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iWork ’09: Serial number not required for installation of retail boxes

iWork ’09 retail boxes no longer come with a serial number. Install iWork ’09 from the enclosed disc and you’re ready to go.

Mac OS X 10.5: How to enable or disable Web Sharing (Apache)

You can use the Apache web server software included with Mac OS X to host a website on your computer. Before doing so, you should already know how to create HTML pages and build websites.

iPhoto, Aperture: What to do if a low resolution warning appears on photo product orders

When you design a book or order prints, a yellow "exclamation point" warning symbol indicates any low-resolution photos or images in a book. This warning also lets you know if edits you have applied to these images have reduced the … Continue reading

Aperture: May quit unexpectedly when you select a shortcut menu item

Sometimes when you open a shortcut menu, either by a Control-click or right-click, and then select one of its menu items, Aperture may quit unexpectedly.

Pages ’09: Applying Styles

Select a style from the Styles drawer, or click the Paragraph, Character, or List style buttons in the format bar, and then select a style from the pop-up list. To open the Styles drawer, click the Styles Drawer button on … Continue reading

Pages ’09: The Media Browser

The Media Browser provides access to all the media files in your iPhoto library, your iTunes library, your Aperture library, and your Movies folder. You can drag an item from the Media Browser to a page or to an image … Continue reading

Pages ’09: Creating a New Document

To create a new Pages document, you pick the Word Processing or Page Layout template that provides appropriate formatting and layout characteristics.

Pages ’09: The Toolbar

The Pages toolbar gives you one-click access to many of the actions you’ll use when working with documents. As you work in Pages and get to know which actions you perform most often, you can add, remove, and rearrange toolbar … Continue reading

Pages ’09: The inspector window

You can format most elements of your document using the panes of the Inspector window, including text appearance, size and positioning of graphics, and much more. Open multiple inspector windows to make working with your document easier. For example, if … Continue reading

Numbers ’09: About charts

Use a chart when you want to visually represent trends or relationships that may be more difficult to see when data is presented in a table. In Numbers you can choose from a variety of 2D or 3D chart types … Continue reading