On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 06:55:36PM +0000, Edward Tandi wrote: > R P Herrold wrote: > > >On Sun, 3 Mar 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>to keep it from crashing occasionally. That 's running it > >>under windows, not wine. I almost got wp9 for windows to > >>run under wine several months ago. That's sad because I've > >>always liked WordPerfect, but version8 for windows was the > >>last relatively bug-free version. That's what comes from a > >>paint company trying to program a word processor. > >> > Just to add my bit; > > In the beginning, I used Corel WordPerfect 2000 for a while. It was a > problem to install, had sluggish performance (drunk on wine) and was > unstable. Corel thoughtfully provided a cute stuffed penguin that you > could beat when it fell over. Converting to and from MS file formats > resulted in the doubling in the size of the file (accumulatively each > time). I had to convert because my workplace uses MS Word. > > Then came StarOffice. Most of my problems are over and WordPerfect is > now in the loft. Anyone want it? I'm keeping the penguin though ;-)
I have a number of documents in WP format with some characters in it that will not easily convert to MS workd, or open office or what have you. I like WP8's ability to see what is behind in the actual document. kind regards keld
