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From: borton@sdcc3.UUCP (Chris Borton)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: word/count DA question
Message-ID: <3173@sdcc3.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 21-Feb-86 17:58:10 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 21 17:58:10 1986
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In article <3284@teklabs.UUCP> donch@teklabs.UUCP (Don Chitwood) writes:
>I recently acquired the "word/count DA" from the local Mac User Group
>(PMUG in Portland, OR--excellent group!!).  I installed it on my MacWrite
>system disc and am unable to use it.
>
>When I call it up, I click on the response box "count".  This results in
>a mini-finder type display with nothing in it. Presumably, one would click
>on a file listed in the "mini-finder" menu, and the count would proceed.
>I've tried all combinations of selecting files in the finder or with MacWrite
>open, to no avail.  

It only works with text files.  Save your file as Text Only under a different
name and then use it.  

I remember this coming over the net a long time ago; might someone interest
themselves in extending it for MacWrite files?  I find it very useful, but a
hassle in that I have to save the file each time twice.

--chris

Chris Borton, UC San Diego Undergraduate CS	
Micro Consultant, UCSD

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