On Sunday, July 6, 2003, at 01:48 PM, Lloyd White wrote: > Two questions from the WAMUG experts please. Am slowly mastering the > OSX > practical bits but: > > How can I increase the memory of MS Word? Can't see the memory > allocation in > the Get Info bit. Word seems to quit too often suggesting it needs more > memory.
Memory management in MacOS X is completely different from that in "classic" MacOS. Cocoa and Carbon applications claim whatever memory they need to do the job. If the application in question has not been "Carbonised", ie, it runs purely in Classic mode, you should still be able to allocate memory by locating its icon and "getting info" on it. The Memory allocation pane is there for Classic apps. > MS Word has dozens of fonts I do not need and want to clear. Can I > dump some > without disturbing the System? There is a short list of fonts in my > Home - > Library folder but I think these cannot be touched. MacOS X runs fours "domains": the System domain, the Local domain, the User domain, and the Network domain (the term "domain" is not to be confused with the Internet "Domain"). The fonts you see in your Home/Library/Fonts folder are in your User domain. You will also find fonts in /System/Library/Fonts (System domain) and /Library/Fonts (Local domain). Fonts found in the System and Local domains are available to all users of the computer, but those in the User are available only to the user in question (in this case, you). Just to confuse the issue further, MacOS X will also use fonts found in the Fonts folder of the "Classic" System Folder. The fonts in your User domain and in the Local domain can be deleted (or better, just moved out of their folders) as long as they are not currently in use by an application. Having said all that, hang out for MacOS X 10.3, in which font management will become much easier. Instead of having to move or delete fonts, you will simply be able to activate or deactive them on the fly, just as in a professional font management tool like Suitcase. > > There is a similar short list in the MS Office folder but where are all > those Japanese and other fonts stored? > You will find them all in the System domain. Be aware that (a) you need to log in as Root to do anything with them, and (b) they are there mainly for the display of foreign language documents such as Web Pages. You're better off leaving them there. -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, :::::::::::::::::::::::: Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
