December 2002
Beginner to intermediate
808 pages
23h 40m
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You can also open a document by dragging the document icon and dropping it on top of its application icon. The application icon might be in the Dock, in an Applications folder, anywhere in your Home area, or even an alias on the Desktop.
You’ll notice that the application icon will highlight (turn dark), which is the visual clue that if you let go your document will open. (Usually.)
I dragged this AppleWorks document icon and dropped it onto the AppleWorks application icon. If the application is not open, this will open it.

Now, the great thing about this trick is that you can often open a document in ...
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