Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11

From	android <here@there.was>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11
Date	2016-04-20 13:00 +0200
Organization	the center
Message-ID	<here-365F88.13003420042016@news.individual.net> (permalink)
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In article <1mm04ee.1jel54kqlwzb0N%christian160321@ghanart.org>,
 christian160321@ghanart.org (Christian) wrote:

> android <here@there.was> wrote:
> 
> > In article <1mlzsp9.1b2yotz9cam7iN%christian160321@ghanart.org>,
> >  christian160321@ghanart.org (Christian) wrote:
> > 
> > > David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Microsoft Office 2011 also stopped opening old document formats via
> > > > double-click, requiring them to be opened from the File menu.
> > > 
> > > It is not necessary to open them via the File menu. You can drag a
> > > document's icon (which you believe can be opened by an application) over
> > > the icon of that application (in a Finder window or in the dock), and it
> > > will open.
> > > 
> > > You can even select more than one documents at the same time and drag
> > > them, then all will open. 
> > > 
> > > This not only works for Word, but for all file formats / applications.
> > > 
> > > Christian
> > 
> > Back to System 9 and earlier then you had to change the file creator in
> > a third party app to get a file to open in the proper program.
> 
> Not necessarily. Open form the File Menu always worked, and dragging
> over the application icon also. 
> 
> And I do not know many who knew how to change type/creator
> information...

That's the point. It was supposed to be click and play and often enough 
it wasn't.
> 
> > Going through the different 
> > folders to find the app to be used for that dragging and dropping could
> > be a PITA...
> 
> You can use the "get Info" dialog to find out which produced the file.
> Then you need to know which application from today can open it. All
> present Word versions can read files from years back, if it was a Word
> file.

It was still a PITA on System 9 and earlier, and you should not have to 
use the info dialog to open a file assuming that you have compatible 
software on the device. 

Premium software packages like MS Office should support old files, 
especially created by itself as good as offerings like Open Office.
-- 
teleportation kills

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more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 Micky <NONONObobbyburns1111@gmail.com> - 2016-04-17 01:39 -0400
  Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-17 06:13 -0400
  Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2016-04-17 16:02 +0000
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              Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 christian160321@ghanart.org (Christian) - 2016-04-20 07:02 +0200
                Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 android <here@there.was> - 2016-04-20 08:20 +0200
                Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 christian160321@ghanart.org (Christian) - 2016-04-20 11:14 +0200
                Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 android <here@there.was> - 2016-04-20 13:00 +0200
                Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-20 11:37 -0400
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                Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-21 15:30 -0400
                Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 android <here@there.was> - 2016-04-22 06:55 +0200
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                Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-04-21 18:31 +1200
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          Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> - 2016-04-19 19:07 -0700
      Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-04-17 21:25 +0000
        Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-17 17:33 -0400
          Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-04-17 23:34 +0000
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