My two cents worth (maybe only half a cent) on Applescript:? I was gratified 
to see heavyweights on this list offering negative comments.? When I got AW 
6.27 and found there were no longer macros, I was both panicked and miffed.? I 
appealed to the Appleworks Users Group and got all this stuff about how I 
should learn Applescript and forget macros, which are for children, anyway.? 
One 
guy even showed me a sample "script" -- about a page of gobblydegook, which he 
represented as "easier than recording a macro."? My solution was to trash AW 
6.27 and reinstall my old 6.04.? (Then, of course, the AWUG people told me it 
was "unstable" and I should upgrade to 6.24.? Maybe 6.04 is unstable, but I've 
been using it for four years without a hitch.? I believe in dancing with them 
that brung me.)? Besides, I use my computer for a limited range of tasks, and I 
want to spend my time *using* it, not? programming, downloading, uploading, 
sideloading, crossloading, and fixing stuff that ain't broke.? Sorry; despite 
appearances, this is not really a rant.? I think a presentation on Applescript 
would be valuable to members of LCS, and I'm sorry I'm too far away to attend.

Nolan
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