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5164 Joe Edgell
takomajoe Send Email
Jul 1, 2008
2:15 pm
Odd. Apparently the text from my earlier message with the definition was deleted. Here's that definition of hobbyist: "a person who pursues a particular...
5165 Michael
mikesreach Send Email
Jul 2, 2008
2:00 am
Anyone have an idea how to do this? Federal Courts/Federal Justice System use WordPerfect. They send out their forms in .wpd format. These will open and can be...
5166 Paul Cowan
utarjim Send Email
Jul 2, 2008
3:50 am
... I've often converted back to .wpd from OpenOffice, but only by reading the files back into WordPerfect. (The purpose of the conversion is to be able to...
5167 grandimage@...
pixelpete07 Send Email
Jul 2, 2008
3:51 am
Michael, Don't run out and buy anything just yet... Try Tex-Edit plus, it will open and convert to wpd Tex-edit plus is also apple script aware [;=) also...
5168 John Rethorst
jrethorst Send Email
Jul 2, 2008
3:56 am
... I know little about Windows WP, but WP Mac (running on SheepShaver on your Intel Mac) will read and write WP Win through version 8, if not later. Your need...
5169 Michael
mikesreach Send Email
Jul 2, 2008
4:37 am
... Lost you totally. "read back into Word Perfect? First: He doesn't have Word Perfect... and you're saying Word Perfect can read OpenOffice .docs? Second: He...
5170 Michael
mikesreach Send Email
Jul 2, 2008
4:37 am
... Thank you John. But I have to repeat: It's not opening wpd files... that's no problem. The problem is editing files that are sent in wpd format.. and MOST...
5171 Michael
mikesreach Send Email
Jul 2, 2008
4:37 am
... OK.. I must be an idiot and not able to communicate. My apologies. OPENING is NOT a problem (we convert them to .docs and edit with WORD) EDITING is NOT a...
5172 Randy B. Singer
randybrucesi... Send Email
Jul 2, 2008
5:37 am
... Hi Michael! As you may know, I'm the head of MacAttorney, with over 7,000 Mac- using members, mostly attorneys. http://www.macattorney.com I've heard from...
5173 John Rethorst
jrethorst Send Email
Jul 2, 2008
5:39 am
... WPMac can open a .wpd file, edit it and resave it as a .wpd file. John R....
5174 Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@... Send Email
Jul 2, 2008
6:00 am
Michael Apologies if I've misread your later explanations, but you use a Mac and need to edit and save documents in wpd format. You currently open and edit in...
5175 Paul Cowan
utarjim Send Email
Jul 2, 2008
2:32 pm
... Not directly, no. Unless X.3 can do it now ? Sorry I wasn't clear. I was suggesting that - where formatting is not a big issue - conversion by way of OOo...
5176 John Kaufmann
j0kaufmann Send Email
Jul 2, 2008
2:32 pm
... What's not clear: you are asking on a WP/Mac list about how to edit WP files and save them in WPD format. As John R. pointed out [possibly finding it a ...
5177 Edward Mendelson
em315 Send Email
Jul 2, 2008
2:32 pm
You're communicating perfectly clearly! The answer that I THINK you need is something like this. 1. Open the WPD file in WPMac. 2. Edit the file. 3. When...
5178 Edward Mendelson
em315 Send Email
Jul 2, 2008
2:33 pm
I've been using Microsoft Word for Windows to do exactly that for many years. A web search will show the method easily. I used to print booklets in WP, but...
5179 Michael
mikesreach Send Email
Jul 3, 2008
1:44 am
... Sorry. I got to this group by Googling the problem. There is a whole lot of information about scripts and stuff so detailed the attorney would go crazy. I...
5180 Michael
mikesreach Send Email
Jul 3, 2008
1:45 am
... Thanks Diane. He doesn't have Word for Windoze. He has a MAC. Mike...
5181 Michael
mikesreach Send Email
Jul 3, 2008
1:45 am
... You got it exactly. The only question is will WP/MAC run on both a PPC and an Intel Mac...? And is there a link to DL this program? Thanks, Mike...
5182 Bruce Rogers
drntbruce Send Email
Jul 3, 2008
1:45 am
Hello. I'm a new member of this discussion group. I'm currently a WordPerfect for Windows user, contemplating replacing my Dell laptop and considering an Apple...
5183 Tracy Gromer
gromertag Send Email
Jul 3, 2008
1:45 am
I feel your pain, Michael. I'm also an attorney, and Federal coot requires filing in Wpd, which is what I have always used. Then I got a Mac. I tried...
5184 jeraldbricker Send Email Jul 3, 2008
1:46 am
Two files download in the folder you've provided: SheepShaver-KDH-280608 and SheepShaver-KDS-280608. I assume I'm supposed to replace the current version of...
5185 John Rethorst
jrethorst Send Email
Jul 3, 2008
1:49 am
... They differ only in how they resolve an issue with cursor placement. Hardly any difference, but I find I like the H version better. John R....
5186 Michael
mikesreach Send Email
Jul 3, 2008
2:44 am
... Hey Tracy, The great things about the Intel Macs is that they run XP and Vista faster than PC's. But it's just the uncomfortable move back and forth from a...
5187 Michael
mikesreach Send Email
Jul 3, 2008
2:45 am
... Thanks John. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to locate WP/MAC anywhere on this site. Not in the links and not in the files (as I've been referred to?)...
5188 John Rethorst
jrethorst Send Email
Jul 3, 2008
3:33 am
Creates notes for comments or annotations in text boxes, with any of eight background colors. Shows or hides all notes in a document of a particular color, or...
5189 Edward Mendelson
em315 Send Email
Jul 3, 2008
2:18 pm
I wish you had spelled out the problem at the start. If the final result desired is generating PDF files, then your client doesn't need a Mac to create PDF...
5190 Douglas Bouley
djbouley Send Email
Jul 4, 2008
3:35 am
Cool stuff. Thanks for that, Edward. -Doug...
5191 Michael
mikesreach Send Email
Jul 4, 2008
3:35 am
... What? The problem is editing .wpd files and then saving them back to .wpd format on a Mac: period. He has always been able to save as .pdf as it is native...
5192 Joe Edgell
takomajoe Send Email
Jul 4, 2008
3:36 am
The oft quoted solutions, Bruce, are either the separate Windows partition and running WordPerfect under Windows using Bootcamp, the more elegant solution of...
5193 Edward Mendelson
em315 Send Email
Jul 4, 2008
10:19 pm
OK, then you've been given the answer two or three times about opening and saving .WPD files on the Mac. Use WordPerfect for the Mac. Download links are in the...
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