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hi, I am new to this group. i have approximately 25 files i need to convert and do not understand anything I have downloaded to do this. i would be willing...
3 Apr 21, 2013
4:31 pm

darylngee
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John -- what did you do to have the dock and menu bar be hidden when SheepShaver starts up? I replaced the version of SS in your package with the latest one...
3 Apr 20, 2013
2:29 am

ted_m_p_lee
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(I've also posted this on the emaculation forum) After trying John's new script without success (same behavior as before) I thought it might be worth a shot to...
5 Apr 19, 2013
2:28 am

ted_m_p_lee
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To recapitulate, I couldn't get John's ss-wp package to work under Mountain Lion. The startup script would activate SS (it would show up in the dock as...
1 Apr 19, 2013
1:46 am

ted_m_p_lee
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I sort of have WP/SS working on my new MacBook Pro Retina under Mountain Lion. I used John's install rather than WPMacApp since I want to use more than just...
13 Apr 18, 2013
2:45 am

ted_m_p_lee
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I may be jumping to a conclusion here, but the folder action script for printing has a reference to "Printer Setup Utility". There is no "printer setup...
3 Apr 17, 2013
1:19 am

em315
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I've made a few small improvements in my WPMacApp system that runs SheepShaver and WPMac (and is based on John's SheepShaver-WP system). Same download link as...
20 Apr 16, 2013
4:44 pm

Chad Smith
gimpshopdotnet
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This is really for John Rethorst...... John, I'm a beneficiary and admirer of your work on SS and WP. I have a couple of questions. I'm setting up a new iMac...
7 Apr 7, 2013
1:40 pm

em315
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I'll be getting a new MacBook Air pretty soon and am preparing for the changes I'll have to make. One of them will be to install one of the...
8 Mar 31, 2013
7:25 am

Geoff Gilbert
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I finally found the comment I was looking for -- it was in the SheepShaver Wrapper page. Sorry for troubling y'all....
1 Mar 29, 2013
6:04 pm

ted_m_p_lee
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(Corrected and reposted.) This may be useful to anyone who (like me) didn't already know how to do it. If you have files that don't automatically open in the...
1 Mar 27, 2013
6:30 pm

em315
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Is there an easy way to put a WP variable into the Mac OS clipboard without opening a new window in WP? I'm trying to put the title of the front window into...
14 Mar 24, 2013
3:26 am

em315
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I got an email asking if the WPLO Converter (my Applescript that uses LibreOffice to convert WPMac files to Word format) could be run from the terminal so that...
3 Mar 24, 2013
1:51 am

em315
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John R. suggested a way of setting a default zoom setting in WPMac, and I've put it work in the WPMacApp, the system I put together for running WPMac in...
6 Mar 21, 2013
2:28 am

em315
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Here is a mystery that I hope a macro expert can solve. I'm trying to write a macro that sets the default zoom (magnification) level for all windows. Here's a...
3 Mar 11, 2013
9:46 pm

em315
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Another macro question that should be obvious but isn't obvious to me. I'm writing a macro that opens a file on disk. I want to go to a label if the file does...
2 Mar 11, 2013
4:55 am

John R
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Here's another WP macro question: Can a macro modify another macro? I would like to create a macro that would let the user set a default zoom setting for...
6 Mar 6, 2013
4:10 pm

em315
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Here's a strange problem, and I wonder if anyone has any advice on how to fix it. In both my WPMacApp and in John Rethorst's SheepShaver-WP setup, the...
3 Mar 5, 2013
6:14 am

John R
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When I move from paragraph to select a specific formatting, the window disappears. This is true with all secondary attempts anywhere in wordperfect. I am...
2 Mar 4, 2013
6:38 pm

em315
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I just acquired another consulting business and all their files came in .wpd. Of course I'm an all MAC shop using OSX 10.8.2. This happened to me ten years ago...
7 Feb 26, 2013
7:21 pm

david_st.amand
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During the past few weeks I've posted updated versions of some of my WP-related applications (WPMacApp, WPLO Converter, WPDOSBox, etc.) that had errors in the...
1 Feb 22, 2013
3:27 pm

em315
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The WPLO Converter is an application that uses a copy of LibreOffice (together with some other software) to convert WP files to DOC, RTF, or PDF format, or to...
1 Feb 22, 2013
2:08 am

em315
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Hi, I am thrilled to find this WP Mac group and hope the following question is within its scope: I would like to open files on my Mac OSX 10.6.8 originating...
3 Feb 22, 2013
1:20 am

thomasslatis
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Who can think of something they'd like to be able to do, automatically, between the SheepShaver and OSX environments? John R....
5 Feb 14, 2013
12:00 am

em315
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The snowstorm gave me some time to spend in adding a feature or two the WPMacApp that runs WPMac under SheepShaver, and which is based almost entirely on...
6 Feb 12, 2013
2:12 pm

em315
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-Hi all, I mentioned this Yahoo group on MacFixit primarily for the awesome SheepShaver + WordPerfect build that is posted in your Files section. Apparently a...
15 Jan 28, 2013
6:26 pm

em315
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Enormous potential, but . . . ? http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/24/apple-fourth-quarter-earnings-strategic-weakness John R....
9 Jan 27, 2013
12:11 am

Richard Wagoner
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/01/technology/antivirus-makers-work-on-software-to-catch-malware-more-effectively.html John R....
15 Jan 26, 2013
5:29 pm

Sam Storch
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/technology/google-apps-moving-onto- microsofts-business-turf.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&hpw [Non-text portions of this message...
1 Dec 26, 2012
5:07 am

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I've updated the WPMacAPP, which is an alternative to John Rethorst's SheepShaver-WP setup, with about 97 percent of it based directly on SheepShaver-WP. Among...
3 Dec 20, 2012
3:18 pm

em315
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