Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / July 2007

My firewall is blocking pings from my ISP so I'm thinking of adding the ISP's
IP address to the 'Trusted Group'. If I add the address using wildcards (e.g.
89.100.*.*) would that be wise? In other words, do all IP addresses starting
with 89.100 belong to the ISP?

My MacBook has developed an annoying little noise.  It's hard to
describe but is a kind of clunky tick type of noise.  It seems to be
coming from the right hand side of the machine, and possibly towards the
front.

I have a friend in the US who is a Prof. of Biology.
He's used Macs right from the beginning and his labs are always equipped
with Macs.
He got an iPhone on the first day and he's sent me a couple of emails

My wife asked me to download a job application form which is in
Microsoft Word format. I opened it up in NeoOffice, but the pages are
formatted wrongly and consequently print wrongly. I need a quick way of
opening this document and printing it ASAP. Can anyone suggest a method