I do love my new Mac but sometimes the stuff I don’t know about it makes my head feel like it’s going to explode. In an ill considered moment of frugality I had iWork installed instead of Word. At my first one-to-one at the Apple Store I was tutored by a smart guy who I swear was about fourteen years old on how to use iWork. The first problem I had was the folder/file thing. When I had a real filing cabinet I’d put the folders into the files – but in computer world you put files into the folders. I’ve never gotten a handle on this. You know how the animals’ eyes turned into little X’s in Fantastic Mr. Fox? That’s what happened to mine during this file/folder debate with the smart guy. But after thirty minutes of appearing as a brain dead hysteric, I suddenly got the upper hand with paragraphs. We were formatting manuscript pages and I said I needed paragraphs, which appeared to be a slightly foreign concept to him, but finally he seemed to figure it out and said “Okay, you hit the tab when you want a new paragraph.” I said, “I never hit tab for paragraph, I hit enter. And I also would like my page numbers to start on page 2, not the first page.” He had to look it up in the manual for Apple trainers. I don’t have many moments of technological triumph so I gloated about this for days.
For those of you in the same boat check out my friend Rob Daly’s new website: http://meetyourmac.com/ Every couple of days he offers tips about your Mac. He also does private consultations and remote screen sharing (at a dollar per minute). The screen sharing teaching is pretty terrific and a good deal too - a lot of questions can be answered in minutes. He showed me how it worked and I decided to do a Mac Party for him so he can show my friends. If you live in
This post terrifies me. I'm still a PC user.
Posted by: elizabeth | January 06, 2010 at 10:27 PM
The sole reason I still have a Sony Vaio and (such a relief) Windows 7 is Word. A necessity in editorial work. Word on the Mac simply is not the same program as on the PC. A pity --tis true, tis pity, and pity tis, tis true. I still want a Mac for everything else.
Posted by: Glenn Court | January 07, 2010 at 05:15 AM
I reinstalled Word on my Mac! The ink pad program just doesn't compare. And it becomes particularly frustrating when you email files that people who don't have Mac cannot read!
Posted by: Gerda McDonough | January 07, 2010 at 06:32 AM
Thanks SO much for posting this link!
Posted by: christa allan | January 07, 2010 at 06:37 AM
You might also want to check out www.macsales.com
A company started by a 13 yr old who is now in his 30s and is worth 60 million. He teaches mac users how to add memory, etc using videos, tons of apple products at discount...just check it out. Mac knows all about it and has given it's blessing.
Also to share documents with PCs- print to PDF (it's a choice in your printer folder-if not download cutepdf).
Posted by: June | January 07, 2010 at 08:27 AM
My son is tutoring on the nuances of Word. Well, remember the days when you taught your kids how to drive (not a good idea). Well, this is the reverse. He doesn't hold onto the door handle, but his voice goes up several decibels and I feel like the village idiot. For example, when I forget to connect my computer to the docking station he'll say, "And what is wrong with this picture?" without giving me the slightest hint of the error of my ways. Oh, to have been born into the computer generation. Best, Loren
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