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...
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"...
... 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...
... 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...
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...
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...
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
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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...
... 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...
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,...
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...
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...
BTW - NeoOffice is outdated.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...
... 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...
It's a bit complicated. When OS X first came out, on G3, G4, G5 PPC Processors, they included a compatiblity mode called Classic. It was OS 9 running on top...
So if I am translating a lot of information you thoughtfully gave me, but is most probably beyond me, with my current laptop (OX 10.5.6) with the Inel ...
All-- Let me second the MacLink Plus recommendation. I am a novelist and college prof who has been working for years and years in WordPerfect 3.5e and who has...
... Transfering the information is easy, what you do with it may be more difficult. Before you invest a lot of time and money, make a permanent backup (CD or...
... Actually, if anything, it is just the opposite. Both NeoOffice and OpenOffice/Mac are based on the exact same OpenOffice codebase (donated to open source...
... Susan, transferring your files from your old Macintosh(s) and running them on a new Intel-based Macintosh is a fairly easy thing to do, as long as none of...
No. NeoOffice is based on OpenOffice.org - not some mythical seperate codebase donated by Sun. First there was StarOffice. It was bought by Sun, and an open...
... Got it...when I got my previous laptop, the hard drive of which just up and died suddenly, at first there were too many things I could not run until I took...
Lucky me, I guess. I have oodles of files created in Ready,Set,Go! (the exclamation point is part of the application name; it was actually around before...
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