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From: gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: 31 May 90 06:02:00 GMT
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Nf-From: p.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    May 31 01:02:00 1990


> The resource you want to twiddle is the "APPL" resource. There is just
> one of these, and it's a complete list of every file that the Finder
> knows about that has its "bundle" bit set. Look for the entry with creator
> code "MSWD", make a copy of it, and change the creator code in the copy to
> "MACA".
> 
> That should be all you need to do.

When I tried this, sure enough, clicking on Macwrite files would
launch MS-Word.  However, MS-Word refused to read the file and display
it.  Instead, it simply opened a blank window.  Does anyone know why
this is?  Is there a way to make MS-Word accept the macwrite file,
convert it, and display it immediately?  Thanks.

Don W. Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801      
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