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From: drc@dbase.UUCP (Dennis Cohen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Finder improvements (really Apple docs gripe)
Message-ID: <219@dbase.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Aug-87 10:47:02 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug  5 10:47:02 1987
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Organization: Ashton Tate Development Center Glendale Cal.
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Summary: But they do describe updates

In article <451@umbc3.UMD.EDU>, chris@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Chris Schanzle) writes:
> 
> Now this is EXACTLY what I hate about Apple's distribution of updated 
> software.  I certainly have had a use for these features, but I have NEVER
> SEEN THESE DOCUMENTED.  Perhaps they have been, but the existance  of
> the documentation and how to get it isn't well known.  Why doesn't Apple
> include a text file with updates listing all *special* command, option,
> shift and all the combinations with their updates?  (Obviously we don't
> need to know the command-key equivalents since they're listed in the menus.)
> Things like Shift-Clicking on the print dialog box when selecting normal
> quality printing for bi-directional print motion.  Does anybody know of a
> good source of this documentation?  How to get it?  
> 
But they do include this information as a Read Me file with a utility called
TeachText.  This has been true on the last few (3 or 4) System Update disks
that I have gotten.  Unfortunately, most people just get hold of a new copy
of the system and finder from whereever and copy it onto their disks rather
than getting the upgrade disks and using the Installer.  Besides missing out
on useful information, this is a STUPID thing to do with the new variety of
hardware out there as the Installer updates your System properly for the HW
on which you tell it you'll be running (different patches, etc.).

Dennis Cohen
Ashton-Tate Glendale Development Center
dBASE Mac Development Team