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Re: Postscript output from the Macintosh <<help>>

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From: Gerald Edgar
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 1990 15:30
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In article <1213@tuewsd.win.tue.nl> wsinkees@lso.win.tue.nl (Kees Huizing) writes:
>What works without any real-time assumptions is the following.
>Move the mouse pointer on the OK button.  Press the mouse button, but don't
>release it yet.  Press the command-key and the F key, don't release yet.
>Release the mouse button.  Wait until you see a message saying that the file
>is not sent to a printer.  (I get the message: "Why don't you buy a
>Postscript printer?" -- is this a joke from Apple?)  Then release the keys.

This does not work with MacDraw II.  If you do this on MacDraw II, then
after you release the mouse button, the command-F is sent to MacDraw, so
the "Arrange" menu title hilights.  Presumably MacDraw is arranging the
layers of my document for me.  I claim this is a bug in MacDraw, but Claris
has not yet admitted it.

In order to creat a Postscript document using this method with
MacDraw II, you click OK normally, wait for the window "Printing pages
1 to 10" (or whatever), then immediatly hold down command-F (or simply F).
Of course a better solution is ResEditing the Laserwriter file to show the
check-box.
--
  Gerald A. Edgar          
  Department of Mathematics             Bitnet:    EDGAR@OHSTPY
  The Ohio State University             Internet:  edgar@mps.ohio-state.edu
  Columbus, OH 43210   ...!{att,pyramid}!osu-cis!shape.mps.ohio-state.edu!edgar
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Subject: Re: Postscript output from the Macintosh <<help>>
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