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howard@cos.com (Howard C. Berkowitz) writes:

>Does anything exist which gives at least some of the functionality
>of the UNIX "make" utility, but under the Mac environment (i.e.,
>not just a programming environment under the Mac interface)?

>My problem is that I write a large number of courses and technical
>papers which use graphics.  Normally, I create slides in 
>MacDraw II 1.1, and then paste them, with some reduction, into
>Word 4.0 documents.  At present, I do the reduction with Word,
>but I'd be willing to create the graphics as the exact size.

>What I'd like to do is something more than a hot-link facility
>between Word and MD II, although that in itself would be very
>helpful.  My REAL goal is something like the following scenario:

>  I create a graphic (in slide form) in MDII 1.1.  Let's
>  assume this is of the Politically Correct OSI Seven-Layer
>  Reference Model.

>  I include this slide in an introductory course, creating
>  the slide border using the MDII Master Slide facility.

>  I copy the contents of the slide (i.e., not the border) into
>  Word via the Clipboard under Multifinder.

>  --- ENDS what I do now...how I'd like to go on is...

>  In a different slide presentation, establish a pointer to the
>  slide in the first (i.e., a library reference).  

>  Show a make-like dependency of the second presentation on a graphic
>  (ideally the specific graphic) in the first set of slides.  

>  Show a dependency of the first Word document on the above graphic
>  Create a second Word document; show its dependency on the graphic.

>  On modifying the base graphic, at least get a list of places I 
>  need to change.  Ideally, some of those places would then import
>  it, ala hot link.

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The only thing I know of that even comes close to doing what you want is
PageMaker 4.0
It hot-links to anything you place on a layout, be it graphics or text, and
updates them when you do.  It doesn't 'show' dependencies, except that in
a dialog box you can see what each item is linked to.
If you have questions, email me.



Dan Walkowski
Univ. of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci.
walkowsk@cs.uiuc.edu