Re: Word for mac

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Hi Phillip:

Mmmm... Only "Mac" software is drag-and-drop. That's only around two per
cent of software. Everyone else uses an installation script of some kind.

Even on the Mac, the move is to provide installers these days, to ensure
that all the pieces of increasingly complex applications land in the correct
place, and to fix up the file permissions and Finder associations.

Cheers

On 6/8/06 5:19 AM, in article OpC#bQMuGHA.4648@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Phillip M. Jones, CE.T." <pjones@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I do, I run installer routine on every package of software that uses
such. However, most software thes days is drag and drop.

John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh] wrote:
You mean, "Like PC Office has?" Hmm... Now, there's a radical thought...
:-)

Mind you, I am not SURE that the Installer doesn't actually run Office
Remover and offer to hook the Test Drive out, if it finds it. Does anyone
know?

The problem, on the Mac, is that nobody ever runs the installer!! :-)

Cheers


On 2/8/06 6:37 AM, in article #xOf$oatGHA.3912@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"CyberTaz" <typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet> wrote:

Or at least write the full version's installer with a Test Drive 'Search &
Destroy' routine.


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John McGhie <john@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

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