I often get lists that I want to convert to tables. A list of Nobel Prize in Literature winners, for example, shows on the web page as a four-column table with...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Mar 6, 2006 1:20 am
Corrected macro script: Get Integer (Var00;2;32;"List to Table";"How many columns?") Home () Display (Off) Repeat Assign (Var01;PhysicalLine) Repeat Assign...
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pjandlar
Mar 6, 2006 2:48 am
Cool, but it seems even easier and has fewer steps to just find/ replace all hrts to tabs, then select all and define a table with 4 columns. Pam...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Mar 6, 2006 2:51 am
... Way cool! I didn't know that specifying columns would have that effect on tab-delimited text. John R....
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Thomas J. Rostafinski...
tjrostaf
Mar 7, 2006 3:21 am
Hi, Everyone. Though it's not about Mac software, I couldn't resist sending on something I found in a SlashDot discussion of OpenOffice and its alternatives....
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R. Mansfield
rick_mansfield
Mar 7, 2006 11:43 pm
I've held on to my WP51 disks and manual, still tucked in the gray box, all under my desk. Well before I switched to the Mac, I think I spent more time...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Mar 8, 2006 7:16 am
I still use all the DOS key strokes on the Mac - it saves fingers. Geoff...
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Randy B. Singer
randy@...
Mar 9, 2006 12:35 am
For those who don't know, Adobe's FrameMaker was/is a dynamite program for authoring large works. http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/main.html ...
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Randy B. Singer
randy@...
Mar 9, 2006 1:51 am
I tried announcing this new discussion list for macintosh word processors a few weeks ago, but folks found it too hard to subscribe to the list. It looks like...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Mar 9, 2006 6:07 am
... I've heard quite a few people say that for long and technical documents, Framemaker is the best choice. This fits with more general discussion suggesting...
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kevin
ksaunders242
Mar 9, 2006 6:10 am
Hi, I hope this doesn't go too off topic. I use a PC as my main computer, but I've always kept a Mac around for a second computer and that computer is...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Mar 9, 2006 6:31 am
... Not off topic at all. WP would run very well on your G3, probably faster than anything else except WriteNow, if that runs on 9.2. WP will run in 800K of...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Mar 9, 2006 6:33 am
If you're in OS9, then WP is perfect. It can save as Word6, so printing from your PC should be simple if you have Word on that. Alternatively, you can output...
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Rural Heritage
editor@...
Mar 9, 2006 3:22 pm
... Geoff, I wish I'd known you to pick your brains when I switched from DOS to Mac. I was never able to get the keyboard strokes to stick, so I ended up...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Mar 9, 2006 5:05 pm
... I mentioned Ed Mendelson's PDF driver, and I just remembered the $20 Print to PDF. I've also heard of xpdf, which (like Ed's method) uses Adobe's free PS...
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Jim Hughes
jimevln
Mar 10, 2006 1:40 am
... faster ... John et al: WriteNow4.02 runs fine--and typically fast--on 9.2.2, at least on my iBook. I am a writer, and depend on both WriteNow and WP. They...
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James ARTHURS
jimsyca
Mar 10, 2006 1:41 am
Wordperfect would be ... well... perfect for your situation. No question! Ifyou need to know how to get it, e-mail me. Jimmy....
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Archer Family
cordobatim
Mar 10, 2006 6:22 am
One method is to use the LaserWriter driver (or the PS driver, I believe) to save as a PostScript file; Preview automatically converts PostScript files to PDF...
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kevin
ksaunders242
Mar 11, 2006 1:52 am
I was suprised and grateful to recieve all of your responses to my question regarding my trusty IMAC and WP. I finally got around to downloading WP and the...
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Rick Albright
logres0
Mar 11, 2006 2:10 am
... I have *almost* that configuration on an iBook--it's 500 mhz, but is a G3, and has 384 megs of ram. OSX seems to run just fine on it. I currently have it...
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kevin
ksaunders242
Mar 11, 2006 2:33 am
... whether it ... That's great. I've heard OS X might run slow on my IMAC and the classic OS run's very fast compared to my last MAC (powerpc performa), so I...
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Bob Stern
patentbobs
Mar 11, 2006 3:21 am
... WordPerfect has a Zoom popup menu in the Layout toolbar, between the table icon and the ruler eyedropper icon. However, I find it useless because moderate...
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Douglas Bouley
djbouley
Mar 11, 2006 4:39 am
I have 10.3 on a Lombard 333 w/384 megs RAM and it works OK. Not speedy, but very servicable....
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Mar 11, 2006 5:32 pm
... Go to the WP and OS X link in the Links section here. At the top of the page click on the Macintosh link, then on the WordPerfect for the Macintosh page....
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Mar 11, 2006 5:35 pm
... It does, but the SmoothType control panel (in the Files section here) fixes it. John R....
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Mar 11, 2006 8:13 pm
The shape of things to come? http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/03/10/writely/index.php John R....
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Dwight Williams
dwight_ew
Mar 12, 2006 12:56 am
... I don't see why I should add another security problem to the mix, regardless of which make and model of computer I use. What possible benefit could come of...
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John Davies
jdavies8
Mar 12, 2006 1:33 am
... It would be a huge boon for travellers who do not want to lug a lap top round the planet. A document could be worked on anywhere. John D [Non-text portions...
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queryist2005
Mar 12, 2006 6:03 am
In wordperfectmac@yahoogroups.com, "kevin" <ksaunders242@...> wrote: Is there a way to increase the font size without changing the printed font size? I found...
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ian mc mahan
ianbooks2000
Mar 12, 2006 9:54 pm
John (or other mavens), I decided to follow the instructions for writing a macro to set the zoom level & window size. I recorded the macro ok, but when I...
