$2 Volume 19, Issue 2 mini'apples newsletter the minnesota apple computer users' group, inc. FEBRUARY 1996 Special Event: Annual Meeting Southdale Library, 7001 York Ave. S., Edina Nick Ludwig 349-0206 See inside for details Telecommunications SIG Apple ll/GS Main Filemaker Pro SIG 31 MN Department of Health Augsberg Park Library, Southdale Library 7100 Nicollet Ave., Richfield 7100 York Avenue South, Edina 717 SE Delaware St.. Mpls. ^ "Research on the Net" © Tom Gates, 789-6981 SteveWilmes, 458-1513 Nick Ludwig. 349-0206 Board of Directors Photoshop SIG AppleWorks SIG Jacor Mini'app'les members welcome. 13 22 ^ Ramsey County Library Matthews Ctr.. 2318 29th Ave. S., 1410 Energy Park Drive #17 2180 Hamline Ave. N., Roseville Rm. C « St. Paul "Spreadsheet: Basic to Inter." 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Mini'app'les Newsletter February, 1996 Table of Contents Telecom Talk with Chuck BjorgenlO Newsletter N e w s l e t t e r S u b m i s s i o n s 3 A2 GEnieLamp January 1996 15 Submissions F o r M y F i r s t A c t 3 Apple IIGS-Specific Newsletter 15 By John Hunkins Jr. F R E E M E M B E R S H I P S 3 December ClarisWorks Meeting Submitted by Tom Ostertag M i n u t e s 1 6 Newsletter article submis Notes from the President 5 sions are required by the 1st of Mac eDOM #946 and #947 5 Unbelievable Deal 17 the month rather than the 9th Call All Ye Members! <S A 2 V e n d o r L i s t 1 7 as previously required. The Nomination Request 6 AppleWorks Gazette Info 18 change is to facilitate the print ing of the newsletter. N e w M e m b e r s 6 Corrupt System Software Tip 18 Articles will be used in the Digital Photography SIG Schedule.7 Convert 3200 19 following month's newsletter where space is available. Public Service Announcement 7 H i g h l i g h t s o f F M 3 . 0 2 0 Send your articles to the Digital Photography SIG 7 Extended Keyboard for the IIGS ..22 Editor/Publisher, Tom Ostertag. Microsoft, Apple Bury the The easiest way to do this is February Telcom SIG Mtg.—Tapping t h e M o t h e r L o d e 8 Hatchet 22 through our BBS. The articles should be submitted as raw Appleworks SIG, February and Patch For HFS File System text. Tom will edit them for March 8 T r a n s l a t o r 2 3 content and format, you do not Microsoft Word SIG 8 Responsibilities of the Mini'app'les need to format your docu Board 24 ments. Ongoing Deals for Mini'app'les W a s i t g o o d f o r y o u ? 2 7 If you have any questions M e m b e r s 9 about the newsletter, please feel Pam Works with ClarisWorks 9 December 1995 Treasurers Report27 free to contact one of the board December Main Mac Meeting Benefits of your mini'app'les mem members or Tom Ostertag. Minutes -14 Dec 1995 10 bership include: 28 jp^ Moving? For My First Going to be away from home and leaving a forwarding address with the Post Office? Please send us a Change of Address when you are Hvliiii informing others. By using a moment of your time and a few cents to by John C. Hunkins, Jr. drop us a card, you save the club some money and you get your newslet ter delivered promptly to your new address. If you don't inform us, the Well, my first attempt at a web Post Office puts your newsletter in the trash (they don't forward third page has gone off with success. (Let's put it this way... it works!) class mail) and charges the club for informing us of your new address. It is the web page for the Stout Change of Address should be sent to the club's mailing address: mini'ap Typographical Society (STS), the stu p'les, Attn: Membership Director, Box 796, Hopkins, MN 55343. dent organization that prints our newsletter at a modest fee. It makes references to other web sites relating FREE MEMBERSHIPS to the Graphic Arts industry and talks about STS and the University of by Pam and Harry Lienke no cost. Wisconsin - Stout. It also makes ref Don't forget to be recruiting new Here are the rules. erence to the new mini'app'les web members and, in return, extend your 1. The recruits must have never site as well, although it's really just a membership. been mini'app'les members or must skeleton right now. From October 1,1995, to March be former members who have not Check it out if you have a chance 31,1996, membership renewals are belonged to our group for at least two and let me know what you think. free to members who recruit new years. The address is: http://users.aol.com/ members. Every new recruit spon 2. The recruits must list you as wwwsts/sts.html sored by a member entitles that mem their sponsor on their enlistment I used my AOL account to house ber to two free months of mini'ap forms. the web site... 2Mb is the maximum For every new member that you p'les membership. Any current mem storage capacity, but the web page is ber that sponsors six new members recruit, the Membership Director will will be rewarded with a one year only something like 300k..