Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / September 2004

Can someone explain to me what is going on with the so-called Symbol
font? In particular: Using PowerPoint X with Jaguar, I can type a Greek
"mu" by typing an "m" and selecting the Symbol font. But if I then
tranfer the file to my laptop which has Office 2004 and Panther, the

I have several QT-compatible video files (mpeg, avis, etc.) that I wish
to burn onto DVD for viewing in a consumer DVD player.  The files need
converting into NTSC format.
I have been using Toast 6 to do this, and it works reasonably well.  But

In the early days of Mac, there used to be a very simple application
called Telstar that would tell you which stars and planets were visible
from a location at that time or later.
Is there a similar application today in the OSX wolrd ?

I just found out that you can include a url in an email or web site that
will launch iChat and start a chat:
<iChat:compose?service=AIM&id=screename&style=audiochat>
Other options include:

I belong to a community group which has general e-mailings.  I notice
that when I get a general mailing, i.e. one sent to everyone, the "to"
header is missing, so one can not see all the email addresses that are
being sent.  When I get an individual email, the "to" header rappears

How does one place a bookmark in Safari's Bookmark Bar that permits
you to e-mail the page you are viewing in the browser window.  I
created one in the past, but I trashed in by mistake, and I forgot
where I picked up the script.

I love my CD Stomper but the s/ware which came with it s*cks under Mac OS 9
and doesn't run at all in OS X.
What's a simple application that will allow me to add a background and text
to CD labels?

I am not clear on the compatibility of DVD-Rs with PC DVD drives.
I am burning "hybrid" DVD-Rs using Toast 5.2.3 on my G4 Quicksilver Mac
with OS 10.3.5.
Will a PC with a DVD reader be able to read my hybrid DVD-Rs? What's

In my Utilities folder was the Stuffit Expander 8.0.2 folder. I
recently tried to install StarCraft and the update didn't unstuff — I
got the message You need StuffIt Engine 8.0.0. I checked Suffit's web
site and all you can get now is 7.0.3. and 9.0 which is only for

What am I missing?  I'm used to having a hyperlink displayed when
moving the cursor over it.  I can't find any preference to make Safari
do this.  Please don't tell me I have to View Source to see it :-(

With OS X how do you create an icon that you can place on the desktop or
in Applications folder that will run a shall script (.sh file) when
double-clicked?

  Just read the thread on fax'ing in Panther.  I have Road Runner and
no phone line connected to my iBook g4/933 OS 10.3.5.  Does the fax work
via some nifty automatic accessing of the phone system through my cable
modem, or must I attach a phone line?

Anyone here using Notetaker?  I know Matt Neuberg is since he introduced
me to this wonderful gem of a program.  Sometimes Notetaker quits for me
when I am making a hyperlink or acts kind of glitchy, not wanting to
make the link or making the link in the wrong place of all the ...

Hi group,
I run a PC/Mac network at home. I am an artist and have only switched
to a Mac G4 back in June ‘03. I love it and the "Mac experience" I do
all my photo editing on the Mac now, my only problem is I can not find

I'm trying to access, through the web, my work email.
Mac OS 10.3.5, Safari /1.2.3 (v125.9)
I can get the initial page to show up, sans icons and other graphics,
and with recently arrived messages displayed. But I can't get past the