Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!waikato.ac.nz!canterbury!cosc.canterbury.ac.nz!raymond From: raymond@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz (cantva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: How can I make the print dialog non-modal? Message-ID: <1991Jun9.104658.996@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> Date: 8 Jun 91 22:46:57 GMT Article-I.D.: csc.1991Jun9.104658.996 References: <5180@ryn.mro4.dec.com> Reply-To: raymond@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz Lines: 22 Nntp-Posting-Host: ruru.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz From article <5180@ryn.mro4.dec.com>, by long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long): > Where is the dialog that says "Printing . To cancel, hold down the > Command key and type a period"? For Word 4.0, I'm trying to make it > non-modal, so I can switch out during printing (this is what Print Aid does, > but I can't get it to work under 7.0). On a somewhat related note, have you noticed that the print dialog in Word is modal and has all the menus greyed, but when you select a menu the items themselves are not greyed and are usable. At least, that is what happens on my LC 4/40 w/7.0, Word 4.00a. Raymond. -- Raymond Wilson. email: raymond@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz snail: c/- Computer Science Department, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.