New Forum Interface Headache - simple solution suggested.

Much of the headache as expressed in this forum could easily be alleviated by Oracle if they answered one simple question...Where is the doco?
The FAQ link offers very little help on getting started.
I think publishing a Quick User guide (link) would be extremely helpful detailing just 4 simple things:
1) How to get context of a specific forum
2) How to search threads for information within a forum
3) How do I post a new message or respond to a message
4) How do I retrieve my posted questions (one FAQ is helpful here)
Answers to these questions would probably meet 90% of people's needs. All the rest are bells and whistles and not essential to the original purpose of the forums.
PaulP

OK I got answers to my questions on another forum so for all the newbies here is all you need to know:
1) How to get context of a specific forum
Go to Home-> Under communities-> Go to Oracle Database-> Click on Application Express.
The Navigation looks like this=> All Places > Developer > English > Oracle Database > Application Express > Discussions
2) How to search threads for information within a forum
Open some specific forum-> go to content tab and type text in the textfield and give Enter.
3) How do I post a new message or respond to a message
After logging in, Suppose you want to post question in APEX forum means Go to APEX forum-> There is a small region called 'Actions'-> Select Start a discussion-> Mark the checkbox below the subject to make the discussion as a question else unmark it to make it as discussion.
4) How do I retrieve my posted questions (one FAQ may be helpful here)
After logging in, Click on your username-> Go to content tab->Under Authored, You can see your posts. Under participated, You can see the posts where you participated.
hope this helps to overcome your disorientation.
PaulP

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Search Forum option missing from new forum interface

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I was looking to search in the forum and there appears to be no search option to search messages in the forum.
This option was there in the old forum software.
Any ideas?

Ditto. It takes too long, and returns too many spurious "hits", to search through all of the forums.
Any response to this yet?

Poor design on the hard shell... but there's a simple solution / suggest

Do you like using the Micro's hard shell casing as a desk-prop? Are you annoyed that you have to unplug and re-plug the headphones from the jack every time you want to take it out (to change the battery, for instance)?
So am I. Plus, I noticed that in the picture of the wireless headphone transmitter mount there is not such inconvinent bar. Inspired by this, I found a simple solution: Cut a path for the jack through that narrow bar of plastic at the top of the shell. It doesn't seem to weaken the shell, and it frees you up to insert and remove the Micro without fear of wearing out your headphone jack.
It's easy enough to fit, but making it this way at the factory should be something for Creative to consider for the next production run.

I'm not saying cut the whole **bleep** top off, just a small channel through it for the headphone jack; there is still the majority of the top to keep the pressure on from above. Plus, most the resistance is from the bottom and two thicker bands of foam-like ,material on the lateral sides of the case. The tope seems a little superfluous, as shown by the willingness to skip that part in the wireless headphone transmitter base.
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New Forum Interface

Hi guys I got this question about the new interface of this forum. Is it possible to remember passwords? At the previous interface it was... Now, I'm very very lazy and i hate to keep typing my email and password. Is it possible?
(or am I just the only lazy guy inhere ;-) ?)

If you sign on using the bug database login page, it
at least remembers your p/w. Needs about 4 clicks to
get to the forums.It's also a nice trick when the 'normal' login is not available but the fora are still up and running.
- Saish

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Apple Batteries - iPad http://www.apple.com/batteries/ipad.html
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Restore from the backup!
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Stop making new forum categories! I can't find anything!

Ok. So I know that now that Buzzword has been 'integrated'
with many other Adobe things, it has a lot more users, but I truly
miss the old forum more and more. Especially considering how many
people are on now. In the old forum, new comments were on the top,
one did not have to search for them. And they were all in one
place, rather than people making their own category (like I am
doing now).
I would also really like to know if the old forum is still
accessible somewhere? I am curious to see what the last comments
were by older users of Buzzword.
My suggestions:
1 - Bookmarks. I have become dependent on bookmarks.... Open
Office does it so well, it is easy to create and browse through
them. You could make, like a little box (similar to the symbol
insert one) where users could create, destroy, and follow bookmarks
with just a click. It would be awesome.
2 - A floating message thing. Something that you could write
comments in but wasn't attached to a specific line. I have created
separate documents for this purpose, but it would be nice to be
able to have it to the side. Like Macintosh Stickies or something.
3 - I thought I had another idea that I posted in the old
forum... But I can't remember it... Is there anyway to visit that?
4 - Everyone wants a new organizer. Tags and folders and
stuff. I suppose it would be nice. But it is defiantly the most
suggested feature in the old forum.
5 - It would also be nice to be able to re-name a document
for your organizer alone. Not that it would affect the true name
and how others saw it.
6 - A horizontal ruler.
7 - Another thing that would be great is a 'mark as unread'
feature, like e-mail has, in case I opened a document and didn't
find what was different or just wanted to mark it so I remember to
look at it when I get on next. And on that note, it would be nice
if Buzzword could temporarily mark (with an underline or something,
perhaps a colored bar to the left) changes that happened to the
document.
8 - Fix the forum. I am all for freedom, usually. But I think
there could be more control. Like not allowing everyone to make new
topics, but preform within the topics that are there. It is easier
to organize this way. Less chaotic.
Oh, and if there have been more changes to buzzword that I
don't know about, then you should consider updating the "Welcome to
Buzzword" document....
Thank you for this wonderful word processor. It really is one
of my favorite (ironically, because it is more simple, yet pretty
and has pagination. It is a pity to me that so many new users want
formats and styles and such...) Thanks for reading all our comments
so patiently.

The old Buzzword forum is no longer available, as we want to
encourage existing and new users to frequent this forum to post
their ideas, comments and ask questions.
However, we are currently going through all of the content of
the old Buzzword Forum (there were many great ideas and good
solutions which we don't want to lose) to bring the solutions to
this forum. You'll see some new postings in this forum based on the
content in the original Buzzword forum.
The ideas and suggestions for feature enhancements have been
logged with the product team. So, your ideas and comments have had
an impact!

New Forum FAQ

This is a work in progress and will be re-formatted soon into individual Question/Answers in an FAQ subforum.
Can I over write the forums style sheets to change the layout?
Yes, Please see this discussion of scripts that can help you change your view of the Forums: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/294008?tstart=30
How can I see the interface in Japanese, French, German, Spanish, or Simplified Chinese?
In order to see pages in these languages, you can click the Region links at the top of page (where it lists a country name and says “Change”), choose your region and language from the pop-up menu. Click on "Remember this choice" under the menu.
Why do some older messages appear with parentheses around user names?
For a three-month period before our new forums were launched, we encouraged users to go through an account migration process to associate their former User to User forum IDs with their Adobe ID. Accounts with the parentheses are from those users who had content in the old Adobe User to User Forums, but who have not yet signed into the new system. The parentheses were added to these account names so they could be imported into the new system without clashing with screen names associated with Adobe IDs.
Once a user logs in with that account in the new system the parentheses will go away.
How do I participate in the Adobe Online Forums via email?
Visit the forum you wish to participate in and click on the link to "Receive email notifications". You will start receiving new messages posted in that forum. You can reply to the messages directly from your email or you can click on a link in the message to come back to the forum.
Can I start a new discussion topic via email?
Yes. Once you have subscribed to a forum you can click on the “Your Stuff” link in the forums, click on “Mailing Lists” and find a "Create Discussion" email link for each forum you are subscribed to. Copy the full email address (it may wrap onto two lines) into your email client's address book and send new discussions to this address.
Can I include a file attachment via email?
You can include a file attachment in an email that starts a new forum discussion, but you cannot attach a file to an email reply to an existing discussion.
How do I stop receiving email notifications from the Adobe Forums?
To discontinue receiving thread subscription updates, you can change your personal settings in the web-based forums. To do this, login to the Adobe Forums by visiting http://forums.adobe.com/ and click on "Login".
Once you've logged in with your Adobe ID and password, click the menu item labeled "Your Stuff" and select "Profile". Select the "Email Notifications" tab, check the threads for which you would no longer like to receive subscription updates and click "Remove Selected Notifications."
How do I prevent myself from being automatically subscribed to threads I post messages in?
Go to the Your Stuff link in the User Bar, click on Preferences, and uncheck the to radio buttons for subscribing to threads you create and threads you reply to.
How do I embed an image or a video in a forum message?
When posting a message in the Forums there are two buttons in the Rich Text Editor to include a video or an image file in the message.
For video, click on the clapboard button/icon then select the video site and enter the Video URL or embed code and click Insert.
For an image, click on the camera button/icon then select the appropriate tab (From Your Computer, Uploaded Images, or From the web) and follow the onscreen instructions.
What if I want to link to an image on an external site, such as Pixentral or Flickr, instead of uploading the image to the Forum server?
Flickr's Terms of Service state that if you post an image hosted on Flickr on another site you have to link back to the image page on Flickr. To do that you need to go to your image on Flickr, click on the All Sizes link above the image, select the size image you want, then Copy the HTML code from the first box of code underneath the image. Then, in the Forum's Rich Text Editor, click on the >> button/icon and select Insert Raw HTML. This will open a frame within your message where you paste the HTML code you copied from the Flickr site. Then continue on with composing your forum message and click “Post Message” to post the message to the forum system.
For Pixentral images, you will need to go to http://www.pixentral.com and upload your image following the instructions there. You do NOT have to check the box to make images public. Once your image is uploaded there copy the HTML code from the box below your image. Then, in the Forum's Rich Text Editor, click on the >> button/icon and select Insert Raw HTML. This wil open a frame within your message where you paste the HTML code you copied from the Pixentral site. Please note that there is an extra "/" character in the Pixentral URL that will prevent the image from showing up, so you need to make one change to the HTML that you copied from the Pixentral site. The beginning of the HTML code will look something like this:
<a href="http:www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=16xx5748rt9fhd"/>
Please remove the forward slash that appears between the quotes and the greater than symbol so that this part of the HTML code looks like this:
<a href="http:www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=16xx5748rt9fhd">
Then continue on with composing your forum message and click “Post Message” to post the message to the forum system.
Can I attach a file to a forum message?
Yes. Each message in the Forums can have up to three files attached. Each file cannot exceed 5MB. These numbers are subject to change.
To attach a file, create a new forum message as usual and then click on the “Browse” button below the Rich Text Editor box to select a file from your computer.
Are forum messages presented in Threaded or Flat order?
The Forum messages can be presented in either Threaded or Flat order. This can be set in your forum Preferences. Click on the “Your Stuff” link and select “Preferences”. The first setting on that page is for how you want to see the messages.
In Flat mode, each message posted in the Forum will appear directly below and in line with the message posted before it. You will be able to view the discussion as if it were a live discussion with each person taking a turn in successive order.
In Threaded mode, each message will be posted below the message it is direct reply to and will be indented. This makes it easier to follow sidebar or sub-discussions, but can make it more difficult to follow a long conversation.
When you are reading messages in a forum, you can select to reply to the original message or to any of the replies to that original message.
How do I edit a message that I have posted in the Forum?
After you have posted a message you will find an “Edit” link at the bottom of the message. Click on the link to open the message editor and make your changes. The edit feature is good for fixing a typo or a link. But if you have extensive changes to make to your message we suggest that you post a new reply to your message instead of editing the original message. Editing is not available if someone has replied to your message. At that point, you have to add a new reply to the thread with the updated information.
How do I delete a message that I have posted in the Forum?
You can delete a message you have posted if there have been no replies. Once someone has replied the Delete option goes away.
How do I send a forum message to a friend?
While reading a message in the Forums, you can send a link to the discussion to someone outside the forum system by clicking on the "Send as email" link in the Actions panel. You can select user names from the system or email addresses of people outside the system and they will be sent a link to the forum. The actual message is not included in the email. The recipient will need to click on the link in the message to view the contents.
How do I report an abusive post in the Forums?
When viewing messages in the Forum you will find a "Report Abuse" link in the Actions panel on the right side for the original message and you will also find an individual “Report Abuse” link listed for each reply to the original message. Click on the link to send a report.
How do I upload an Avatar for my Forum account?
To upload a custom avatar for use in the Adobe Forums you must first create a 128x128 (max size) image file.
Then log into the Forums and click on “Your Stuff” and select “Profile”
Click on “Change avatar” in the Actions panel on the right side of the screen.
Scroll down to the “Upload Avatar” section and click “Browse” to find the avatar file on your system, then click “Upload”.
Once you avatar file is uploaded, it has to be approved by an administrator (this might take several hours to several days). Until it is approved it will be marked as "pending." Once the pending notification is gone, you can select that avatar and click “Save Settings”.
How do I upload an image for my profile page?
Log into the Forums and click on “Your Stuff” and select “Profile”.
Click on the “Edit Profile” link in the Actions panel on the right side of the screen.
Click on the “Browse” button to select an image file from your system.
Click on the “Save” button to upload and save your new profile image
All profile images will be scaled to be 320 pixels wide.
How do I access Private Messages?
The Private Message feature is located under the “Your Stuff” link.
If you have a private message waiting for you in the forum the “Your Stuff” link will be orange.
Click on the “Your Stuff” and select “Private Messages” from the drop down menu.
From there, you will be able to read incoming messages, create new messages, and manage old messages.
You can also manage an Address Book and sort messages into folders.
Can I attach a file to a Private Message?
No. But you can include a link to an image or a video.
How many Private Messages can I have?
40 (subject to change)
Can I subscribe to a feed from the Forums?
Yes, you can get an RSS feed from various parts of the forums: Announcements, Discussions, and you can even subscribe to an individual user by going to their profile (click on their name or avatar any place in the forums) and getting the feed link from there. You can also get a feed of your private message inbox.
Some messages have odd linebreaks and random characters in them, such as lines that start with B or I that don't seem to make sense.
The Adobe Online Forums is a new system that has data imported from two previous systems. One of the previous systems had its own message formatting codes, such as B for Bold and I for Italic. These codes import into the new system as plain text and lead to the formatting issue that you might run across on old messages.
I marked a reply to my question as the correct answer, but then discovered that it was not correct. Can I remove the Marked as Answered setting?
No, you can only set this for one reply and it cannot be removed. Please post a follow up message in the discussion thread with updated information, such as a clarification or rebuttal to the marked answer.
I am not clear on the points system in the Forums. Will I get points for simply posting questions or replying to questions?
No. Points are not given for simply posting a question or a reply. Points are awarded by the person who started a discussion. They can mark a reply to their question as either The Answer or as Helpful. They can mark one “Correct” answer and two “Helpful” answers per discussion thread.
I've clicked to edit my profile and now I'm lost. I can't get back to the discussion I was viewing.
Use the History link in the user bar.
Is there an alternative to the Rich Text Editor?
Yes, if you are comfortable with some basic HTML, you can click on the “HTML” link in the upper right corner of the Full Editor to switch to an HTML editor. If you use the HTML editor you need to remember to put in <p> and <br> tags between paragraphs, otherwise the HTML editor will remove extraneous white space (including carriage returns) in your message.
How can I Jump the last message in a thread?
Click on the XX minutes ago link in the list of threads to go to the latest message instead of to the first message.
How do I change my name or screen name?
At the very top of the page, click on “Your account”. Under “Account Information”, click on the “Edit Your Account Information” link. Edit the desired information on this page and click “Update”.
How do I change my email address?
At the very top of the page, click on “Your account”. Under “Account Information”, click on the “Edit Your Account Information” link. Your Adobe ID/email is listed here, and you need to click on the “Change” button. Enter your email address, your password, and click “Update”. Note that your email address is also your Adobe ID which you use to login, so if you change your email address, you will also need to login using the new email address.
How do I change my password?
At the very top of the page, click on “Your account”. Under “Account Information”, click on the “Edit Your Account Information” link. Your password is displayed as a series of asterisks (*****). Click the “Change” button. You will need to enter your current password, your new password, and a password hint. Click on the “Update” button to save your changes.

@ adobe-admin (J.C.?):
Thanks for fixing the "backslash" error. Accuracy is important, and doubly so when presented as an F.A.Q.
The sad thing is how prevalent the usage of "backslash" is when a plain old slash is meant (generally, the "forward" attribute is assumed and unneeded), and by people who should know better. It's a direct result of people knowing just barely enough about the Windows file path naming protocols, and then applying the only terminology they're familiar with incorrectly to URLs.
I went about 10 rounds—TWICE!—with a labyrinthian succession of people at the Discovery & History cable TV networks because they were saying "backslash" in voice overs whenever their commercials promoted their websites. It took some doing, but I finally got in touch with somebody who was savvy enough to recognize that it was a rookie mistake made by a clueless marketing copywriter. The voice over person just read the copy they were given, oblivious to the difference. It amazes me that it wasn't caught by somebody early in the recording/production process and rectified.
They then had it correct for about a year, until new commercials started popping up with the same error. Unfortunately, the person I had talked to previously no longer worked for the History channel and I had to go through the process of finding someone who understood all over again.
Yeah, you can call me a nitpicker with nothing better to do.
But I've earned that dang badge, and I wear it proudly!

FCP/FCE anamorphic to iDVD - A simple solution?

I posted this over in the iDVD forum, but I would like to get some response from you guys on this matter too.
I have seen a lot of discussions about how hard it is to get anamorphic material from FCP/FCE into iDVD. There seem to be a few complex workarounds using third party software etc.
Today I suddenly came to think about a possible very simple solution.
1. Export to QuickTime from FCP/FCE
2. Open the clip in QuickTime Pro
3. Choose the Window menu and choose Show Movie Properties
4. Select the Video Track and click the Visual Settings tab
5. Uncheck Preserve Aspect Ratio
6. Change the width to 854 (DV-NTSC) or to 1024 (DV-PAL)
7. Save the clip and quit QuickTime
8. Open iDVD and start a new 16:9 Widescreen project
9. Import your modified QuickTime clip
10. Author and burn your DVD
Is it really this easy? Are there any downsides to doing it this way?
I just tested this workflow, and the finished DVD looked fine.
I prefer using Compressor/DVD Studio Pro my self, but it would be nice to have a simple solution to offer those who ask about bringing anamorphic material from FCP/FCE into iDVD.
I wonder why Apple has not implemented an anamorphic checkbox or something like that inside iDVD. I have not yet found any guidance from Apple on this matter. Have I missed something here?

I gave the usual dimensions for Standard Definition DV Anamorphic as an example. The actual dimensions for DV Anamorphic NTSC and PAL are: 720x480 and 720x576, but when stretched, the right width is 854 and 1024 as mentioned in my first post. The dimentions you are mentioning are for High Definition 1080i/p
If you are editing 720p, the dimentions are: 1280 × 720.
This might be of help:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:CommonVideoResolutions.svg

Spell Check in New Forums- How The Heck does it work?

Can somebody please tell me how the spell check works in this new forum format? I click on the abc icon and it does nothing. I do a two finger click on a word that is misspelled and it give me Insert Options. I really like the new format but hate the spell check. Can anyone offer advise? Thanks.

The built-in ASC spell checker is -- to put it kindly -- quirky. First, you must turn it on using the 'abc' tool on the right in the editor toolbar. (When it's on, it highlights.) But it won't stay turned on if you click on the tool before you enter any text -- it will just tell you that no misspellings were found & won't stay on. It also sometimes fails to check the last word if followed by a space. You can tell it to ignore misspellings, but you can't tell it to learn words because the spell-checking dictionary is actually on the servers running the site, not on your Mac or PC.
But from your remarks, you probably aren't even using the built-in checker. Instead, I suspect you are trying to use the far superior system-wide one built into OS X. The problem with that is the ASC editing tools are powered by Javascript supplied by the Jive SBS software running the site. Because that is platform independent it doesn't know anything about OS X's contextual menu (which includes suggestions for misspellings, the Dictionary lookup, & so on).
So to make a long story short, what happens when you try to right click on a word the OS X checker has underlined in red, instead you get the Javascript's response to a right click, which brings up the editor's insert/alignment popup menu instead of the OS X contextual menu.
The solution is to control click on the word -- believe it or not, within the ASC editor window a right click & a control click are not the same thing! You literally have to hold down the control key on the keyboard when you click to bypass the Javascript's right click response.
To make things that much more confusing, this only applies if the pointer is not over empty space in the editor window, which in this case excludes lines that have any text on them, including invisible text like spaces or returns. (To see what I mean, drag the tab at the bottom right of the editor window down so there is a lot of empty space below what you have typed. In this empty area, right & control clicks both bring up the OS X contextual menu, but anywhere in the text you have typed, they behave differently.)
In short, the problem is not that Apple has changed how the buttons or clicks work, it is that the new software that runs the site (not developed by Apple) does.
Hope this helps.

New Forum Interface Headache - simple solution suggested.

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