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From: erics@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Eric Schlegel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Hiding background layers in MultiFinder
Message-ID: <18487@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>
Date: 13 Jan 90 15:54:40 GMT
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In article <6172@internal.Apple.COM> lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) writes:
>There's also a feature in MultiFinder 6.1b9 to set aside everything bu the 
>frontmost application.  Pull down the Apple menu.  Press the Option key.  
>The Set Aside menu item will change to Set Aside Others, which will set 
>aside eveything but the frontmost application.


I find both Set Aside and Set Aside Others to be tremendously useful for
decreasing screen clutter, especially on a my Plus. My only wish is that
MultiFinder would _automatically_ set aside the current application when
I switch to another app. Since it doesn't, I usually switch to another app
via the Apple menu and then select Set Aside Others to set aside whatever
app I was just in. Just takes a little longer than it should.

-eric
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