NEW MEDIA: MacLink
It was tedious but easy enough to maneuver this weblog’s Storyspace category postings into reverse chronological order then copy and paste them into Pages. One problem came up however and while I went back and managed to insert the images it didn’t process and the font it wouldn’t copy there still is the question of uncopied linkage.
I realize that again it’s likely my own lack of knowledge with the Mac Pages program–since I’m sure that if Windows does something well, then Mac would certainly be at the very least on par with that. There is a "paste as" format tool but I saw no difference in the result.
Now why would I need links for a hard copy? For one thing, the document will always be on the hard drive and there the links would be accessible. For another, it would at the very least show up on the paper pages and a footnote or endnote could be added to spell out the referenced link. Here, the link doesn’t show up as a link at all, in any way whatsoever, so the intent of the original posting is lost. Another thought: the importance of the semantic link is shown for its full value, otherwise this becomes useless: "You can read the full post here."
Perhaps I should’ve gotten on the Latitude for the transfer, or attempt a PDF on the Mac. Or just learn the right way of doing it in Mac Pages.
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology