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From: xdab@ellis.uchicago.edu (David Baird)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: PageMaker 4.0 and MultiFinder
Message-ID: <1990Oct16.015932.25098@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: 16 Oct 90 01:59:32 GMT
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Has anyone experienced a similar situation? I have a Mac IIci, 8 megs
of RAM, running MultiFinder, MasterJuggler (with 6 or 7 or so font
files) and a good handfull of inits and cdevs. When I start
PageMaker 4.0 and try to access its spell checker, I get a message
that there are too many files open and I cannot use the spell checker.
Because of this situation, other features of the program also do not
work, in particular the hyphenation routines.

Aldus says that this is a Mac OS system error, and that I should
change the bootblock to allow more open files. They indicate that
PM 4.0 generates a lot of temp files, that when combined with the
MasterJuggler font files, inits, and cdevs, the Mac OS will not allow
PM 4.0 to spell check, or allow the hyphenation routines to kick in.

I am looking for your comments. Is the problem mine (I should cut down
somehow on font files, or I should muck around inside the bootblock),
or with Aldus (they should redesign the program), or a combination of
both? 

I will post a summary of the replies to the net. But please, reply. I
would like to have the benefit of the wisdom of the net.

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