Thank you Jay. Believe it or not I did not know this but also I do not
recall ever changing a duplicate without throwing away the original.
But an alias is better now that you explained it to me. I'm one of
those dummies who simply goes and does things and gets confused with
computer manuals. Sometimes I jokingly say that ex politicians write
computer manuals cause they cause me to go around in circles, but the
problem is that most programmers and manual writers assume we all know
certain things when we don't in our generation.
So thanks for the suggestion, and this is another reason why I like
this group. I do hope I can talk my granddaughter into using CE but
she is a diehard Mail person and until I can afford my own machine I
have to put up with Mail. Its not all that bad but I prefer CE. I
still don't understand why those who produce modern mail programs do
not incorporate what CE has.
doug
On Nov 13, 2006, at 12:15 AM, Jay S wrote:
Douglas McAdam wrote:
> Thank you so much Yersinia-
> I fooled around according to your instructions and found I could
> make a duplicate copy of a Quark and Apple Document, put them on
> the Desktop and then opened the Apps. and then opened the files. I
> also double clicked on them and that worked too.
I imagine that you already know this, but in case you don't: If it is
a DUPLICATE of the files, and not an ALIAS of the files, that you have
placed on your desktop, when you change the one on the desktop, the
original WILL NOT change. Once you make a copy in a different
location, you have two distinct files which do not relate to each
other. If you decide to keep copies on the desktop, trash the ones
that are there now, then go back to the originals and create aliases
of them. Then, when you open the alias on the desktop, the original
will actually be the one that opens.
---Jay
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