Tom, I'm starting to think about a Mac, too.  The only thing holding me back
here is money right now.  I have some impending expenditures on the horizon,
as you know and so need to conserve right now. 

But, I agree, I think Windows 7 made things more clumsy and frustrating than
they need to be.  And I don't like having to search all over the place to
find settings and options that I need.  John just purchased a Mac and I'm
going to see if he will bring it over so I can haved a look at the various
screens and applications.  

Kris

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Tom Behler
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 6:24 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Who knew?!!

Howard:

At the risk of unnecessarily prolonging this thread, I'll just say that this
is one of many things that absolutely drives me crazy about Windows
operating systems.  Specifically, why does everything have to be so
complicated, and why do fundamentally important functions and/or processes
have to be hidden somewhere in obscure lists of options that you almost have
to be a computer programmer to understand?

Things like this are causing me to want to switch to a MAC as soon as
possible.

Right now, the only thing that is holding me back is that my University does
everything in Windows, and I worry about significant compatibility issues
between work and home.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 11:48 AM
Subject: Who knew?!!


>I have been reaming people out for years about sending me inaccessible PDF
> documents.
> I got an important one last night, that I couldn't open with anything on 
> my
> main computer, which is an XP machine.
> I sent it upstairs to my windows 7 laptop, and it opened right up.
> Well I completely removed and re-installed acrobat on the XP machine, and
> this time I got a dialog, after the accessibility settings dialog.
> It said that in windows XP, some documents will not display if acrobat is
> set to be in protected mode.
> Their instructions are not clear, or misleading at best.
> You go to the edit menu, preferences, advanced security, and turn off
> protected mode.
> The computer has to be restarted, and then the documents become visible in
> acrobat and windows xp.
> H T Kaufman MSW LCSW
> Adaptive Technology Instructor
>