Kris:

Well, I, and probably others too, would be interested in your thoughts 
regarding a MAC if you get the chance to check one out.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kris Hickerson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: Who knew?!!


> 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
>>
>