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From: GAB100@PSUVM.BITNET (George A. Brownfield)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: How about static fields???
Message-ID: <69824GAB100@PSUVM>
Date: 2 Feb 89 21:21:13 GMT
References: <979@wasatch.UUCP>
Organization: Penn State University - Center for Academic Computing
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In article <979@wasatch.UUCP>, t-jacobs@wasatch.UUCP (Tony Jacobs) says:

>I am always running into the need for static text fields on backgrounds.  By
>static I mean they are the same for every card and they need to be changed
>once in a while. I have maneuvered around this limitation in a couple of ways.
(...some complex kludges deleted...)
>How hard would it be to add a checkbox to the field attributes dialog which
>makes the field the same for every card.

     How hard is it to use the text tool under the paint tools menu?
Go into the background editor, select the text tool, place your cursor
at the appropriate place, and type in the information.  The result will
be the same text on all cards.  If you need to arrange/format it, use
the lasso or marquee.  You can even paint in a nice border if it's needed.

     For the occasional card that you need something different, go into
the painting mode while in the card editor rather than background, and
just type the new text over it.

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BORROWED ACCOUNT  -- NOT George Brownfield.

James D. Maloy, PSU Class of '87

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