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The ROM that comes with the SS-WP package says "<COMPATIBLE> iMac,1 PowerMac1,1 PowerBook1,1 </COMPATIBLE> <DESCRIPTION> MacROM for NewWorld. </DESCRIPTION>;" I...
5 Dec 20, 2007
3:29 am

John Rethorst
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Two Questions: No 1 I have not previously had a MAC. At present I have a HP Notebook using Vista et al. My favorite Word Processing Program has always been ...
61 Dec 31, 2007
10:17 am

Randy B. Singer
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Pardon my ignorance, but if I have a new MacBook with Bootcamp, can I simply purchase Wordperfect and install it wihout any additional steps? My understanding...
9 Dec 5, 2007
3:57 am

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The SS "distribution&quot; available here has OS 9 7.x.y in it. (I'm not at my Mac and have forgotten exactly what version it is.) Does anyone know if there is a...
1 Dec 3, 2007
3:07 pm

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To anyone: I'm hoping to upgrade to an intel machine and continue to use wp3.5e under SS, but I'm worried about being able to access my many, many old wp...
2 Dec 3, 2007
12:20 am

John Rethorst
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"Joe Edgell" joeedgell@... takomajoe ... On the contrary: it reflects the programming principle that it's essential to proofread code and make sure nested...
2 Dec 2, 2007
11:28 pm

Steve Kane
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... So not much use to Mac users, and apparently lacks, "Reveal Codes." <http://lightning.communityserver.com/forums/thread/992.aspx> -- J.J. McVeigh...
1 Nov 30, 2007
10:41 pm

J.J. McVeigh
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... Agreed. Word's Show Unprintable Characters isn't the same at all. I use Word (on Windows XP) at work and, when I get a file I want to include in a file I'm...
2 Nov 30, 2007
4:34 pm

David Patterson
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I have enjoyed your information on this forum and hope you can assist me. I have been using WP forMac for many years and have about 25,000 files in WP 3.x...
6 Nov 30, 2007
2:22 am

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Seemingly after a change of printers, diacritical characters are no longer printed (é, ä, î etc.). In the chooser I selected LaserWriter 8 in the window at...
9 Nov 27, 2007
3:21 pm

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Since these questions seems to come up now and then, it may be worth spelling out the details: Q. Where is the WP/SheepShaver download? A. In the Links section...
3 Nov 26, 2007
11:57 am

Edward Mendelson
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I got a MacBook and just downloaded the wp and sheepsaver and installed them. I took a sample wpd file and dropped it in the set file to WP folder and it was...
11 Nov 24, 2007
3:08 am

Doug Auwarter
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OK everyone, I have not made an entry for several years. I have used MacWP as my preferred tool for many years, also having worked with the team that created...
9 Nov 24, 2007
3:07 am

John Rethorst
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I hope reasonable people can agree to disagree. This point of view is from one of the most knowledgeable and helpful members we have, but my view of...
6 Nov 17, 2007
5:04 am

John Rethorst
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John I have neither backup activated. I rely on Cmd-S. I thought it might be the cause. Geoff ... From: wordperfectmac@yahoogroups.com on behalf of John...
13 Nov 17, 2007
3:55 am

John Rethorst
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I am about to make a purchase of my first main computer Mac after 20+ years of CP/M, original DOS, and Windows machines. I love my used iBook running Panther...
6 Nov 16, 2007
1:57 am

Chad Smith
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Geoff, Most of us can run Entourage on Outlook networks, and it is seen as "Outlook" by the mail servers on my campus. If you're trying to avoid MS at all...
1 Nov 10, 2007
6:40 pm

Paul Cullity
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Thanks Ruth I re-read my post, and it could have been much clearer. The Problem: This is - do you bother with Sheepshaver or not? In my terms, that's a...
1 Nov 8, 2007
4:02 pm

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I have an iMac G5, OS X, the last of the PPC Macs, which is now upgraded to 10.4.10. I also have Mac OS 9 installed. I use WordPerfect in Classic. I've...
5 Nov 8, 2007
6:31 am

Geoff Gilbert
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Ruth R queried the merit of Sheepshaver on a G5 Powermac. I run (inter alia) a G4 Powermac (same chassis I think?) and solved the problem of WP in a different...
2 Nov 8, 2007
2:53 am

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The ddest thing just happened and I do not know whom else to ask for how to fix it. Have been working at my MacMini for three house and looked up to see black...
23 Nov 6, 2007
5:15 pm

John Rethorst
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Yes, I am another Newbie struggling with a conversion problem. I have read the Conversion Guide (which seems to me to be dealing with folks who wish to convert...
8 Nov 6, 2007
5:24 am

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... True -- so long as Dave does *not* upgrade his G4 Powerbook to OS 10.5. I'm not sure what the CPU speed of his Powerbook is. If it is, say, 1 GHz, it...
2 Nov 6, 2007
3:29 am

Rick Albright
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First, thank you for the download. Making the Unix root the Documents folder does not work for me. I can only get Users/Shared to mount....
5 Nov 2, 2007
11:38 pm

John Rethorst
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I'm not at any of my Macs at the moment, or I'd be able to answer one of these questions by myself, but it still might be useful to have the answers here. 1....
16 Nov 2, 2007
2:39 pm

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FWIW, I got both Mangia and Framemaker to work just fine under SheepShaver on the powerbook G4, running 10.4.10 -- including printing! I had to use the...
11 Nov 1, 2007
8:25 pm

ted_m_p_lee
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OK, John's package came with MacOS 7.5. I have a copy of 9.1 on a PowerPC G4 that it will boot into just fine. Is there any way I can use that to get a...
6 Nov 1, 2007
4:44 pm

John Rethorst
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In preparation for Leopard, I just installed John Rethorst's wonderful SheepShaver package on my PPC Mac in Tiger. (Thanks a million, John!) SheepShaver seems...
23 Nov 1, 2007
4:05 pm

Daryl Chinn
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I guess that about says it. Has anyone verified that Sheepshaver works under Leopard on a PPC machine? (can't tell for sure from the posts here.) Ted Lee ...
2 Oct 31, 2007
1:07 am

John Rethorst
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Have no idea how i acquired this, which arrived a few days ago by mail, unless it was an unknown (to me) addendum to my purchase two weeks ago of a scanner. It...
9 Oct 29, 2007
6:19 pm

Smokey Ardisson
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