Hi Scott!,
On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Scott Bronson wrote:
> I would like very much to use WordPerfect 8 for Linux. However, I
> cannot, as I suspect the majority of the business world cannot. Why?
> Simply, because it does not interoperate with an (unfortunately)
> Microsoft-based office very well. Here is what I have found:
Personally I'm happy that WP/Corel gives you a chance to get away from M$.
> WordPerfect 8 does not import Word98 documents. This is a show-stopper,
> as Word98 is a standard among all businesses that I deal with.
Let's set a new standard! Why not start telling everyone that you accept
only WP8 files? Anyone with WP(4.2 to 8) Dos/Win or Linux version could
send you files. Heck, you could GIVE everyone free copys of WP8 if they
need it. (Be a great way to spread Linux!)
> WordPerfect 8 does not import Word95 documents very well. For instance,
> it ignores page orientation: all documents are assumed to be portrait.
> And it's generally unreliable. It does not strictly maintain fonts,
> pagination, etc.
Are you sure that this is a problem of WP and not M$? To be honest if it
had the same fonts, pagination etc, then all you'd have is M$ Word. Which,
of course, I don't want.
> WordPerfect 8 does not automatically figure out what type of file to
> import. I am not going to waste my time telling WordPerfect to try each
> file type in turn. When I ask it to open a file, it should open it. If
> it cannot intelligently figure out the file type, it should try each
> file type in turn until it finds one that works. This is critical for
> companies that have been around a long time, and have archives of
> documents in many different formats.
This is true. But on the other hand I used W$ publisher and I had to use
only .pub. Under WP I can put what ever I want. That would make it hard
for WP to tell what the file is. Also #2 one thing I like about doing it
myself is I have 3 ways to import ascii files. I've saved myself alot of
time by letting WP change hard carrage returns into soft ones.
> Once these deficiencies are fixed, I think WordPerfect would have the
> minimum capability I need to use it during my business day. Until then,
> I must continue to endure NT. Thank you very much for your attention,
>
> - Scott
This note is not a flame Scott. I can see where you have to be able to
work with your people. But for the last 12 years I've used WP (4.2) and to
get WP8 was great. I've never used word and see no need for it.
I, one time, tried the German version of Word. The install was shit. It took
over my machine and overwrote allot of my files. After about two days I
shitcanned it. But for about 3 months after I was having German error messages
pop up. I ended up having to delete the entire Win 3.1 disk and reinstalling
to just have English error messages!
Later!
J
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