Rick found a bug in the Extract Text macro that comes with MetaMacro. A fix is in the Files section here. The Temporary Items folder is at the top of the Files...
A newsgroup poster asked how to find WP on any machine, regardless of what the user's named it. Something like this is useful when you want to have WP do...
Is anyone planning an immediate upgrade to Tiger when it ships on April 29? I see no reason to think that Classic will be any different. Newsgroup discussion...
March 17, 2005 WordPerfect Selling Well, Thank You Very Much Under the guidance of Corel CEO Amish Mehta, WordPerfect has rebounded from past difficulties. By...
Thanks for sharing the article. I have to take issue, though, with what IMHO is a misleading take on the history of WP's demise: The issue was less technical...
I have an older performa cd 640 with OS 7.6.1. I have created many wonderful files under this system. The WP version is 3.0 I have perchased ibook G3...
... Is there some reason you do not want to run WP on your newer computer? If you must get the files into AppleWorks, you should probably get the latest...
... Right - also, do you know that WP 3.5e will run without problems in Classic mode on your iBook? Version 3.5e (the last version) is still a free download,...
... You're right, but I've heard that MS exploited their position on the technical side too, as in a version of Windows wasn't ready to ship until it made WP...
... "It ain't done till Lotus won't run." was how I heard it. Apocryphal?...
Steve Kane
skane@...
Apr 26, 2005 1:15 am
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... First, just so that you know, 128MB of RAM is way too little for OS X. With that little RAM OS X will be slow as molasses (due to your Mac constantly...
Randy B. Singer
randy@...
Apr 26, 2005 3:25 am
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... The MacLink Plus translations from WP to Appleworks are actually quite satisfactory, though they default (even in the new version) to AW version 5, so that...
... It looks like r8ix.com is subscribed to Yahoo. It's a little odd. I originally set up Yahoo as a library, for available links and files, and as a...
What's new: a MacLink/DataViz translator for MS Word 4 and 5, a bug fix for WP v. 1 import, better organization of filters and other files in the distribution,...
The three droplets in this distribution all change the creator of a file dropped on them to "WPC2", i.e. WordPerfect Mac. File types are changed as: "Drop WP5...
What's new: a MacLink/DataViz translator for MS Word 4 and 5, a bug fix for WP v. 1 import, better organization of filters and other files in the distribution,...
Where do you put fonts if there is no classic folder? I am able to run WP on my G5, but I can't use the equation editor because it needs the WP equation fonts....
GAmoore@...
Apr 30, 2005 5:50 am
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... You can't run Classic in OS X without having OS 9 and the OS 9 System Folder installed. Since Classic *is* OS 9, running in OS X as if it were more or...
Randy B. Singer
randy@...
Apr 30, 2005 6:58 am
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... Thats what I thought too. I have an ibook and some other macs before and there was a "System Folder". I did a search right now, on my G5 and there is ...
GAmoore@...
Apr 30, 2005 7:16 am
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... Go to System Preferences > Classic > Start/Stop. In bold just above the center, a line will say "Classic is running using . . ." with the name and disk...
... OK. thanks! I have two internal hard drives - and it was finding the system folder (9) on the other hard drive. [Non-text portions of this message have...
Runs a WP macro on any number of files. These can be WordPerfect files, all files, text files or files of whatever type, in any folder or disk. Extracting a...
Conversion files apparently are subject to corruption. I've been working on an Applescript that will take a Word file dropped on it, open it in Appleworks,...
I've just put a file named "Open in WP (AppleWorks).sit" in the Files section at Yahoo, in the Temporary_Items folder at the top of the list. Drop a Word file...
Drop a Word file on this, and it will open in WP. Handles formatted text, not graphics. At http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wordperfectmac/ in the Files section,...
Am new to wp and am having difficulty with placing footnotes either in columns or changing the footnotes from "bottom of page" position with no columns in the...
Hello, Please help. I am unable to print INSIDE WordPerfect/Classic. I AM ABLE to print in OS X 10.3.9. I have done everything I can see to select my...
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