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<h6>Better Text Formatting in iPhoto</h6>
<p><p>If you're creating a card or book in iPhoto, and you're not happy with the formatting options for the text (such as line spacing or justification), copy the text out to TextEdit, make the changes you want there, and paste it back into iPhoto, which will retain your changes.</p></p>
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<p class="credit">Written by<br><a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a></p></div></div>
<a href="/article/4273"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4273', 'show')">Reversing Your View</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4273" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4273">Recently in TidBITS, we've examined a few factors that contribute to poor readability on computer monitors (see Better Typography Coming to a Screen Near You in TidBITS 403, and the followup Web Reading Requires More than Just Character(s) in TidBITS 405)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 22 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4271"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4271', 'show')">LaserWriter Edges Up to 8.5.1</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4271" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4271">Apple's recent release of LaserWriter 8.5.1 may not appeal to all users, but promises to catch the eyes of publishing professionals. Among a handful of features, the new version supports printing over IP-only networks via the LPR protocol, but with a caveat: only Mac OS versions 7.5 through 7.6.1 will work; Mac OS 8 users must wait for the next revision to the system software</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 20 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4272"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4272', 'show')">Trash Tip for Mac OS 8 PowerBook Users</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4272" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4272">NetBITS editor in chief Glenn Fleishman recently noted: "Pressing Command-Delete is a convenient way to move selected files in the Finder to the Trash without mouse action</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 20 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4259"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4259', 'show')">Eudora Pro Price Reduced, Beta Available</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4259" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4259">In a press release today, Qualcomm announced a special holiday price reduction on Eudora Pro 3.0. Through 08-Dec-97, you can buy Eudora Pro for an estimated price of $29, approximately half of the previous average street price of $59 (prices may vary at different retailers)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 17 Nov 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4260" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4260">Fog City Software has released LetterRip 2.1.1, the latest version of their easy-to-use mailing list server software. Version 2.1.1 adds a number of small but welcome improvements, including increased performance accessing subscriber lists (necessitating a new internal subscriber list format - you cannot revert to previous versions without exporting and re-importing your subscriber lists) and reduced memory usage for searches using Apple events</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 17 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4256"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4256', 'show')">PowerBooks Get Zipped</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4256" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4256">Owners of PowerBooks with expansion bays - the 190, 5300, 1400, 3400, and G3 models - will finally be able to use their storehouse of Zip disks on the road without packing an external drive and its bulky power supply</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 12 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4257"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4257', 'show')">Apple Store Books $500,000 in 12 Hours</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4257" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4257">Shortly after removing the deadbolt on the Apple Store Monday, Apple reported placement of $500,000 in orders during its first 12 hours of business. The online store, which offers build-to-order (BTO) Power Macintosh G3 computers using WebObjects technology acquired by NeXT, shouldered 4.4 million hits during the time period between noon and midnight PST</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 12 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4254"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4254', 'show')">Apple and Build-to-Order</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4254" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4254">Weldon Dodd comments about our Is Apple Thinking Different? article in TidBITS 404: "Your article lacked some analysis of Apple's important new build-to-order (BTO) system</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 11 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4255"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4255', 'show')">Eudora Internet Scheduler?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4255" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4255">In response to our Qualcomm Buys Now Software MailBIT in TidBITS 404, Mark C. Corsi writes: "In assessing the benefits of Qualcomm's acquisition of Now Software, you overlook Now Contact and Now Up-to-Date</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 11 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4240"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4240', 'show')">Apple Releases G3 Power Macs</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4240" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4240">Today, Apple unveiled the Power Macintosh G3 series and the PowerBook G3, which sport the new PowerPC 750 chip, more commonly known as the G3. Apple also announced the Multiple Scan Display 720, a new 16-inch monitor</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 10 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4241"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4241', 'show')">Shop at the Apple Store</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4241" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4241">Apple today unveiled its new direct sales model, fronted by the WebObjects-based Apple Store. The Apple Store offers most, if not all, Apple products to U.S</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 10 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4242"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4242', 'show')">Qualcomm Buys Now Software</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4242" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4242">Today Qualcomm, the wireless communications company best known in the Macintosh world for Eudora, announced the acquisition of Now Software, makers of Now Utilities and Now Up-to-Date</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 10 Nov 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4243" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4243">Over two years after the last release of QuarkXPress, Quark is now shipping version 4.0 of the popular desktop publishing application. QuarkXPress 4.0 incorporates a number of new features, including support for character-level style sheets, the ability to create objects with bezier curves on a point-by-point basis, and options for controlling clipping paths in images</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 10 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4238"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4238', 'show')">Will Apple Think Different? </a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4238" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4238">Apple plans to make several announcements on Monday, 10-Nov-97, some expected; others mysterious. We expect Apple to announce new Macintoshes based on the PowerPC 750 chip (also known as G3 or Arthur)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 09 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4236"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4236', 'show')">Speed Doubler Doubly Updated to 8.0.1A</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4236" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4236">Connectix has solved the problem with the Speed Doubler 8.0.1 updater and posted a Speed Doubler 8.0.1A updater. As we noted a few days ago, the update fixes a number of bugs and resolves a conflict with StuffIt Deluxe 4.5's StuffIt Browser</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 07 Nov 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4237" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4237">In a departure from their focus on Mac Internet tools like Anarchie, NetPresenz, and Internet Config, Peter Lewis's Stairways Software has released their first game, called Greebles</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 07 Nov 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4233" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4233">Connectix has temporarily removed the Speed Doubler update that we reported on in yesterday's collection of TidBITS Updates. According to a message on the Speed Doubler download page, some people have received a "resource not found" error message upon running the updater</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 06 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4234"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4234', 'show')">QuicKeys Revs for Mac OS 8</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4234" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4234">After installing Mac OS 8, QuicKeys users have encountered problems with installed contextual menu commands not appearing on menus and with the Close Window and Zoom Window Mousies not working</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 06 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4235"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4235', 'show')">Eudora Internet Mail Server 2.0 Released</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4235" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4235">Qualcomm has released the final version of the $199 Eudora Internet Mail Server 2.0 (EIMS), which provides significant enhancements over the still-available free EIMS 1.2</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 06 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4230"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4230', 'show')">BBEdit 4.5.1... and 4.5.1a</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4230" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4230">Yesterday, Bare Bones Software announced an update to BBEdit, a widely used text, HTML, and programming editor. According to the press release, the new BBEdit 4.5.1 supports HTML tags for style sheets, frames, scripts, and applets, plus provides enhanced HTML updating and validation</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 05 Nov 1997</div></div>
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