Blocks of text getting scrambled...
At times when I'm on the net with my MBP
and I two-finger scroll through
message boards, large blocks of text get
moved around and scrambled like a mixed up
Rubik's Cube.
Anyone else experiencing this on their MBP?
Is it a fault of the video card or the intel version of safari?
Yes, it happens to me too. I posted a thread about this and didn't get many responders. It isn't just Safari--I had issues with the included Comic Life application leaving artifacts on the screen as well. It is most likely an issue with the driver for the video card, and is fixable via a software rev whenever Apple gets around to it. There isn't much you can do in the mean time.
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The Finder's Help explains:
To make the Script menu appear:
Open the AppleScript utility located in Applications/AppleScript.
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Yvan KOENIG (Vallauris, FRANCE)
26 avril 2009
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Here it would be easy to edit it if required
property marker : "______"
on run
my activateGUIscripting()
tell application "Pages" to tell document 1
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set destDoc to my makeNewPagesDoc(destName, path to documents folder as text)
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save document destName
my selectIworkDoc(name, nDocSource) (* back to source document *)
end tell -- Pages
end run
--=====
on decoupe(t, d)
local l
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to d
set l to text items of t
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
return l
end decoupe
--=====
on recolle(l, d)
local t
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to d
set t to l as text
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
return t
end recolle
--=====
on dateTimeStamp()
return (do shell script "date " & quote & "+P%Y%m%d-%H%M%S" & quote)
end dateTimeStamp
--=====
on makeNewPagesDoc(n, d)
local f, t
set f to d & n
set t to ((path to applications folder as text) & "iWork '09:Pages.app:Contents:Resources:Templates:Blank.template:") as alias
tell application "Pages"
open t
save document 1 as n in file f
end tell -- Pages
return d as alias
end makeNewPagesDoc
--=====
Use GUI scripting
on selectIworkDoc(a, n)
local m
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else if a = "Numbers" then
set m to 10
else if a = "Keynote" then
set m to 11
else
error "The application “" & a & "“ is not accepted !"
end if
tell application a to activate
tell application "System Events" to tell application process a to tell menu bar 1 to tell menu bar item m to tell menu 1 to click menu item n
end selectIworkDoc
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on activateGUIscripting()
tell application "System Events"
if not (UI elements enabled) then set (UI elements enabled) to true (* to be sure than GUI scripting will be active *)
end tell
end activateGUIscripting
--=====
--[/SCRIPT]
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE dimanche 26 avril 2009 22:32:24) -
Text getting cut off when printing to PDF from Excel
Hello,
I've seen a lot related to this subject but nothing that shows a real solution.
Using Excel 2003-sp3 and Adobe Acrobat v.9 Standard, the right half of the last character in the string gets cut off. It prints from excel fine.
It's not always the text that is the right-most on the page either. An affected PDF file is attached - note the cut off "S" on the last line (NET ASSETS OF GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES).
Any assistance is appreciated.
Thanks,
Kevin Murphyplease delete me from your mailing list. tks.
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:20:28 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Text getting cut off when printing to PDF from Excel
Hello,
I've seen a lot related to this subject but nothing that shows a real solution.
Using Excel 2003-sp3 and Adobe Acrobat v.9 Standard, the right half of the last character in the string gets cut off. It prints from excel fine.
It's not always the text that is the right-most on the page either. An affected PDF file is attached - note the cut off "S" on the last line (NET ASSETS OF GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES).
Any assistance is appreciated.
Thanks,
Kevin Murphy
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