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From: bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Gripes about System 7.0
Message-ID: <5647@idunno.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 24 Jan 91 03:52:27 GMT
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In article <11827@goofy.Apple.COM> lsr@Apple.com (Larry Rosenstein) writes:
>In article <5611@idunno.Princeton.EDU>, bskendig@dry.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) writes:
>Also, you can drop documents onto applications in the Finder, provided the
>application contains an FREF for the document.  This means that you can
>keep an alias to your favorite WP program on the desktop, and drop TEXT files
>onto it.  Someone could write a "universal" viewer that could display large
>TEXT files, PICTs, ... and use that instead.

Hmm.  Can I just hilite the files I want to open from the Finder, then
select the word processor or other program I want to open them with
from the Apple menu?

I *hate* keeping things laying out on my little Mac SE screen.  It
clutters up far too quickly.

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