Allan Atherton wrote: >Tony LaFemina <remacs at optonline.net> > >>I'm using OS 8.6. There's a control panel called File Synchronization... They >>may have changed the name in X, but I think they still may have the control >>panel. Back in OS 7 they came out with something called Publish & Subscribe, >>which was similar... >> > >I don't have a File Synchronization control panel in OS9, and don't see such >a thing in OSX. If it was in OS8, I didn't notice it, yet I did have a need >to synchronize back then because I bought Leader Technology's PowerMerge. I >still have the floppy, maybe even the manual. If anybody wants it, let me >know. > >As I recall, Publish and Subscribe allowed multiple users to see each >other's updates to a document they would all be working on. > >Allan Atherton > > > I don't know how many OS's had File Synchronization. My last OS was 7, and it wasn't in there. I never used it, but I don't quite know why they would remove something like that, because it was supposed to work over a network too. Which would make it a pretty useful tool, unless it had more problems than it was worth.
As for Publish & Subscribe it worked something like that, but did much more. I mainly use it like a template. I made a spreadsheet that functions as an address book. It also does mail merge and sets up address labels. When I save the spreadsheet, the labels are automatically on another page, and ready for print with Publish & Subscribe. You could either specify forwarding address labels, (30 to a page, all unique) or return address labels (80 to a page, all the same). That spreadsheet is still faster than any database program on the market today. Even FileMaker Pro. In addition to that, it can switch from casual addressing (John and Jane Doe) to formal addressing (Mr. & Mrs. John Doe) simply by entering a letter into a cell. I think one of the main reasons why Publish & Subscribe never caught on was because of a lack of information in the Help Manuals and files. I never met anyone who knew that much about it. I don't even know if it was included in AppleWorks 6. -- Tony LaFemina Major in Layout & Design Techniques Minor in Software Fundamentals http://hometown.aol.com/visitmacland/index.html mailto:remacs at optonline.net The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
