(37) In System 6 you could save a PostScript text file by pressing option-f or option-k right after printing. This is built into the 7.0 LaserWriter driver as a radio button option. In System 6 you had to press option-k to get the Laser Prep header - using the System 7 LaserWriter driver the LaserPrep is always included, which can create inconveniently large files. You can make them much smaller by not printing any TrueType fonts. Also check out the utilities PS-Trimmer and Strip Fonts at your favorite shareware fishing hole.
(38) To turn off the startup page on a PostScript laser printer, look in the Utilities menu of the LaserWriter Font Utility 7.0 (located on the More Tidbits disk if you have the 800K disk set and on the Tidbits disk if you have the 1.4 MB disk set).
(39) Under System 6 command-shift-4 dumped the screen to an ImageWriter. This does not work in System 7 and cutting and pasting the FKEY resource does not work either. Instead use the shareware utility Flash-It or some other screen capture utility. Alternately use command-shift-3 to save a PICT of the screen and then print from TeachText (the System 7 version can open PICT files).
Thoughtful, detailed coverage of the Mac, iPhone, and iPad, plus the best-selling Take Control ebooks.
Add Notes to Pre-existing Recordings in Pear Note
While most people think of Pear Note as a tool for recording notes live, it can be used to take notes on pre-existing recordings as well. If you have an audio or video recording that you'd like to take notes on in Pear Note, simply:
- Drag the audio/video file to Pear Note and import it into a new document.
- Hit play.
- Click the lock to unlock the text of the note.
Now you can take notes that will be synced to the recording, just as if you'd recorded them live.
Visit Useful Fruit Software
Written by
Adam C. Engst
Published in TidBITS 104.
Subscribe to our weekly email edition.
- 7 Introduction
- Speed Increases
- Installation Information
- Finder Functionality
- Finder Preferences
- Using Applications
- Troubleshooting with System 7
- Zapping the PRAM
- System 7 Bugs & Problems
- Easter Eggs
Printing Tips
by Eric Apgar, Robert Hess 
and Adam C. Engst 
New from Smile: PDFpen for iPad. Sign contracts, make changes, fillout applications and more. With iCloud storage, you get seamless
PDF editing on your Mac and iPad. Take control of your PDFs
wherever you are. Get it on the App Store: <http://smle.us/tbpdfpen>