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From: vita@daredevil.crd.ge.com (Mark F Vita)
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Subject: Re: Text file madness: diagnosis & prescription.
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Date: 15 Jan 90 17:37:20 GMT
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In article <8454@cbnewsm.ATT.COM> mls@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (mike.siemon) writes:
>This is a bit obscure.  If I try to select, e.g., the file generated by my
>scanner software *and* a word processor, I find that the Finder doesn't *let*
>me extend selections across different folders.  (surely you *don't* mean for
>me to keep everything in the *same* folder? :-))
>
>I can of course drag one of these to the *other's* folder, or both onto the
>desktop (and then must remember to drag them back where I really want them
>:-))  

Not at all.  Go ahead and put the files you want to operate with onto
the desktop.  When you're done, just select 'em and choose "Put Away"
from the File menu.  The files will automagically go back from whence
they came.  A very handy and much-underutilized feature of the Finder
(especially handy when used in conjuction with Find File's "Move To
Desktop" command).

Mark Vita                              vita@crd.ge.com
General Electric CRD               	..!uunet!crd.ge.com!vita
Schenectady, NY