... No, someone joined the list under false pretenses, made an entry is the Events calendar associated with the list, and specified that announcements...
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John R
jrethorst
Jan 11, 2010 4:06 pm
This install is completely automatic: just double-click to install the latest version of SheepShaver and a complete WordPerfect 3.5e. No configuration or other...
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Cydne
cydne35150
Jan 11, 2010 4:45 pm
I just downloaded the installer. Everything seems fine...except that I have a tiny little half-heigth window that I can't enlarge. Is that as big as it goes?...
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John R
jrethorst
Jan 11, 2010 5:03 pm
The window should be full height, and cover most of the screen horizontally. Quit SheepShaver and open SheepShaverPrefs, in the SS folder in the Applications...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Jan 11, 2010 6:36 pm
John For those of us with fully functioning systems, what does this add? I'm using Sheepshaver 2.3 (2009-10-25). Thanks Geoff Geoff Gilbert Professor of Law ...
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John R
jrethorst
Jan 12, 2010 1:17 am
Nothing. The next update will allow opening WP files in SS from OSX, i.e. double-clicking on them in OSX, and will support direct access from WP to the OSX...
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Bill & Bunny Kuhlman
b2_tailless
Jan 12, 2010 3:00 am
This install script works flawlessly and is incredibly fast. Congratulations and thanks so much! I've installed Sheepshaver/WordPerfect on a 2009 MacBook Pro...
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em315
Jan 12, 2010 5:39 am
John, Very elegant and impressive. I especially like the way you create the prefs file from the installer script - far more elegant than my method of using a...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Jan 12, 2010 7:04 am
John Now that's progress! Thanks Geoff Geoff Gilbert Professor of Law Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Refugee Law School of Law and Human Rights...
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Martin McHugh
msm859
Jan 13, 2010 1:35 am
Installed easily, however I had the same short screen issue that I resolved except now my "wordperfect" screen is narrow. How do I fix that. Also, how do I...
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John R
jrethorst
Jan 13, 2010 2:57 am
Use SheepShaverPrefs to create a 1gb disk and install OS 8.6 on it. John R....
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John R
jrethorst
Jan 13, 2010 3:07 am
... Ed, thanks for your kind words, especially considering how elegant and impressive your WP Appliance is. I was not able to match your OSX package (nor copy...
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John R
jrethorst
Jan 13, 2010 3:09 am
... If you mean the SheepShaver screen is narrow, change that in SheepShaverPrefs. Change the WordPerfect screen itself in Page Setup. ... Using the transfer...
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queryist2005
Jan 14, 2010 4:27 pm
It seemed like a good idea at the time, but now I feel like an idiot. I recently gave away my G4 tower with Tiger, along with my OS 9 install disc -- and...
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Martin McHugh
msm859
Jan 14, 2010 4:28 pm
Okay, so how do you get something to print? The only printer showing is "Adobe PS" And it just saves - doesn't print. Thanks, Martin. ... [Non-text portions...
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em315
Jan 14, 2010 4:45 pm
You're not doing something wrong; does your disappointment result from the fact that WP is running on an old Mac desktop or something else?...
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Tom Wyrick
kingtj...
Jan 14, 2010 4:56 pm
Ron, in the past, I've helped out a few other people in a situation similar to yours. They were long-time loyal Mac users, and "set in their ways". But for...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Jan 14, 2010 4:59 pm
Martin Use the Laserwriter8 printer, not the Adobe PS. Print to File, not Printer. Make sure that you have set the folder in which you save the .ps file to be...
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John R
jrethorst
Jan 15, 2010 1:26 am
... What difference do you find between the two drivers? I can include the Laserwriter 8 in the next update, which should be along soon, but I don't see...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Jan 15, 2010 7:08 am
John No idea why, but Adobe PS always crashed sheepshaver for me ... and I emphasise, for me. I don't think it's a generic problem. Laserwriter 8 worked. I am...
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queryist2005
Jan 16, 2010 12:57 am
... At this point I haven't tried to do much with it. But what I have observed so far is: 1) the document text is blurry, 2) I am repeatedly getting a dialog...
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palnudb
mearebubba
Jan 16, 2010 12:57 am
The comment to run WP for windows in a VM. Has anyone tried WP for win in crossover? Or tried it in windows in virtualbox? Thank You Brian Dunlap (Sent from my...
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Thomas Briant
thomasbriant
Jan 16, 2010 4:13 am
I've tried WP for Win in Crossover for Mac. No luck. I did enjoy success running it under XP Home with Virtual Box Tom Briant Editor, MacValley Voice ... ...
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em315
Jan 16, 2010 3:13 pm
... Use Edit/Preferences/Font and change the font from Lucida Grande to Geneva or something else that looks better. ... That typically happens after you open...
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Chuck Jones
carolsguyus
Jan 16, 2010 11:06 pm
Yes, but the keyboard short cuts are missing. Yahweh's Blessings Chuck Jones ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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em315
Jan 16, 2010 11:18 pm
With WPWin X4 running in VMware Fusion, all the keyboard shortcuts are available - I assume you mean combinations of the function keys and Alt and Ctrl keys...
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Chuck Jones
carolsguyus
Jan 17, 2010 4:46 pm
Yes I did not make myself clear. It's the shift+f7; control+f7 and alt+f7, that I was most disappointed with. Yahweh's Blessings Chuck Jones ... [Non-text...
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em315
Jan 17, 2010 5:36 pm
Hmm... all those combinations work perfectly here, in WordPerfect under Snow Leopard running VMware Fusion, on a MacBook. Maybe VMware captures the F7 key...
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em315
Jan 18, 2010 4:22 pm
John asked me to post details of this, so here goes. I've devised an alternate SheepShaver/WPMac installation that's less sleek, less good-looking, and less...
