This article describes errors in the HyperCard 2.3 Reference manual.

Page 6-33 in describing using Linkto, instructs the user:

  2. With the Button tool still selected, double-click the button you want
     to link.

The problem is that the Button Info dialog box does not display the Link to button, unless you hold down the option key while double-clicking the button you want to link. Per the instruction, the Button Info dialog box shows the Tasks button.

The manual should read:

  2. With the Button tool still selected, hold down the Option key on your
     keyboard and double-click the button you want to link.

Pages 3-22 and 6-37 in describing adding visual effects, instructs the user:

There is no Effect button unless the user holds down the Option key while double-clicking on the Next button.

The manual should read:

  1. Choose the button tool, hold down the Option key on your keyboard, and
     double-click the Next button

     The Button Info Dialog box appears.

  2. Click the Effect button.

Incorrect Screen Shots

Appendix B, page 141 of the Getting Started manual documents the replacement of the LinkTo and Effects buttons with the Tasks button and shows the correct screen shot.

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