Microsoft Word V3.0 and its menu bar...

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From: Jeff Harrow, NCSE BXB1-2/E02 DTN...
Date: Mon, 18 May 1987 19:14

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Has anyone  noticed  that  Microsoft Word V3.0's handeling of the 
menu bar is a bit strange?

I've noticed that  the  MenuTime  DA  does  not update (flash its 
colon) under many conditions until you hit a key.

Additionally, when Apple's new  EasyAccess  (a  standard  way  to 
create  "sticky"  option/command/shift  keys)   is  enabled,  the 
special icon that it places  at the right side of the menu bar is 
not always updated correctly.

Yet another anomaly is that with AutoCursor installed, the cursor 
tends  to  stay  in the Watch mode even  though  the  program  IS 
waiting for user input.

Was this "non-standardness" really necessary, and is there a fix?


Jeff Harrow

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