$3 Volume 21, Issue 3 mini'apples newsletter the minnesota apple computer users' group, inc. Board of Directors Macintosh Main Quicken/Investment SIG 3 mini'app'les members welcome. 12 era Washburn Library 2850 Metro Drive, Rm 124 Byerly's 5244 Lyndale Avenue S.. Mpls Bloomington 7171 France Ave. S., Edina "ALPS Printers" Dale Strand, 835-5872 Eric Jacobson, 603-9111 Denis Diekhoff. 920-2437 ClarisWorks SIG" DRAGnet Macintosh Novice SIG Bethesda Lutheran Care Center 840 12th Avenue NE Merriam Park Library River Heights Campus "Help test/sort equipment 1831 Marshall Avenue, St. Paul 724 - 19th Ave N, South St Paul (Mac/Apple II)" Tom Lufkin, 698-6523 John Hunkins, Jr., 457-8949 Tom Gates, 789-6981 Telecommunications SIG Fourth Dimension SIG Mac Programmers SIG 5 * & Epiphany Lutheran Church 16 8200 Humbolt Ave South Van Cleve Park Building 1414 East 48th Street S, Mpls 2nd Fir. Conference Rm. Blmgtn 901 15th Avenue SE, Mpls "Just Cruising" £3 Bob Demeules, 559-1124 Gervaise Kimm, 379-1836 Bert Persson, 861-9578 Apple ll/GS Main Apple II Novice SIG Filemaker Pro SIG Augsburg Park Library, 17 f\—N Ramsey County Library Partners <* 7100 Nicollet Ave., Richfield 2180 Hamline Ave, Bloomington 1410 Energy Park Drive #5 Tom Gates, 789-6981 Ui Tom Gates, 789-6981 St Paul SteveWilmes, 458-1513 Newton/eMate SIG Photoshop DRAGnet 10 rt^ University Club . Southdale Library 840 12th Avenue NE 420 Summit Ave, St. Paul 7001 York Ave South, Edina "Help test/sort equipment Jennifer Hunt, 623-4754 Denis Diekhoff, 920-2437 (Mac/Apple II)" [email protected] i Tom Gates, 789-6981 Microsoft Word SIG Macintosh Consultants SIG ** See page 6 for detailed 2850 Metro Drive Rm 124, Blmgtn 19 Box Suite directions to ClarisWorks SIG "Tom Moen: Word & Office Suite" |;r | Louisiana Ave & Cedar Lake Rd Tom Ostertag St. Louis Park D 951-5520 E 488-9979 Bob Demeules, 559-1124 mini'apples /<*% The Minnesota Apple Computer Users' Group, Inc. P.O. Box 796, Hopkins, MN 55343 Board of Directors: Introduction - This is the Newsletter of mini'app'les, the Minnesota Apple Computer Users' Group, Inc., a President Eric Jacobson Minnesota non-profit club. The whole newsletter is (612)603-9111 copyrighted © by mini'app'les. Articles may be repro [email protected] duced in other non-profit User Groups' publications Vice President Owen Strand except where specifically copyrighted by the author. (612)427-2868 (Permission to reproduce these articles must be given by [email protected] the author.) Please include the source when reprinting. Secretary Georgi Bantz (612)-835-3696 Questions - Please direct questions to an appropriate [email protected] board member. Users with technical questions should refer to the Members Helping Members section. Treasurer Ardie Predweshny (612)823-5111 Dealers - mini'app'les does not endorse specific [email protected] dealers. The club promotes distribution of information Erik L. Knopp which may help members identify best buys and ser Membership Director vice. The club itself does not participate in bulk pur Operations & Denis Diekhoff chases of media, software, hardware and publications. Resource Director (612)920-2437 Members may organize such activities on behalf of Publications Director John Hunkins, Sr other members. 612-457-8949 [email protected] Advertisers - For information, see Newsletter Ad Rates box within this issue. Software Director Bruce Thompson (612)546-1088 Newsletter Contributions - Please send contributions [email protected] directly to our Post Office, Box 796, Hopkins, MN SIGs: Mac Bert Persson 55343 or upload them to our BBS at 824-4394. (612)861-9578 Deadline for material for the next newsletter is the 1 st [email protected] of the month. An article will be printed when space SIGs: Apple II Keary Olson permits and, if in the opinion of the Newsletter Editor (612)724-0031 or Manager, it constitutes material suitable for Past President Bob Demeules publication. (612)559-1124 Editor/Publisher: Tom Ostertag 488-9979 [email protected] Newsletter Layout: John Hunkins mini'app'les BBS -824-4394, 24 hrs. Settings: 8-1-0. Call in with FirstClass® Client software or any text- based terminal program. mini'app'les Voice Mail - 229-6952 mini'app'les WWW site: http://www.miniapples.org Printed by Stout Typographical Society The mini'app'les Newsletter is an independent publication not affiliated, sponsored, or sanctioned by Apple Computer, Inc. or any other computer manufacturer. The opinions, statements, positions, and views herein are those of the author(s) or editor and are not intended to represent the opinions, statements, positions, or views of Apple Computer Inc., or any other computer manufacturer. Instead of placing a trademark symbol at every occurrence of a trade-marked name, we state that we are using the names only in an editorial manner, to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. mini'app'les Newsletter March, 1998 FOR RENT: BRILLIANT Table of Contents PRESENTATIONS Microsoft Word SIG Meeting 5 r Proxima On Call*" Macintoch Main Meeting 5 Rental Program. For the Multimedia March Telecommunications Meeting 5 Projector You Need. When You Need It. • Local service and Unusual Location for the March 4 ClarisWorks SIG 6 support • Fast delivery P a m W o r k s W i t h C l a r i s W o r k s 6 • PC and Macintosh compatibility • A variety of projectors Errors Errors Everywhere, But What Does It Mean? 7 and panels to choose from 1 Expert advice M a c O S 8 . 1 D e l i v e r s U n d e r t h e H o o d 1 3 on selecting equipment All About Macintosh Extended Format (HFS Plus) 14 ■Rental credit program For mora Information raqarding: Apple: The Inside Story of Intrigue, Egomania, and Business Blunders 17 Computer Projection Systems— What was happening in the Mini'app'les Newsletter 18 LCD, Data or Video Projectors Complete Conference and Training Rooms Printers • Labeling • Signage Systems WebRamp 18 All A/V Equipment—Sales • Service • Rentals PLEASE CALL G o o d d e a l s # 5 1 1 9 ♦♦^XlERREy_BROTHERS INC 3300 University Ave. S.E. Bylaws of Minnesota Apple Computer Users' Group, Inc. (Proposed) 21 Minneapolis, MN 55414-9852 .^jTvj 612-331-5500 •1-800-933-7337 Not for the mathematically challenged: 23 J f c V * ( A s k t o r E x t e n s i o n 2 5 4 ) r CHANGE OF ADDRESS Volunteer Opportunities Moving? Going to be away from home and leaving a for warding address with the Post Computer Testing Office? Please send us a Come join mini'app'les mem Help Test Apple II equipment Change of Address when you bers for some excellent volunteer DragNet are informing others. By using opportunities. This is your chance 840 12th Ave NE, Minneapolis a moment of your time and a to show us your computer knowl March, 14th & 28th few cents to drop us a card, edge and to help others along the Contact: Tom Gates, 789-6981 you save the club some money way. and you get your newsletter delivered promptly to your new address. If you don't inform us, the Post Office puts your newsletter in the trash Cactus Software & (they don't forward third class Communications, Inc. mail) and charges the club for informing us of your new "Sharp and to the point" address. Change of Address should be sent to the club's Documentation Services for: mailing address: mini'app'les, Computer Software Technical Manuals Attn: Membership Director, Mechanical Systems Training Courses Box 796, Hopkins, MN 55343. 612/757-6916 Fax 757-4515 mini'app'les Newsletter March, 1998 Need Help? Have a question the manual Members doesn't answer? Members Helping Members is a group of-volunteers who have generously agreed to help. They are just a phone call (or e-mail) away. Helping Please call only during appropriate times, if you are a Member, and own the Members software in question. Macintosh Key If you would like to be a "Members Helping Members" volunteer, please e-mail John Hunkins Sr. with your name & phone number on our BBS, or leave a voice- C l a r i s D r a w 3 mail message at 229-6952, or use the MultiForm mailer near the back of this C l a r i s R e s o l v e 2 issue. C l a r i s W o r k s 2 , 8 , 9 , 1 0 Cross-Platform File Trnsfr 6 FileMaker Pro 2 First Class 2 Applell Key ApplelIGS Key MacWrite Pro 2 Microsoft Excel 3,6,7 Appleworks 1,6,9 HyperCard GS 1 Microsoft Word 6 Applewriter 6 Smartmonev GS 1 MYOB 7 Publish It! 1 Photoshop 4 To. Superfonts 1 Quicken 3 To. Superform 1 System 7 9 Word Perfect 5 New Users 11 1. Les Anderson 735-3953 DEW 2. Brian Bantz 956-9814 DEW 3. Mike Carlson 1-218-387-2257 I) D-days (generally 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) 4. Erie Jacobson 645-6264 D E-evenings (generally 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.) W-weekends (generally I p.m. to 9 p.m.) 5. Nick Ludwig 593-7410 DEW In any case, call at reasonable hours and ask 6. Tom Ostertag 488-9979 EW if this is a convenient time for them. By the 7. Ardie Predweshny 823-5111 D way, these volunteers can also be reached 8. Owen Strand 427-2868 1) on our BBS! We appreciate your cooperation. 9.