On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 3:19 AM, Gary Dale garyd...@torfree.net wrote:
On 20/12/14 10:21 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Not you Patrick, someone else.
I am sort of quoting
I still do not know what you have against whatever they were
suggesting it is far superior to wordperfect.
Odd idea about
well, this was Entertaining.
For those who like to cling.
www.wpuniverse.com
Marvelous place and there are even ways to run wp 5.1 for dos, under windows
8 if you like it like that.
You know I use wp many many times a day, wp 6.0 for dos and 6.2...but
I honestly cannot remember the last
On 2014-12-21, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh h...@debian.org wrote:
Why do we all have to like the same word processor?
Indeed. And some of us actually like *document* processors (best example in
Debian: lyx) for extremely consistent output (and IMHO, much higher
productivity).
(I knew I was
On 20/12/14 10:21 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Not you Patrick, someone else.
I am sort of quoting
I still do not know what you have against whatever they were
suggesting it is far superior to wordperfect.
Odd idea about a virtual machine too.
The is far superior is the sort of thing I mean.
On 17/12/14 11:35 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Who said anything about running windows?
The only windows I have are made of glass lol.
Although a virtual dos machine might be interesting if I find anything
over much to do with Linux.
Thanks for the giggle,
Kare
OK, but you can set up a UNIX
On 12/20/2014 12:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 17/12/14 11:35 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Who said anything about running windows?
The only windows I have are made of glass lol.
Although a virtual dos machine might be interesting if I find anything over
much to do with Linux.
Thanks for the
On 20/12/14 02:15 PM, Doug wrote:
On 12/20/2014 12:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 17/12/14 11:35 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Who said anything about running windows?
The only windows I have are made of glass lol.
Although a virtual dos machine might be interesting if I find
anything over much to
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Gary Dale garyd...@torfree.net wrote:
On 20/12/14 02:15 PM, Doug wrote:
On 12/20/2014 12:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 17/12/14 11:35 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Who said anything about running windows?
The only windows I have are made of glass lol.
Although a
On Saturday 20 December 2014 20:05:43 Patrick Wiseman wrote:
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Gary Dale garyd...@torfree.net wrote:
On 20/12/14 02:15 PM, Doug wrote:
On 12/20/2014 12:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 17/12/14 11:35 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Who said anything about running
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday 20 December 2014 20:05:43 Patrick Wiseman wrote:
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Gary Dale garyd...@torfree.net wrote:
On 20/12/14 02:15 PM, Doug wrote:
On 12/20/2014 12:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 17/12/14
On 12/20/2014 02:30 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 20/12/14 02:15 PM, Doug wrote:
On 12/20/2014 12:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 17/12/14 11:35 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Who said anything about running windows?
The only windows I have are made of glass lol.
Although a virtual dos machine might be
On 20/12/14 03:35 PM, Doug wrote:
On 12/20/2014 02:30 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 20/12/14 02:15 PM, Doug wrote:
On 12/20/2014 12:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 17/12/14 11:35 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Who said anything about running windows?
The only windows I have are made of glass lol.
Although a
On 20/12/14 03:34 PM, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday 20 December 2014 20:05:43 Patrick Wiseman wrote:
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Gary Dale garyd...@torfree.net wrote:
On 20/12/14 02:15 PM, Doug wrote:
On
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Gary Dale garyd...@torfree.net wrote:
On 20/12/14 03:34 PM, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday 20 December 2014 20:05:43 Patrick Wiseman wrote:
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Gary Dale
On 20/12/14 06:05 PM, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
Sorry, meant to send that to Debian user; will do so now, so ignore
until it arrives that way.
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Patrick Wiseman pwise...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Gary Dale garyd...@torfree.net wrote:
On
On 20/12/14 06:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 20/12/14 06:05 PM, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
Sorry, meant to send that to Debian user; will do so now, so ignore
until it arrives that way.
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Patrick Wiseman pwise...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Gary
On Saturday 20 December 2014 23:19:50 Gary Dale wrote:
On 20/12/14 06:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 20/12/14 06:05 PM, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
[snip]
Why do we all have to like the same word processor?
Lisi
P.S. Sorry, Gary for the off-list just now. It wasn't aimed only at you and
should
Entertaining thread..cool. Long time since I read a WP, reveal codes,
styles dust up :-)
I still use WP8 in a NT4 vbox instance for a couple of tasks..I absolutely
will not give up, I too miss the dot leader feature for my table of
contents.
I miss this feature, and a few more. I use the table
On Sat, 20 Dec 2014, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Saturday 20 December 2014 23:19:50 Gary Dale wrote:
On 20/12/14 06:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 20/12/14 06:05 PM, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
[snip]
Why do we all have to like the same word processor?
Indeed. And some of us actually like *document*
I seem to recall making this point when i shared that while I respect the
*personal* computing choices of others, I need not emulate them.
In fact I never asked for word processing suggestions at all. Mine,
works, for, me...and I think the rich thing about computing is the
freedom to use
On Sunday, December 21, 2014 4:40:04 AM UTC+5:30, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
Just a matter of doing that? How do I make . the fill character
for tabs? It's by no means self evident, because I just went through
every menu looking for it. Came across Format, Paragraph, Tabs, Fill
Character, chose
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Karen Lewellen
klewel...@shellworld.net wrote:
I seem to recall making this point when i shared that while I respect the
*personal* computing choices of others, I need not emulate them.
In fact I never asked for word processing suggestions at all. Mine, works,
Not you Patrick, someone else.
I am sort of quoting
I still do not know what you have against whatever they were suggesting
it is far superior to wordperfect.
Odd idea about a virtual machine too.
The is far superior is the sort of thing I mean. Especially when so many
others have reasons
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Karen Lewellen
klewel...@shellworld.net wrote:
Not you Patrick, someone else.
I am sort of quoting
I still do not know what you have against whatever they were suggesting
it is far superior to wordperfect.
Odd idea about a virtual machine too.
The is far
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 05:28:00PM -0800, Rusi Mody wrote:
Just yesterday struggling with making a presentation with LO Impress.
There are some 3 dozen toolbars of which I was looking for some.
The online docs give one line of text for each -- no icon.
On Sat, 20 Dec 2014 18:20:02 +0100
Gary Dale garyd...@torfree.net wrote:
Still don't know what you have against LibreOffice. It's almost
certainly superior to WP51 in every significant way.
WP5.1 users have to have 'reveal codes' or they can't use anything else.
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On 12/20/2014 11:00 PM, Charles Kroeger wrote:
On Sat, 20 Dec 2014 18:20:02 +0100
Gary Dale garyd...@torfree.net wrote:
Still don't know what you have against LibreOffice. It's almost
certainly superior to WP51 in every significant way.
WP5.1 users have to have 'reveal codes' or they can't
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On 2014-12-18 00:01, Morten Bo Johansen wrote:
On 2014-12-17 Karen Lewellen wrote:
I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX.
I got this because wordperfect is my main word processor on my
primary computer and I would
Hi all,
I appreciate all the suggestions, those on point recommending for example I
ask the Dutch debian project about wp. Those far from on point
suggestion I switch when I stated I was only seeking logistics.
I use dos daily and on my machine have wp5.1, which I almost never use,
and
On 2014-12-19, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote:
My choices work for me, and I am more than willing to respect the choices
of others, even if I have zero need or desire to emulate them.
Thanks again for the comments, I consider this thread to be closed, at
least for me.
I
On 12/19/2014 02:22 PM, Curt wrote:
On 2014-12-19, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote:
My choices work for me, and I am more than willing to respect the choices
of others, even if I have zero need or desire to emulate them.
Thanks again for the comments, I consider this thread to
hm whatever deepens your sense of self lol!
Happy Holidays to you and everyone,
Kare
On Fri, 19 Dec 2014, Curt wrote:
On 2014-12-19, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote:
My choices work for me, and I am more than willing to respect the choices
of others, even if I have zero
On 12/19/2014 02:42 PM, Jape Person wrote:
On 12/19/2014 02:22 PM, Curt wrote:
On 2014-12-19, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote:
My choices work for me, and I am more than willing to respect the
choices
of others, even if I have zero need or desire to emulate them.
Thanks again
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 11:46:59PM +0700, Ken Heard wrote:
These days almost all word processors use the ODF. Transfer of
documents between the twenty or so word processors, etc., for example
from a MS Word .docx file to a LibreOffice .odt file and the reverse,
is well nigh effortless.
If
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 04:49:04PM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote:
hm whatever deepens your sense of self lol!
Happy Holidays to you and everyone,
Don't forget to have a Merry christmas!
--
If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people
who are being oppressed, and
On 12/19/2014 09:41 PM, Chris Bannister wrote:
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 04:49:04PM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote:
hm whatever deepens your sense of self lol!
Happy Holidays to you and everyone,
Don't forget to have a Merry christmas!
Chris, I'm looking forward to a change in my meds! Merry
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 11:00:56PM -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
On 12/19/2014 09:41 PM, Chris Bannister wrote:
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 04:49:04PM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote:
hm whatever deepens your sense of self lol!
Happy Holidays to you and everyone,
Don't forget to have a Merry
On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Rusi Mody rustompm...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wednesday, December 17, 2014 11:00:03 AM UTC+5:30, Doug wrote:
On 12/16/2014 11:34 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
YOu know?
I need to check this edition then, because it is far more current than
1995 I am sure.
Kare
Hi again,
I appreciate all You provided in this exchange. Please do not go to over
much trouble. as I use wp every single day on my main computer, and only
had a desire to find something I might personally do with my Debian box,
I will not lose anything if by chance my copy will only run
I still have the fourteen years old CDs of the Corel Linux distribution, which
came with WordPerfect.
Re-installed it a couple months ago so I could print some old WP for DOS
documents I had, which did not format properly in more recent versions, or
under LibreOffice.
Had to dig out an old
On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Karen Lewellen
klewel...@shellworld.net wrote:
Greetings everyone,
I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX.
Which Unix? Which hardware vendor/CPU?
I got this
because wordperfect is my main word processor on my primary computer and I
Op 17-12-14 om 04:44 schreef Karen Lewellen:
Greetings everyone,
I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX. I got
this because wordperfect is my main word processor on my primary
computer and I would welcome, if at all possible, to use it with Linux
as well.
Is there
Doug:
Karen Lewellen:
Doug:
There was once (around 1995?) a WordPerfect version for Linux. It
worked, but it had terrible fonts. It has not been possible to
install that for at least the past 4 years, and probably longer,
as the dependencies can no longer be met.
YOu know?
I
On 2014-12-17 Karen Lewellen wrote:
I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX. I got
this because wordperfect is my main word processor on my primary computer
and I would welcome, if at all possible, to use it with Linux as well.
Is there any reason why the program
On 12/16/2014 11:41 PM, Doug wrote:
On 12/16/2014 10:57 PM, Doug wrote:
On 12/16/2014 10:44 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Greetings everyone,
I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX. I
got this because wordperfect is my main word processor on my primary
computer and I would
On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:14:23 -0500 Ric Moore sent:
snip
Just a little follow-up to the last post. I don't like OpenOffice or
LibreOffice because I don't like the strait-jacket they
put you in.
Which is what?? It certainly isn't the price. :/ Ric
Actually, I was going to ask that
On 12/17/2014 08:58 AM, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
Op 17-12-14 om 04:44 schreef Karen Lewellen:
Greetings everyone,
I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX. I got
this because wordperfect is my main word processor on my primary
computer and I would welcome, if at all
On 12/17/2014 01:14 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
On 12/16/2014 11:41 PM, Doug wrote:
/snip/
Just a little follow-up to the last post. I don't like OpenOffice or
LibreOffice because I don't like the strait-jacket they
put you in.
Which is what?? It certainly isn't the price. :/ Ric
I don't
On 12/17/2014 07:43 PM, Charlie wrote:
On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:14:23 -0500 Ric Moore sent:
snip
Just a little follow-up to the last post. I don't like OpenOffice or
LibreOffice because I don't like the strait-jacket they
put you in.
Which is what?? It certainly isn't the price. :/ Ric
Hi Paul.
What an interesting link. thanks for sharing that Dutch project.
Karen
On Wed, 17 Dec 2014, Doug wrote:
On 12/17/2014 08:58 AM, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
Op 17-12-14 om 04:44 schreef Karen Lewellen:
Greetings everyone,
I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for
On 16/12/14 10:44 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Greetings everyone,
I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX. I got
this because wordperfect is my main word processor on my primary
computer and I would welcome, if at all possible, to use it with
Linux as well.
Is there any
Who said anything about running windows?
The only windows I have are made of glass lol.
Although a virtual dos machine might be interesting if I find anything
over much to do with Linux.
Thanks for the giggle,
Kare
On Wed, 17 Dec 2014, Gary Dale wrote:
On 16/12/14 10:44 PM, Karen Lewellen
On 12/17/2014 11:15 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 16/12/14 10:44 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Greetings everyone,
I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX. I got
this because wordperfect is my main word processor on my primary
computer and I would welcome, if at all possible, to
On 12/16/2014 10:44 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Greetings everyone,
I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX. I got this
because wordperfect is my main word processor on my primary computer and I
would welcome, if at all possible, to use it with Linux as well.
Is there
YOu know?
I need to check this edition then, because it is far more current than
1995 I am sure.
Kare
On Tue, 16 Dec 2014, Doug wrote:
On 12/16/2014 10:44 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Greetings everyone,
I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX. I got
this because
On 12/16/2014 10:57 PM, Doug wrote:
On 12/16/2014 10:44 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Greetings everyone,
I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX. I got this
because wordperfect is my main word processor on my primary computer and I
would welcome, if at all possible, to
On 12/16/2014 08:57 PM, Doug wrote:
On 12/16/2014 10:44 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Greetings everyone,
I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX. I got
this because wordperfect is my main word processor on my primary
computer and I would welcome, if at all possible, to
On 12/16/2014 11:34 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
YOu know?
I need to check this edition then, because it is far more current than 1995 I
am sure.
Kare
Ok, I was guessing 1995, it was later. I found my copy of Corel WordPerfect 8
for Linux, Personal Edition. The disk is copyright 1998.
If you
On Wednesday, December 17, 2014 11:00:03 AM UTC+5:30, Doug wrote:
On 12/16/2014 11:34 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
YOu know?
I need to check this edition then, because it is far more current than 1995
I am sure.
Kare
Ok, I was guessing 1995, it was later. I found my copy of Corel
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