From the everyone probably already knows this dept . . . I had hesitated to make the Sheepshaver-WordPerfect Install full screen (as default -- it's easy...
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John R
jrethorst
Jun 2, 2012 4:20 am
Right -- Sheepshaver and WordPerfect themselves haven't changed (Sheepshaver occasionally gets a new build, but the Oct 2009 one still seems best). If what you...
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em315
Jun 2, 2012 9:07 am
About the WPMacApp - I should mention that the printing system on the virtual disk works together with the whole application (the Applescript application...
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John R
jrethorst
Jun 12, 2012 3:09 pm
I notice that my Ultraclip Copy and Paste Applescripts don't play well with the Othermenu script menu that's included with the Sheepshaver-Wordperfect Install,...
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em315
Jun 12, 2012 8:10 pm
They don't seem to work from OSA Menu either, unfortunately....
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John R
jrethorst
Jun 13, 2012 3:48 am
Aha. Thank you. Well, version 3 is on the way. Anyone have a wish list for this glossary utility -- any number of clips saved to disk, each containing any...
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rifetube
Jun 13, 2012 4:33 pm
HI, I've been using SS for several years now without any major problems and now it's decided to stall in the startup process...guess its my turn now. What...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Jun 13, 2012 5:12 pm
How much memory have you allocated to SS? Geoff -- Geoff Gilbert Professor of Law Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Refugee Law Head of the School of...
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em315
Jun 13, 2012 5:38 pm
The best source of troubleshooting information for SheepShaver is the forum at www.emaculation.com. Spell out every detail of your setup there, and you'll...
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Brian Browne
freecycle_ho...
Jun 14, 2012 12:55 pm
I had a similar problem a few months ago, with virtually the same setup (10.5.8 on my MBP, SS 2.3). I couldn't get a handle on the cause so I re-installed SS...
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hjlubansky@...
hjlubansky...
Jun 15, 2012 11:49 am
One note on what appears to be a SS image problem is that if Disk Warrior can't fix it, possibly your image got damaged enough that it can't be repaired this...
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billcheb
Jun 15, 2012 1:48 pm
Hi Geoff, Thanks for your response. When this problem first appeared I did do a quick check of the SS prefs and all seemed fine. Then after I read your...
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billcheb
Jun 15, 2012 1:58 pm
Hi Brian, Thanks for your comments. Yes, I was on the verge of doing a fresh install until Geoff's question about memory allocation triggered my memory about...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Jun 15, 2012 2:32 pm
Bill I only guessed because the same thing happened to me and that's the fix I came to. SS doesn't like too much memory allocated in its Prefs? Geoff -- Geoff...
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Robert G Ingersoll
chistp
Jun 17, 2012 4:09 am
New iMac user. Former Windows user. Running OSX 10.7.4 Friend of friend put WP Converter on my new iMac. Not even sure what Sheep Shaver is although...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Jun 17, 2012 6:18 am
Probably best to invest in Parallels and I hope you will already have a copy of Windows and WPWin - moving to WPMac is a very big change. -- Geoff Gilbert ...
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em315
Jun 17, 2012 11:53 am
If you formerly used WordPerfect for Windows, then you can still use it on your Mac, by getting and installing (1) VMware Fusion (or Parallels Desktop, though...
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Peter Chisteckoff
chistp
Jun 17, 2012 12:20 pm
No copy of Windows. Came installed without disks like my iMac. Do have WP8 for Windows. Not sure what parallels is but will check it out. I do have a...
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em315
Jun 17, 2012 12:26 pm
You can buy a copy of Windows XP on eBay for US$50 or less; any version will do, as long as it is a FULL version, and not a "recovery"; or "reinstallation" disk...
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J Busch
job4031
Jun 17, 2012 1:43 pm
MacUpdate has a promotion going for the next three days where you get Parallels and some other Mac software for $50 (Parallels goes for ~$80 on their homepage,...
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em315
Jul 2, 2012 11:30 am
After a long interval, a few improvements are being made to SheepShaver, and a new build is available that (when used on recent Macs) makes it possible to...
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N. Lynn Perls
perlslaw
Jul 4, 2012 3:17 am
My hard drive failed, and when I restored from backup, I realized that I had elected not to back up applications in order to save space on my Time Machine. So...
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em315
Jul 4, 2012 11:36 pm
Gero Hermann's site is: http://herr.atspace.eu/ - and it was most recently updated four days ago....
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sardisson
Jul 5, 2012 4:26 am
... FWIW, I wasn't aware of Gero's new URL, either; thanks for letting us know. I've just updated all of the relevant links in the Links section of the group,...
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m42graf.roadwriter
m42graf.road...
Jul 5, 2012 8:53 pm
I'm sure the info is in here somewhere, but I can't quite figure it out. I used Word Perfect for a number of years and loved it, then upgraded computers in the...
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Gilbert, Geoff
Geoff@...
Jul 5, 2012 9:29 pm
Michele There may be some confusion here. WPWin will not run under OSX. If you buy Parallels or VMWare Fusion, you can then load Windows on that and run WPWin....
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em315
Jul 6, 2012 12:05 am
If you're working on a Mac and you need to exchange documents with other people, then Word is the only sensible choice. LibreOffice also gets the job done, and...
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userbimbob
Jul 6, 2012 8:17 pm
just curious, but wouldn't any program that saved/opened rtf work well enough for sharing? back in OS8 > OS9 days, i used to have mucho trouble with opening...
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Charlie Nancarrow
ewhizz2003
Jul 7, 2012 2:28 am
You’ll loose exact formatting with any format you choose, if you are — opening it in a different program a different version of the program on a different...
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Charlie Nancarrow
ewhizz2003
Jul 7, 2012 4:34 am
And somewhat ironically, the formatting of my email got lost a bit as it churned through the yahoo servers. So another one of those guidelines would be - ...
