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From: macman@wpi.wpi.edu (Christopher Silverberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Something else you can't do on the Mac
Message-ID: <6454@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 3 Jan 90 01:30:47 GMT
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Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester ,MA
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CW> I do this a lot. Download a text file.  Now try to display it. On a PC, use
CW> type.
CW> On a Mac, you can't.                  
CW> A downloaded text file has no associated application.  If you
CW> double click it, it gives you an error message.
(deleted completely unnecessary steps)

If you do this a lot (which obviously he DOES NOT use a mac that much) you
simply open the text file with a DA like MockWrite (which is shareware).
Then do whatever editing or printing you want. It comes in Monocco font so
it wont be proportionally spaced. 

But if you decide that you want to convert this into a document where you have
proportional spacing, different types, fonts, and graphics, THEN bring it into
a word processor.

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