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...
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em315
Feb 22, 2013 3:27 pm
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...
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david_st.amand
Feb 25, 2013 10:10 pm
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...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Feb 25, 2013 10:34 pm
Dave Do you want to convert .wpd files to MS Word? If so, Libre Office is probably the best as long as the files are not too complex. Alternatively, go to the...
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david_st.amand
Feb 26, 2013 1:19 am
Geoff, Thanks. Libre Office worked. Next question (yes I'm getting greedy), is there a way to batch convert the documents (I have probably a thousand...
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arvaess
Feb 26, 2013 1:49 am
Try 'shift-click' to select ~ a dozen documents then drag the 'trial batch' onto the Libre Office icon or File>Open. If this works, you can increase size of...
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Paul Cowan
utarjim
Feb 26, 2013 1:51 am
... Check here : <http://libwpd.sourceforge.net/> -- libwpd is the engine LibreOffice et al. use to convert. cheers -- P. (^_^) mailto:officewallah@... ...
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em315
Feb 26, 2013 3:52 am
The WPLO Converter lets you drop WP files on it and converts them to OS X. (It uses LibreOffice internally.) You can drop multiple files on it. Downl a oad...
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david_st.amand
Feb 26, 2013 7:21 pm
Thanks. It worked perfectly. Converted about one hundred letters/reports in about one minute. Dave...
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lmillercw4
Mar 4, 2013 6:25 pm
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...
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em315
Mar 4, 2013 6:38 pm
This forum is about WordPerfect for the Macintosh. Questions about WordPerfect for Windows (which is what you are asking about) will get expert answers in one...
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em315
Mar 4, 2013 9:12 pm
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...
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em315
Mar 4, 2013 10:44 pm
Please ignore this message - the problem occurred because I was trying to open a document that already had an OnOpenDocument macro in it - the problem does not...
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em315
Mar 5, 2013 1:14 am
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...
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Daryl Chinn
darylngee
Mar 5, 2013 5:18 am
Ed and all, I don't think we can create this modifiable macro. I created a macro that magnifies the (entire) text of a document by doing this: Open the Layout...
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John R
jrethorst
Mar 5, 2013 5:33 am
The short answer is no -- WP macros can't access any part of the Library, including macros. But: A macro can set a global variable, which could then be...
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John R
jrethorst
Mar 5, 2013 6:14 am
This can trip a lot of people up, that a macro of a given name can exist both in the Library and in a specific document. If so, the document macro takes...
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em315
Mar 5, 2013 10:07 pm
These are very ingenious ideas. Thank you. By combining them, it should be possible to set a default zoom level for WP with minimal effort by the user. Will...
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darylngee
Mar 6, 2013 3:35 pm
Ed and all, I don't think we can create this modifiable macro. I created a macro that magnifies the (entire) text of a document by doing this: Open the Layout...
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em315
Mar 6, 2013 4:10 pm
Daryl, That's excellent detailed advice. It's possible to create a magnification macro even more easily: simply create a macro with the line...
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em315
Mar 7, 2013 3:29 am
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...
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em315
Mar 11, 2013 3:09 am
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...
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John R
jrethorst
Mar 11, 2013 4:48 am
The program was written in Utah. John R....
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John R
jrethorst
Mar 11, 2013 4:55 am
I'd thought this kind of error handler would do it (file "biff" doesn't exist): On Error (anError) Open Document ("Storyville:users:jrethorst:biff") Alert ("I...
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em315
Mar 11, 2013 9:46 pm
I found a workaround that uses one of your ideas, and should be able to post an easy method for setting and changing a default zoom level in a day or two. But...
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em315
Mar 14, 2013 2:44 am
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...
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em315
Mar 19, 2013 6:45 pm
I've temporarily (I hoped) removed my WPMacApp download because I found problems in it that will take some time to solve. I hope to have it back in a day or...
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em315
Mar 20, 2013 1:53 pm
RESEND WITH CORRECTED LINK: I've now put back my WPMacApp installer: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/271144/WPMacApp%20Installer.dmg I removed the macro that sets a...
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em315
Mar 20, 2013 3:21 pm
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...
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Chad Smith
gimpshopdotnet
Mar 20, 2013 3:34 pm
Thank you for your continued efforts to improve this already awesome system. I appreciate it. *- Chad W. Smith*...
