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What Is GeekTool?
Step One: Getting Familiar with GeekTool
Step Two: Set Up Your Geeklets
Drag the Shell geeklet to your desktop, and place it in the space where you'd like the time to appear. Drag the bottom right corner to resize it to be as large as you'd like the time to display on your desktop. Give it a name, and then, in the 'command' field of the properties window, type the following:
date '+%H:%M'
date '+%I:%M %p'
%p
on the end adds an AM/PM to the clock.date '+%A'; date '+%d %B %Y'
Adding a persistent calendar to your desktop is a good opportunity to see how GeekTool responds to strings of commands. Drag another shell geeklet to the desktop, name it Calendar, and then paste the following into the command field:
cal | sed 's/^/ /;s/$/ /;s/ $(date +%e) / $(date +%e | sed 's/./#/g') /'
To display uptime and system status on your desktop, you'll need to get familiar with the Unix uptime and top commands. For example, you could drag a shall geeklet to your desktop and paste this inside:
uptime | awk '{print 'UPTIME : ' $3 ' ' $4 ' ' $5 ' ' }'; top -l 1 | awk '/PhysMem/ {print 'RAM : ' $8 ' '}' ; top -l 2 | awk '/CPU usage/; NR; 5 {printf 'CPU' $6, $7=':', $8, $9='user ', $10, $11='sys ', $12, $13}'
top -l1 -u -o cpu –S
You'll need another shell geeklet for this one. Drag one to your desktop, name it, and then paste this into the command field:
system_profiler SPPowerDataType | grep mAh
This one's fun: drag an image geeklet to your desktop this time, and name it 'Slideshow.' Resize it so it takes up the amount of space you want to give it on your desktop. Click ther 'Set Local Path' button under the URL field and browse to the folder on your Mac that has contains the photos you want in the slideshow. Select the folder, and then set the refresh rate to the number of seconds you want the image to display before it changes to the next one in the folder. Once these options are set, the image will change automatically at the interval you set.
Step Three: Try New Geeklets and Scripts
- Satellite Weather Map - Add your city to track weather in your region, including storms and hurricanes
- Dateline Calendar - A horizontal 12-month calendar that stretches across the screen
- List of Tasks from Things.app - For users of the productivity app Things, this Geeklet lists current tasks.
- CPU/Disk/Memory Usage Meter - Progress bars for CPU utilization, RAM utilization, and disk space on the primary drive.
- iTunes Song Meter - Displays the progress of the currently playing song in iTunes as a progress bar
Don't Stop Here
Most applications (such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) include fonts that are automatically installed when you install the software. For example, applications that are created especially for document design projects, such as Microsoft Publisher, often come with quite a few extra fonts that you can use with any other program on your computer.
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However, sometimes you may want to install custom fonts that you've created, purchased or downloaded from somewhere else. In this article we'll talk about how to install those fonts so you can use them in Microsoft Office.
Locate custom fonts on the Web
In addition to acquiring and using fonts installed with other applications, you can download fonts from the Internet. Some fonts on the Internet are sold commercially, some are distributed as shareware, and some are free. The Microsoft Typography site site provides links to other font foundries (the companies or individuals outside of Microsoft who create and distribute fonts) where you can find additional fonts.
After you find a font that you would like to use with an Office application, you can download it and install it through the operating system that you are currently using on your computer. Because fonts work with the operating system, they are not downloaded to Office directly. You should go through the system's Fonts folder in Windows Control Panel and the font will work with Office automatically. On the Mac you use the Font Book to add the font and then copy it to the Windows Office Compatible folder.
Many third parties outside of Microsoft package their fonts in .zip files to reduce file size and to make downloading faster. If you have downloaded a font that is saved in .zip format double-click the zip file to open it.
Install a custom font you have downloaded
Once you've downloaded the font you want to install you need to install it in the operating system. Once the font is properly installed in the operating system Microsoft Office will be able to see and use it. For detailed instructions select the operating system you're using from the drop-down box below.
- Find the font file that you downloaded, keeping in mind that it may be contained within a .zip file. It's probably located in your downloads folder.
- Double-click the font file to open it in the Font Previewer
- If you're satisfied that this is the font you want, click Install at the top left.
- Close the Font Previewer, and open your Office program. You should now see your new font included on the font list.
- Find the font file you downloaded - it likely has a .ttf or .otf extension and it's probably in your downloads folder. Double-click on it.Note: If the font file has a .zip extension you need to open that .zip file and open the font file from there.
- It will open in the font previewer. Click Install Font. It will open in the Font Book.
- Close the Font Book. Your font should now be available to Microsoft Office.
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Sharing files that contain non-standard fonts
When you install a custom font, each font will work only with the computer you've installed it on. Custom fonts that you've installed on your computer might not display the same way on a different computer. Text that is formatted in a font that is not installed on a computer will display in Times New Roman or the default font.
Therefore, if you plan to share Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, or Excel files with other people, you'll want to know which fonts are native to the version of Office that the recipient is using. If it isn't native, you may have to embed or distribute the font along with the Word file, PowerPoint presentation, or Excel spreadsheet. For more information about this see Fonts that are installed with Microsoft Office.
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