Yup - I still work in the legal vertical. Some firms still use WordPerfect but most of them have abandoned it. Corel hit another dicey patch with versions 11 and 12 and that chased a few other loyalists off to Word.
The other issue is electronic filing with the courts. The courts will nearly all accept .PDF format, and some will also accept Word format. Not many accept WordPerfect format. Critical mass and all that. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer ______________________________________________ Roland Schorr & Tower www.rolandschorr.com Member: American Bar Association - 01473703 Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007: http://tinyurl.com/ol4law-amazon -----Original Message----- From: RAY ZORZ [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 11:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: More consequences of bad IP law I worked in legal vertical for about 10 years. They didn't give up Wordperfect without a lot of kicking and screaming. They were mostly forced into it by their corporate clients that wanted document interchangability. >>> "Ben Schorr" <[email protected]> 8/12/2009 2:17 PM >>> SHIFT+F1 reveals formatting in Word. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer ______________________________________________ Roland Schorr & Tower www.rolandschorr.com <http://www.rolandschorr.com/> [email protected] From: Tom Miller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: More consequences of bad IP law You can do reveal codes in Word. It's odd but I've done it. I'd have to dig up my notes to figure out how I did that. I don't recall it being a basic setting. >>> "Ben Schorr" <[email protected]> 8/12/2009 4:59 PM >>> Maybe, but WordPerfect 8 dit show up until 1997 or so. By then they were already fighting from a hole. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer ______________________________________________ Roland Schorr & Tower www.rolandschorr.com <http://www.rolandschorr.com/> [email protected] From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 10:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: More consequences of bad IP law the *first* port of WP to windows was a push to GUI and WYSIWYG ... but even the Corel Suite with WP8 was better than Word in my opinion ... and I *still* miss the Reveal Codes feature * maybe I disliked Word because it was so different from WP and what I had been used to, a whole new learning curve ... for my 76 year old Dad, I still have him using Corel Suite 8 with WordPerfect because it works, and is easy for him ... YMMV Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ________________________________ From: Ben Schorr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: More consequences of bad IP law Actually it was a superior word processor application until Microsoft Windows 3.x ushered in the era of Windows-based applications and the first Windows versions of WordPerfect were absolutely dreadful. WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS was a thing of beauty. WordPerfect 5.2 for Windows was a steaming pile. In my opinion. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer ______________________________________________ Roland Schorr & Tower 1155 Fort Street Mall Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 Mobile: 808-782-6306 Fax: 808-533-3677 www.rolandschorr.com [email protected] Member: American Bar Association - 01473703 Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007: http://tinyurl.com/ol4law-amazon From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 10:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: More consequences of bad IP law IMNSHO WordPerfect was a superior word processor application before Microsoft's marketing agression stomped on them to get Word market share Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ________________________________ From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: More consequences of bad IP law Thd just happily continue using WordPerfect. -sc On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Michael Hoffman <[email protected]> wrote: Would the court have to hand write their documents in this case or can they still use Word? Mike Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
