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From: jkeegan@hawk.ulowell.edu (Jeff Keegan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: removing balloon help....
Message-ID: <1991Jun11.010803.29778@ulowell.ulowell.edu>
Date: 11 Jun 91 01:08:03 GMT
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In article <1991Jun10.190032.3928@waikato.ac.nz> ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes:
>I don't think it's a good idea trying to remove the balloon help menu
>and icon. I've already found one piece of information that you can't easily
>get from the system otherwise.
>
>Hint: it's in the "About This Macintosh..." display.
>
>Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: +64-71-562-889
>Computer Services Dept                     fax: +64-71-384-066
>University of Waikato            electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz
>Hamilton, New Zealand    37^ 47' 26" S, 175^ 19' 7" E, GMT+12:00
>To someone with a hammer and a screwdriver, every problem looks
>like a nail with threads.

After quickly browsing through the About This Macintosh display with the
help balloons on and finding nothing, I spent a good minute with high hopes
in the "mountains" about box with help balloons on (ctrl-opt-cmd-shift) waiting
for something like "This is a really nifty secret about box visible only to
those with lots of patience [and nothing better to do]", but alas, nothing.

Then I went back and found the real reference made above. Oh well...

The hunt continues...

..Jeff Keegan

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