I usually don’t like to discuss books (except in person with friends/colleagues) very much until I have an ISBN number. Well, here it is! My next book is going to address what I consider the most important challenge to Apple Server nerds like myself: can a server really be installed off the app store with no technical skills? I also tackle the meaning of life (somewhere on page 42) in this book, but that’s not nearly as interesting a topic… I am about 80 percent done with it and it should be out within the next 5 to 6 weeks. One of the things that really impresses me about O’Reilly…
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Lion's Versions Feature
In Mac OS X Lion, applications can make use of a feature to auto-save and version files. This feature locks files that are inactive for editing and when the file is unlocked then starts automatically saving versions. If you have a problem with the file you can then always step back to a previous version of the file. The feature is manifested in the title bar and the file menu of applications that make use of it. When you open a file, it can be locked. Viewing the file in the Finder also shows that it is locked. Clicking on locked provides the option to unlock. Once unlocked you can…
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Documentation on the Mac
Starting to warm up to Pages. Especially since I figured out that if you click on am image and then click on the inspector that you can set the image to Inline, which makes it where it doesn’t move as you type more text. Very nice. Will save much time.
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Pages: Inline Photos
So when you paste a photo/screenshot into Pages you can configure whether it stays where you put it despite text or whether it moves around with the text. If you’re working on a large document it can be very annoying to have to move each image around while you’re typing. So, to configure the image to stay with the text, open the Inspector (View -> Show Inspector) and click on the image. Then click on the Object Placement tab of the Inspector and click on Inline. Optionally, you can also have the text wrap around the image or put the image on its own line here too.