Many of us want to buy this, please post a URL & / or Phone # for Micro
Center (preferably with a SKU)
Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug McGarrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 8:23 PM
Subject: WordPerfect very cheap
>
> I wrote, earlier today:
>
> "Yes, I know it's O.T. But it's a tremendous bargain!
> I just got the Micro Center flier. On page 2 there is
> the complete Word Perfect 8 for Linux boxed set, with
> 1/2 inch thick manual, for a net cost of $4.99! (No,
> I don't work for them or Corel.) (I have cross posted
> this to the Redhat List. I don't know if there's much
> duplication, so I'm sorry if you see it twice.)
> --doug"
>
>
> I must apologize: the book that comes with WordPerfect is not 1/2 inch,
> it is 1 and a 1/2 inches thick. You don't get a book like this with the
> MS Windows version, let me tell you! They are _giving_ this away, along
with
> a $10 bill! (You don't get the $10 bill, but that's gotta be what it's
> costing
> them.) Buy this! Even if you wind up with the WP 2000 version, you will
> probably never get a manual this size again! And how much will change?
Not
> much, my guess. Unless you never expect to use WordPerfect--a processor I
> really like, at least in its Windows version--then you should go and get
this
> as soon as you can. (I bought the same thing for the $49.99 price about 4
> months ago.)
>
> OK, how is it? The on-screen display needs a lot of help. There are
sites
> that tell you how to do it. One of the better ones is
> http://members.bellatlantic.net/~smithrod/wpfonts-recs.html
> the last after the - varies with the part of the how-to. I give you one
> from a page I printed.
>
> Otherwise, it's WordPerfect. It does a lot of things that
> MSWord does badly or not at all, or they copied. Let's see you display
the
> control characters in MS Word, f'rinstance!
>
> --doug
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