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From: lsr@Apple.com (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Gripes about System 7.0
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Date: 24 Jan 91 22:36:33 GMT
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In article <5647@idunno.Princeton.EDU>, bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) writes:
> 
> 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 don't think so.  Selecting an item from the Apple menu is supposed to be
equivalent to selecting the corresponding icon and then the Open item in the
Finder.

One thing that might be possible is to write a universal document handler
onto which you could drop a variety of documents.  This app would figure 
out which application you wanted to handle the document and launch that 
application.  That way you would only need one icon on the desktop.