Change CharPalette on the fly

Hello
As it seems that the favourite page of the CharPalette may help many of us, I wrote a couple of scripts allowing us to switch from a page to an other one.
It is fine also to instal a specific palette on several machines.
The beast is available in my iDisk.
<http://idisk.mac.com/koenigyvan-Public?view=web>
Download: koenigyvan:Public:change_palette.dmg.zip
Unpack it will give a dmg file named "change_palette.dmg".
Open it will give you a disk image on the desktop.
Double click on "grab_palette.applescript" will open the 1st script in the Script Editor.
Execute it.
You will be asked to create a folder in the disk image then, the installed palette definition will be copied into the new folder.
Double click on "install_palette.applescript" will open the 2nd script in the Script Editor.
Execute it.
You will be asked to choose a folder containing a palette definition in the disk image then, the palette enclosed in the selected folder will be installed in your account.
Play with it, it's FREE and efficient.
I left the script in text format because I don't own a MacIntel and so I am unable to check the behaviour of scripts compiled as bundles on these machines.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE jeudi 20 décembre 2007 12:02:34)

Post Author: SKodidine
CA Forum: General
You can print the very first page on a letterhead and the rest on plain paper, not sure if it can be done where the first page of every group is printed on a letterhead.
File | Print | Preferences
Depending on your printer, under the 'Paper' tab, you should see a tab titled 'All Pages'. Under it you should have a check box with 'Use different paper for first page'. Upon checking that box, you will be given options on which tray and paper to use for the first page and the same for the other pages and also for the last page.
That is how I print the first page on letterhead and the rest on plain paper. The only issue I see with your printing would be to get it to print on letterhead for every group header.

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