the FES. The show runs from Wed- nesday 26 October to Sunday 30 October, and the doors are open between 9.30am and 5.30pm each day — except for Sunday, when we pack up and go home at 5.00pm. Tickets cost £6 each in advance, or £7 on the door (groups of ten or more can buy tickets in advance for £5 each). You can get your tickets to the event of the pre-Christmas season by calling the Future Entertain- ment Show hotline on 0369 4235. Early Bird winners Here are five people who are certainly going to enjoy the show, because, after buying a ticket and entering the Silica Early Bird draw, they’ve each won a £100 voucher to spend at the Silica stand. The winners are: Mr P Rumens of Becksley Heath, Mr L Ross of Northumberland, Mr A Harris of Somerset, Mr A Cheese of Bristol, and Miss I Jackson of Essex. Congrats, one and all. MACFORMAT * ISSUE 18 * NOVEMBER 1994 18 “I love my work — but I also love my free time. That’s why I use ClarisWorks. Because Claris Works is so easy to learn and use, I’m able to finish all my work quickly and easily, giving me more time for myself.” So, what’s stopping you? Discover what more than two million users have already learned: ClarisWorks is the only software you need to produce outstanding letters, reports, presentations, sales flyers, contact lists, newsletters and more. With the flexibility to create and present text, graphics, charts and data any way you want, and a recommended retail price of £129*— nothing could be simpler, faster and better value for your money. And its compact file size doesn’t take up valuable space on your system. Try the latest release of ClarisWorks, version 3.0, today. ClarisWorks 3.0 features new Claris Assistance Technology which helps you achieve consistently professional results. The A offer step-by-step guidance and expert advice on layout, design and content. Shouldn’t you be using ClarisWorks 3.0? After all, ClarisWorks integrated software is the No. 1 best-seller for business, education and home use. To find out how ClarisWorks for you, or how to upgrade from your current version for only £49**, telephone Freephone 0800 929005 in the UK, or 1 800 732732 in the Republic of Ireland. Or simply return the coupon below by post or Freefax 0800 929015 in the UK. Simply powerful software.™ et Ss . ClarisWork Yes, I want to know more about ClarisWorks 3.0. Please send me more information and my free demonstration disk. New! = FREE Last Name.. ; Company DeEmMo-DISK Address Please complete and send this coupon to: Claris Information Service PO Box 2935 Dublin 1 Ireland , EES OC EEE Sh eee ee a0 The Apple External Hard Drive snuggles up nicely to your Mac, and comes ready- formatted with some very useful programs. Apple hard drive protects and saves he world famous Apple logo i is set to grace yet another new hard drive. Made by California-based La Cie Ltd, the Apple External Hard Drive offers simplicity of use and an oppor- tunity for mass data storage — all without taking up too much space on your desk. The disk is already formatted when you buy it. And, once you connect it up, you'll find a trio of utilities intended to improve your system. Norton DiskDoubler com- presses files, meaning you can fit more on your disk, while Central Point Backup (which is part of the MacTools package — reviewed on page 45) automatically makes reg- ular copies of your hard disk, thereby acting as a safeguard in case you accidentally trash a file. The third program is Safe And Sound, a disk maintenance program that can also detect viruses. The Apple External Hard Drive is avail- able in the following sizes: 160Mb £316.08 270Mb £398.33 325Mb £445.33 500Mb £586.33 1 gigabyte £997.58. The drive, which plugs straight into any Mac, is distributed in the UK by Thame Systems. For more details call 0844 261226. Two top animation creators have joined the Mac multimedia action by producing material for two new CD-ROM releases. The in- volvement of directors Chuck Jones and Don Bluth, in addition to well-known actors, is all part of the on-going maturation of the CD-ROM medium. Peter and the Wolf, which was originally written as an introduc- tion to the orchestra by Sergey Prokofiev, is now being released as an interactive production fea- turing character designs by Jones, who is perhaps best known for his work on Tom and Jerry. Prokofiev’s music will be set to animation, with Lloyd Bridges and Kirstie Alley providing some of the characters’ voices. This CD will also give you the opportunity to try out the instruments that make up the orchestra and watch documentaries about the creators involved in the project. Scheduled for a November release, the Peter and the Wolf package (which also includes a newly recorded version of the entire score on audio CD) costs £44.99, Bluth (who directed the much- loved film An American Tail and produced the Dragon's Lair and Space Ace video games) is cur- rently hard at work animating Hans Christian Andersen's Thum- belina for the forthcoming film and CD-ROM. Unlike the film, the CD-ROM enables you to play educational games starring the characters and watch a documentary on how the film was made - there’s even Animators drawn to CD-ROM Barry Manilow’s soundtrack and animation from the film. Thum- belina costs £39.99, and should be available in November. Both re- leases are from Time Warner Interactive. For more details call 0604 602800. This sketch, featuring Peter from Peter And The Wolf, couldn't have been done by anyone other than Chuck Jones. Sketch! offers 3D rendering Build a framework structure and than fit a textured surface over the top of it with the illustrator’s tool in Sketch! 2.0. The powerful new version of Alias’s graphics program Sketch! enables you to create fully shaded, 3D-style images. The new tools in Sketch! 2.0 include one called Loft. Using this tool you can create a skeleton image and then fit a ‘skin’ (which you can render with natural textures) over the top of it. The program also gives you settings for adjusting light sources and shadows. And designers will no doubt be pleased to discover that the program is capable of producing CMYK separations. Available through Gomark, the demanding Sketch! 2.0 requires a Mac Ilci or better, System 7 and a whopping 12Mb of RAM - although more memory and a faster machine, like a Quadra, will help no end. The price of the pro- gram is £732, and you can call Gomark on 071 731 7930 for more information. Apple BYTES Macrormat’s on the up The independent Audit Bureau of Circu- lation has confirmed that Macrormat's average circulation in the first half of 1994 was 35,068 — that’s over a third higher than six months ago and makes us the UK’s best-selling Mac magazine. Thanks for all your support! Your feed- back is always welcome too, to help us keep Macrormat the Mac magazine you want to read. Our address is on page 4. Double your drive A new suite of programs to help you save valuable disk space is out now. Previously known as SuperDoubler, Norton DiskDoubler Pro 1.1 is a suite of three copying and compression pro- grams. AutoDoubler offers automatic compression and expansion of files as you use them. CopyDoubler copies files while you work on another task, and Norton DiskDoubler enables you to compress a file, or batch of files, at will, and is useful for simple backup file pro- tection. DiskDoubler (the original pro- gram — without the Pro) is also still available separately. The release of the DiskDoubler Pro bundle, which costs £93, has been timed to coincide with the release of new versions of Norton Utilities 3.0 (which is reviewed on page 45) and the £93 Symantec Antivirus for Macintosh (for an exclusive interview with its creator, turn to page 50). For more details on all three products contact Symantec on 0628 592222. Two-for-one speakers As well as the usual sound enhance- ment features you'd expect from any speaker setup (a boost in volume, for starters), Sony's new pair of speakers offer an ingenious additional function. The CSS-B100T system fits neatly under your monitor, doubling as a stur- dy stand that can support any screen up to and including a 17-inch monitor. Sony claims that the stand design also acts to substantially reduce screen interference from the magnetic field created by the speakers. Out now, the speaker system includes connection sockets for headphones, microphones and your CD-ROM drive or sound card. It costs £104.50. For more information contact Sony Computer Peripherals on 0932 816000. Boston update Two of the products mentioned in last issue’s report from Mac Expo in Boston are now here in Britain. PhotoEngine in- creases the speed of Photoshop with the aid of four Digital Signal Processor chips. For details on the £1,291 card, call Radius on 0483 772773. Morph 2.5 enables you to show one image transforming into another — in the style of many pop videos and car adverts on TV. The price has not yet been decided, but it should be less than Morph 2.0, which cost £179. Contact Softline on 081 401 1234 for more info. MACFORMAT * ISSUE 18 * NOVEMBER 1994 20 MacSpertise. rs You'll be pleasantly surprised when you walk into this efficient service and worry-free backup in the business. quaint looking shop. Whether you're an old hand or a first time buyer, and Because behind the delightful 1800s whatever you use your computer for. facade is one of the most highly respected Our prices are highly competitive too. Apple Dealers in the country. ()7 l -945 5262 For example, we're selling the Macintosh ApplePoint Stirling staff live, eat, sleep, Power PC6100/60 8/250 CD breathe, walk and, happily for our customers, talk Macs. for just £1399.00 + VAT* So you're always assured of the most impartial advice, MacSpertise is infectious. Want to catch some? - ApplePoint Stirling Authorised Reseller [STIRLING] 231 BAKER STREET, LONDON NW1 6XE TELEPHONE 071 935 5262 FACSIMILE 071 935 1978 Apple and the Apple Macintosh logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. All Trademarks recognised. *Subject to availability There are only a few days to go before the biggest Apple jamboree of the year. MACFORMAT has all the pre-show news to whet your appetite. ll the latest hardware and software for the Apple Macintosh and PowerMac will be on show at this year’s Apple Expo, which is taking place at the Grand Hall in Olympia, London between Wednesday 12 October and Saturday 15 Oc- tober. The doors will be open between 10am and 6pm every day except Saturday, when they will be open from 10am until 4.30pm. So, apart from the hundreds of companies who'll be vying for your attention, what else has the show got in store for you? Well... @ Apple will be putting the LC and Performa 630 Macs through their multimedia paces, as well as displaying the PowerMac’s newest na- tive applications. @ There'll be numerous Apple dealers taking up stand space, who'll be offering special show prices on new releases and old favourites. M@ Claris will be showing off brand new ver- sions of ClarisWorks and ClarisDraw as well as its more familiar range. M@ The business division of Microsoft will be promoting the new-look Office, while the Microsoft Home division has a selection of games and leisure packages that will be out just in time for Christmas. One of the main intentions behind this year’s Expo is to offer education to visitors. The Mac Applications Area will enable you to try out software with on-the-spot tuition, while Apple will be showing you how your Mac screen can look like this with the help of its new video cards — including one that can accept a TV aerial or VCR lead. the MacUniversity workshops will offer more intensive training in specific areas. An am- bitious new area will be the Pre-Press Forum: a non-stop demonstration of print production that will show how cameras, scanners, image- setters and a printing press work together with the Mac to publish material, including current adverts and a special Apple Expo magazine. Free tickets are available until Monday 10 October by calling the Ticket Hotline on 081 984 7711, otherwise they'll be available on the door for £10. Please note that children aged 16 or under will only be admitted on Saturday 15 October; up to two will be admitted (free of want to see it for yourself go along to the Claris stand, where they will also be showing off the new version of ClarisWorks. charge) with each accompanying adult. The Grand Hall will be open between 10am and 6pm on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and between 10am and 4.30pm on Saturday. Final admittance will be half-an-hour before the end of each day’s action. Specialist spotlight A host of specialist companies will be offering their wares at Apple Expo, so you'll have an ideal opportunity to discover some less well- known products which might just fit the bill. Granthams will be showing an extensive up- grade of its technical illustration program Iso- Draw. Featuring completely overhauled menus and toolboxes, version 3.0 adds to the pro- gram’s range of 3D drawing tools, enabling you to use perspective accurately in your drawings. IsoDraw uses vector drawing — the file of a drawing contains the instructions needed to create the image, rather than dot-by-dot (bitmap) information. The advantage is that you can zoom in on an image and the detail re- mains just as precise. You can also import an = TextBridge™ = Output-— @ Text © Page Image O Both ~Tools (9 Preview Verifier Language: English ¥ User Dictionary Input Quality: © Standard @ Fax © Det Matrix {Fewer Choices | 3 Pe ial The new /soDraw 3.0 enables you to create detailed and precise illustrations, using tools such as customisable grids and vector drawing. / = Ofuto Preprocessing @ None © Auto Zone © Ignore Halftone ~ Orientation- @ Portrait © Landscape You could win TextBridge by entering Xerox's competition, and save yourself a lot of tedious typing — but only if you can type quickly enough to beat the program. MACFORMAT *¢ ISSUE 18 * NOVEMBER 1994 22 PREVIEW MACFORMAT IN WILD CD-ROM GIVEAWAY! MAcForRMAT will have a stand at the show, alongside CD- ROM Today and new kid ,net: the internet magazine. We'll be giving away CD-ROMs featuring the best of Mac- __ FORMAT’S cover CDs, including The Journeyman Project and FA-18 Hornet. There'll also be displays of software and special show offers on subscriptions. Net will be giving away copies of an introductory supplement — but hey, that’s bundled with this issue, so you already have it, don’t you? image and add vector details, creating a hybrid image. It’s aimed at professional users like those in the car and plane industries, where it’s used to create artwork for technical manuals and catalogues. Modulus is an accounting program from Vector Software, and is available in several forms. Modulus Gold is the most powerful of the range, offering facilities for stock control, purchase orders and invoicing on a huge scale. Its cut-down sibling Modulus Silver is more suitable for small businesses, meeting all the basic requirements in one package. A potential rival to Modulus is Freagra Accounting, published by a UK-based firm also called Freagra (the word is apparently derived from the Gaelic for ‘solution’). Freagra Accoun- ting is a suite of separate modules, including sales, purchase orders and stock controls. The company has been selling customised versions of its software across Europe for some time, but now it’s finally broken into the UK market. In doing so, it’s had to cope with multiple curren- cies and several languages, so the modules should prove particularly useful for companies who are involved in business across the EC. Kagema’s stand will be full of royalty-free images that you can use in publishing or many other applications. A limited edition CD will be available in the PhotoLib range. PhotoLib Great Britain contains more than 100 images taken from around the country. Kagema says the CD will only be on sale at Apple Expo. The rather awkwardly named ChemIntosh is a powerful package for the scientifically minded who want to create accurate chemical struc- tures, illustrations and diagrams that show how elements from the periodic table can be brought together to form different substances. Also available will be Ball And Stick, which en- ables you to make models of molecule struc- tures. And making its debut at the Expo, End- Note Plus 2, which is designed to help you make vast bibliographies for scientific texts. All these will be on the Cherwell Scientific stand. Take the OCR Challenge The Xerox stand will be hosting a competition where you could win a Fujitsu scanner. All you have to do is take a printed document, which should be one or two A4 pages of black text on white or lightly-coloured paper, along to the stand. If you can type in the text faster than TextBridge — Xerox's optical character recog- nition software — can read your document, you'll win a copy of either TextBridge or Word- Perfect. You will also automatically enter the draw for the ScanPartner Junior scanner. Even if you’re not faster than Textbridge, don’t worry, every entrant will get a voucher worth £20 off the price of TextBridge, which you'll also be able to see running native on the PowerMac for the first time. Letraset’s art show The highlight of the Letraset stand this year will be Fractal Design’s Painter 3.0, which Letraset is distributing in the UK. It was featured in Mac- FORMAT’S Macworld Expo report in issue 17 (if you missed that issue turn to page 100 to order your back issue). Painter 3.0 looks like being popular with illustrators because of its in- ventive drawing tools. It also has libraries of brush shapes to which you can add your own designs. You can also build up a set of shapes that are applied randomly as you use the brush, creating an impressively rich and textured effect. One lovely touch is the program’s ability to tip the work area to an angle, just as you would turn a sketchpad. Letraset’s also showing a new compact-sized graphic tablet from Wacom: ArtPad. This en- ables you to draw with a pen instead of your mouse. Aimed at the home user, the ArtPad has a compact 5-inch by 4-inch drawing area. You will also be able to see Terrazzo and Paint Alchemy from Xaos, two Plug-Ins for Photoshop (and any other programs that accept the Adobe standard for Plug-Ins). Terrazzo enables you to create complex tile patterns from any picture source, while Paint Alchemy contains brush shapes that enable you to render your picture we File Eait Effects Options Orawers WX) POS Kw IY *® 4j\2\) 47 7 W\7, water drop io Letraset will be giving demonstrations of a creativity tag team at the Expo this year — Dabbler in tandem with the Wacom ArtPad. Expect this to sell for about £235. | EPEC Qutle | = « t= — MACTORMAM | Sy MpGADEN LL Feather: («> ) DX] Continuous Preview Pp) * Feather Boundary ii TAs iidag oo pat of Phakookep, youcmn tn’ simple image and turn it into a kaleidoscopic delight. MACFORMAT * ISSUE 18 * NOVEMBER 1994 23 Behind this unassuming graphics-chomping monster called Liv with natural-looking strokes and effects. Also from Xaos comes Fresco, a collection of 80 tex- tures that you can use in design or illustration — you'll have noticed the use of background tex- tures on the MAcrormat logo, for example. J t N There will be a wide range of daily seminars for you to attend at Apple Expo. Organisations such as Microsoft, Adobe and Kodak will be hosting presentations that will be aimed at spe- cific sectors of the legion of Mac users, such as education users or newcomers. If you have a ticket, you can book a place for the presen- tations through the Ticket Hotline. Ticket prices for the seminars vary: one seminar for £5.88, two for £9.40 and three for £12.93. Some of the wide range of subjects covered include: Microsoft Office on the PowerMac — a close-up glimpse of this powerful bundle. OCR —- how optical character recognition works, and how you can use it. The Reality Roadshow — a guide to the op- portunities of multimedia. A Simple Guide To Networking — the British Macintosh User Group takes you through the pitfalls of networking. Great Graphics Made Easy — hosted by Claris. Designing For An Interactive Medium — how multimedia will change the design process. vy The latest version of the After Dark screen- saver, After Dark 3.0, will be one of a multitude of goodies on the Softline stand. The ubiquitous flying toaster is still very much in evidence in this new collection. Items that will be launched at Expo include a new set of Broderbund’s Liv- ing Books: Little Monster At School, Arthur's Birth- day and Ruff’s Bone. At the more business- orientated end of the scale is the newly re- vamped Nisus Writer (see MACFORMAT 17) and Fontographer. Morph 2.5 will appeal to the cre- ative types, who will also be well served by Softline’s on-going tutorials about morphing and animation. A full complement of titles dis- tributed by the company will be available, in- cluding Return To Zork and the superb Complete Maus, a CD-ROM exploration of the award- winning comic by Art Spiegelman. A highlight of the Expo will undoubtedly be Live Picture 1.5, a massively powerful image processor. At a price of £4,112, Live Picture is hardly being placed against typical professional Mac fare like the ubiquitous Photoshop. It is, in fact, competing with dedicated graphics ma- chines, such as the Quantel Paintbox, that are used by the design and video industries. Ac- The MOlite drive from Xyratex uses 230N optical cartridges and hardly takes up any room on your desk. The Datablazer line of external and removable hard disk | be on show at the Xyratex stand at the Apple Expo offered ona range of Apple products. cording to its developer, FITS Imaging, this is the first program that enables the relatively low-cost Mac to equal the capabilities of such powerful but expensive equipment. The program uses what’s known as the Functional Interpolating Transformation Sys- tem (FITS) to enable you to load huge files in short times and render them on your screen. Live Picture saves files as sequences of mathe- matical equations rather than series of dots, which means they can be redrawn astonish- ingly quickly. It also converts files into the CMYK colour separations used by printers, and claims to maintain colour values within an ac- curacy of 1 to 3%. Sadly, a Mac Classic won't be up to handling this behemoth of a program - a Quadra with at least 32Mb of RAM would be more like it. Live Picture will be on show at the Principal stand. " ; 1" ws Vy Xyratex specialise in data storage, with hard and optical drives by the barrel-load. The Data- blazer line of external and removable hard disks can be found on the Xyratex stand. The external drives are available in a range that can store between 170Mb and 810Mb. The new, lightweight MOlite optical drive also features prominently. This can use 230Mb and 128Mb optical cartridges. Everyone who goes to the Expo will receive a free magazine from Apple, which launches AppleWorld — a new club for Mac users. The club is seen as a way to develop the company’s relationship with its regular customers, en- suring that they receive the services they require and continue to buy Apple products. In return for a subscription fee, AppleWorld members will receive a bi-monthly magazine containing news on Mac products, services and developments. In addition, there'll be special offers and discounts on Apple hardwar