NOTE: After installing Aldus Fetch and before starting the application for the first time, you must restart your computer to enable QuickTIme. If you do not restart, you can use Fetch but will not be able to preview movies, sounds, or compressed images.
Before using the sample catalog that is installed automatically in your Aldus Fetch folder, you must update the catalog to reflect the new location of its source files (on your hard drive rather than on the drive from which they were cataloged). Otherwise, although you will be able to display thumbnails in the Gallery window, you will not be able to preview or print the items.
To update all items at once:
1. Open the catalog.
2. Click “Find All” to display all items in the Gallery window.
3. Choose “Select All from the Edit menu.
4. Choose “Update Now” from the Admin menu.
5. Click “Open” each time Fetch presents the file directory dialog box. Because the sample files are in the same folder as the catalog, Fetch is able to locate each one without your having to navigate to it.
To update catalog items one at a time:
1. Open the catalog.
2. Click “Find All” to display all items in the Gallery window.
3. Double-click (to preview) the item you want.
4. When prompted, locate and open the file using the file directory dialog box that Fetch displays. 5. Click “Update” in the next dialog box.
6. Repeat steps 1-5 for each item in the Gallery window.
For more information on updating a catalog, see pages 34-35 in the Aldus Fetch User Guide.
The remainder of this ReadMe file contains additions and clarifications to the Aldus Fetch User Guide, as well as late-breaking information that was not available when the manual went to press. Please read this file carefully before you begin working with Aldus Fetch 1.0. For additional important information about using Fetch in a multi-user environment, see also ReadMe (Networks). We recommend that you print a copy of both files and keep them with your Aldus Fetch User Guide.
The information in this file is organized into four sections, each of which relates to a similarly named section of the user guide:
• Chapter 1, Welcome
• Chapter 2, Using Catalogs
• Chapter 3, Creating and Managing Catalogs
• Appendix, Aldus Fetch Shortcuts
Within each section, the information is arranged in subsections with the same titles and in the same order as the topics in the user guide. The beginning of each topic is marked by a double hyphen (--).
As the size of the files you work with increases and the complexity of your task within Fetch grows, you may find that you want to add more RAM than is recommended on page 4 of the Aldus Fetch User Guide.
The Aldus Installer/Utility installs the following files and folders on your hard drive.
In the Aldus Fetch folder:
- the application file
- the two ReadMe files, ReadMe and ReadMe (Networks)
- the two files, Aldus Installer History and Aldus Installer Diagnostics
- a folder that contains the sample Fetch catalog and the source files for the catalog
In your System folder:
- the QuickTime extension, version 1.5 (if you are running System 7, we recommend that you move this file to the Extensions folder)
In the Apple Menu Items folder within your System folder:
- a QuickTime-compatible version of the Scrapbook (if you are running System 6, we recommend that you move this file to the System folder using Font/DA Mover)
In the Utilities folder in the Aldus folder within your System folder:
- the Aldus Installer/Utility
- a QuickTime-compatible version of TeachText
Note: After you start using Fetch, up to three additional files may be created and added to your System folder (in the Preferences folder if you are running System 7):
- Fetch Exclusions, which contains the names of files you add to your exclusions list
- Fetch Key, which contains the serial number that you enter the first time you start Fetch. If this file is deleted, Fetch prompts you to enter the serial number again the next time you start the application.
- Fetch Preferences, which contains any settings you change using the “Preferences…” command from the Edit menu and any search definitions you create using the “Define…” command from the Search menu.
-- Installation troubleshooting
If you have trouble installing Fetch, try one or more of the following procedures:
- Turn off any virus protection utilities that you have on your computer. Restart the computer, then install Fetch. Remember to turn these utilities back on when you have finished installing Fetch.
- If the Installer appears to be stopping on a particular disk, you may have a bad disk. Check by dragging the contents of the disk to your hard drive. If the disk is bad and the copy cannot be completed, your computer will display a message. Call Aldus Customer Services for a replacement disk. In the United States and Canada, call 1-206-628-2320. Elsewhere, contact your Aldus dealer or distributor.
- System 7 only: Restart your computer with all extensions turned off. (Press and hold down Shift while restarting your computer.)
-- Where to turn for information
As you begin to learn and use Aldus Fetch, you can turn to a number of sources for information:
- The Aldus Fetch User Guide provides an introduction to the product and describes basic procedures. The two ReadMe files supplement the information in the user guide.
- Fetch Shortcuts is an online summary of shortcuts and tips for using the product. To view these screens, choose “Fetch Shortcuts” from the Help menu (System 7) or from the Apple menu (System 6).
- Aldus Fetch Introduction is a QuickTime movie that provides a high-level overview of the product. To view the movie, double-click the sample catalog icon to open the catalog, then double-click the thumbnail for the movie and follow the intructions on the first frame. Reminder: before you can preview the movie, you must update its catalog entry as described at the beginning of this file.
- If you are running System 7, you will find extensive Balloon Help for Fetch commands and dialog box options. Turn Balloon Help on by choosing “Show Balloons” from the Help menu, then use the balloons to explore the commands that interest you. You can turn Balloon Help off by choosing “Hide Balloons” from the Help menu when you are through.
-- Network security protection
Your license agreement authorizes you to use only one copy of Fetch for each set of installation disks. When you run Fetch on a network, the program checks the network to see whether a copy of the program using the same serial number is already running. If the program finds that a duplicate serial number is in use, an alert box appears. Click “OK” to close the alert box. The other user must quit Fetch before you can launch the copy that you want to use.
If the network fails while Fetch is checking for duplicate serial numbers, approximately four seconds may pass before the alert message appears. Normally, the message appears almost immediately if a duplicate number is found.
If you start Fetch when the Clipboard contains a very large text or PICT object (more than 32K for text or more than 600K for a PICT) and Fetch needs more memory to start, it will clear the Clipboard but display a message to tell you it has done so. Two other situations can also require Fetch to clear the Clipboard: when you copy a large item to the Clipboard in Fetch, switch out of Fetch, perform a memory-intensive operation, and then switch back to Fetch; or when you switch to another application, fill the Clipboard from there with a very large object, and then Switch back to Fetch.
If you try to open a corrupted catalog or project, Fetch displays a message about a database error and cannot complete the command. When you see this message, you must quit and restart Fetch before you can open another catalog or project.
Force-quitting from Fetch (by pressing Command + Option + ESC, only if you are running System 7) leaves the open catalog in an undefined state. In this case, restarting your computer before restarting Fetch will help to avoid problems.
-- Viewing search results
In the Gallery and Pasteboard windows, you can use the “By…” commands on the View menu to organize the items in the window the way you want them. Note, however, that although “By File Type” organizes items alphbetically by the file type of the source item, the order is case-sensitive. Thus, file types that begin with a capital letter appear first, followed by file types that begin with a lowercase letter. Within each file type, items are shown in the the order that Fetch finds them in the window (not alphabetically, for example, by filename).
TIP: Whenever the cursor appears with two periods following, double-clicking opens a window or dialog box related to the area of the current window that the cursor is pointing to. You can use this feature to explore the different windows that you will use for doing things in Fetch.
-- Previewing an item
The default memory allocation for Fetch (2400K) is based on average file sizes and systems. Because the memory required to preview a file is based on its pre-compressed file size, you might want to increase the memory allocation if you routinely preview large files. Previewing very large images and movies may require an allocation of 3MB or higher.
If your computer appears to freeze up (the watch cursor appears and then stops) when an image is only partially drawn, your computer may be out of memory. If this happens to you, restart your computer, increase the amount of memory allocated to Fetch. Then restart Fetch and open the catalog again. (Be careful, however, about restarting your computer when you are sharing a catalog with other users. As discussed in ReadMe (Networks), restarting while others are using the same catalog you are can cause problems for the other users.)
If you are running System 7, or if you are running System 6 and have the 32-bit Color QuickDraw extension installed, or if you have a video card that supports GWorld video RAM, you can open Preview windows using “GWorld” for faster scrolling and zooming within the Preview window. To preview using GWorld, use either of these two methods:
- Press “G” while choosing “Preview” from the Item menu.
- Press Control while double-clicking the item’s thumbnail.
If you use the second method, you must hold down the Control key until you see the spinning bone to ensure that you really are using GWorld. The Control key shortcut also copies the item to the Pasteboard window while opening the Preview window. If you do not want the item in the Pasteboard window, use the first of the two methods to preview. To clear an item from the Pasteboard window if you unintentionally copy an item to it, select the item, and then press Clear or choose “Clear” from the Edit menu. (The shortcut for copying an item to the Pasteboard window without opening a Preview window is to press Control while single-clicking the item’s thumbnail.)
When you select only part of an item and copy it to the Clipboard, certain types of files are converted when they go to the Clipboard.
- Most partial image selections are copied to the Cliboard as PICT.
- A partial selection of an EPSF image copies to the Clipboard as a PICT
- Movies are always copied by reference only, so copying part of a movie simply copies a reference to the selected frames.
- Partial sound selections are copied to the Clipboard in SND format
When you preview (or choose “Get Info” for) an item whose source file is on a removable medium that is mounted remotely (for example, a CD-ROM or a Bernoulli drive on someone else’s computer), Fetch sometimes prompts you anyway to mount the volume. However, when you click the Cancel button in the alert, the command completes as you would expect.
-- Working with an item’s source file
If you use “Move Original…” from the Edit menu to move an item’s source file when the source file is locked, “Move Original…” behaves like “Copy Original…” — that is, a copy of the original file is made but the original is not deleted.
-- Using an item in another document
An inconsistency similar to the one described in the last paragraph of the section, “Previewing an item,” can occur when you send an item reference to Multi-Ad Creator. If you select an item whose source file is on a remotely mounted volume and choose “Send Reference…,” the item does not appear on the files palette in Multi-Ad Creator. If you are trying to send the reference to your own computer use “Copy Reference” instead. If you are trying to send the reference to another computer, choose “Add/Update Items…” from the Admin menu, then choose “Update Unconditionally” as the “Modification Method” option. Update the items that you want to send to Multi-Ad Creator, then try “Send Reference…” again.
-- Using the Pasteboard window
Although there is no limit to the number of items the Pastboard window can contain, you can copy no more than 125 items at once. If more items are selected when you choose “Copy to Pasteboard,” Fetch displays a message asking you to select fewer items and retry the command.
-- Printing
Color images that require QuickTime to preview will print as grayscale if your monitor is set to grayscale. If you want the image to print as a color image, reset your monitor or print from a computer whose monitor is set to color. (Color images that do not require QuickTime to preview will print in color even from grayscale monitors.)
When printing from a Preview window to a black-and-white printer, try printing using the “Color/Grayscale” option if printing using “Black & White” does not produce the results you want. Note: “Color/Grayscale” is not an option unless you have version 6.0 or higher of the LaserWriter driver.
Some printers may have difficulty printing thumbnails from actual images when there is a large amount of information to print on a single page. If you encounter such a problem, try one of the following workarounds:
- Print using the “Color/Grayscale” option rather than “Black & White.”
- Print using the “Larger Thumbnails” option, so that there are fewer thumbnails to print on the page.
- Print using the “Better” or “Good ” option rather than “Best.”
- Turn background printing off (in the Chooser).
- Allocate more memory to the print monitor (if you want to keep background printing on), or install more RAM in the printer.
If you have multiple Novell volumes with the same name, Fetch will treat them as if they were all one volume. To avoid this situation, make sure that all Novell volumes have unique names. Although Fetch does recognize the difference between a Novell volume and a non-Novell volume with the same name, the duplicate names may be confusing for users of the catalog and is generally not recommended.
The default memory allocation (2400K) for Fetch is based on average file sizes and systems. Cataloging very large images and movies may require an allocation of 3MB or higher.
When saving EPS files that you plan to catalog in Fetch, you must save a PICT preview even if you also save a PNOT preview with the file. Otherwise, you cannot preview the image in Fetch or copy and paste it into another application.
If you are running System 7 and cataloging folders by selecting their aliases rather than the folders themseleves, Fetch skips over aliased folders within a folder. To catalog an aliased folder, you must select it rather than a folder that contains it.
If you are running System 7: Before you catalog items referenced by an aliased folder, make sure that the alias name is no more than 27 characters long. Although System 7 allows folder names to be up to 31 characters long, the limit for volume names is 27 characters and the alias of a folder is treated as if it were a volume. If you catalog items in an aliased folder whose name is longer than 27 characters, you can later crash while trying to use those items, for example, to preview, get information, or update.
If Fetch crashes while trying to catalog a file that you suspect may be damaged, try opening the file in an editing application appropriate for that file type. If the editing application also cannot open the file, do not attempt to catalog the item in Fetch. If you add the filename to the exclusions list (using “Exclusions…” from the Admin menu), Fetch will always ignore the corrupt file in the future. This will allow you to create catalogs (under System 7) by dragging the disk icon over Fetch without having to worry about the corrupt files.
-- Excluding a file from adding or updating
The exclusions file can contain a maximum of 800 filenames. If you try to add additional names, you hear a beep rather than see an alert or other message.
-- Adding a file type
Because the file were not available at the time Fetch shipped, the AIFC file type included in the table on page 41 of the user guide was removed from the list of file types automatically recognized by Fetch. If you have AIFC files that you want to catalog, use the “File Types…” command from the Admin menu to add this file type to the list. This way, you can track and use the files, although you will not be able to preview the sounds in Fetch.
-- Maintaining a catalog
“Delete…” and “Purge…” on the Admin menu can only be used when a single user has the catalog open. If other users have the catalog open when you try to use either of these commands, Fetch notifies you that other users have the catalog open and will not complete the command. This only works in a shared environment if you follow the recommendation that the shared catalog reside in a folder to which all users have both read and write access. Do not store shared catalogs in a folder that has mixed access privileges for different users. Failure to observe this condition can result in loss of data.
Deleting large numbers of items from a catalog does not decrease catalog file size. Although catalog files are relatively small to begin with, if you do want to reduce the file size of a catalog from which you have deleted a large number of items, export the catalog, create a new catalog, and then import the exported catalog into the new one. Pediodic use of export and import is also recommended as a way of backing up and keeping a catalog in good repair.
-- Using Aldus Fetch on a network
For additional information and recommended procedures, see the separate file, ReadMe (Networks).
NOTE: Some of the shortcuts listed here (and elsewhere in the user guide, as well as in Fetch Shortcuts) — Page Up, Page Down, Home, and End, for example — do not work as described if you have QuicKeys installed on your computer. Use QuicKeys, if you want, to redefine the keys to works as intended in Fetch.
-- If you are running System 7, or if you are running System 6 and have the 32-bit Color QuickDraw extension installed, or if you have a video card that supports GWorld video Ram, you can open Preview windows using “GWorld” for faster scrolling and zooming within the Preview window. For more information about shortcuts and issues, see the information under “Previewing an item” earlier in this file.
