From G3 OS9 to Intel OSX

I'm helping my older uncle, an OS 9 power user, get a new computer.
He understands lots of things about computers, but there are many themes and ideas that he doesn't get, so consider him a newbie. He says he doesn't learn well hands on, but likes reading books (books by Pouge being his favourite).
He has:
G3 iBook (I think it's the white dual USB version with the clear keys) with OS 9
Switching too:
Macbook Pro
I only breifly used OS 9, so I need a little help too.
Here's what I need:
-He's an Office 98 for Mac user, we need a good book on the 2004 Office. He uses Powerpoint a lot!
-How to get his old files to his new computer (Migration + Firewire?)
-Would we need a file converter to use his old powerpoint/word/excel files to the new 2004 office, or will they just open regularly.
-He uses the OS 9 version of Outlook, is there a way to backup his settings and use them in Mail or Entourage?
A lot of the books I had found on switching from OS 9, were switching to 10.1 or 10.2, which would be iffy on helping him. Is there an online resource for switching to tiger directly?

About switching up to OSX. You say books switching to OSX.1 etc are iffy. Look under Mac OS X Tiger: Missing Manual by David Pogue on Amazon.com and there are secondhand ones from $13.98. There is a chapter on where the things you miss in OS 9 have gone, and what has replaced them. That is extremely useful.
Another tip for switching up from OS9 to OSX. I would recommend downloading the free hotkeys application Spark from Versiontracker at http://versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22675
If you are like me then one of the things you might sorely miss at first in switching to OS X is the OS 9 function keys by which you could configure a function key to load an application with the press of one key. With Spark you can do just that for applications and documents. So if you configure separate function keys for your mail application, browser and eg Word, then that will give you a core basic way of getting on with your daily work while still learning all the ins and outs of OSX, which will take a while.
The good news is that even coming this late to OSX it is very worth it and will become second nature. I'm 18 months out of OS9 and now can hardly even remember what different things were called in that system.

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Restart Thunderbird.
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I am sure some of what I am about to ask is/has been covered in the numerous threads under this section, but I have a time crunch on and need help (the Mac is my wife's, but I get to do the tech support since I work in IT [management now, not hands on any more and when it was hands on, it was 8 years ago, SGI's IRIX OS and apps support, not 'hardware'] and she has a deadline approaching).
So take a seat and read on, this is not a short post ...
I have an upgraded G4 sawtooth which was running MacOS9 prior to the upgrades.
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The original HD is still loaded with the original MacOS9 installation plus firmware and OS updates to 9.2 and I can boot from it just fine if I want to.
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The printer (Epson SP1200) and the scanner (Epson Perfection 1660, if I recall correctly [I'm not in front of the system as I type this]) worked just fine and dandy under MacOS9.
Under OSX, the printer still works, but I do not see it in the chooser when running in classic (should i be able to?) and I am unable to access any of the printer specific utilities (like head cleaning, alignment, ink levels etc). I have the drivers from Epson for OSX installed and the drivers for 8.? - 9.2 were installed and working prior to slapping OSX on the system. I believe that I have the Epson OSX driver selected for use by anything needing printing in OSX (after referencing article <http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4682179&#4682179> in a response from Matt Broughton to an earlier question) but am not convinced; the print interface looks suspiciously similar to the GIMP stuff that worked 'out of the box' with the Tiger install and I still get no access to the utilities allowing me to maintain print quality.
I read in another thread that OSX does not allow classic to access 'hardware'.
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- If I 'boot' into the original 9.2, am I really using native 9.2, or is it still classic and am I still 'wrapped' in OSX?
- Do I need to re-install the peripherals' drivers to get them to show up as expected in MacOS9 as a result of the 'selective surgery' performed on the old OS by the OSX installation process?
- Is it down to proper re-selection of the original extensions for the old MacOS9 setup?
I have yet to install the OSX drivers for the scanner, but similar questions arise;
- do I need to do so in order that applications running in Classic 'see' the scanner (and for TWAIN to work)?
- if I install the OSX drivers, will Classic know what to do with them when the scanner is 'asked for' from an OS9 application or does Classic need the MacOS9 drivers as well?
- Do I need to reinstall the MacOS9 drivers as a result of the 'selective surgery' performed on the old OS by the OSX installation process?
- Could it be improper selection of extensions?
Help, please
PS - Any recommendations regarding worthy tomes or texts 'out there' to facilitate troubleshooting issues with OSX running on PowerPC hardware with MacOS9 apps needed in perfect working order (until I can pursuade my wife to upgrade [via £2000 or so of application costs - ouch]) to OSX versions of said applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) would be welcome!

Writing to myself ...
OK, the printing issues are resolved, it was down to extensions being disabled, nothing more.
Still a problem with the scanner. It works OK in OSX. However, in Classic, from Photoshop 5.5, when going to Import->Twain Acquire, I get informed ...
'Cannot find the scanner on the bus
Please ensure that it is switched on, ready to scan and that the cables are attached corectly'
Without wishing to sound irked, the scanner is on, ready to scan and cabled correctly (hence working in OSX!)
After clicking OK, the next msg is ...
'Could not complete the Import command because there is no scanner installed.'
Which again is bogus, since the scanner is installed.
I uninstalled TWAIN with the scanner detached, then re-installed per the instructions regarding upgrading systems. I also did the TWAIN re-install on OS9 first, prior to installing it on OSX, again per the instructions for TWAIN on OSX.
Starting to think fondly of sledge-hammers now, so somebody please help.
For now, I have a work around (use Epson Scan in OSX to scan an image, then open that in PS ...) but still would like to be able to get it to work from inside PS, as it used to before OSX.

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that will alert me when I recieve new pop3 mail? I
used to use AIM for this in windows
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2. Anyone know of a good (free, again) IRC client?
iChat works well.
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to encounter in a new display? It wasn't really bad
flicker, but I could see it.
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4. I leave my desktops on 24/7x365, will that be a
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after 30 mins
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Unlike windoze, never knew if it would be locked up or not.
5. Should I get the extended warranty? I'm usually
against them, but I am expecting this computer to
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before I upgrade, as I got that much out of a Dell
and from what I understand, Mac's do not age nearly
as fast as Windows pc's.
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transfers, giving the buyer the remainder of your warranty.
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