This will be of more interest to Intel and Leopard/Snow Leopard users. I'm not doing a lot of writing this summer, and my poor computer never seems to have...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Sep 10, 2009 5:51 am
Never done anything like that, so this may be a daft question, but if you are working in rtf do you need to tell the script to ensure the font is one you have...
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jrethorst
Sep 10, 2009 7:33 pm
... Not a daft question at all, just something I would not have thought of. Design questions arise: if the font isn't there, should the script alert the user?...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Sep 10, 2009 7:51 pm
John It was the reference to rtf that made me ask the question. If I was working in Textedit and then decided to transfer to WP, I would probably not be using...
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J.J. McVeigh
kd4vs
Sep 11, 2009 3:11 pm
On a fairly regular basis, if I want to save a work in progress (X, a WP 3.5ep word-processing file) and to continue working on it, I will issue a "Save As"...
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jrethorst
Sep 12, 2009 2:24 am
I've had that happen, but not often enough to consider it anything but a gremlin that sometimes infects the computer (never the program itself, to be sure . ....
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Kevin McCoy
timphikers
Sep 13, 2009 12:01 am
I believe that when we saw this problem before it was because Spotlight was indexing the file. But if this file is in a SheepShaver volume, then that is...
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J.J. McVeigh
kd4vs
Sep 13, 2009 2:00 am
... I am not (yet) running SheepShaver. I am running WP 3.5ep under Classic and Mac OS 10.4.11 on a Dual 2.7-GHz G5. And I get the message more often than I...
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jrethorst
Sep 19, 2009 12:23 am
Our trusty program, washed up on the shore of the Sea of the Forgotten Except by the Enlightened eras ago, has commands to manage windows effectively (and more...
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JohnR
jrethorst
Sep 20, 2009 12:17 am
Added to the Links section here: http://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5661 Not needed for a WP install, but has some info on ethernet and...
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jilliangm33
Oct 3, 2009 1:20 am
Could someone tell me in English if there is a simple way to do this? I am a writer of lengthy legal documents, a long-time devotee of WP and a recent convert...
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Neil Kosh
neil_kosh
Oct 3, 2009 1:57 am
... You can access your WordPerfect files in NeoOffice ( donationware) Neil Kosh...
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Bob Stern
patentbobs
Oct 3, 2009 2:31 am
I hope this isn't heresy on this forum: Since you are new to the Mac, I think you'd be better off with an up-to-date Mac word processor such as Apple's "Pages"...
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em315
Oct 3, 2009 4:38 am
... There is no simple way to do this. If you want to run WordPerfect for Windows on a Mac, search the web for information on VMWare Fusion or Parallels...
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John Kaufmann
j0kaufmann
Oct 3, 2009 4:59 am
... You will be directed to NeoOffice (or OpenOffice) for word processors that can read your files, but if you are a WP devotee you will probably not find them...
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Joe Edgell
takomajoe
Oct 3, 2009 5:57 am
If your main goal is to access those documents, then download and install NeoOffice. It's free, and it opens WP documents easily. It will also allow you to...
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singet@...
ohwhatadance
Oct 3, 2009 5:58 am
Thanks!! I actually have a new Mac with Pages. I'm a total Mac person....never used anything else except when they make me in school. I was just trying to...
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Chad Smith
gimpshopdotnet
Oct 3, 2009 5:58 am
OpenOffice.org (that's the name of the software, and the website URL) is better, and completely free, (no donation required, or pestered). Or for something...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Oct 3, 2009 6:28 am
The problem you will probably face if you convert the files is loss of layout, usually important to a lawyer. Thus, my advice would be to use Parallels or VM...
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Bob Stern
patentbobs
Oct 3, 2009 8:07 am
... VMware Fusion seems to have much better reputation for stability than Parallels, based on user comments I've seen. -- Bob Stern...
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Steve Kane
skanecocom
Oct 3, 2009 11:21 am
... This site may be worth a look as well: <http://www.macattorney.com/>...
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Steve Kane
skanecocom
Oct 3, 2009 11:21 am
... Lots of folks run Windows on their Mac so that they can use various Windows applications. There are five ways of doing this that I know of: The first four...
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Joe Edgell
takomajoe
Oct 3, 2009 4:23 pm
... I have had no problems running Parallels with WordPerfect & Windows XP. Joe [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Christopher George
cjdgeorge
Oct 3, 2009 4:25 pm
Hear Hear, Add me to this thread. I have loaded SheepShaver ((note the 'h") and echo Jillian's comments on requiring an English answer in the simplest,...
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Randy B. Singer
randybrucesi...
Oct 3, 2009 6:36 pm
... That is a common problem. Which things have you tried? There are a large number of choices for this. 1-Purchase MacLinkPlus from DataViz ...
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rickitannen
Oct 3, 2009 10:55 pm
I agree with all you say and have kept my old pc in order to do my writing. Word or pages 9the MAC program) are not meant for serious writers and I wish MAC...
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Phillip M. Jones, C.E...
pjonescet
Oct 3, 2009 10:55 pm
Try this program from DataVIz: http://www.dataviz.com/products/maclinkplus/index.html This is a Translator program that converts one type of file to another. I...
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singet@...
ohwhatadance
Oct 3, 2009 10:55 pm
... Is this what they consider "classic?" [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Chad Smith
gimpshopdotnet
Oct 3, 2009 10:55 pm
BTW - NeoOffice is outdated. OpenOffice.org is now Apple Native - there is no reason for NeoOffice to exist anymore. They used to fill the gap left by...
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geoffrey mendelson
gsmendelson
Oct 3, 2009 11:32 pm
... Yes, To make a very long story short, Apple first developed their GUI on a computer they sold as the Lisa. Then they simplified it on the Mac because of...
