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... In other Classic programs too? IAC I haven't seen it, but have you replaced your WP Prefs file? John R....
John Rethorst
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Sep 1, 2006
2:13 pm
3378
I've not seen that particular behavior either, but my PB just recently had a patch of bizarre keyboard behavior where certain keys did not work and others...
Douglas Bouley
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Sep 1, 2006
2:42 pm
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AboutThisParticularMacintosh has a very nice article explaining precisely what you need to do to get SheepShaver running on an Intel-based Macintosh. (Thus...
Randy B. Singer
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Sep 3, 2006
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3380
Help! As a long time WP Mac user, I've had a terrible time converting to OSX, using WP in Classic mode, and ultimately converting many large files via RTF...
helkan48
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Sep 5, 2006
3:38 pm
3381
There is a known bug in the 3.1 version that gives you this "disk full" error on disk volumes that are over 2 GB in size (there is a slight chance it will work...
Kevin McCoy
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Sep 5, 2006
4:06 pm
3382
I would recommend two things. 1) Upgrade to WP 3.5e, which is downloadable at this site. You should then be able to open these WP 3.1 files. However, IF 2)...
Daryl Ngee Chinn
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Sep 5, 2006
8:39 pm
3383
Usually this error ... What I meant here was, it won't reappear this time. It will reappear now and then, and the only thing you can do is to re-start System...
Daryl Ngee Chinn
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Sep 5, 2006
9:12 pm
3384
W - Why convert to RTF (within WP3.1?), when you can convert your files directly into Word? If you can find Office for OS9, and open the files into Word; they...
cewyattphoto
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Sep 6, 2006
5:15 am
3385
... Some more: http://forums.macnn.com/ http://forums.macrumors.com/ http://www.spymac.com/forums/ http://www.macaddict.com/forums/ ...
John Rethorst
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Sep 6, 2006
7:03 pm
3386
... Behavior is the same here. I wish it were copy-paste to another app, but your option-key recommendation is an easy workaround. John R....
John Rethorst
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Sep 6, 2006
7:22 pm
3387
... There's no reason I can think of for anyone to use anything earlier than 3.5e patched: - it's much more stable than any earlier version - it's an easy...
John Rethorst
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Sep 6, 2006
7:25 pm
3388
I convert a lot of WP files to WORD (usually to send to someone in the MS world). My experience... 1. My routine is to use WP3.5e to save in RTF and open the...
Stephen Goff
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Sep 7, 2006
5:28 am
3389
Thank you all so much for your help! You saved the day. I downloaded 3.5e and now I can open all my old WP files. The material on line from John Rethorst is...
helkan48
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Sep 7, 2006
6:34 am
3390
I don't know if it will solve the table problem, but I save direct to Word6 format that opened in OSX's Word X when I had it and still does in Word 2004. ...
Geoff Gilbert
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Sep 7, 2006
6:46 am
3391
... What kind of trouble? John R....
John Rethorst
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Sep 7, 2006
7:03 am
3392
... Try this (I have WP 3.5e and Word X updated on a Powerbook G4) Lock the WP document you want to move to Word, and then open this WP document containing the...
Daryl Ngee Chinn
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Sep 7, 2006
3:24 pm
3393
WP is innocent; it's something about my Classic. The same thing happens in SimpleText (practically the only other OS9 program I still have on my hard disk). I...
ianbooks2000
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Sep 7, 2006
3:36 pm
3394
A while back I mentioned that the entire Classic environment is limited to a small, fixed memory partition. At the time I didn't have a citation for this....
Randy B. Singer
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Sep 7, 2006
5:54 pm
3395
The Conversions file wouldn't download properly. I tried it twice, and both times it got stuck in the middle, and then seemed to jump to complete, but it ...
wayne alpern
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Sep 7, 2006
7:21 pm
3396
Daryl, Your drag and drop method of moving things from a WP doc to a W doc is excellent, and I am able to move graphic objects like old EPS files this way. But...
wayne alpern
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Sep 7, 2006
8:43 pm
3397
... Downloads fine here. Have you tried another browser? ... A conversion file is required to translate WP docs to RTF. WP's RTF filter doesn't do tables...
John Rethorst
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Sep 7, 2006
9:51 pm
3398
... Why bother to lock it? Just close the WP doc without saving. Or, if you press command-Z with WP active, doesn't it restore the table in WP while leaving ...
John Rethorst
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Sep 7, 2006
10:12 pm
3399
How do you convert a WP table to tab-delimited text and then convert that back to a table in Word? Helkan48 (W. Alpern) ... ...
wayne alpern
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Sep 7, 2006
11:14 pm
3400
... Select the table by triple-clicking in a corner cell and dragging to the opposite corner. From the Table menu, choose Table to Text… and in the dialog,...
John Rethorst
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Sep 7, 2006
11:27 pm
3401
... Something to try: Select one of your files you want to open, hit apple-I to open the information window, and click on the "Open with" menu. If it's listed...
Stephen Goff
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Sep 8, 2006
11:59 am
3402
... Just a guess, but try quitting Classic, deleting ~/Library/Preferences/ com.apple.Classic.plist, and restarting your computer. John R....
John Rethorst
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Sep 8, 2006
2:38 pm
3403
Wayne, I took a table—the entire table, and not just the text—and Drag and Dropped it into a Word file. You might try making sure grabbed the table...
Daryl Ngee Chinn
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Sep 9, 2006
6:57 am
3404
... Yes, this works, and it's simpler. Or, if you press ... Yes, but then you have to save to keep the original, and that changes the date. Daryl...
Daryl Ngee Chinn
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Sep 9, 2006
6:58 am
3405
On Fri Sep 8, 2006 11:57 pm (PDT), "Daryl Ngee Chinn" ... Unless you've otherwise done something to change it, the last-installed copy of the app will open the...
Smokey Ardisson
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Sep 9, 2006
6:34 pm
3406
Whenever I try to drop a .wpd file on to a WP to WPMac converter (in Classic mode) I get an error "File preferences (USA) already busy. Cannot run multiple...
ormkfo
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Sep 9, 2006
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