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a new or forwarded email by just typing an
asterisk into the To line, and then selecting
the group I want from the drop down list of
groups.
The quick way to create a group from
your general addresses is to hold down the
Apple (command) key, click on all the
names you want in the group, and then click
on the New Group button. A group will be
created with all the addresses in it. Give it a
name, and put a check in the Don’t show
Addresses check box so that each person
only sees their own address, and not the
whole list. Click on Save, close the Group
window, and you are ready to send to that
group. You can always open and add to or
delete names from the group at any time.
Bank reconciles in Quicken.
Question: I somehow inadvertently undid
all my bank reconciles in Quicken 2002. I
have reentered several months already,
working backwards from Feb/05. Guess it
is ok not do any more. But for future info, is
there some way to restore the deleted
reconciles? I did look in the Quicken
instructions but was not successful finding
the info.
Answer: There should be a Quicken
Backup folder in the Quicken Essentials
folder in your Quicken 2002 folder, Shirley.
See screenshot of a Quicken 2002 folder.
Look for the last backup prior to erasing the
data, and then double
click on it to open it. If
it still has your data in
it, go to File and Save
As and save it onto the
desktop.
Quit Quicken and
then double click on the
Quicken data file you
saved onto the desktop.
This will now be your
new Quicken data file.
Bring it up to date, and
you should be back in
business.
Appleworks alias
disappeared.
Question: I clicked on the Appleworks
icon and dragged it a bit and it disappeared.
Where did it go? I have an iMac OS 10.
Answer: When you dragged the
Appleworks alias off the dock it went poof
and disappeared in a puff of smoke, Jude.
However, only the alias (shortcut link) to
Appleworks was kerpoofed. The actual
program is still on the Hard Drive.
To restore the Appleworks shortcut link
icon onto the Dock, locate the original
Appleworks application in the Appleworks
folder in the Applications folder on your
hard drive, and drag and drop it onto the
Dock to create a new Dock
alias. The original Appleworks
application should remain in
the Appleworks Folder.
Emptying locked trash
items.
Question: I want to empty
my Trash but it says that the
info is locked. How can I
unlock it?
Answer: Hold down the
Option key when you click on
Empty Trash. That should
override the lock. If that doesn't
work, click on the icon that
won't go away, and from the
File Menu choose Get Info.
Uncheck the Locked
checkbox. In really stubborn
cases, you may also need to
uncheck the lock in the
Ownership & Permissions
subsection of the Get Info
window, and/or change the
ownership to yourself instead of System or
Root. See screenshot.
STFlnit system extension.
Question: Every once in a
while we have a box pop up,
just after starting the computer,
that says "The STFlnit system
extension had an error loading
the ACD1.DRVR driver file.
Please make sure it is in the
Drivers folder of your STF
folder." I can’t figure this one
out. I am using an iMac with
System 9.2.2. Please advise,
preferably in a step by step
answer. It
is much
appreciated.
Thank you
and take care.
Answer: The file in
question is an obscure
subcomponent
(Extension, or INIT) of
a Fax program called
FAXstf. The file has
probably become
corrupted. Unless you
are actually faxing
from the iMac, I would disable or delete it,
as it’s somewhat of a nuisance, and prone to
conflict with other programs.
To delete it, look in the Applications
folder on your hard drive for a folder named
FAXstf and drag it to the
trash. Then, look in the
Extensions folder in the
System Folder for two or
three extensions named
FX(xxx), and two or
three extensions named
STF(xxx) and delete
them. (xxx means some
other text. I don’t
remember the exact
names, and have long
ago deleted all fax
software from my own
computers). Finally, look
for a folder named
STFxxx near the bottom
of the OS 9 System
Folder list, and delete it.
Restart the iMac. That
should clear up the
problem, and prevent the
fax software from
interfering with any
other programs.
If you actually need to
fax from the iMac, then you probably need
to reinstall the FAXstf application from the
original iMac install CD that came with
your computer.
Size and format.
Question: If I have open a picture in
Graphic Converter or Photoshop which
appears small on the screen and I increase
to view at 50% size and I want to print it, it
still prints the original size even thou I
changed from original to enlarge/reduce area
to fit page. So there is something what I am
missing or doing wrong.
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