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Apple Mail solves Gmail attachment problem

I often receive Word files or PDFs by email. It’s not a problem — I use Gmail’s web interface for handling my email and often choose to view the attachment as HTML or in Google Docs. Sometimes I download them and view them on my own machine. The other day though I received a Word [...]

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Gourmet Baker GB717 breadmaker manual

Before selling our Breadmaker I scanned the manual. Download the manual for the Gourmet Baker GB717 breadmaker from here.

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Photoshop book free – for a few weeks

SitePoint say: Our Sensational Photoshop book is now FREE to Download! That’s right! No catches, no samples. For a LIMITED TIME only, a COMPLETE COPY of Corrie Haffly’s Brilliant Photoshop Web primer is free to download. [Mentioned on the Wise Women mailing list.] By the way: the catch is that you must supply your email [...]

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Leopard Tips book

OK, I haven’t read this, but it’s probably pretty good — Rob Griffiths, editor of the MacOSXHints.com Web site has created the 70 page Macworld Mac OS X Hints Superguide, Leopard Edition: Discover over 200 tips for Mac OS X, Mail, Safari, and more, including Terminal basics and beyond! It’s available as a printed book [...]

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Beyond the printed book

Over at Thinking Outside the Book Maria Langer wrote an excellent article about ebooks. This is my comment and response. Please read her article first. I think the ‘problem’ of ebooks is particularly acute in the area of technical writing — software how-to manuals and the like — more than it is for fiction. Information [...]

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Send the right message

You’ve designed a conference programme with photos, explanations of the workshops, a registration form, extra information. What’s the best way to distribute this? [First published February 2005.] Email and web Imagine it’s your annual conference. It’s a big event with speakers and workshops, conference strands and a fundraiser dinner. You’ve designed a programme with a [...]

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