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Hello ~ Please forgive this very tech-challenged individual who is going NUTS having lost the use of WP after switching to the MacBookPro. Is getting WP back...
32 Apr 4, 2012
11:33 pm

em315
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hi folks just upgraded to new 27 imacs in our office, so cannot use Classic anymore. have many wp docs that we need to convert to a new format, as we have...
11 Mar 23, 2012
4:32 pm

J. C. Sarmiento
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This is an incremental upgrade, but has a newly created volume and more complete OS install. Gero's DocCompare is also installed, as is Prefab Player. Free in...
5 Mar 11, 2012
6:56 am

Geoff Gilbert
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I am a paralegal and new to the Group. I downloaded all the SS apps and can now open and save WPD's sent to me from attorneys EXCEPT: I am desperate to find a...
6 Mar 8, 2012
9:45 pm

Chris Harshman
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The next update will include a more stable version of Sheepshaver, plus Gero's updated Spotlight & Quicklook, and Prefab Player. Also more system 7 DA's,...
10 Feb 19, 2012
9:27 pm

John R
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http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/apples-mountain-lion-makes-the-mac-more-like-the-ipad/?hp John R....
1 Feb 16, 2012
9:08 pm

John R
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I'm afraid that I am still unsuccessful at getting Font Sampler to run. I have reviewed the instructions in the "John&#39;s WP Font Sampler Doc" document several...
4 Feb 2, 2012
3:30 am

John R
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I had WPMac working nicely and then I repaired disk permissions with Disk Utility on my Mac OS X 10.6. Now WPMac tries to open but stalls after displaying the...
15 Jan 24, 2012
5:36 am

em315
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"literary scholars have become increasingly interested in studying how the tools of writing both shape literature and are reflected in it": ...
3 Jan 13, 2012
9:15 pm

John R
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I've had it! I was proud of how long I stayed on Tiger: almost as long as I stayed with system 6 after 7 came out, or as long as I stayed there before moving...
15 Jan 11, 2012
9:27 pm

Chris Harshman
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It's only a small chapter in the book of software, but I wonder whether any other PC computer program in history, once abandoned, has had anything like the...
1 Jan 5, 2012
1:00 am

John R
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Can anyone tell me the procedure to install the Prefab Player? I downloaded the package from the files section. The manual says that the player is installed by...
3 Dec 29, 2011
3:32 am

Rick Albright
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I copy documents into Word in order to save them as pdf. This messes up formatting, and so forth. Is it possible to somehow save them as pdf in Wordperfect? ...
5 Dec 28, 2011
3:37 am

Rick Albright
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WPMac 3.1 onwards was compatible with QuickDraw GX, but does it benefit from it? I recently came across a posting on another forum that suggests that screen...
4 Dec 18, 2011
6:07 pm

em315
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"Windows ain't done 'till Lotus won't run" http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2017034496_microsoftnovell17.html John R....
3 Dec 17, 2011
12:14 pm

Paul Konnersman
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... I've just discovered that Pixelmator (I have an old demo version of v1.2 here) unfortunately declares a bad UTI of "com.wpg.wpg" for .wpg files in its...
4 Dec 16, 2011
9:17 pm

sardisson
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This version contains two changes: 1) Updates the Info.plist file to include Uniform Type Identifiers for .wpg files to match those declared in Gero Herrmann's...
1 Dec 16, 2011
9:05 pm

sardisson
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I just released version 3.5 of the Spotlight & Quick Look plug-ins. With this version, Quick Look previews for WPG files have become possible. WPG files are...
4 Dec 13, 2011
7:28 pm

em315
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This page has a large collection of WP macros, many by John, but many by other people: http://freegroups.net/macos_files/Text_and_Editors.shtml Is it worth...
3 Dec 13, 2011
5:09 pm

John R
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Dear Group: Having "lurked" for quite a while, I'm fairly familiar with what this group is - and isn't - about. This is one of those OFF-topic to this group...
4 Dec 8, 2011
2:00 am

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I've put together an AppleScript that makes it easy to create your own SheepShaver-based system for running Mac OS 8.5 through 9.0.4 under OS X. You will need...
3 Nov 30, 2011
5:18 am

em315
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I have installed the WPMacAppliance installation of SheepShaver and have it running nicely; however, I would like to change the default location of the Unix...
6 Nov 18, 2011
4:10 pm

em315
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I must be missing something. When I try to run these apps, I get a message saying that the Classic environment is no longer supported. I have SheepShaver...
5 Nov 16, 2011
3:56 am

Rick Albright
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... Good to know. I've deleted the link here to it. ... And nice to have! Tools like this support a more flexible and productive work environment. ... ...
1 Nov 12, 2011
10:41 pm

John R
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After some earlier exchanges, I wondered if it might be possible to create something useful that hasn't been done before. So I threw together an Automator...
2 Nov 12, 2011
7:58 pm

em315
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Stumbled across a utility that opens and reads (with some formatting) WPMac docs -- on a Mac. Nice to see, as a sign of interest in the file format as well as...
8 Nov 11, 2011
7:50 pm

em315
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Hello, I know this group is primarily about WordPerfect, but with all the effort put into maintaining a working "Classic" environment after Apple removed the ...
29 Nov 8, 2011
5:28 am

em315
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Corel distributed a set of "WP IBM Character Set" fonts with WPMac 3.5e or some other version, and I've been including it with any WPMac/SheepShaver or...
3 Nov 5, 2011
3:09 am

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http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/11/02/can-yahoo-be-rescued/?hp...
2 Nov 3, 2011
4:19 pm

Chad Smith
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I've substantially revised the system I put together that uses SheepShaver to run WPMac in a window on the OS X desktop. It now prints directly to any printer ...
3 Oct 30, 2011
4:49 am

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