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From: pehaxell@watnot.UUCP (Penny Haxell)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: word/count DA question
Message-ID: <11567@watnot.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 2-Mar-86 23:17:34 EST
Article-I.D.: watnot.11567
Posted: Sun Mar  2 23:17:34 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 3-Mar-86 01:29:43 EST
References: <3284@teklabs.UUCP> <3173@sdcc3.UUCP>
Reply-To: pehaxell@watnot.UUCP (Penny Haxell)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

In article <3173@sdcc3.UUCP> borton@sdcc3.UUCP (Chris Borton) writes:
>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.

Word/count works with Microsoft Word files as well as with text files.