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Thursday, September 21, 2000
Have you seen the new trailer yet for "Star Wars Episode 2"? You can download it from the Web, complete with Jimmy Smits, Hayden Christenson and the music of John Williams. It's action packed, visually appealing and makes you long for the new episode to hit the big screen.
Problem is that the trailer was created by a Hollywood insider not associated with LucasFilms, the company creating Episode 2. So it represents a fan's view of what the movie will contain -- not the real view. "Anonymous Director" created the trailer with computer based editing tools and pieces of movies including "Star Wars" (Episode 1) and "Braveheart." But you'd be hard-pressed to tell that it isn't from Lucas.
When I first spoke with Anonymous Director, the trailer had already attracted 1.4 million downloads. Now it has exceeded 2 million. I can attribute this tremendous showing to the draw of the Star Wars series combined with the top-notch quality that Anonymous Director put into the trailer.
The LucasFilm people don't seem to mind because there are no profit motives behind the trailer; but Anonymous Director, a Hollywood insider, doesn't know what the other companies think about how he has used their work. So he remains anonymous, hoping that he can someday reveal himself to the LucasFilms people during a discussion about how he can work within their hallowed halls.
We still have to wait two years to see Episode 2. In the meantime, you can download the trailer from www.theforce.net. And you can listen to my interview with Anonymous Director at www.InsiderRadio.com.
Q: When I print from the Internet, the right margin is often cut off from the printout. What is wrong?
A: Unfortunately, probably nothing. Internet Explorer prints the complete page, pixel by pixel. So it prints the page according to the width in which it was designed. In many cases, the designer of the Web page designs the page to be too wide to print properly. Depending on the setup of your system, the right portion will either be cut off completely or printed onto a separate page -- neither of which is acceptable.
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For most people, the best solution is to copy the entire page and paste it into a word processor such as MS-Word or WordPerfect, from which you can print the page. Before printing, adjust the margins of the page until they are within the acceptable range of your printer. You can even place your page breaks wherever you want them.
As I've mentioned in a recent column, the latest version of Internet Explorer (v5.5) has a new print preview feature that allows you to see the page, as it will be printed before you commit to print. Simply preview the page before printing to decide whether you can print it fully directly from IE, or whether you'll need to move it to your word processor first.
Q: When I print from the Internet My toolbar disappeared from my MS-Word. How do I get it back?
A:The easiest way to restore your toolbar to your MS-Word screen is to right-click on the menu bar or whichever toolbar still remains on screen. Then, when the list of available toolbars appears, make sure there is a check mark next to the toolbar that is missing. If you don't know which toolbar is missing, simply turn each nonvisible toolbar on one-by-one, until you see the toolbar you want. If the toolbar appears on the wrong line, drag it to the appropriate place on your screen by clicking on the 3D vertical line on the left side of the toolbar.
David Radin is host of the nationally syndicated radio show "Internet Insider," a local version of which is aired on KDKA-AM 1020 at noon Saturdays.
Thursday, September 21, 2000
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