How do I...(3 different problems)?

idunno

G'Day,



Three things I am wishing to know...



1. How do I take a screen shot of my dektop? I have seen others post theirs and I don't know how to do it... I ralise it is probably soemthing really easy.



2. Is there a 'Keep At The Front' option for when working with multiple windows. Say I am using an application, but also have it's help window open, everytime I click on the app window, the Help disappears behind it. Is there a way of keeping the Help window in the front while working on the window behind?



And lastly...



3. In regards to the G5's, what is the differance between the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra on the Dual 1.8's, and the ATI Radeon 9600 Pro on the dual 2's.



I realise that all the above may be obvious and shit easy for some of you, but please don't look down on me for asking what may be really stupid questions... look down on me for other reasons.



Thanks.



Les.

peve

1.

pic from entire screen: command(apple) + shift + 3

pic from selection: command(apple) + shift + 4

pic from window: command(apple) + shift + 4 + space (while over desired window)



2.

try exposé (mac os 10.3)!

works great in managing windows.



3.

i would check he techspecs on the company website's

ghost_user_name

1. I recently addressed this question in another thread. Here's a quote from Mac Help, available from the Help menu in the Finder:

Quote:

Shortcuts for taking pictures of the screen



You can use keyboard shortcuts to take pictures of the screen in Mac OS X.

• To take a picture of the whole screen, press Command-Shift-3.


• To take a picture of part of the screen, press Command-Shift-4, then


• drag to select the area you want in the picture.


• To take a picture of a window, the menu bar, the Dock, or other area, press Command-Shift-4, then press the Space bar. Move the pointer over the area you want so that it's highlighted, then click. (If you decide you want to drag to select the area, press the Space bar again.)


• If you press Command-Shift-4 and decide you don't want to take the screen shot, press the Escape key.


• Screen shots are saved as PDF files on the desktop. If you want to put the screen shot in the Clipboard, rather than create a file, hold down the Control key when you press the other keys. You can then paste the picture into a document.

You can also take pictures of the screen using the Grab application (in the Utilities folder).

2. For the user, there is no such option. I'd second peve's recommendation of using Exposé for switching windows rather than clicking the application icon. This way you'll only bring to the front the one window you need.



Also, are you by any change a new Mac user? One thing to keep in mind is that the vast majority of Mac applications are not designed for full-screen use. This is a habit that typically seems hard to break for Windows users. Keeping windows to a manageable size should make multitasking like this a bit easier.



3. The 9600 Pro, I believe, is a slightly better card. Here's what Apple has to say (in some thick marketing-speak) about the two:

Quote:

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra



The GeForce FX 5200 Ultra card is a fourth generation GPU from NVIDIA and is capable of cinematic-quality visual effects. Featuring the CineFX Engine the GeForce FX 5200 Ultra supports advanced vertex and pixel shader capabilities that make complex special effects possible. Using NVIDIA's advanced Lightspeed Memory Architecture II, it offers performance that was previously available only on high-end visualization workstations. Featuring 64MB of on card DDR memory and capable of 1.2 billion textured pixels per second, the GeForce FX 5200 Ultra MX supports large textures for stunningly realistic 3D graphics in today's games and professional visualization applications.



ATI Radeon 9600 Pro



The Radeon 9600 Pro kicks your graphics performance up a notch by providing a quad pipe architecture, SmartShader 2.0 technology and the HyperZ III + memory architecture. The Radeon 9600 Pro is capable of delivering over 1.5 billion textured pixels per second. SMARTSHADER(TM) 2.0, a cutting-edge graphics technology which allows users to experience complex, movie-quality effects for ultra-realism in next-generation 3D games and applications. With a large 64 MB frame buffer of fast DDR SDRAM the Radeon 9600 Pro is ideal for high performance gaming and design applications.

You can probably find some comparisons and reviews of these and other graphic cards at http://www.xlr8yourmac.com.

idunno

Okay thanks people for your help.

Les.