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August 1997 Macworld Magazine Features | News | Reviews | Opinion | Secrets | Media Features Upgrade Your Mac By Franklin N. Tessler Can't afford a new Mac? Don't worryÑwe found plenty of hardware options to boost your Power Mac's performance. Ten Ways to Recycle Your Mac Howard Baldwin Practical uses for older machines. Web Publishing Made Easy By Deke McClelland We rate ten WYSIWYG Web authoring programs on ease of use and reliability. Publish Your Site By Mel Beckman Three ways to publish your Web page, and how to pick the method thatÕs right for you. Storage to Go By Robert C. Eckhardt Macworld Lab tests 28 removable, rewritable drives and picks the best options for your expanding storage needs. Connect Your Workgroup By Mel Beckman and Elizabeth Dougherty You can build your own small Ethernet network. Macworld's guide to networking shows you how. Mac Superguide Edited by Allyson Bates Macworld's guide to every Mac system on the market, lab tested and Star Rated. News Apple Steps into the Yellow Box By Cameron Crotty Apple details plans for a cross-platform developer's nirvana: software that runs on Macs and PCs. Apple Spins Out Newton Division By Stephen Beale and Cameron Crotty Epson and Encad Hit the Big Time By Andrea Dudrow QuarkXPress Adds Drawing Features By Stephen Beale The first major upgrade in four years adds a wealth of new features. Digital Watermarks Move Ahead By Cathy Abes Media Watch By Cathy Abes Special Report: Apple Plays Catch-up in Games Market By Cameron Crotty Industry ignorance makes getting a Mac game to market one tough scenario. Special Report: Apple Pins Hopes on Gossamer By Galen Gruman Apple plays keep-away with profitable, high-end CPUs. New Tower Enclosures from APS By Tova Fliegel Special Report: Show Me the Cache By Tova Fliegel LAB TEST Umax unveils CacheDoubler Special Report: Tatung Shows First 75MHz System Bus By Galen Gruman TatungÕs 300MHz CHRP system. New Products Macworld Staff Reviews Adobe Illustrator 7.0 Slight Upgrade Marks a New Beginning for venerable graphics app PowerCenter Pro Series Power Computing Line Redefines Midrange Power Macintosh 8600/200 Hassle-Free Case Eliminates Upgrade Ulcers Power Mac 6500, 5500 Fast Low-end Systems Make the Grade Electronic Forms Software Forms Software Made Simple--More or Less Videoconferencing Kits Connectix VideoPhone, Apple VideoPhone Kit, Enhanced CU-SeeMe: Still in the Slow Lane Photoshop Filters Eye Candy, PhotoTools Make Special Effects Simple CD-R Labeling Solutions Printer, Label Kits Help You Look Like a pro eMate 300 At Last, it's Newton Done Right 4th Dimension 6.0 Classic Relational Database does Windows and the Web Numbers & Charts Spreadsheet Parts Show the Promise Of OpenDoc StyleScript 3.5 PostScript Solution Works for Some Ink-jets Virtual Home Space Builder 2.0 VRML 2.0 Authoring Program has Limited Modeling Features Now Synchronize Disastrous PDA-to-PIM Link Orbit Trackball An Attractive Mouse Alternative WebWatcher 4.1 Web-site Monitor Doesn't Live Up to its Name System Sculptor 2.0 Bare-bones Management Extension Font Box 2.1 Font Organizer is Helpful but not a Panacea Texture Creator 2.0 Real Wood Never Looked this Good NetMinder 4.0 A finger on your network's pulse Damage Incorporated Game Shoots Itself in the Foot Back-to-School Guide Learning and reference software for the student in your life. Opinion Letters August 1997 State of the Mac: Apple Must Not Stall Other Mac Makers By Adrian Mello Licensing: AppleÕs anticompetitive edge. The Desktop Critic David Pogue Buy, buy, buy---a tale of software upgrades. Secrets The Mac Speaks Out By Joseph Schorr Not just fun, but useful: Text-to-Speech. Quick Tips, August 1997 By Lon Poole Tips, tricks, and shortcuts. Media Sounds from a Can By Jim Heid Customizing royalty-free music and sound clips. Publishing Workshop By Olav Martin Kvern FreeHand 7 as a publishing program. Graphics Workshop By Cathy Abes Coaxing subtle effects from Photoshop 4.0's Curves tool. Back Issues Index Search Magazine You may search for more than one term at a time --"video and fax" or "Pogue and Poole," for instance. Enter search term(s) here: Refine your search To further refine searches, check the appropriate boxes below. For example typing "scanners" into the search box and checking "Features" and "Titles" yields a list of feature articles that contain scanners in the title. For more information about this, please consult Tips for Searching Macworld Online. Features Reviews News Columns Main text Title Author Archive Site links: Buyer's Guide Netsmart Daily News Magazine Feedback Gameline Community Newsletters Software Collection Search Home Ad Index Magazine links: Features Media News Opinion Reviews Secrets Archive Search Magazine