On 6 Apr 2008, at 02:18, Linda wrote: >> "Sounds a bit complicated to me", or "sounds a bit fiddly, thanks >> anyway" would have been a perfectly adequate answer. > > Those might have been "adequate" answers, but they weren't answers > that fit > his situation. He gave an answer appropriate to his situation: > using a PC > machine isn't what he had in mind. As I said, I don't believe that a PC is necessary. I'm think there's a Mac program available, but for various reasons I preferred to use the DOS app, and I just posted the first link I could find. The criteria not to use a PC was not specified in the previous request for information. >> Perhaps it's just me, but I find your words "not exactly something >> that a Mac user is familiar with" slightly patronising. > > ... It certainly > isn't something a typical Mac user is familiar with. The difference is in the word, "typical", which Ronald didn't bother to use. As I said, not _all_ Mac users are ignorant or incapable. > He didn't say it was > something a Mac user couldn't do, wouldn't do, or was "above" doing > -- just > something they aren't familiar with. So, it "sounds a bit complicated" for the average Mac user, then, yes? Stroller.