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Please check for availability. Five simple steps to ultimate productivity! 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 WizTools PB is a collection for PowerBook users. Includes Security, Battery management, Remote Acces: support, Synchronisation and PB Ease to make using your PowerBooks’ trackball easier. SRP £69.00 Popup Folder is the ultimate Finder navigator. Gain instant access to any folder or drive icon, 1 aN even from open and save dialogs, = PopupFolder up to 5 levels deep. You can sim- 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 Virex is the fastest and safest anti-virus software for the Macintosh. 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For starters it’s always available at the touch of a button. Using FlashBack you can make your calendar screen the actual desktop, just like a blotter or wallchart. There are 20 different looks of calendar so you can really person- ta: alise your day, including those sticky-notes that always seem to slide off your Available monitor in real life. Expresso features an address book, reminder scheduling, Soon! diary views, multi-user sharing and sharp looking printouts. It’s ideal for any- one who wants to be organised, and that includes you too... SRP £49.99 All prices shown are suggested retail and exclusive of VAT. These products are distributed in the UK by Softline and are avail- able from all good quality resellers. In case of difficulty call us for details of a stockist near you. CONTENTS | She MACEORMAT elcome again to MAcForMaAT, Britain’s best-selling Mac magazine! Whether you’re an old hand or a 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: §=Macrormat, 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, SO we recommend that you always contact advertisers before ordering to confirm prices and availability. See page 123 for some helpful buying advice. Entire contents Copyright © 1994 Future Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. Sa wye SCSIProbe rey F SCSI Troubleshooting 57 Suffering crashes or startup problems? The culprit could be SCSI, the system that links your Mac to ~———} other devices. We reveal all you need to know me Cope 1G 2 Bisauesr about how it works and how to keep it working prt Venter Preset | Shadow Play 63 Does your Mac-generated artwork need just a little extra depth? Here’s how to give it an | extra dimension of reality with shadow | effects — whichever art program you use At Home in HyperCard 67 You can customise your Mac’s workings easily using Hyper- Card, and the most powerful resource it offers you is its Home Stack. Discover exactly how much it can do for you “Si-azai| DTP with the Works 70 Mac Society | || You don’t need an expensive, high-end DTP program to create polished pages. ClarisWorks = || can do it all for you! Our step-by-step guide | shows you all the techniques you need BELL TOWER MECHANISM <4 : ti Apple sends in the clones, System 7.5 arrives, plus all the news from last month’s Apple Expo This Month 24 MACcFoRMAT’s raving reporter Josef Morrell strolls around Apple’s new on-line eWorld and takes in the sights... Apple Talk 32 Your views on everything Mac-related, from ‘political correctness’ to getting a better display on a Performa monitor Mac Answers 83 Our team of experts solves your real-life Mac problems with printing, the System, memory, software — the lot! Back Issues 102 Missed some Macrormats? Act now before they’re all gone! Special Offers 107 Macrormat brings you some of the best Mac-related buys around, lovingly hand-picked by our Publisher himself Gamebusters 118 Stuck in SimCity 2000? Foxed by F-18? In the dark in Pathways into Darkness? Don’t panic, help is at hand Free Reader Ads 122 Buy, sell, swap, meet, all for free in MACFoRMAT’s pages Buying Advice 123 Sound advice on how to protect your rights as a consumer The Mac is Dead! 124 IBM is moving in for the kill, says a MAcrorMat reader in this month’s installment of our new Soapbox section Dilbert 124 Well, um... Dilbert is this guy, see, and, like, he works at a Mac... Oh, just have a look! Next Month 129 Here you are on the first page of this month’s MACFoRMAT, reading about next month! Uncanny paradox or what? Win! Win! Win! 130 This month you could win a complete GTX-8000 scanner package from Epson, worth £1,250! ‘ Sis | MACFORMAT * ISSUE 19 * DECEMBER 1994 4 CONTENTS What's wrong with camcorders (apart from Jeremy Beadle, that is)? American design guru tells all in CD-ROM shock! What, no Calvinosaurus? If you can’t get enough of dinosaurs, this CD-ROM will be an essential buy for you 74 Spend a day at Marwell Zoo in this behind-the-scenes tour — so extensive that it takes two CDs to fit it all on! King Arthur’s tle 76 A tour of Camelot? Not quite — more a medieval castle guide. Merlin’s in it, though. Well, he has a cameo... Let's get this clear. Walt Disney had nothing to do with this CD-ROM storybook. This is the traditional folk tale... Time Travelle 77 Explore a range of different historical periods from 4000 BC to 1992 AD on CD. Discover more than you ever wanted to know about Thutmoss III... The Internet is big. Really big. You wouldn't believe how big it is. So you wouldn’t believe how useful a good guide to the ‘Net can be... If you take both inspiration and sounds from every source, then get an editor and get creative with samples! ntelliTalk 100 ‘This is the voice of the Mysterons. We know that you can hear us, because you have this talking word processor...’ Shareware Heav 103 Derek Smith returns from Cyberspace, slinging around random insults, custom icons, and even a pair picker...! Like to know how your Mac measures up? Apple’s new Personal Diagnostics bundle aims to help you find out... OK, so you don’t care what's coming next year. You want it now. Well, here are the very latest leisure software offerings: Gabriel Knight 112 Gobliiins, Gobliins, Goblins3 114 Gadget 116 liti 120 Nine handy utilities in one pack, from a startup manager to a super boomerang. Can you manage without them? mu i ee Sh SP SR ee el _ - auth —) ~ — > ==. ~ \ ia © sy, © Z a af, ee 7 he fas No matter what mac BF youwe got, you could tnijeash its potentialiand free your creativity simply by fitting an accelerator card) dis issue we show you how to speed ip your Classic, LG or Misenes Mac.,, Look into the future and preview the hits of ‘95! Here’s ey your personal guide to all the games you’re likely to be 43 When fun becomes educational as well, you've got the best of the new home education software for the Mac... Macrormat's guide to Optical Character Recognition, how it works, and whether a £99 program can do it all for you 95 Our survey of the top 20 games reviewed in MACFORMAT to date. How do the evergreen classics stand up against the newest hits? Will you agree with our choices? COVER DISKS Three complete levels of the hot new Nazi- blaster Wolfenstein 3D to try for yourself, a complete kids’ drawing program, plus neat little utilities that enable you to customise your Mac’s startup and shutdown Over 2,000 files! 600Mb, including all the goodies on the floppy disk edition plus your very own copy of the brand new QuickTime 2.0, a comprehensive games magazine complete with playable demos, heaps more demos of programs reviewed this issue, and much much more! MACFORMAT ¢ ISSUE 19 * DECEMBER 1994 S MACFORMAT COVER DISKS You Son 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 19 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 MAcFrorMart 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. Get out your asbestos gloves: this month Derek Smith hands yOu 3gerge Fiat a wonderful aisk we have for what must be the WY int piayabie “cemo, 2 comple hottest game demo andtwo marveflons utitties and i 4ll Ea ever, Wolfenstein 3D! Shutdown Later All adventure, all action, all fun and all In these energy conscious days we all have to absolutely free! do our bit to save electricity. Here’s a simple GETTING YOUR BACK UP Utility Requires: any Mac that shuts down 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. After that, 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 ‘MAcForMar 19’. It’s still not decompressed, however, so you can’t yet run 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 /MACFOoRMAT 19 backup’ (or ‘Fred’ if you want. It doesn’t matter). 5. Drag the ‘MAacForMaT 19’ 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 19’ folder from your hard disk by dragging it across to the Wastebasket, and selecting ‘Empty Wastebasket’ in the ‘Special’ menu. 3D action game. Requires: LCII or better, 2,300K of free RAM, System 6.0.7 or later. Wolfenstein was a huge seller on the PC and now this brilliant game has been On both CD-ROM and floppy disk HEALTH aay SCORE ITEM = Q gnooieo ao 2 roo Z% 02s 1 Press 8 on the keypad to walk to the first door, [space] to open it, then press [ctrl] to shoot the guard. You can pick up his ammo by walking over it. WOLFENSTEIN 3D improved and brought to the Mac. You play the character of a World War 2 gun-toting hero, battling against hordes of Nazis. All the action is viewed through your eyes, so you can see your hand and your gun, but not much else (I haven’t found a mirror yet). You can move around this world with the keyboard. On the numeric keypad, 4 and 6 rotate you left and right, while 5 and 8 move you backwards and forwards. To shoot, press 7 ¥ LEE LET Dl 4 “ig. MenIT OMMO 2 107 WH 3 Apologies to animal lovers everywhere, but this cute little doggy will rip your throat out, so introduce him to your gun, then watch out for the trooper. 2 Another room and a couple of baddies later, you come into a large chamber covered in very tasteful Nazi wallpaper. Try the door to your right first. MACFORMAT ¢ ISSUE 19 * DECEMBER 1994 6 @ Delta Time °4 00 bo 15 = 00 (O Absolute Time [ Start Countdown Stop CountDown | } F 00:14:54 To initiate shutdown, get voice confirmation from the Chief Engineer and First Officer. (Think I'm watching too much TV.) freeware program from Switzerland to help. If you have to leave your Mac completing a task but want it to close down when it’s finished, Shutdown Later (as its name suggests) will handle that task for you. You can set it up to close down at a specific time, say 12.30, or a relative time, maybe in 20 minutes. This can be particularly useful if you're connected to a network, because there will be occasions, such as when you go home, when you need to leave your machine on for a while so that other people can access it. KID PIX EASEL Freehand drawing Straight line Rectangle Ellipse Wacky pencil Spray can Fill paintpot Eraser Text Rubber stamp os oO O ® a o A a | Moving van (moves the area you select) LT TTT Undo last action If the covermounted high density disk or CD-ROM you have is defective, return it to us and we will replace it. Please make sure you have followed the installation pro- 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 SEUECSSSSCOnn: Kid Pix gives your children all the drawing tools they need But when you're presented with a picture of a cow that looks like a tree, remember to be polite and smile. Kid Pix Children’s drawing program Requires: any Mac Kid Pix has fast become a hugely popular Mac program because it’s an easy, fun and enjoyable drawing program for children. Version 2 is cur- rently available (for £39.99 from Softline, 081 401 1234), but this is version 1, which is why it’s absolutely free. You'll be able to get the feel of the program, and enjoy its fun features — albeit in black and white rather than colour. MACFORMAT COVER DISKS Return CD-ROMs to: MACFORMAT CD returns Future Publishing FREEPOST (BS4900) 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. Hello Derek, you ere the greatest lover lve ever known. Now that you know what | get up to in my spare time, can you work out how | took this screenshot? Welcome Startup customizer Requires: any Mac that starts up Customising your Mac may’not hold quite the same street cred as customising a ‘68 VW Beetle, but many of us still like to make our Macs personal. And I don’t mean with little stick-on fluffy gonks. On start up your Mac usually comes up with the message: ‘Welcome to Macintosh.’ This pro- gram enables you to substitute a greeting of your choice for this rather bland message. Just open Welcome, type in your preferred text and hey presto, the next time you start up, you have your own custom greeting. Great for Monday mornings. All I want now is a program that enables me to change the shut down message to ‘Have a nice day’. [ctrl], and to move sideways, press [option] and the movement keys. And when things get scary, you can press [shift] and the move- ment keys to run away. You can open doors by pressing the space bar. But beware, you never know what's on the other side. So get your finger ready on aa FLOOR SCORE ITEM = WERLTH RMMO [-{ Q00(300 00 ‘SF 2 087 036 4 In the next chamber there are some more puppies that need to be sedated. Oh look, there’s some dog food Eat it for a health bonus. Yeucch! that fire key. Better to be paranoid and trig- ger happy than shot to bits. There are also loads of secret doorways you have to find to collect all the treasure. By pressing the space bar again, you can push the wall directly in front of you to see if there is a secret passage hidden there. ny FLOOR SCORE ITEM = HENLTH 2RMMO (-{ 000/300 00 GH2 0867 036 5 There's a boring pot in the corner. What's the point of that? Try walking up to the wall and pushing it by pressing [space] to see what happens Points are awarded for the speed at which you complete the level, the number of enemies you kill and the amount of treasure you find. There are four levels of difficulty. It’s not too hard to succeed on the first two levels, but can anyone complete the game at the hardest level? I certainly can’t. A re) ITEM FLOOR SCORE HEDLTH MMO (-( QQ0(300 OG 2 086% 036 6 Hooray! Lots of ammo with which to shoot lots of people. There are secret passageways throughout the level, one of which contains a machine gun. MACFORMAT * ISSUE 19 * DECEMBER 1994 7 MACFORMAT COVER DISKS This month: a complete games mag on CD, the new QuickTime 2.0, great demos, plus shareware hot off the ’Net. espite several complaints that there’s just too much on the CD (I kid you not), MacrormaT is proud to bring you nearly 600Mb of the best soft- ware known to mankind. Let’s have a look at the folders on the CD... ®@ Highlights: this folder contains aliases of folders elsewhere on the CD and is an easy way to get started on this month’s best programs. @ Floppy: contains the software that appears on the floppy disk minus Wolfenstein, a larger version of which appears in the IMG folder. @ Demos: this folder contains demos of pro- grams featured in MACFoRMAT. ™ Shareware City: the latest and greatest shareware from the Internet. @ Shareware in MAcrormat: this folder con- tains all the software reviewed in MAcFORMAT this month (and the odd extra one). See page 103 for the start of our shareware round up. @ IMG Oct/94: this folder contains the latest issue of American electronic magazine Inside Mac Games, dedicated to the best in Mac enter- tainment with reviews and previews galore. ™@ Reader’s Corner: your chance to be famous for 15 megabytes. This section contains your contributions. So let’s take a look at some of the wonderful goodies on this month’s CD in more detail... Inside Mac Games Magazine Requires: colour monitor Inside Mac Games, a games magazine devoted entirely to the Macintosh, has been published on floppy disk since the start of last year. The magazine has now expanded on to CD. Although the heart of IMG is text-based, by clicking on buttons contained in the magazine you can play demos of hot releases and view slide-shows of soon-to-be-released games. There’s also some smashing QuickTime movies, and to make these run faster we’ve arranged with Apple to include QuickTime 2.0 on this month’s CD. This folder also contains a section called More Goodies, which contains updaters, past issues, game walk-throughs and cheats. Note: the slide-shows don’t automatically open from the magazine thanks to a technical problem with CDs. But don’t worry because it’s dead easy to get them to work manually, and you can find all the instructions in this folder anyway. Enjoy the ride! Links Pro demo Golf simulation Requires: LC or better, System 6.0.7 or later, 4Mb of RAM, and a 13-inch monitor Fancy a quick swing? Try this demo of Links Pro — you get one of the holes at Harbour Town Golf Links to play. We reviewed this game in Macrormat 18 and gave it a great 88%. You'll need someone to play with, so select them in the ‘Available Golfers’ list and click on the Add button. Click OK after you’ve added all the partners and click OK on the next screen. On with the garish trousers, stick a glove on your left hand (or is it right?) and off to the tee. To strike the ball, first move the pointer over the Swing symbol and click and hold down the mouse button to start the backswing. Then re- lease the mouse button when the yellow indi- cator reaches the top to set how hard you want to swing. (If you release the mouse button past the 12 o’clock line you hit the ball with more power, but you have less control.) Then click the button again when the yellow indicator reaches the bottom (6 o'clock). If you click too soon, the shot will hook left; too late and it will slice right. Fore! Te] "| Table Of Contents... =K a Weicome to Inside Moc Games =I A IMG: Volume 2 + Issue 10 m2 IMG: From the Editor's Desktop 3 IMG: Mallbon m4 AD: Marathon a5 AD: Flightstick Pro mG AD: Outland a? AD: F/A-18 Hornet 1.5; Koreen Crisis =e IMG: Cool Games, Hot Show a9 IMG: Mudgeon’s Distiliations IMG: Fs IMG: Mudgeon on Games by Ross Scott |“ IMG: Fair Game IMG: S. 1S. IMG: Research Smesearch IMG; Interactive Music CO's One of the eer __IMG Interview: Eric Porker Little more t y weseCO-RON IMG: New Products of AD: Out of the Sun Ppretty enter] AO: Onslaught AD: ChoiceStick Times have ch AD: Deadly Games hore That fect, bow! AD: Changeling Software en greenbacks fr] ‘ skeleton ev a Peek: Flashbock 240: Fate Game fa Ta You can access all of Inside Mac Games trom the Contents menu. Not an exciting interface, but it’s quick and simple. into the little hole, but what exactly is the point? Out of the Sun demo Flight simulator Requires: 13-inch colour monitor, 4Mb of free RAM Sample Domark’s sequel to the excellent Flying Nightmares in this fully playable demo. Once the game has loaded, click on Quick Start, then choose from the options where you want to fly, in which plane, and against which enemies. The controls are rather complicated, but they’re all listed in the accompanying ReadMe file. The basics are: press 0 (zero) to rev your engine to maximum, and use the arrow keys to drive (I'm a trained pilot, you know). Then it’s off into the clear blue sky to fly free as a bird and shoot a lot of people who never did you any harm. War is hell! (So is the lack of it, mind you — just ask President Clinton.) Living Books demos Children’s Stories Requires: 13-inch screen, 2.5Mb of RAM, and a spare child The Living Books series from Broderbund is famous for its highly colourful and entertaining way of teaching children to read. The programs ; ~ A After you have listened to the story being told, you can click on various parts of the picture to see some surprises! MACFORMAT * ISSUE 19 * DECEMBER 1994 38 One of the best bits of Now Utilities is Now FolderMenus, which enables you to improve your navigation. (I'll send a copy to Mark Thatcher.) are full of fun and humour and will appeal to parents as well. On the CD you will find demos of seven of the Living Books to try for yourself. Now Utilities 5.0 Utility package Requires: System 7.0 or later You'll love this. Turn to page 120 for details of this program, then try it out! This is the complete program, free to try for a week. To install it, just double-click on Now Installer. The program will delete itself when your trial period is up. New Media Schoolhouse Children’s programs Requires: 13-inch colour monitor On page 76 this month we review two products from New Media Schoolhouse, Magic Castle and MACFORMAT COVER DISKS Fly with Pinocchio, discover science, visit Mole and Rat at the riverbank and generally have fun with these kids’ demos. Pinocchio. You'll find demos for both of these, plus five other children’s titles from the same people, on this month’s CD. To test these pro- grams fully you'll need the assistance of a child, so if you don’t have one, rush out and borrow one from somewhere. Reader’s Corner Your programs Requires: see individual ReadMe files Contributions keep pouring in, and this month we have some great stuff from our readers. All the way from Australia we have Financial Com- panion, a lovely program that can work out how much debt you're in. And from nearer to FAR TOO MANY TO MENTION! This month’s CD is jam-packed with so much gorgeous software that we can’t possibly cover it all in these few pages, so let me peckly guide you through the best of the rest. This is going to keep you glued to your screen.. T Feace of Mind Lite Peace of Mind |] is a diagnostic ! | | \. |] kitto sort your is § Nac out. Try the demo and see if it scares your Mac into behaving itself. osn2 SS in dame @ Marcus Bointin has sent in some very high quality pictures, including this one and the.picture inside the CD case. home in Hampshire, Matthew Maber has sent us some of his fonts and other goodies. John Singer, one of our American readers, has sent us some of his own fonts, and jolly good they are too. And Andrew McConn sent us Strike-O-Lator, which is, erm, odd. Have a look and you'll see what I mean. Then there’s Vector Graph, which draws, erm, something which looks very educational and scientific. WordScramble was sent to us by Alan Trautman. It’s ideal for — yep, you guessed it — scrambling words. Thanks to everyone else who sent stuff in. Keep it coming! If you have anything to say, send it in TeachText format and we'll add it on to the CD. Derek Smith Wy poke catherum DETHO Fancy a quick game of chess? Then check out Avatar. Let's — if | move my horsey in front of the castle... Build your own fun fair in Theme Park. Place food stalls at strategic locations, like next to the violent roller coaster. Glider? SS) Voyage through the solar one with RedShift and discover which planet has a thick chocolate Coating. lf you want your optical characters recognised, then TextBridge is tor you. View it on the CD — and read all about it starting on page 52. Woodstock on CD may seem a bizarre concept, but these days nothing is sacred. 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Macintosh LC Ill Systems Macintosh LCIll 4/80 with 14” Performa Plus Monitor and Keyboard £650.00 Macintosh LCIII 4/80 with 14” Trinitron Monitor. £750.00 Macintosh LCIll 4/80 with 14” Performa Plus Monitor, Keyboard and StyleWriter II £865.00 Macintosh LCIll 4/80 with 14” Performa Plus Monitor, Keyboard, H.P. DeskWriter 510 and Apple Font Pack £839.00 Add £185 for Apple CD300+ External CD-ROM Drive A SELECTION OF EDUCATION SOFTWARE 123 Sequence Me A to Zap Alge Blaster Algebra Bodymapper Bounce Calculus DaisyQuest Designers Resource Discovering America Earthquest Earthquest Explores Ecology Electronic Workbench Field Trip to the Rainforest Flintsones Colouring Book Flying Through Maths Geometry Graphics Explosion Headline Harry Homemapper Hyperstudio In Control InLarge Interactive Physics Kid Art Holidays Kid Art Sport Kid Cuts Kid Keys Kid Pictures Kid Pix 2 Kid Rhymes Kid Works 2 KidsMath KidsMath 5 User KidsTime Deluxe KidWorks 2 KidWorks 2 (5 User) LCS! 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LLM mMmmMm_mmM_ PPmMMmMmMmmnmmmmnm SSEGESSSSSSSEPSSES B8SS8SS33aS38S SRRSRRS8888SRSR3338838 HAOGOHAnAGDGDHHOONOUNMOOOLO t=} ° w BWEWNNWOAW MAUWBWWOWWWNHAWWAN-=-N— ESE ESSESATSSRE AAGGAAGARAS sssssssssss SSSRSSRS833383i cod aas NNWVWOMNWAWNNM © BESSSLVLLSASESSBSHBASSASSSSBBBIRAITG SSSSSsssssesRsSsSSssssasssssssssssss CGOoooON © a Anple opens the door to Mac clones You'll soon have the chance to buy Macs made by other companies as Apple clears the way for a competitive market. MAcrormat gets the details... s part of Apple’s on-going plans to make the Mac more popular than ever, other companies are to be given the right to manufacture Macintosh computers. Apple is talking to businesses across the world, offering them the rights to produce computers capable of running Mac programs — in other words, Mac clones. Why is Apple doing this now? Well, the move is part of its long- term strategy to encourage more people to use the world’s best per- sonal computer system. With more companies making and advertising Macs, there will be more models to choose from, raising the Mac’s pro- file on the PC-dominated high street. Apple will then have more opportunities to demonstrate to potential buyers the ease of use of its operating system and software, as compared to the Windows or OS/2 systems. Any company with a licence will pay Apple an agreed fee for each machine it produces. In return it will get the right to use the Power- PC 601 chip and other essential Macintosh components, as well as System 7.5 and Mac fonts. Most of the clones are likely to be Power- Macs, but a range of traditional Macs may be introduced as more businesses come on board. Mac clones should appear by this time next year. While the identities of the first companies to produce non-Apple Macs haven’t been revealed yet, it’s thought that some six firms will initially receive the prized licences. The firms in- volved will be those who have something innovative to add the Mac blend, or who are successful in parts of the world that Apple has yet to explore. This means it’s likely to be a while before Mac clones go on sale in the UK. Apple is also keen to find a firm capable of boosting the Mac’s profile in the competitive American market. The Mac has changed a lot over the years, but the biggest shifts are still to come. The As part of its plan to spread the Mac word wider, Apple is introducing a new logo for its operating system. The Mac OS face will soon The new face of Apple. This logo will soon adorn all manner of Mac hardware and software. be appearing on everything from printer and hard drive packaging to books and advertising blurb. This means that you will be able to buy anything that carries the operating system logo — from a program to a printer — secure in the knowledge that it will be compatible with your Macintosh. As other companies begin to manufacture Macintoshes, the logo will help Mac gets a makeover to make identification of Macintosh- compatible hardware and software clearer, making life easier for the less experienced Macintosh users in particular. Eventually, as more updated versions of System 7 are distributed, the new face of the Macintosh will appear on-screen each time you switch on your machine. Despite the plans for a revamped logo, for the time being the Mac operating system will still be known as System 7, and the latest version, 7.5, is now available. Priced at £105.75, System 7.5 is the most powerful and memory-hungry Apple operating system yet. This means your Mac will need 4Mb of RAM just to run the necessary essentials. ___ A major addition to the System 7 repertoire is QuickDraw GX, a flexible new system for prin- ting and font management. The most visible part of GX is the printer icon situated on the Desktop. This enables you to print a document without having to load a program first — you simply drag the document icon on to the printer icon. Unfortunately, though, your Macintosh System 7.5 hits the stands will need 8Mb of RAM to be able to run it. The improved video system QuickTime 2.0 is a late addition to a range of new features that also includes the AppleGuide tutorial program, the AppleScript program (which enables your Mac to do routine, repetitive tasks automatically), and PC Exchange (the utility that enables you to use PC-formatted disks), and a whole new range of Desktop designs. By now, you should be able to choose be- tween floppy disk and CD-ROM versions. The CD-ROM comes with extra software including utilities for QuickDraw GX, plus demos and QuickTime movies. System 7.5 should be com- patible with all current Mac applications. For more details contact Apple on 0800 127753. © Fite Eait om 2 S i paisa Chooser — @ & oleae eri ter OC Laserviriter AppleTalk id 5 Mow do | create a desktop printer? Do This In the upper-left area of the Chooser, click the type of printer you want to use. Oo thes step, hen chek the rept avow. a pis} J Active Lois J) (aja byperen esieee ; (ettebashrt System 7.5 comes with a host of useful new features including an improved he 4Mb of RAM just to run the bare ials, though. MACFORMAT ¢ ISSUE 19 * DECEMBER 1994 15 onnes of programs are being included with each new Performa, as Apple continues to entice new home users into Mac ownership. Each of the four Performa Plus bundles, as they are known, is aimed at people with different interests and budgets. Top of the range is the Performa 630 TV Plus, which sells for a com- petitive £1,699 and is aimed at anybody who wants to whole- heartedly join the multimedia revolution. Like the entire Plus range, it comes with the top-selling integrated package ClarisWorks 2.1 (which includes word processing, graphics and spreadsheet modules), Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, ClickArt Performa, MacGallery ClipArt Treasure Pack and the excellent shoot-’em- up Spectre Supreme. The 630 TV Plus also includes BELL TOWER MECHANISM The Performa 630 Plus comes with Leonardo the Inventor and bags of other fine CD-ROMs. Performas offer software galore the video editing program AVID Videoshop and a strong selection of CD-ROM titles: Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The Guinness Disc of Records, Microsoft Dinosaurs, Leonardo the Inventor, San Diego Zoo Presents The Animals, Rosetta Stone and last, but certainly not least, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. A double-speed CD-ROM drive, a video card that enables the 630 to receive television pictures or con- nect up to a video recorder, and an infra-red remote control complete this impressive package. If you only need CD-ROM facilities rather than a complete multimedia authoring kit, you can buy the 630 Plus for £1,499. The only differences between the two is that the 630 Plus lacks the video Cee ee = ] Come facilities, like Videoshop, and the TV card and remote control of the top- end package. Like the TV Plus, however, it does have a double- speed CD-ROM drive built in. The £999 Performa 475 Plus is intended for home desktop pub- lishing and other business uses. As well as the standard software pack, it comes with HomePublisher, Touch- Base Pro and DateBook Pro. Finally, the 460 Plus, a faster version of the Performa 450, sells for £899 and is aimed at new- comers to computing, or families with small children. It comes with the basic software pack plus the education packages Millie’s Math- house, Bailey's Bookhouse and Thinkin’ Things. For more details contact Apple on 0800 127753. For DTP enthusiasts, the Performa 475 Plus includes HomePublisher among its bounty. For kids, the 460 Plus comes with edu- cational packages like Bailey's Bookhouse. Multimedia shines at Live ’94 Macs and CD-ROMs were prom- inent at the recent Live ‘94 show, which was attended by more than 180,000 people. Live 94 covers all areas of electronic gadgetry, in- cluding hi-fi, TVs and game con- soles, but Apple’s stand more than held its own in the crush. The biggest part of the stand was devoted to the Performa. Mark Floisand, Apple’s Consumer and Marketing Manager, was at the show and was encouraged by the response from the public. ‘People were amazed that the Mac could do multimedia that easily, and they could see real uses for it. We had people saying, “I could see my kid putting together a school project [with that] because I can put my camcorder into the computer.”’ Multimedia played a strong role in the Live ‘94 blend, with com- panies like Microsoft and MDI using stands to show off their cur- rent releases. Meanwhile, many large companies you wouldn’t usually associate with the world of computing have made the move into electronic publishing — phone company Mercury announced a link-up with software firm M33, while News International, Rupert Murdoch’s giant multi-national publishing firm, is busy developing CD-ROM publishing plans. Newton Apple's Live '94 stand played host to many packed presentations during each day of the show. Apple BYTES Mac line is trimmed Apple has just announced that it’s abandoning its LC brand, which should make decisions concerning which desktop Mac you should buy far simpler in the future. The range now consists of three Pertormas — the 460, the 475 and the 630 — and three PowerMacs — the 6100, the 7100 and the 8100. The LC and Performa Macs have been essentially the same machines for some time, the only difference being that while the LC was aimed at business users the Performa was targeted at the home users. With the distinctions between different types of users blurring, though, the two brands were confusing more people than they were helping. The choice is far easier now: you can either opt for the Performa Plus range with extra software, or the slightly cheaper Performas, with no extra trimmings. Dealers will be free to devise their own business packages, based around the basic Performa machines — such as choice of monitors or extra software. If you want more details on the slimline Mac range you can contact Apple on 0800 127753. Software sales rise More Mac programs are being bought in Europe, according to figures released by the Software Publishers Association. $28.4 million was spent on Mac soft- ware during April, May and June, an increase of 9% on the figure for the previous quarter. The total for the first six months was $59.5 million, with the UK accounting for $14.8 million of that figure. What's more, falling prices mean the actual number of programs being sold has increased. The results are based on numbers supplied by 38 leading software publishers, including Claris, WordPerfect and Microsoft. New speedy CD drive The steadily growing line-up of high speed CD-ROM drives has seen another addition in the form of the Toshiba XM3501B. This is an internal drive capable of playing CD-ROMs at up to four times the speed of the original industry standard. Toshiba also claims it’s quicker at accessing the correct point on a disc than any existing model. It costs £582, and is distributed by Ideal (tel: 081 390 1211). PowerMacs revamped The PowerMac range is dropping in price, and some models are being equipped with larger hard drives. The starter model, the 6100/60, has had its 160Mb drive boosted up to 250Mb and its price cut by £40 to £1,525. The cheapest 8100/80 doubles its drive capacity to 500Mb, but holds its price of £3,870. The added disk space will keep the PowerMac competitive until the new machines appear in the next few months. If you want more details, you can contact Apple on 0800 127753. MACFORMAT ¢ ISSUE 19 * DECEMBER 1994 16 ClarisWe wks NEw! FREE Demo-DIsk Please complete and send this coupon to: Claris Information “ PO Box 2935 Dublin 1 Ireland “I love my work — but I also love my free time. That’s why I use ClarisWorks. Because ClarisWorks 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 profe al results. The A offer s 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 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. CLARIS Simply powerful sofiware.™ Yes, I want to know more about Claris 0. Please send me more information and my free demonstration disk. First Name ................. Last Name ..........sscesssscsesescsseeses COMPANY PostCode All rights reserved. Clarin, Claris Works ane Simpily pow her trademarks or brand sames are the property of their wt notice 1 VAT and shipes ** Incl VAT and shipping AS bs) « > live DIA ew versions of the popu- lar programs Adobe Type Manager and Adobe Acrobat are about to be released. The £58.75 ATM, which is now up to version 3.8, enables your Mac to employ sophisticated typefaces, such as PostScript Type 1 fonts, even if your printer wasn’t designed to use them. It also gives With Acrobat 2.0 you can view a file that was created by someone else, even if you don't own the software that was used. crisp screen displays of the fonts. New additions to this release in- clude extra fonts, taking the total up to 30, and support for Quick- Draw GX: ATM now also runs native on the PowerMac. Meanwhile, the Acrobat suite of programs receives an upgrade to the £188 version 2.0. The core of this program enables you to save Haunted House leads home line-up Anew selection of CD-ROMs is due from Microsoft in the run up to Christmas. Due out this month is Ultimate Haunted House, a chil- dren’s exploration package created by Gahan Wilson, a respected book illustrator. Two £40 CD-ROMs based on the Magic Schoolbus books, for children between six and ten years old, are also due this month. In The Magic Schoolbus Explores The Human Body you get to explore the body from the inside, with a bus full of children for company. You enter via the mouth and travel down the throat! At the other ex- treme (not that one!), the second title travels across the expanse of space in The Magic Schoolbus Explores The Solar System. Dangerous Creatures is a natural history encyclopedia of terrifying alligators, deadly spiders and other animals that you might not want to get too close to. This CD-ROM is £45, as is Ancient Lands, which takes you back in time to discover early civilisations. Microsoft is also preparing a 1995 edition of its flagship home encyclopedia En- carta. With a team of 25 now work- ing on it full-time, the new version is said to feature more video clips and pictures than ever before. For more details con- tact Microsoft on 0734 270001. Gahan Wilson's spooky cartoons appear on CD- ROM for the first time in Ultimate Haunted House. documents — text, graphics or desk- top publishing layouts —in a Portable Document Format (PDF) that can be read or printed by any computer setup. The receiving computer needs only to have Acro- bat Reader, which you can get free. It doesn’t matter if the receiving computer doesn’t have the same programs or fonts as you — the PDF contains all the information it needs to display the document. The new version includes en- Adobe revamps its utility kits hancements such as a search function that enables you to find any text in a PDF file. You can also link together two PDF files so they become cross-referenced, or link a file to another program. The higher power Acrobat Pro, selling at £570, enables you to make PDF files from PostScript files. This should prove a great boon to commercial publishers. If you want more details you can contact Adobe on 081 547 1900. New system heralds a revolution New software from the American company Taligent could radically change the way Mac and other computer owners use their machines. Tal? — the Taligent Application Environment — is part program, part operating system. Taligent ambitiously be- lieves Tal4 can become the most popular software system in com- puting, and will change the way computer users work which Tal will be compatible. Each framework within Tal# is responsible for handling a dif- ferent task, such as text-editing, 3D graphics or running a printer. Programmers writing software to work with Tal#? won't have to worry about how to write the basic elements of a graphics pro- gram, for example, because a framework to do that job will al- ready exist. Similarly, with each other. Tal: uses a flexible combination of small programs, or frame- works, to enable itself to work with any operating you'll be able to copy a document created by one Tal program to use with any other Tal? program, because both will be using the same system with no notice- frameworks to edit text able difference for the Pico oak or print the document. user, whatever make of way you use your The first version of computer he or she is Mac forever? Tal should be available using. What you see is Taligent, part-owned for the Mac next year. not the familiar Mac by Apple, certainly An added bonus is that interface, but rather a believes so. the Tal# frameworks completely different style of interface called People, Places and Things. Apple is just one of the part- ners that own a share of the Taligent company, along with IBM and Hewlett Packard. The renamed, new-look Mac oper- ating system (see our news re- port on page 15) will be one of the operating systems with are generally tiny, tak- ing up little space in your Mac’s memory or on your hard disk. Taligent believes this needn't be another of those revolutions you can join only if you buy yet an- other bigger, fatter computer. Time alone will tell how well Taligent can put its exciting ideas into practice — we will keep you posted on any developments. MACFORMAT * ISSUE 19 * DECEMBER 1994 18 ree advice. ame price. When you take the time to chat to customers . . . first ApplePoint Stirling. Because our ability to compete on price time buyers or experienced Mac users . . . about computers, is matched only by our excellent service and backup. software, applications, compatibility, you Right now we're offering the latest can't possibly compete on price. Right? PostScript networkable A4 laser printer Wrong. N800) 23 | 23 3 including 1 year on site warranty When you've taken the laborious route for just £495.00 + VAT*. of getting prices and specifications from all of the other Here's our first piece of advice. advertisers in this magazine, you'll still come back to Call ApplePoint Stirling now. = ApplePoint Stirling Authorised Reseller 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. SHOW REPORT Apple goes glohal at Expo ‘S47 Communication was the key word at October’s Apple Expo, with news of a new on-line service that promises to make comms easier to use. he Grand Hall at Olympia, scene of last month’s Apple Expo, was filled with stands that looked as high-tech as the products they played host to, as an ex- pected 40,000 people came to see what was new on the Mac. Centre stage was Apple’s own stand, which was promoting the PowerMac and System 7.5, the newest version of the Mac operating sys- tem. Also there, making its UK debut, was eWorld, Apple’s latest on-line service. This en- ables you to use icons and illustrated screens to negotiate its electronic mail (e-Mail) facilities, so you don’t have to learn and type in complex lists of commands. A free eWorld kit which includes the soft- ware you need to connect your Mac and modem to the service is available. Just contact Apple on 0800 896206. The cost of communicating Charges for using eWorld are made in US dol- lars and are converted into pounds on your credit card bill, as we mentioned in our story in rvcing Adtran wok Pu Ti MERGE ce q SMART QUOTES Hore do | inert « qrapitec APPLE TECHNOLOGY & Wo Bou cam insert existing graphics in most PICT, PX EPS. WRG, or MacPaint formats. You can also insert TIFF Eraphics tf they 4s not use LZW compression techrelogy. CUSTOMER SUPPORT APPLE GUIDE It you insert graphic trom another application that is I you here Syswm 7.5 cele) in, 4 format other than PICT, the conversions must be ‘eration. The guides VaR} iesealied in the WordPerfect: Conversions felder. Mf yoru 1 Choewe Wort] tied the standard tnstaltarion to install WeedPertect (or if you installed the conversions during a custees, ‘The WortDerieer Gxite| installation), the conversions are in place. If you need to inaeall the conversions, see the Installation Read Me 2 Cickacamgory) ie, Some epnetea Belen enn ere — aames, To ok tor W584 tomas} ea =| Bhim sim | On show at the Novell stand was WordPerfect 3.1, an early upgrade of version 3.0. The new version, which is due to be released later this month, includes features that work with additions to the newly released System 7.5, like QuickDraw GX. There was no price available at the time of going to press, but expect it to be around the current £330 price mark. For more details contact Novell on 0344 724000. Macrormat 16. After the first month, which is free, there is a monthly subscription fee of $8.95 (roughly £6 at current exchange rates). Then, while you are connected, you will be charged at $7.95 (£5.30) per hour for your first two hours each month, and $12.90 (£8.60) per hour for further usage. Connection costs are charged in units of a minute each. What you get for your money is access to an ever-growing group of services, including elec- tronic newspapers and magazines, news of new Mac releases and access to conferences, where you can converse with up to 200 other eWorld users. More British-orientated material is being worked on. Apple claims that, in time, the flat fees charged for access to all areas of eWorld will be replaced by a layered price structure. You'll then pay different amounts depending on which service you want to use. As yet, no date for the changeover has been announced, so it’s unlikely to be imminent. Admission to the Internet, which covers the wider world of e-Mail, will come much sooner. An Internet gateway is expected to open very Jupiter Impact was one of the many multimedia CD-ROMs you could try for yourself at the show. The photographs from the recent meteorite crashes on the planet's surface have been compiled on to a CD-ROM in double-quick time, showing the potential of the medium in offering up-to-date current affairs. For more details on this £35.25 offering, contact Softline on 081 401 1234. @ file Edit Uiew Functions Bocument History Compony Code [UECTI Contoct Nome [1/162 Wector Group tie Mr Rollo Carpenter for) Date Do/Bone (16/3/94 27/5/94 ] | Mor code tose Time 0o/Bone 00:00 16:31 Ml Status Person (IBC ] notte Corpenter ne ia fetion MLCT | Molt ~ Letter Description [rete te ieee ies far ie lest inl, aed sergpeet we net mein tel week Ne pregrent Resuit Description Greee Lowemower Medet 1 ie JEICIE IE UE Ve To ee Modulus is a sophisticated accounting program that, as its name suggests, takes a modular approach. Stages range from the £288 starter package Modulus Silver to the £2,932 Modulus Gold, which includes all modules and training. You can add individual modules to Si/verto build up the program as your business grows. For more details contact Vector Software on 081 224 8080. early in 1995, and it will be available to eWorld users at no extra charge. Further direct links between Apple and its customers were forged with the launch of AppleWorld, a club which offers news of the latest Mac developments and exclusive dis- counts on Mac products through a bi-monthly magazine — called, imaginatively, AppleWorld. Issue one, which was given away to everyone who attended Expo ‘94, included a buyer's guide and a discussion of operating system de- velopments. Future issues will only be available by direct subscription, costing £36.85 per year. The magazine will be complemented by a special AppleWorld service on eWorld. To find out more contact Apple on 0800 127753. Make a date As you might expect, Claris was also there flaunting its wares, including ClarisDraw 1.0 (which received a whopping 88% last issue) and ClarisWorks 3.0, which goes on sale this month for £152. The company also took the opportunity to announce a new limited offer —- from now until the end of January anyone buying, or upgrading to, ClaisWorks 3.0 will receive a copy of Claris Organiser 1.0 (which is also available sepa- rately for £57.57). This is a complete pack- age that brings together your appointments diary, calendar and address book, enabling you to keep pace with the things you have to do and people you need to meet. The extra to Works is being offered be- cause of the favourable response Claris has received to a similar promotion in the Uni- ted States — which brings us to a slight hitch. Your free version of Organiser is, in MACFORMAT * ISSUE 19 * DECEMBER 1994 20 Graphics mong the many live presentations given Ae the four days of the show were demonstrations of some truly spectacular new graphics software. Leading the way was Live Picture, an aston- ishing and expensive image processor from HSC Software. Priced at a cool £4,112, it’s ‘dearly aimed at top-class professional users “with big demands and equally big budgets. Its main advantages over the competition are su- perb quality printouts and awesomely powerful graphics tools. Show visitors were treated to an impressive demonstration of how easily pictures can be manipulated in complex ways, with little or no “time lag. This manipulation included smear and distort effects that can be brushed on to create eye-catching effects. Live Picture is also resolu- Among PhotoFix’s features is a catalogue browser, which Phables you to do some comparing and contrasting to Guickly see which image is best suited to a particular design. programs draw the crowds Tee (et Create loge: Waw Moi Converter The nose in this image was widened in seconds using Live Picture and a single distortion brush. tion independent. This means you can zoom in on any part of an image until you can see the individual pixels (as with conventional pro- grams), and then make finely detailed alter- ations. Live Picture is distributed by Principal, who can be contacted on 0706 832000. PhotoFix is the new name for ColorStation Pro, the senior relation of the program MACFORMAT featured on issue 16’s cover disk. It’s £234, and you could crudely describe it as a mini-Photo- shop. With it, you can import images from a scanner or load them from a disk, then edit and retouch them. The program also features an image browser, which displays its range of artwork in the form of thumbnail-size selections. PhotoFix also in- cludes programming routines to improve your printing. For more details you can contact Lino- graphic on 0252 376103. he American edition, which means you » suffer references to ‘zips’ and ‘states’. re serious threat of date confusion voided, however, so you can still dates in the British way — that is Wntiteed +P) 1 ee See io ern apeerapremmererey a | onths the latest version of ClarisWorks ith ClarisWorks 3.0 — 6/11/94 for 6 November, as opposed to the American form of 11/6/94. If you really can’t cope with the American package you can ex- change it for a full British version after you've bought Works 3.0, providing you pay £10 postage and packing. For more details call Claris on 081 756 0101. ts) [eal (3) (3) 3] Tite: [Rranch with Name | Ts Categories: inch with Becky V Coenputers r = SP © show in Tove Uist, [5] Baus Before With Claris Organiser, you can make sure you don't forget when you're doing what, and who you're doing what with. — SHOW REPORT TYPE CATCHES UP WITH THE TIMES Following its official launch of the latest version of Adobe Type Manager (see our news story on page 18), Adobe announced that it was adjusting the way in which it sells its typefaces. If you bought an Adobe typeface in the past, you were licensed to use it with any one printer — and you could connect any number of Macs to that printer and use the typeface legally. From now on, though, Adobe will be pricing each typeface in accordance with the number of computers using it. However, the new licence con- ditions do allow you to use the typeface on up to five Macs, so small companies and lone users shouldn’t be affected by the change. Site licences for larger companies are also available. As Sue Thexton, Adobe’s Marketing Director for Northern Europe, explained, the reason Adobe previously licensed typefaces per printer was because you were only using their faces during print- ing, not during screen work. You see, initially there were two components you (aa -AT™ Adobe Adobe has changed TypeManager the way it licenses Personalized for: its typefaces to keep Future Publishing Ltd pace with current Version 2.0.3 developments in aAT™ Font Cache | Preserve technlogy and ae cack market demand. Cow | BEIB) | O character shapes | YOu're now charged by computer © 1983-1991 Adode Systems incorporated. numbers, not inant seater printer numbers. could get in a typeface: a bitmap font and an outline font. The bitmap font was for working on the screen, while the outline font governed the printer’s output. So, as Thexton points out, ‘It was only when you went to the printer and accessed the out- line font that you were using [Adobe] software.’ However, the increased use of ATM means that printer fonts can now be repro- duced sufficiently well on screen, meaning there’s no need for the bitmap font. So for the price of one licence, an entire network of computers can use the same typeface. The new licence policy is in response to this change in technology, but Thexton stresses that Adobe has tried to ensure no type buyer loses out as a result. ‘You can’t say that x computers are connected to x printers — it varies from company to com- pany. We felt that five was a reasonable figure, based on the research we did. ‘What we’ve done is change the way in which we license the typefaces [so that they are] in line with what the market says it wants.” The new licences will appear in every package of typeface disks sold by Adobe from now on. For more details contact the company on 081 606 4000. MACFORMAT ¢ ISSUE 19 * DECEMBER 1994 21 ‘T just got a great new Macintosh, without buying a whole New. Macintosh: AW. ; ‘ Ae i a \N pea | \ VS ‘ \ ‘\ ¥ \ SR NAL One of the greatest benefits of owning a icintosh™ is how easy it is to take advantage w breakthroughs in Apple technology with- it compromising on the investments you have Take the new Macintosh System 7.5, for ample. It adds many powerful new capabilities your Macintosh. System 7.5 streamlines, simpli- and improves many of the things that made ur Macintosh so desirable in the first place. Yet you can install System 7.5 with just a few se clicks. And best of all, it costs only £90.00 : VAT).* It’s like getting a great new Macintosh thout paying for one. A new level of compatibility. System 7.5 makes it much easier to work th people who use other PCs. So with your you can fit-in yet truly stand-out. There is the option of PowerTalk™ and the est TCP/IP client software which gives you ® first step to accessing the information super- shway, the Internet. So much is in the operating system that, h Macintosh PC Exchange™ software also ‘luded, System 7.5 allows your Macintosh to ognise any MS-DOS® or Windows™ formatted ks showing up on your desktop just like icintosh disks. And Macintosh Easy Open™ lets you open | edit MS-DOS and Windows files even when you n't have the original program. A new intuitive user interface. Giving you a whole new kind of help, System 5 includes AppleGuide™: a radically new and ~ Yate Oe nary wees © he Amery ee taaee ches extare ot we the Ri We me wee — os ee TC Features: Interactive Help. stomisable interactive assistance tool, which ers you a unique version of on-screen help fh thorough and clear directions on practically ery function of your Macintosh. AppleGuide takes you through — step-by-step circling items in red, pointing you in the right rection and even performing certain functions for you. It is the most complete and effective help feature ever to appear on amy desktop. And with the potential to create your own help system, AppleGuide enables businesses to tailor specific ‘guides’ which employees, customers and others could use to complete forms, or learn new procedures or applications. In addition, AppleScript™ lets you create new scripts by recording your actions so you can automate routine and repetitive system tasks to save time and help avoid mistakest A new way of looking at multimedia. System 7.5 also gives you improved perfor- mance, sound, file compression and full-screen video for all your multimedia applications with the inclusion of the enhanced, industry-standard multimedia software, QuickTime™ 2.0. Features: QuickTime 2.0, Hierarchical Menus and WindowShade. A new way of navigating. With a new Find feature there’s no more guessing where a document is filed as a detailed search reveals its whereabouts in an itemised display and you can open it immediately. System 7.5 makes it equally easy to find the contents stored in your menus by displaying them in a flash, compliments of the hierarchical menu feature which even lists recently used servers, applications and documents for you. A new list of capabilities. When working with Macintosh System 7.5, you will quickly notice a number of fresh new refinements. There’s Drag and Drop, which lets you drag a selected item — text, graphics, sound, whatever — from one window (say, a memo) to another application (say, a presentation) without having to cut-and-paste.* Moreover, you may have sent a document off to be printed only to find that it’s in a huge queue; now you can easily reassign it by drag- ging your document to another printer on your desktop using Drag Manager. ER 1994, APPLE COMPUTER, INC. THE APPLE LOGO IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK AND APPLE, APPLEGUIDE, APPLESCRIPT, MACINTOSH, PC EXCHANGE, POWER MACINTOSH, POWERTALK, QUICKDRAW GX, QUICKTIME, AND SYSTEM 7 ARE TRADEMARKS OF APPLE COMPUTER, INC., TERED WN THE US AND OTHER COUNTRIES, MS-DOS IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK AND WINDOWS IS A TRADEMARK OF MICROSOFT CORPORATION.*SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE OF APPLE MACINTOSH SYSTEM 7.5 EXCLUDING VAT @ 17.5%. APPLE AUTHORISED RESELLERS ARE FREE TO SET (OWN PRICES. "APPLICATIONS MUST BE ‘AWARE’ OF THIS FEATURE TECHNOLOGY TOO. ‘QUALIFYING PRODUCTS: PRODUCTS BOUGHT BETWEEN MARCH 14 - SEPTEMBER 19 1994, WITH PROOF OF PURCHASE OF A MACINTOSH COMPUTER, POWER MACINTOSH UPGRADE, SYSTEM ‘PND SYSTEM 7 PRO - £30.00 EXCLUDING VAT @17.5% AND CARRIAGE. PRODUCTS BOUGHT BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 20 - DECEMBER 31, WITH PROOF OF PURCHASE OF A MACINTOSH COMPUTER OR A POWER MACINTOSH UPGRADE - £10.00 EXCLUDING VAT @ 17.5% AND CARRIAGE. Features: Find File, Stickies and WindowShade. Desktop printer and PowerTalk icons on desktop. There’s “Stickies? so you can keep important reminders inside your screen (instead of having paper ones crowded around it). And WindowShade, which lets you collapse full-sized windows so that only the title bars are showing — letting you see a lot of documents, without a lot of clutter. In total, System 7.5 shortens, condenses and simplifies so many things on your Macintosh that you'll find yourself more productive and involved in your work than ever — so it also includes a menu bar clock to help you keep track of time. A new choice of options. In conjunction with new or updated appli- cations, the sophisticated font and graphics capabilities of QuickDraw™GX can make your documents look even better than ever and give you more control of printing options. And for people who are busy keeping in touch, with additional software and the Universal Mailbox, all your faxes, e-mail, phone and Internet messages appear in one place. Yet, even with all these options, System 7.5 requires only 8Mb of RAM on a Macintosh and 16Mb of RAM on a Power Macintosh™ (You can install the core of System 7.5 without the Quick- Draw GX and PowerTalk options, requiring only half the RAM.) Of course, while reading about System 7.5 is informative, you really have to experience it for yourself. To do so, visit your Apple Authorised Reseller. For the name of one near you, phone free on 0800 127753 today. And for information on up- grades, call 081 730 2828 And see how much more Macintosh there could be inside your Macintosh. Apple @. Macintosh System 7.5 WHAT’S NEW? This month Once again Macrormat’s Josef Morell takes a look at the wonderful world of Apple, and discovers he quite likes the look of eWorld after all... on’t you just hate it when Apple pro- duces something good? There's nothing that makes a Mac journa- list’s life more worthwhile than a good opportunity to snipe at the burghers of Cupertino or, even better, Stockley Park. But despite all the signs looking good, or rather, bad, I’ve been denied the chance by eWorld. Ever since I saw the preview about a year ago, I’ve been convinced I was going to hate it: ~— Tr I was brought up sucking on an RS232 port, and think the scream of a modem connecting is the music of the spheres cutesy little icons like the cover of Genesis’s Duke LP, and everything laid out like a town centre — you just click on a house to go in. You can even hear the noise of the traffic when you first connect. Ugh! So patronising. I was brought up sucking on an RS232 port instead of a dummy, and think the scream of a modem connecting is the music of the spheres, @ File Edit Places eMail Membership Windows Gadget Mania Tools and Wkigets for the enthusiast of the GOs Sun 4:21 pm Gadget Manie =] Gadget Catalog List #0008 SS es en Pron Alink so what do I need with simple-to-use graphical interfaces? Give me a Hayes AT command any day of the week. Or that’s what I thought. However, I must con- DL time ( baud) Download count: 33 larger than 29K [=i = Srernerts TG SCMtt at File: Gadget ree List sit (1152 bytes) :< 1 minute SUBJECT: Gadget Catalog List 10/02/04 AUTHOR: GadgetMania REQUIRES: Any text editor or word processor that can open files The attached teb delimited text file contains the GadgetMania cat list revised on 10/02/94. If you have FileMaker Pro the file Gadget Catalog Catalog is in a much nicer format. ~~“ Getober 7, 1994 fess, having actually used eWorld for a week or two, I’m converted. It’s so damned easy that anyone can do it, and that alone should bring tens of thousands of Mac users into comms who would never have dreamt of tackling it otherwise. (This has got to be considered a good thing — after all, a Mac without a modem is like a feminist without a bicycle. Or something.) Apple’s new eWorld is based on the same technology as America OnLine, which I raved about last month. This means all you have to do to get on-line is install the software and follow the instructions. It’s so simple that you'll find yourself hooked up and ‘Net surfing within a matter of minutes. Once you're connected, you can do all the usual stuff: download files, send e-Mails, ask questions of experts, refer to databases, etc. But what makes eWorld so special is the fact that it’s accessible to the @ File Edit Places eMail Membership Windows : 62 i i Sun 4:22 pm non-technically minded, Find out about Macintosh Power Macintosh, Newton, Apple software & more. while letting hardened comms-men use short- cuts to get the speed they need. By the time you read Quick baswers |: GI i2r> tro ae Utilities || Ses this (I love writing that, Take advantage off fipple News & ‘T] Apple press rele, it makes me feel like solutions &more. TRF Siti Stack (4.3.1d) r : Apple information!), Information you Rename Rescue (1.0 come Macenosh 10) SimpleText (1.1) &o uae! be wrrlcp toclierend @ Apple OocViewer (1.1.1) @ Apple HO SC Setup (7.2.2) ®@ AppleShareSetup (1.0.1) @ Backlight Control! 1.0 @ Compatibility Checker 2.0 @ OART (1.5.3) @ Disk Copy (4.2) @ Disk First Aid (7.2) B Extensions Manager 2.0.1 Come to the Infolug Remote Control! & Server Controller (1.0) the holder of privileged eWorld should be available properly in the UK. At the moment it’s full of Americans, but that will change, no doubt. eWorld is real com- petition for Compu- Lo Rall — — they are an AppleLink, but we can always hope... One of the main advantages of eWorld over other systems is its direct line to Apple and Apple resources. Of course, Apple staff are no more likely to answer an e-Mail from eWorld than Serve (sorry, but I’m not a number), and is significantly easier for a beginner to handle than Wast Much of eWorld consists of discussion groups, with plenty to read and download. The problem is, everyone here is American, and there aren't many of them yet, so striking up a discussion is difficult, and an intelligent one’s impossible. But when you join, that'll change. trusty old CIX or the immensely disappointing Delphi. (I'll say more on Delphi another time, like when I’m convinced that I haven’t missed something obvious and it really is as dreadful as it looks). Finally, if you haven’t got a modem, turn to page 107 now, send Macrormat £200 and join the rest of us in comms land! Using a Mac that’s not connected to the phoneline is like having an answering machine in the same con- dition — no, really, it’s true! Posef Morrell Fe:(LOM) LONDON, UNITED KINGO THURSORY To: ($70) SAN FRANCISCO, CAR = -UAN-0S-95 ve nolnne z miata) po ha jpxoonafcc-coe PrEEEEE? RRRR ssess EEL 3355339 eee ae al Now this is useful. Eaasy Sabre is the electronic flight reservation system, and though eWorld makes only a vague attempt to shield you from the text-based complexities of the system, with this you can find out flight times and best prices and make a reservation. Cool! For details of eWorld charges and availability, see our Apple Expo guide on page 20 of this issue. MACFORMAT * ISSUE 19 * DECEMBER 1994 24 WHAT’S NEW? Can acc WELCOME TO EWORLD Arts ond Leisure Pavilion — Entertainment &-2 What's het and what's notin fim, music, books and the arts ~along with gorsip, games and fortunes. Ling Well Recipas, tips, and techeiques tokeep the mind, boty, Travel It says here,’Recipes, techniques and tips to keep the mind, body and planet healthy and happy’. Did | mention that eWorld was an American system? No? ERASY SABRE Business oF pleasure? Widower aise? Acar ant hotel reservations wre new at your Faget ini LA sae 1U)) v4 The Mac Zone Aye} ‘Your Macintosh Catalog Superstore! Lowest prices on - . 2500 products i stock - piss vwenight Gebvery. The Marketplace is still under development, with only the (US) MacZone catalogue and the airline booking system Eaasy Sabre available. More is planned soon, however, and before long you should be able to buy just about anything (and pay shipping charges from the US). Newsstand eHorld News trom Reuters Up to the minute headlines and news stories about wort aftairt, business, entertainment, and the weather. eHorld Sports ‘Check for the lanes scores. schedules and nares from the ‘Wary wide worlds of professional & amateur sports ‘The factestoreading narws bites cn line Issues & Interests In the Newsstand are up-to-the minute (if extremely Americo-centric) news reports from USA Today and the Slightly more international Reuters. You will also find all ~ the latest American football, ice hockey and baseball fesults for those who don’t find soccer, rugby and cricket interesting enough — no accounting for taste. —. email Center aS SEA = Sire ANAL MAIL Wn yerread if=3} sesoelaory wv Create & send mat (=) Saved Mall Address Book Storedon your drive Cat your addrent tet (w) Files to Get Automatic Courier Marked te get later Send & get mal & tes Mail to Sead Waiting for you to send Aranty sennby you This is my favourite part of eWorld — its e-Mail system. it's extremely simple to use, and enables you to send files to other eWorld users. One of the best mail systems I've ever come across, it enables you to format mail within eWorld — very unusual and very welcome. It also has full Internet mail service for sending messages outside. g Center TSS Me ~ } Computer Center ™ OH educators, ‘Share teaching and learning resources. find gr ant sources and fending Ups and talk wit other RSP Fending Focus Reference Service Press shows you how and when to get tmoney for study, research ated creative pursuits, bpple Customer Center Coma Ftr aight to Appia for the mast comprenenave info, on Macentod, Power Macintosh, Newton and more. Software Center trem Ziftiet Mac ‘The world claes colection of Mac & Mewten shareware trom Zahet/Mac - Rated, reviewed and wary 1 fed a ‘Straight te the Source Gat Grect anewert and help from leading haréware ahd sat rears compares. News & Industry Getting the Mest Information From Your Computer Buyer's Guides Forums The Learning Center is one of the strongest areas of eWorld. This isn't really that surprising given Apple's strength in the so called K-12 sector in the States (The K-12 sector is kindergarten to 12th grade, or roughly the equivalent of British primary and secondary schools.) Come and get it! All the free software you can eat! Most of it's been on the Macrormat CD of course, but nevertheless there's some good stuff on offer here. And while | hate to speak good of a rival publishing house, the ZiffNet section is really rather excellent, with exclusive software and stories from MacWeek. [OK, that’s enough of that — Ed) Community Center SSS ‘Check this one-stop calendar to find out about ab eWorld con ferences ated special events. eMforid Live Make naw friends and meet your neighbors ford Live th place to go for conversation. Keep ap with the eWorld around you, Jon us for major evens featuring the personalities of the Gay, eWorld Forums Enter here 1o survey aed choose from ‘tha mary topical forums en «Werld. | love comms, but even | draw the line at making friends on-line. Still, if you have a life deficiency, or just like chatting up Yanks, this is the place to be. But beware: it's policed by the electronic equivalent of the SS. WHEN'S THAT CONFERENCE? Double check date & time of eWorld conferences you plan to attend. Look them up in the eWorld Events Calendar. CLICK IT, PRESS IT, SWITCH IT! Gadget Maniacs: Report now to the new eWorld location where best & worst of high- & low-tech toys await you! Every time you enter eWorld, these icons show you a different selection of the day's most interesting areas. 4 GUIDED TOUR OF 3 GATES: Pass through the Gates of Wirt life's passages ParetoKid leads you through his Meditation... in The Sharing Scrolls. > READ IT EVERY WEEK! < eWorld Weekly Newsis the : only publication in existence covering eWorld exclusively! Grab a copy of 10/7 now x2 Business © Finance Plaza mA asa | Keep track of your Investments with timely prkes, Indeones and per tee wacking Money Matters Senctble advice on how to save and where to lmvest from | Tune Media Services The Business and Finance plaza section enables you to justify eWorld to the taxman as a write-offable expense. And you can look up US share prices. Hurrah! a ~ __ Info Booth Mord sistance |e wt. (Coiling support from the eWorld Assistance Center, [Getting Around wa | eWorld (What eWorld icons Mean The Info Booth is eWorld’s on-line help system. It's context sensitive, always available and explains things in clear language. But eWorld is so intuitive and is} simple you should hardly ever need it. Double-click to open MACFORMAT * ISSUE 19 * DECEMBER 1994 25 | P