On 07.08.2012 16:22, Craig Parmerlee wrote: > Like others, I wasn't even aware the product was still alive. About > once a month somebody sends me a WPD , which of course I can't open.
Even though I prefer working with WordPerfect, I do make sure to convert my files into MSWord format before I send them to other people. On the other hand, I occasionally receive MSWord documents that don't display properly in Word, but do when I open them in WordPerfect. Go figure... Howard > One of those guys is still using Windows 95. > > This loosely relates to the Dark Ages concept of file compatibility that > the Finale folks have followed. It is never a good business model, when > you are essentially in the business of collaboration, to make it very > difficult for people to share files. > > I would strongly recommend that folks look at LibreOffice. It is an > open source product that is highly robust, essentially equivalent to > Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint in function, and is highly > compatible with the software 98% of the world uses. > > > > > On 8/1/2012 3:48 PM, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Eric Dannewitz<[email protected]> wrote: >>> Yeah....robust....I don't know of anyone using WordPerfect and didn't >>> know the company was still making it... >> >> Well despite who you know (and their software choices): WordPerfect is >> a mainstay in the legal profession, and is used by the Dept of >> Justice; WordPefect has a strong following in academia. Corel seems to >> have a very healthy relationship with their WordPerfect customers too. >> >> Thanks >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > -- Howard Weiner [email protected] http://howard-weiner.de/ A backward poet writes inverse _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
