Editing System 7 (section)

===New features===
* Personal [[File Sharing]] – along with [[user interface]] improvements for [[AppleTalk]], System 7 includes a basic file-sharing server allowing any machine to publish folders to the AppleTalk network.
* [[Alias (Mac OS)|Aliases]] – small files that represent another object in the [[file system]]. Similar in concept to [[Unix]] [[symbolic link]]s and [[shortcut (computing)#Microsoft Windows|Windows shortcuts]], an alias in System 7 acts as a redirect to any object in the file system, such as a [[document]], an [[Application software|application]], a [[folder (computing)|folder]], a [[hard disk]], a [[network share]] or removable medium or a [[Printer (computing)|printer]]. 
* [[Drag and drop]] – document icons can be dragged with the mouse and "dropped" onto application icons to open in the targeted application. System 7.5's Drag Manager expanded the concept system-wide to include multiple data types such as text or audio data.
* ''Stationery'', allowing users to save often-used document styles as a [[template (file format)|template]]. "Stationery-aware" applications create a new, untitled file containing the template data.
*[[Balloon Help]], a widget-identification system similar to [[tooltip]]s.
* [[AppleScript]], a [[scripting language]] for automating tasks. 
* [[AppleEvents]], a new [[interprocess communication]] model for "high-level" events to be sent to applications including support for AppleEvents over an AppleTalk network.
* [[Publish and Subscribe (Mac OS)|Publish and Subscribe]] permits data "published" by one application to be "subscribed" to in a document of another application, so that it is automatically updated if the original is changed.
* [[TrueType]] outline fonts, replacing bitmapped fonts and outline [[PostScript]] printer fonts. TrueType for the first time offers a single font format that scales to any size on screen and on paper.
* A newly colorized [[user interface]], for machines that support color.