Smokey, we should release an update just to fix my oversight in releasing the script without recompiling it, so that it will not already have a path to the...
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Smokey Ardisson
sardisson
May 10, 2011 7:29 pm
... No, there do not appear to be any relevant changes from Gero's new importer that need adapting in Open WP Files, so you can just recompile and bump the...
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gero_herrmann
May 11, 2011 6:40 am
You can enable Spotlight indexing for the server. Mount the volume, then open Termial and type the command mdutil -i on /Volumes/WP where "WP" should be...
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em315
May 13, 2011 10:51 pm
I've updated my system that uses the DOSBox emulator software to make it possible to run WordPerfect for DOS 5.1 or 6.x under OS X. The new version starts up...
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em315
May 15, 2011 1:25 am
Anyone who uses files created by WPDOS on a Mac may encounter this problem: unless the files have a WPD or WP (or some other standard extension), they won't be...
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John R
jrethorst
May 16, 2011 4:56 am
Utility application to go along with your SheepShaver or Basilisk install. Lets you double-click on WP files in the OSX Finder, or find a WP file with...
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John R
jrethorst
May 19, 2011 2:28 am
Complete package with everything needed to run WordPerfect on Intel Macintoshes and on OS 10.5. New in this version: - New Spotlight importer and QuickLook...
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Mark
marktaylor108
May 20, 2011 3:50 am
Do any of these emulators work on a PPC Mac, or only with Intel Macs? I mean programs like "Sheepshaver" and "DOSBox". I still run OSX Tiger on a G4 (so I can...
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Bush Joseph
mxytsplyk
May 20, 2011 4:54 am
Hi Mark, I havenʻt tried SheepShaver on my Tiger PPC G4 (I just ran WP in Classic). IIRC DOSBox ran Ok and I was able to use DataPerfect 2.x and WP 5.x. There...
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em315
May 20, 2011 1:37 pm
The DOSBox system runs under any Mac using 10.4 or later, Intel or PowerPC. To answer a question is another thread, it uses a custom build of DOSBox based on...
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em315
May 20, 2011 1:38 pm
Sorry - I didn't include the link to the page with further information. It's here: http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/wpdosmac-dosbox.html...
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em315
May 21, 2011 5:15 am
It turns out that the version I posted on May 9th was unable to convert DOC, RTF, DOCX, etc., files TO WordPerfect format, although it could convert from WP...
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paul_konnersman
May 21, 2011 5:07 pm
I have just installed SheepShaver WordPerfect 1.2.6. Initially I believe I had OSX>SS and SS>OSX icons on the OS9 desktop, but now they are gone. I am also...
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John R
jrethorst
May 21, 2011 6:08 pm
... None of my installers put those Icons on the desktop. I don't know what to suggest. Those folders don't need to be especially accessible to the user IAC. ...
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em315
May 22, 2011 2:19 am
One of the annoying things about existing versions of my WPMacPPC Appliance (a system that runs WPMac under SheepShaver running system 7.5.5 - the system runs...
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em315
May 23, 2011 12:17 am
Here's a question for the macro gurus. I realized that I preferred to have the current WP document fill the SheepShaver desktop, so I wrote this OnOpenDocument...
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John R
jrethorst
May 24, 2011 3:49 am
There's no OnNewDocument macro, and you can't remove a macro with a macro. But we can do just as well with NewDocumentFlag, which indicates that a document is...
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em315
May 24, 2011 12:39 pm
Exactly what I was looking for (and didn't know). Thanks. It occurred to me also that I wanted to write a macro that would close any empty document when I...
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John R
jrethorst
May 25, 2011 3:27 am
Done. Thank you for the suggestion. I love suggestions. John R....
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John R
jrethorst
May 25, 2011 3:27 am
This is a PDF version of the Scripting Guide. It needs revision, especially to the Applescript chapters, but is serviceable, and teaches you everything you...
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John R
jrethorst
May 27, 2011 4:50 am
We seem to have a recent bug that prevents binding width from being set in Page Setup. Also known as gutter margins, this feature lets you add e.g. a half-inch...
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em315
May 27, 2011 12:47 pm
A question based on pure curiosity: How did you create this? It seems impossible by ordinary means, but it works!...
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John R
jrethorst
May 28, 2011 2:57 am
I had a document with binding width set (as it happens, the Scripting Guide). Somewhere in the 3.5 - 3.5.4 version progression, a bug crept in such that figure...
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John R
jrethorst
May 28, 2011 6:33 pm
Template works fine with Laserwriter 8 driver. John R....
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em315
May 31, 2011 1:11 am
What baffles me about this is that I can't find ANY version in which binding width worked correctly. I can't make the setting "stick" under 2.1.3, 3.0A, or...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
May 31, 2011 5:35 am
Alternatively, it's a System problem, not a WP problem - WP sends an instruction that the OS cannot handle? geoff Geoff Gilbert Professor of Law ...
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em315
May 31, 2011 12:30 pm
I see the same results under 7.3, 7.5.5, 8.6, 9.0.4, and 9.2.1 on various SheepShaver and Basilisk setups and on two real Macs. Strange....
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Randy B. Singer
randybrucesi...
Jun 1, 2011 2:13 am
This is somewhat off topic, but I know that it is important to a lot of people... A security update is now available from Apple to fix the MacDefender malware...
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Rick Albright
logres0
Jun 1, 2011 2:19 am
Nice to hear from Randy Singer again! ... =========================================================== Rick Albright logres@... Writing the Past,...
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Phillip M. Jones,C.E.T.
pjonescet
Jun 1, 2011 4:30 am
Just updated. Also x.6.7 has several Bad fonts That affect Adobe Acrobat, MS Office and other products. Its fixed with this: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1377...
