Hey all, This is my first post in this group, and I'd like to begin by saying thank you for letting me join! :) I have a very specific problem that I'm hoping...
Hello, I recently posted to your Yahoo! Group about converting .wpd files to .doc files on the Mac, and I haven't heard back from you. I just wanted to know if...
This update to a complete setup to run WordPerfect on Intel Macs and on OS 10.5 and later, including Mountain Lion (10.8), has about 100 improvements -- it's...
This is a question for John and any other expert: Is it possible for a macro to do the following: If printing to a virtual printer (a "printer" that creates a...
Thanks to John's expertise about WP macros (in John's WP Scripting Guide and in various messages here), I've been able to update my WPMacApp system for running...
A few days ago a new version of the commercial WP file viewer WPD Wizard got posted on the App Store. It's a major improvement over the first version, and...
FYI: Found these listings whilst looking for old Apple games: WordPerfect version 3.5 for Macintosh (Academic Edition). Used CD in jewel case with license....
Dear All I am about to get a new Mac with Mountain Lion. If I want to do a fresh install of Sheepshaver, which is better, John's or Ed's version. I will be...
When I launch a program within the SheepShaver/Classic environment, it opens in a small window and I am unable to resize the window, Any ideas would be...
I installed SheepShaver, and it runs great. However, when I try and launch 2 particular applications, i get the message :Sorry, but "Application Name" will...
With thanks to Ed Mendelson and Tom Rostafinski for their suggestions, here's the latest update to this over 100-page file of hints and short macros covering...
Hi, John. Perhaps you could add something this to your latest Tips and Macros edition? I copied it from a source I can no longer recall. It's something I...
Hi. I downloaded the SheepShaver-WordPerfect Install 1.4.1. However, when I clicked on the .dmg file, an error message came up saying "content not recognized"....
I'm working on a revision of Tips & Macros 2.4, in the Files section here: a 135-page compendium of FAQs, hints and short macros about every aspect of WP Mac....
I meant to post this earlier, but I've been swamped :-( For those of you on this list who want to run (certain) Windows apps on your Mac, including a few...
... Um, if LibreOffice, or the WP Viewer, can open a password-protected file, as you said, and the source code they use to do it is available, then someone...
Hi: I recently installed WPMacApp (for old Mac WordPerfect 3.5e documents). However, when I open them, the text is garbled. Any suggestions (other app. or...
... I am surprised no-one has written one. When the topic of encrypted WP files came up here several years ago I took a look at the encryption scheme by...
This set of two macros lets you assign bookmarks among all open WP documents with a keystroke and go to any one with another keystroke. Fast and simple aid to...
Hello all - quick question. I'm running WP 3.5e on Panther via Mac OS Classic. A few months ago the drag-and-drop function stopped working. If I select a...
Running OS 10.7 on a MacBook Pro. I have 400-500 Wordperfect documents and would like to know if there is a way to index Wordperfect documents so Spotlight...
Hi. I just found your group and saw that you are granting access to the last free wordperfect for mac. Now that I have joined the group, I can't seem to find...
One feature of the WPMacApp method of running WPMac under SheepShaver (a system based very closely on John's SheepShaver-WP system) is that it automatically...
This minor update only adds a readme file explaining how to install on Mountain Lion (OS 10.8). No other change. There are significant advantages to installing...
I know that no one uses WordPerfect for DOS 5.0 any longer, but WPMac has an option to save files in WPDOS 5.0 format - and someone might use it by mistake...
I'd like to make this a separate topic, so that we can see whether anyone has actually started using WPMac in the OS X era, never having used it in the OS...
... Interesting question! Having struggled to obtain useful output from Word 2008 (but not 2010), and wondered about the continued health of the other...
