1. Hold down the option key while highlighting the file and choose "Open With"----navigate to WP 3.5e 2. If that does not work, consider using MacLink Plus...
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wrh63jag
Feb 1, 2006 6:05 pm
After 20 years of frustration and rage, I have switched to a Mac (a G4 mini). But I have always written in WP (most recently v. 11) and don't want to have to...
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Bob Stern
patentbobs
Feb 1, 2006 7:15 pm
Use a utility to examine the Creator and Type codes of one of the old documents. They should be WPC2 and WPD2, respectively. OS X utilities that can examine...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 1, 2006 8:15 pm
... In Tiger, you can add a command to the Finder's contextual menu to open a file in WP: 1. Launch Automator and click on Finder in the Library column. 2. In...
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Douglas Bouley
djbouley
Feb 2, 2006 2:18 pm
That's pretty cool. n ow, if they will just make a Mac version... Thanks, Doug...
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J Busch
job4031
Feb 2, 2006 5:08 pm
Welcome to Mac WP! Once installed it is a very reliable program, though might feel slightly outdated in looks compared to v. 11, but all the functionality is...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 2, 2006 7:51 pm
Randall Wilson has sent me more legal templates, so the Pleading Paper templates in the Files section has been updated to Legal Templates.sit, containing: ...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 2, 2006 11:34 pm
... "Open in WordPerfect.sit", free in the Files section here, is a drag-and-drop applet: drop one or more files of any type on it to open them in WP (WP may...
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Randall C. Wilson
r4nd4llc
Feb 3, 2006 9:52 pm
Before I began using OSX my favorite font was New Century Schoolbook scaled to 13pt type. Since the upgrade all of my old documents appear in a bold italic...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 3, 2006 11:15 pm
... Or it's a font mapping gremlin. You can use MetaMacro (free in the Files section here) to change that font to any other font, in any number of WP documents...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 4, 2006 3:10 am
... New in this update: the option to make the dropped files open in WP by default. John R....
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strongrunning1
Feb 5, 2006 1:48 am
Is it possible to view Files according to date created (most recent first)? I would find that helpful. Thanks....
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Feb 5, 2006 6:43 am
Within Finder, yes. And then double clicking on the file ought to launch it in WP. However, I know of no way to change the alphabetical sort in the Open...
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Terrence Dombrowski
keldin2k1
Feb 6, 2006 4:20 am
open a terminal and type "ls -ltr" in the directory you want to see what was created last....
2527
strongrunning1
Feb 6, 2006 5:47 pm
Thank you for your replies. Sorry I didn't explain my request more clearly. When I am searching for files to download from this WordPerfect Mac User Group...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 6, 2006 9:44 pm
... It would be helpful. At present they can only be listed alphabetically. I'll put in a suggestion to Yahoo to let us sort them by date. ... I put everything...
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ICLUF Legal Director ...
r4nd4llc
Feb 7, 2006 4:34 pm
Lots of good tips. Thanks John! ... -- /s/ Randall C. Wilson, Esq. Legal Director Iowa Civil Liberties Union Foundation mailto:rwilson@... Ph: (515)...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 7, 2006 7:04 pm
You bet. But I forgot to suggest what might be the simplest solution. If that Century Schoolbook font was your default, you could fix the issue by changing the...
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David Derbes
drderbes
Feb 8, 2006 2:54 am
There is an item today on http://www.macfixit.com: "One of the most lamented aspects of Intel-based Macs has been the inability to run Classic (Mac OS 9 and...
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Randy B. Singer
randy@...
Feb 8, 2006 1:29 pm
... Getting a Mac ROM isn't the problem it would seem, since it is simply a file that is part of Mac OS 9. Mac's ROM's were migrated to being part of the OS...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 10, 2006 5:28 am
This utility will open any file using WordPerfect. WP may or may not be able to read the file, depending on what type of file it is. Distributed as a droplet...
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jeraldbricker
Feb 10, 2006 5:34 am
Hello, I’m running OS 10.4.4 on G5 Mac at work. I have my data files on a second hard drive in the expansion bay. The first drive is reserved for the...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 10, 2006 8:53 pm
(For OS 10.4 and later only). Performs a Spotlight search for text you enter, limiting the search to documents of types that WP can open. Choose a file from...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Feb 10, 2006 9:09 pm
Anyone else have this problem with a second drive? There are apparently Spotlight issues with second drives; see a Google newsgroups search on spotlight (disk...
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frumker
Feb 13, 2006 7:33 pm
I have many many WordPerfect files from over 10 years of using WP. I have been booting in OS 9 to use them, and also I have successfully run WordPerfect in...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Feb 13, 2006 7:56 pm
What's the nature of the files in terms of complexity. Do you use graphics/ tables/ footnotes or endnotes/ complex styles. All of the above present problems,...
2539
jmhkdh
Feb 13, 2006 8:25 pm
Hello to You All- I feel very lucky to have stumbled into this forum... After spending several frustrating hours trying to find the'Holy-Grail' of answers for...
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Douglas Bouley
djbouley
Feb 13, 2006 8:37 pm
better minds than mine will answer, but you need have no fear of WP Mac 3.5e. Especially in Mac OS 10.4, it is excellent. And there is support for it here. I'd...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Feb 13, 2006 8:42 pm
Michael What do you really like about WP? If it's Reveal Codes or the extensively customizable keyboard, then WP Mac under Classic in OS X is the perfect...
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Randall C. Wilson
r4nd4llc
Feb 13, 2006 8:53 pm
Virtual pc works rather well on a G5 dual. and, of course, that lets you keep the version of WP you are used to. Wordperfect Mac running under Classic is even...
