Washington Apple Pi Journal, March-April 2000
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Mar. 25 Technical Paper Review .................. 20 Apple's Tech Exchange iMac Website: by Stuart Bonwit Extraordinarire ................................. 92 July I August ..................... May 25 Font of Wisdom ................................ 21 by Beverly Smith. by Lawrence I. Charters Maclnterface-The Cool Way To Get Editorial Staff Cartoon, Charles Stancil ................. 23 Jump Started On Your Mac ............ 93 by Barbara Passman Managing Editor Kathryn Murray 804/ 580-2366 Macintosh [email protected] Nova Development's Print Associate Editor Explosion ............................................ 24 Bonnie Ashbaugh 301 I 946-8955 by Steven Kiepe [email protected] Extensis Portfolio and CD-ROMs Icon Gulde Review Editor/Macintosh Editor Keeping Your Digital Images Lawrence Charters Organized ........................................... 27 410 I 730-4658 Macintosh [email protected] by Dennis R. Dimick I Apple II Editor 410 I 766-1154 Nikon CoolPix 950-Nice Enough General Interest Art Editor Pictures .............................................. 30 rr Blake Lange 301 I 942-9180 by John Barnes Apple II, lie, & IIGS [email protected] That WOW Thing You Do .............. 33 d Calendar Editor by Jerry Kindall Apple m (SARA) Bill Wydro 301 I 299-5267 [email protected] The Journal of Washington Apple Pi, Ltd. is an independent publication not affiliated or otherwise associated with or sponsored or sanctioned by Apple Computer, Inc. The opinions, statements, positions• and views stated herein are those of the author(s) or publisher and are not intended to be the opinions, statements, positions or views of Apple Computer, Inc. 2 Washington