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Article #16424Re: Recovering Word 3.0 files
From: ephraim
Date: Thu, 28 May 1987 12:36
Date: Thu, 28 May 1987 12:36
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In article <367@sdics.ucsd.EDU>, norman@sdics.ucsd.EDU (Donald A. Norman) writes: > Here is what Microsoft said about my problems > ... > 2. The problem with table of contents. Probably a defective > finder. The finder can't access the disk properly. Throw away the > finder and plug in a virgin one. > > I did as the man said. No luck whatsoever. > No reason it should work, since the Finder isn't running when Word is. The Finder is "just another application" and has little to do with the behaviour of other applications. What your friendly, fuzzy, but slightly confused Microsoft help-line person probably meant to suggest was to replace the *System* file, which contains all the standard-file stuff and can have a profound effect on the apparent health of other software. Confusion between the Finder and the System is common among Mac users, but someone paid to help users should know better. Much better.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!masscomp!ulowell!wanginst!wang!ephraim From: ephraim@wang.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Recovering Word 3.0 files Message-ID: <451@wang.UUCP> Date: Thu, 28-May-87 08:36:56 EDT Article-I.D.: wang.451 Posted: Thu May 28 08:36:56 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 30-May-87 06:06:18 EDT References: <365@sdics.ucsd.EDU> <1825@sphinx.uchicago.edu> <19647@sun.uucp> <367@sdics.ucsd.EDU> Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA Lines: 18 Keywords: Microsoft Word 3.0 crashes temp files Summary: Replace finder? Must mean replace System.