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marbux wrote: >>> My needs have changed since I retired. Nearly all of my writing >>> thesedays is for the web, so Windows is more something I just >>> need available for those occasions when I really need >>> WordPerfect. E.g., I occasionally draft amicus briefs for cases >>> in which the public interest is involved. silver wrote: > Did Corel ever put out an updated native version of Word Perfect for > Linux? Or does it remain "on the shelf"? Mike Cherba wrote: > As far as I know the last Native Word Perfect for Linux was > "WordPerfect 8 for Linux" (the version that shows "Release 8.1.0076 > 11/1/1999" in the About screen) Yes, exact same info at: http://tldp.org/FAQ/WordPerfect-Linux-FAQ/taxonomy.html#VERSIONS I suspect specific typeset and formatting requirements of standardized shared legal WordPerfect templates would be a good reason for legal eagles not desiring to migrate to open-source word processor. If it's not broken, that is, if it's not directly compatible with those whom you share documents, then why change. Just run it in VM. I on occasion still use WP 5.1 for editing old docs, but someone else does the converting/printing, thank goodness. ;-) |
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