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Q: Installing Apps on New MacBook

I just got a new MacBook for Christmas and need to install Office 2011 and Adobe Creative Suite 3 on it.  Since there is no disc drive, how can I do this?  I am asking as I have installed these successfully on two desktops and an old laptop.  I tried bringing them over via the special USB C to USB adapter.

 

Word fires up and works but says it was not installed properly and needs to reinstall.  It asks for the product key, which I enter correctly only to have it say it is invalid, despite being valid before.

 

Adobe asks for the serial # which it says is invalid.

 

In both cases I have the code pasted on the back of the case.

 

What is going on and how do I fix it?  Thanks.

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Dec 28, 2015 6:01 PM

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  • by Kurt Lang,

    Kurt Lang Kurt Lang Dec 30, 2015 12:14 PM in response to Sliphorn
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    Dec 30, 2015 12:14 PM in response to Sliphorn

    Not much to it. By default, the rectangle marquee tool is active. Just drag a box around the area you want to crop to and press Command+K. If you want to be more accurate on images that are larger than can be displayed 1:1, press Command+0 (zero) first so you viewing the image at actual size.

  • by Lanny,

    Lanny Lanny Dec 30, 2015 12:30 PM in response to Sliphorn
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    Dec 30, 2015 12:30 PM in response to Sliphorn
    but my uneducated self cannot figure out how to crop using Preview.

     

    If you don't want to use the shortcut, or in case you forget, it's right in the menu:

     

    Screen Shot 2015-12-30 at 3.27.45 PM.jpg

  • by Lanny,

    Lanny Lanny Dec 30, 2015 12:53 PM in response to Sliphorn
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    Dec 30, 2015 12:53 PM in response to Sliphorn

    It's also covered in Preview's Help Screens:

     

    Screen Shot 2015-12-30 at 3.51.44 PM.jpg

  • by Sliphorn,

    Sliphorn Sliphorn Dec 30, 2015 1:04 PM in response to Lanny
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    Dec 30, 2015 1:04 PM in response to Lanny

    These are all great.  My goal is to be able to not delete things but to separate.  I.e., I have an 8.5 X 11 page from the scanner and it has maybe six or more pairs of sportscards.  With Adobe I crop down to a small portion and save that as the name of the player.  I then go back to crop and move the boundaries to the next one and follow suit until all pairs have been extracted and saved on the desktop.  Will Preview allow this as well?  I am familiar with annotating after some colleagues complained about not being able to see what the differences were.  I will try this out on an old full size scan.  Thanks.

  • by Sliphorn,

    Sliphorn Sliphorn Dec 30, 2015 1:12 PM in response to Lanny
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    Dec 30, 2015 1:12 PM in response to Lanny

    Here is what my Preview drop down shows.Screen shot 2015-12-30 at 4.06.51 PM.png

  • by Kurt Lang,

    Kurt Lang Kurt Lang Dec 30, 2015 1:19 PM in response to Sliphorn
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    Dec 30, 2015 1:19 PM in response to Sliphorn

    This must not be Preview in El Capitan. What version of OS X are you using?

  • by Sliphorn,

    Sliphorn Sliphorn Dec 30, 2015 1:27 PM in response to Kurt Lang
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    Dec 30, 2015 1:27 PM in response to Kurt Lang

    10.6.8 on the iMac.  I have not done anything on the MacBook yet.

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Dec 30, 2015 1:31 PM in response to Sliphorn
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    Dec 30, 2015 1:31 PM in response to Sliphorn

    Crop is not active unless you have a selection dragged out on the image.

    Use the Marquee tool to select the frame and then Crop (cmd-K) to execute the crop on that frame.

  • by Kurt Lang,Solvedanswer

    Kurt Lang Kurt Lang Dec 30, 2015 1:39 PM in response to Sliphorn
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    Dec 30, 2015 1:39 PM in response to Sliphorn

    Then back to part of your previous question. Yes, you can cut multiple images out of your scan. Mark an area and crop it. Do a Save As to give that crop a new name and file. Press Command+Z to go back to the full image. Perform the next crop, Save As and undo (Command+Z). Repeat until all crops are done.

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