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From: bcarter@claven.idbsu.edu (Bruce Carter)
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Subject: Re: 1.2.x -> 2.1 ?
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In article <jesse.677576216@steele-lk> jesse@cs.UAlberta.CA (Jesse Lee) writes:
>Hi. I am a beginner of using HyperCard 2.1.
>Would someone tell me how to convert a stack of format 1.2.x
>to 2.1 ? I got some public domain stacks recently and HC 2.1
>won't let me to use it until the stacks are converted. But
>I really do not know what to do.
>Thanks.

There is a Convert Stack option under the file menu in all versions of HC 2. 
Just launch HC 2, open the stack, and select the Convert Stack option.  You may
want to save a backup, because HC does the conversion in place, deleting the
old version of the file.
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