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Article #1024Re: A Mac OS 8 feature not working properly...
From: Rebecca and Rowland
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 00:00
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 00:00
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Vernon Quaintance <vernon@dircon.co.uk> wrote:
> Steve Rogers <thebeast@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Trying to switch applications using About This Computer: I control-click
> > an application and get a choice of Open (should be Switch To, shouldn't
> > it?) or Help. Clicking Open, I get the following dialog with the choice
> > of OK or Cancel:
> >
> > The document "[name of app]" is locked, so you will not be able to save
> > any changes. Do you want to open it anyway?
> >
> > I OK it, it then does what I wanted it to do. What's wrong?
>
> Whyever are you using such a roundabout route to switch programs?
Because he wants to, obviously. Why not try and answer his perfectly
sensible question rather than asking your own stupid question?
[snip]
Rowland.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10b5a2,5911cf539fa408ba X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5a2,public From: rebecca@astrid.u-net.com (Rebecca and Rowland) Subject: Re: A Mac OS 8 feature not working properly... Date: 1998/06/06 Message-ID: <1da6hg3.1qifi6moi7enuN@p34.nas1.is2.u-net.net> X-Deja-AN: 360012696 References: <1998060408535848847@thebeast.demon.co.uk> <1da6aq8.qeudmm1gkyh4oN@th-eng12-185.pool.dircon.co.uk> Organization: The Pietertje Geeltje van der Sluis fan club Newsgroups: demon.tech.mac