>I'm surprised 5.1 runs OK under OS 9.1. It runs fine under 9.2.2! (and in Classic as well). No problems.
>I found 5.0 went funny on 8.6 >and 9.0. Possible '5.0' itself (i.e., not 5.1a) is problematic under 8.6/9.0. > Apple and MS both said Word 5 and Excel 5 had problems running >above 8.5. Never read this one. I'm a little sceptical that it's a way to get us to upgrade though. >I found the Hot keys failed to work correct, though you could >do a kludgy fix by reassigning the keys and some of the formatting >wouldn't work. I kept a 8.5 on my old performa just to run Word and >Excel 5. I always keep a full backup of my entire Preferences folder on CDRW - the Word prefs are critical as far as keeping the keyboard macros intact. Same with replacing any other pref file that gets corrupted. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac <http://www.insanely-great.com> mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RD's PowerBook page: <http://www.macpowerbook.com> -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
