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Any info on use of Endnote with WP? I'm struggling without the wonderful utilities of endnote for current versions of WP... S...
12 Dec 26, 2010
3:25 am

Stephen P. Goff
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Hi, Today I was working with WP then JPEG Viewer. I forgot that I had quit both programs (isnʻt eggnog great this time of year?) and clicked ʻHelpʻ -> Mac...
3 Dec 21, 2010
8:10 am

Geoff Gilbert
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A few visitors to this site have asked about ways to edit WordPerfect for DOS files on a Mac. So I've put together a system that uses the DOSBox emulator to...
37 Dec 16, 2010
7:21 pm

Joseph Bush
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I know that's a broad topic. I installed Parallels and need now to install Windows XP. How do I do that? I continue to search for a Mac alternative to...
4 Dec 15, 2010
12:14 pm

J Busch
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This update to the powerful search utility offers compatibility with SheepShaver. I plan to do more work on this, to make it faster and smoother in operation,...
1 Dec 15, 2010
4:08 am

John R
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Is it possible to change the system font in the WPMacPPC appliance (that's with OS 7.5.5)? It is currently set to Charcoal, and the "Appearance&quot; control panel...
8 Dec 7, 2010
1:38 am

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A blast from the past... Does anybody remember the error message "Open permission for the file denied. (-54)"? More specifically, does anybody remember how to...
3 Dec 4, 2010
5:16 am

Daryl Chinn
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I've now tested and posted a new version of the WPD to RTF Converter script, based ultimately on Smokey Ardisson's excellent script that converted WPD files to...
1 Nov 26, 2010
4:56 pm

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A new version has been released of the open-source "libwpd" software that converts WP documents into other formats. This is the software used by...
12 Nov 24, 2010
4:59 pm

em315
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A few days ago, a new version of the libwpd converter program was released, but, as far as I can tell, only in source code. I tried to compile it into...
2 Nov 22, 2010
4:28 am

em315
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Thanks to the fact that WP 3.5e can save in Word 6.0 format, I am at a loss to understand why I actually NEED a "modern" word processor. Reading documents from...
5 Nov 7, 2010
12:48 am

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John, I do use mnemonics, though I have probably not been optimally systematic in setting up groupings. Connectix' Speed Doubler was nice, and its successor,...
2 Nov 6, 2010
12:33 am

David Schmalz
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Chad, I couldn't agree more with your comments. I use, and customize, keyboard shortcuts a lot, and not only in WP, though WP lends itself to this...
2 Nov 5, 2010
3:50 am

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I'm having difficulty with John's automatic installer for SheepShaver & WordPerfect: http://macwp.com/files/SheepShaver-WordPerfect%201.2.5.dmg I'm running OS...
4 Oct 26, 2010
3:20 pm

jrethorst
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I read through a page or so about installing and setting up Sheepsaver to read my WordPerfect documents from my old Dell pc and am totally confused. It's way...
26 Oct 26, 2010
12:46 am

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This website seems to say that WP, together with a good number of other applications, works under SheepShaver, albeit on a Windows machine: ...
10 Oct 15, 2010
1:30 am

em315
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Hi to all. I am a physicist, and I have a lot of files written in WP, with a lot of mathematical formulae in them. At some point I have converted them in other...
4 Oct 10, 2010
8:10 pm

jrethorst
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I've been using SheepShaver for some years now and on this particular MacBook Pro since I got it new in January. Mostly, I've had no problems. In the last...
4 Oct 10, 2010
7:57 pm

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Improves keyboard control of the Enhanced Outlining Module. New in this version: found and quashed one last bug; small improvements to documentation. ...
1 Oct 2, 2010
4:53 am

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... Save your WP document in Word 6 format. It will then open in Word 95/2003 and Word 2007 in Windows, and in Word 2008 on the Mac. If you don't see Word 6 as...
10 Sep 21, 2010
7:47 pm

J.J. McVeigh
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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=anatomy-of-a-social-hack John R....
1 Sep 18, 2010
4:41 pm

jrethorst
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This just a brainstorming idea, so don't get too worked up over it... Has anyone considered starting an open source project, based on an existing open source...
7 Sep 15, 2010
5:30 pm

Randy B. Singer
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Can someone help me out with this. I'm trying to convert a wpd file to a .doc. using my mac. I do not have wordperfect software on my mac. I've tried...
2 Sep 14, 2010
8:59 pm

em315
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I had a project to index a 50,000 word document using a concordance: a list of words that WP would find in the document and build into an index. Concordances...
1 Sep 14, 2010
9:16 am

jrethorst
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This update is just a polish of the OS9 desktop/environment. Useful selection of Apple Menu and Script Menu items etc. Suggestions for further...
3 Sep 10, 2010
9:11 pm

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We are using Wordperfect 3.5 on Power PC, G4s running Classic. we use a macro for our letterhead which I need to update. With our current letterhead the...
3 Sep 3, 2010
8:04 pm

jrethorst
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To begin, my personal computer is a Mac, whereas my work computer is Windows. At work, I only have access to WordPerfect. But at home (on my Mac), I only...
25 Sep 3, 2010
6:41 pm

jrethorst
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I've corrected a mistake in the Applescript in my standalone SheepShaver-WPMac application, the WPMacPPC Appliance. The new version is posted at the same link...
1 Aug 28, 2010
4:13 am

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The free Excalibur spelling dictionary runs seamlessly with WP, using the Word Services feature. Just Add Excalibur to available services in WP by going to...
3 Aug 27, 2010
9:25 pm

jrethorst
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I was having all kinds of problems getting SheepShaver to work, and continue to work, primarily because I wanted to use it with WriteNow and Timeslips and I...
1 Aug 27, 2010
4:44 pm

James Frederick
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