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How to Choose an iBooks Author Template

Apple’s iBooks Author software is a brand new app for creating interactive textbooks. Our guest author Maria Langer shares with us how to choose a template and where to find out all the details of how to use the app. Mess up with the template and you may find you have to start all over again with your book. So read this first.

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Can I put a Mac app on my iPhone?

No, you can’t put a Mac app on your iPhone. Here’s why, and a bit more info besides.

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Help points out lost menu items

Sometimes you just can’t remember where something is in the menus for the app you’re using. Don’t spend ages hunting — Help’s big blue arrow can show you. Here’s how it works.

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Reopen windows on Restart in Lion?

When you restart your Mac under Lion all the apps and windows automatically open up again. If you don’t want them to, here’s how to change that behaviour.

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