ita-there is not a chance that most of these files you are opening are office files is there?
Cause if so, office has an option to open files read-only, and you could probably write a macro to make it a one-click choice.
Well, personally, I kind of want to slay the dragon.
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Typo Boy - May 30, 2007 6:21:19 am PDT #1739 of 25496
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
§ ita § - May 30, 2007 8:40:28 am PDT #1740 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
office has an option to open files read-only, and you could probably write a macro to make it a one-click choice
A macro that's invoked from the right click menu in Explorer? I didn't know you could do that. I thought the app had to be open and in focus.
Typo Boy - May 30, 2007 8:42:46 am PDT #1741 of 25496
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Hmm - even if the files you are opening are office, the read only option only works from within office applications. That is you have to be in word or excel or whatever. Choose file open from the menu or shortcut key, and get the file open dialog box, the click the little right arrow extra choices thingie to the right of the open button. While all those key strokes could be saved in a Macro, you would have to run that macro from within word or excel or whatever, which is not what you have in mind. Sorry, thought I had something.
Typo Boy - May 30, 2007 8:43:22 am PDT #1742 of 25496
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
x-post. I realized at the same time you did that it would not work.
le nubian - May 30, 2007 12:38:25 pm PDT #1743 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
here's the latest palm product. I'm a bit underwhelmed, but perhaps I was predisposed to be such:
-t - May 30, 2007 12:40:49 pm PDT #1744 of 25496
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You need a smartphone to work it? Not so dazzling.
Theodosia - May 30, 2007 2:22:32 pm PDT #1745 of 25496
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
So... do I want to download iTunes 7.2 or wait until some other lab rat type tries it?
Tom Scola - May 30, 2007 2:33:19 pm PDT #1746 of 25496
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I'm using iTunes 7.2. I just upgraded four songs to iTunes plus!
amych - May 30, 2007 2:37:36 pm PDT #1747 of 25496
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I've been using it since this morning. I don't have much more interest than before in buying anything from the store, but the app seems stable so far.
tommyrot - May 30, 2007 2:39:20 pm PDT #1748 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm using iTunes 7.2. I just upgraded four songs to iTunes plus!
How does that work? You can upgrade a song you already bought without having to buy the iTunes Plus song outright? How much is it to do this?