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Date:	Thu, 4 Jul 2002 13:45:37 PST7
From:	Sheridan George <s-geo@usa.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Basic Help

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Harry Chris Motin wrote:
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>
> Butch,
>

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> The above are the standard ways of creating copies, moves and shadows.
> In a few instances, however, they are modified. For example, making a
> shadow is the standard operation for a file that is in a folder on the
> hard drive (not on the desktop), but for which you create something on
> your desktop. Therefore, if the file is in a hard drive folder, using
> the RMB, only, creates a shadow (you see the string attached to the
> icons as you do the operation). It does not create a move. Try it. Go to
> your "Drive C" folder and find the icon of a file somewhere on your hard
> drive. For example, use the C:\CONFIG.SYS file icon. If you RMB this
> file from C: to the desktop (don't release the RMB), you will see the
> attached string, indicating a shadow creation operation.
>
> HCM

Extra info. to know before trying HCM's suggestion. In the above paragraph is the sentence "If you RMB
this file from C: to the desktop (don't release the RMB), you will see the attached string, indicating
a shadow creation operation." All of that is correct. What is needed is how to cancel the operation.

After you have amazed yourself at how easy it is to create shadows and/or moves and copies and you
want to stop, simply press the Esc key before releasing the RMB. (It's OK to release the Shift, Ctrl,
or Ctrl-Shift keys; just don't release the RMB before pressing Esc.) That stops the operation. Use
the same technique when you catch a mistake before the RMB is released. Once the RMB is released the
operation is complete.

Sheridan George

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