Does the mac come with a program for typing papers?

Easy
Type your paper and then select File > Print.
At the bottom left of the print dialogue box there is a button marked PDF. click on it and select save as PDF, You will then get a SAVE dialogue box asking for a title and save location.
Save it to the desktop or to a memory stick but make sure the title has .pdf after the name as it may not print on a Windows system without it.

JUST READ THROUGH
Just wondering if anyone else was having issues with Microsoft Word from MS Office 2008, where you open the application, you type a few sentences, and the application freezes with the spinning circle of death that won't go away until you click the dock where it says "application not responding" and do a force-quit? You can leave the circle spinning for 10-20-30 minutes, and it never goes away.

Now for the weird part--this error only happens for me when I'm using a specific document on my computer. I can open Word, start a new document, type several paragraphs of text, and it works fine. But I've been working on an existing paper for about two months that all of a sudden started causing these freezes/crashes when editing it. It's about 30 pages roughly, no images, no big inserts that would take up a lot of memory (116 kb in size). And up until today, there were no problems. So why all of a sudden can't I edit anything on this paper without freezing the program?! I downloaded the Microsoft Office 2008 Service Pack 1 that was just released after this problem started, and ran all the recent Java and program updates through Software Update with computer restarts. I even copied the text from the Word document I was working on, pasted it into a new document, tried saving it as both .doc and .docx, and again the program still freezes when working with that text in a new file. This one baffles me. It's like the text within a document is somehow freezing the application. One thing I did notice is that the freezes seem to happen when I'm scrolling using a mouse wheel. Not always, but quite a bit. I suppose this is some memory issue related to several pages of text that the program can't render or process when you add new lines of text or scroll, but again, I can't figure why this paper I've been working on for months all of a sudden decided to start freezing Word today. Can you really only have 30 double-spaced pages of text in Word before it crashes?

Looks like I've found my reason to switch to Open Office, since I'm 3-4 days out from a

In order to type a paper for your class, on your Macbook, you would need a word processing application, in order to accomplish this. The most commonly used application, believe it or not,is Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 or the earlier version, 2008. However, if you don't have a copy of either and do are not moved to shell out several hundred dollars or more, I have another option for you.

Try Open Office for Mac. It is free and it does not take long to set up on your Mac.

Here are two key links for you to review for more info
FAQs about Open Office (Aqua) for Mac
Download Open Office for Mac OS X (Intel) Aqua

The word processing application you will need to use in Open office, is caller Writer" and it saves in all the formats that are readable in Microsoft Word for both the Mac and the PC.

If you have more questions on using this open source free software, please let me know. Always glad to help!

Regards,

-Mactechtrainer

Hi there,

Scanning images,
About Scanning images
You can scan images from the machine to a computer without printing them and save them in popular formats. Scanned data saved on your computer can be processed using image processing software. Furthermore, you can use the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software to convert scanned paper documents to text data.

* Before scanning
Before scanning images, confirm the following :
- Are the necessary software (MP Drivers and MP Navigator) installed ?
If the software is not installed, install it.
- Does the document to be scanned meet the requirements for an original to be set on the Platen Glass ?
- Is the machine connected to a computer correclty.
Confirm that the connection between the machine and the computer is physically secure.

Scanning Methods.

A) Scanning Using the MP Navigator
MP Navigator enables you to scan in documents loaded on the Platen Glass and view images saved on your computer or on a memory card. Scanned documents can be previewed and easily printed and edited according to your needs.
You can use the supplied application softwares to edit or print the document you have scanned.

Windows : Double-click the [MP Navigator 2.0] icon on your desktop to launch MP Navigator.
Mac : Select [Applications] from the [Go] menu, then double-click the [MP Navigator 2.0] icon to launch MP Navigator.

You can launch the following application software from the MP Navigator.
* Easy-PhotoPrint (Photo Printing)
* ArcSoft PhotoStudio (Photo image editing)
* ScanSoft OmniPage SE ( Converting scanned document to text)
- This application software may not be supplied with teis machine in some country.

Note : If you did a [Custom Install] and only installed the MP Driver and MP Navigator, these application software were not installed and thus cannot be launched. To launch any of the above application softwares from MP Navigator, do a [Custom Install] once again to install them.
For detailed operations of the MP Navigator, refer to the Scan Guide.


B) Scanning Using the Operation Panel of the Machine
You can scan documents to your computer by using the Operation Panel.
Important : Do not insert or remove USB cables when scanning images with the machine connected to a computer, or when the computer is at sleep or standby mode.
*If you are using Windows XP
The program selection screen is displyed the first time you press [Color] or [Black] on the machine.. Specify the [MP Navigator 2.0] as the application software to use, check [Always use this program for this action], then click [OK]. From the next time, MP Navigator is automatically started.

*When using Mac OS X
For the machine to start scanning when [Color] or [Black] is pressed, you need to set MP Navigator as the starting application software in Image Capture under [Applications] of Mac OS X.

1) Press [ON/OFF] to turn on the machine.
2) Load the documents on the Platen Glass.
3) Select the scan option.
a) Press [Scan].
The scan operation selection screen is displayed.
b) Use Up or Down arrows to select the scan operation, then press [OK].
Scan standby screen is displayed.
Save to PC : The document is scanned and saved.
Save as PDF file : The document is scanned and stored as a PDF file.
Attach to E-Mail : The document is scanned, and the image is attached to an e-mai using the e-mail application software.
OPen with application : The document is scanned and displayed on the registered application software.

4) Press [Color] or [Black].
The document is scanned. The settings configured from MP Navigator apply when scanning.
Important : If with some types of original the position and size of the image is not scanned in correctly, please refer to the "Selecting the Behaviour of the Operation Panel with Mp Navigator " in the Scan Guide (on-screen manual). and change the MP Navigator [Document Type] and [Document Size]] to match those of the original being scanned.
Note : The operation to be performed after scanning the document depends on the scan operation setting you have selected in step 3. For details on how to modify the operation settings, refer tp the Scan Guide on-screen menual.

C) Scanning from an Application Software
You can scan an image from TWAIN-or- WIA (Windows XP only) complaint application software and handle the scanned image in the application software. For detailed operations, refer to the Scan Guide (on-screen manual).

Hope this helps.
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Have a good day.

'Pages' Top right hand cormer of the screen. Click the magnifying glass, and type 'pages' the icon should appear in the list.  If not then you need to purchase and install it.

1. Go to File, Page Setup in the application
2. In Page Setup select "edit custom paper size " in the Paper size menu.
3. Select the default paper size in the dropdown menu.
4. Click Quit and then OK .

For whatever reason the paper size won't show until you exit the document and reopen it. this also has to be done on a document by document basis. But it should work.

Set Duplex Printing (Windows) For details on how to set duplex printing, see below: 1. Select 'Properties' from the Print dialog. Note: Properties may be indicated as Advanced, depending on the application software. 2. Click the Page Setup tab. 3. In the Printing Type section, select 'Normal-size Printing', 'Fit-to-Page Printing', 'Scaled Printing', or 'Page Layout Printing'. 4. Select 'Duplex Printing'. Note: When a media type other than Plain Paper, Photo Paper Plus Double Sided, or Postcard is selected in the Media Type menu, duplex printing cannot be performed. 5. Specify Staple Side. 1. The printer analyzes the Orientation and Page Layout settings, and automatically selects the best staple position. 2. Click the Staple Side drop-down arrow and select the setting. If you want to change the setting, select another value from the list. 3. If necessary, click Specify Margin... and set the Margin width 6. When the setting is completed, click the OK button at the bottom of the window. Note: If a media type other than Photo Paper Plus Double Sided is selected for Media Type on the Main tab: The document will be printed on one side of a sheet of paper when printing starts. When printing is complete, reload paper according to the displayed message and then click OK. The document will be printed on the opposite side. If Photo Paper Plus Double Sided is selected for Media Type on the Main tab: The document will be printed front and back alternately for one sheet at a time, when printing starts. Load the paper according to the displayed messages. 7. You will be prompted, while printing, to remove the printed page and reload it in the ASF. 8. Dependent on the number of pages to print, you will need to repeat step 7 until all pages have printed. Back to Top

Follow these instructions to find your adapter's Media Access Control address (MAC address). This is not the same as a Macintosh computer, it is a fixed string built in to the hardware, that uniquely identifies a computer device. Windows 2003 1. Click Start > Run. A command prompt window appears. 2. Type cmd. 3. Type ipconfig/all. (no spaces around the /) 4. Copy down the "Physical Address" (aka the MAC address) on a paper where you keep your network configuration settings. 5. You may close the command prompt window. Windows XP 1. Click Start > Run. A command prompt window appears. 2. Type cmd. 3. Type ipconfig/all. 4. Copy down the "Physical Address" (aka the MAC address) on a paper where you keep your network configuration settings. 5. You may close the command prompt window. Windows 2000 1. Click Start > Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt. A command prompt window appears. 2. Type ipconfig /all. 3. Copy down the "Physical Address" (aka the MAC address) on a paper where you keep your network configuration settings. 4. You may close the command prompt window. Windows 95 and Windows 98 1. Click Start > Run. A command prompt window appears. 2. Type winipcfg. 3. Click OK. 4. Copy down the "Adapter Address" (the MAC address) on a paper where you keep your network configuration settings. 5. You may close the command prompt window. Windows NT 1. Click Start > Programs > MS-DOS Prompt. A command prompt window appears. 2. Type ipconfig /all. 3. Copy down the "Physical Address" (aka the MAC address) on a paper where you keep your network configuration settings. 4. You may close the command prompt window. Macintosh OS (10.3.5) These instructions also work for some earlier OS. 1. Click Apple Menu at top left > System Preferences > Network icon. 2. Select Show: Built-in Ethernet in the pull down menu. 3. Click Ethernet. 4. Your adapter's MAC address is the characters in Ethernet ID.