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From: denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP (William C. DenBesten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Flame on Apple Technical Notes
Message-ID: <1481@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Date: 23 Dec 87 14:19:50 GMT
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From article <3706@islenet.UUCP>, by ric@islenet.UUCP (Frederick Lee):
> Flame ON!
> It would be better for us if Apple formatted their technical notes
> on CompuServe and elsewhere on a less-esoteric format than MacDraw.
> 
> Perhaps in MacPaint so that those of us who have FullPaint or SuperPaint,
> etc. could gain some helpful information without the need of another costly
> software.
> 
> Such illustrations would be better displayed and enjoyed by more Mac
> users. 
> 
> Flame OFF!

MacDraw is not an "esoteric" format.  As I recall, it was one of the
programs that Apple released very early on in the life of the mac.  I
remember that the first mac that I saw had MacWrite, MacPaint, and
MacDraw.

The reason that Apple uses MacDraw rather than MacPaint is twofold.
1) The pictures contain text that is too small for MacPaint to do a
reasonable job of displaying. 2) MacDraw is capable of taking full
advantage of the LaserWriter and making very pretty pictures.

If you can gain access to MacDraw for a little while, you could use it
to convert the files from DRWG format to PICT format, that SuperPaint
is capable of reading them.  You could even try cutting it from
MacDraw and paste it into MacWrite or MacPaint.  (I suspect that the
picture is too large for MacWrite, and MacPaint would look pathetic.)

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