Re: [[newbie] wp8]

2000-10-16 Thread GAPrichard
Yes, I have buttons like this. I thought it was intentional (free version and all). Haven't had any time to work with it. I'm interested in solutions others have. -Gary- In a message dated 10/14/2000 6:27:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Anyone have this problem?

Re: [[newbie] wp8]

2000-10-15 Thread Carroll Grigsby
Lance: I was able to clear up the problem by changing the video color depth from 24 bit to 32 bit. The tip came from a WordPerfect 8 user group which I found through: http://linux.corel.com/support/wp8_linux.htm HTH Regards - - Carroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Anyone have this problem? The

Re: [Re: [[newbie] wp8]]

2000-10-15 Thread Michael Scottaline
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Anyone have this problem? The buttons for word perfect, the linux version, > will not show up. They are there, you can click on them, but the all look > like a garbled mess. > > Any help would be appriciated. > > ~Lance == Just a guess here, Lance, bu

Re: [[newbie] wp8]

2000-10-14 Thread CastleKidd
Anyone have this problem? The buttons for word perfect, the linux version, will not show up. They are there, you can click on them, but the all look like a garbled mess. Any help would be appriciated. ~Lance

Re: Re: [[newbie] wp8]

2000-10-13 Thread Renaud OLGIATI
On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Paul wrote: > I went to www.download.com, found the Linux section and searched for > 'wordperfect'. And there it was. Ta, Ron. -- The moving cursor writes, and having written, blinks on. --- http://personales.conexion.com.py/~rolgiati ---

Re: Re: [[newbie] wp8]

2000-10-12 Thread Paul
It was Oct 12, 2000, 19:20, when Renaud OLGIATI keyboarded: >On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Paul wrote: >> I downloaded the big guil00.gz file and that worked fine. I did a tar >> -xvzf on it, ran "runme" and it went like butter down a hot plate. > >Paul, por favor, WHERE did you download it from ? I went

Re: Re: [[newbie] wp8]

2000-10-12 Thread Paul
It was Oct 12, 2000, 07:22, when Renaud OLGIATI keyboarded: >> I use both and find both useful. For me SO does a better job of importing >> complex M$ Word docs and keeping the formatting straight. WP8 is free for >> download, and unlike its more recent update runs natively w/o wine. > >Did yo

Re: [newbie] wp8

2000-10-12 Thread Larry Marshall
> What will happen with WP8 now that Microsoft bought Corel last week? They didn't "buy" Corel, they bought some of its stock. As for WP8, Corel's selling WP9 so maybe that's an answer to your question, though I doubt it. Cheers --- Larry

Re: [newbie] wp8

2000-10-12 Thread Barton Milligan
> Dear Pungki, Having used WP for many years, I have it on my Linux box. WP8 is almost as good as the last DOS version. Turbolinux 3.6 had a "lite" version of WP8 included with the distro. Others may have as well. I did buy the full version, which is ok, but a few things like printing envelop

Re: [newbie] wp8

2000-10-12 Thread Larry Marshall
> I disagree. The fonts look awful (why can't WP just use the fonts > provided by the OS? I've got my truetype fonts working now and they I agree with everything you've said. I wonder, however, if you're not describing the downloadable version as, while I found the font selection to be abyssmal

Re: [newbie] wp8

2000-10-12 Thread Larry Marshall
> > WP8 is indeed free, works great, is fast, and has all the features you can > dream of :) Depends on who's doing the dreaming Paul :-) WP running under Wine is no dream come true. Cheers --- Larry

Re: [newbie] wp8

2000-10-12 Thread Larry Marshall
> I'm using StarOffice (SO) in my LM 7.1. But my SO was running slow (but not > too slow). So, I want to change SO to WP8. Anyone here using WP8 ? If yes, > please share me about your experience, and then, is WP8 freeware program ? > Thanks for your help. I'm using WP Office, which comes with WP9

Re: Re: [[newbie] wp8]

2000-10-12 Thread Renaud OLGIATI
On Mon, 17 Nov 2036, Michael Scottaline wrote: > I use both and find both useful. For me SO does a better job of importing > complex M$ Word docs and keeping the formatting straight. WP8 is free for > download, and unlike its more recent update runs natively w/o wine. Did youmanage to find a

Re: [newbie] wp8

2000-10-12 Thread Renaud OLGIATI
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Pungki wrote: > I'm using StarOffice (SO) in my LM 7.1. But my SO was running slow (but not > too slow). So, I want to change SO to WP8. Anyone here using WP8 ? If yes, > please share me about your experience, and then, is WP8 freeware program ? WP8 is NOT freeware. I have b

Re: [newbie] wp8

2000-10-12 Thread Jeff Malka
I just started looking at it and it looks very good indeed. There is a free version available for download (or in the CDs of several books on it) which is very functional and only lacks a very few items available in the paid version. Jeff On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, you wrote: > Hi. > I'm using St

Re: [[newbie] wp8]

2000-10-12 Thread Michael Scottaline
"Pungki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. > I'm using StarOffice (SO) in my LM 7.1. But my SO was running slow (but not > too slow). So, I want to change SO to WP8. Anyone here using WP8 ? If yes, > please share me about your experience, and then, is WP8 freeware program ? > Thanks for your he

Re: [newbie] wp8

2000-10-12 Thread John Hendrickx
I disagree. The fonts look awful (why can't WP just use the fonts provided by the OS? I've got my truetype fonts working now and they look fine in other applications). WP also insists on using its own printer drivers (what's the OS for guys?), and my printer isn't listed (works with other apps via

Re: [newbie] wp8

2000-10-11 Thread Paul
It was Oct 12, 2000, 10:58, when Pungki keyboarded: WP8 is indeed free, works great, is fast, and has all the features you can dream of :) Paul >Hi. >I'm using StarOffice (SO) in my LM 7.1. But my SO was running slow (but not >too slow). So, I want to change SO to WP8. Anyone here using WP8