depeche@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Sam Alan EZUST) (02/09/90)
I just got the august 89 release of WP today directly from the company. Unfortunately, in my coorespondance with other WP users I accidentally deleted most of the messages I received. But I recall one person telling me that August 18, 1989 was no longer the current version of WordPerfect, and that there is a newer one out already. Does anyone have it? How is it different? Why didn't WP send me this one? -- S. Alan Ezust | depeche@calvin.cs.mcgill.ca McGill University School of Computer Science | Montreal, Quebec, Canada "If the only tool you have is a hammer, all | Disclaimer: I am not of your problems begin to look like nails." | responsible for anything!!
david.schreiber@canremote.uucp (DAVID SCHREIBER) (02/11/90)
The aug. 89 version is the latest Word Perfect for the ST that I've heard of ..... Oh, it just occurred to me that you're thinking of what WP called their "update." It allows the use of alternate file selectors such as UIS, gives a word count during spell checking, and has a Page Preview option. Call WP for it. --- * Via ProDoor 3.1R
derek.linfield@canremote.uucp (DEREK LINFIELD) (02/12/90)
I received the August 18, 1989 release a couple of weeks ago. I assumed it was the last release. If you find out anything different, please let me know. BTW, have you checked for crosslinked files while using Wordperfect. We used Wordperfect on IBM where I use to work and we always had problems with cross linked files. Now these problems are appearing on my HD. I've had duplicte directories appear within the directory that I keep my Text files; I've also had directories corrupted so that I could return to the parent directory from the desktop but not within a disk utility program like DLII. --- ~ Via ProDoor 3.2aR ~ QNet 2.03: The Crystal Palace * NorthAmeriNet * Toronto (416) 925-5742 *
bright@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Bob Bright) (02/15/90)
In article <90021206214250@masnet.uucp> derek.linfield@canremote.uucp (DEREK LINFIELD) writes: >BTW, have you checked for crosslinked files while using Wordperfect. We >used Wordperfect on IBM where I use to work and we always had problems >with cross linked files. Now these problems are appearing on my HD. I've >had duplicte directories appear within the directory that I keep my Text >files; I've also had directories corrupted so that I could return to the >parent directory from the desktop but not within a disk utility program >like DLII. Word Perfect maintains it's own virtual directory information in temporary files (at least, the ST version does). Why it does this I'm not sure (ask the programmers :-), but if at some point it can't find its temporary files, it gets real upset and starts cross-linking _your_ files, messing up directories, etc. This is a common problem on floppy-only systems, particularly systems where memory is at a premium and the user is tempted to set WP's virtual directory to the floppy. If no virtual directory is specified by the user in WP_START.PRG, then WP automatically sets up a ramdisk of 30K or so and saves its temporary files there. If you're short on memory, you can save the 30K by setting the virtual directory to A:, say, in WP_START.PRG. (Setting the virtual directory to A: also allows you to edit large files that won't fit into memory all at once; 30K isn't enough room for WP to spool the virtual file into, but there's usually plenty of room on the floppy.) God help you, though, if you have the virtual directory set to A: and you swap out the disk that has WP's temporary files on it. You're virtually guaranteed to have problems with cross-linked files, etc., and the problems are virtually guaranteed not to show up until later. I.e., the files you're editing will appear to save OK, you can continue to edit them, save them again, exit WP, whatever; but the next time you load them into WP, they're trashed, along with probably 80% of whatever else you had on the disk. (Believe me, I learned all of this the hard way.) I keep WP's virtual directory set to D: (a 200K ramdisk) on my 1040ST, and have _never_ had a problem with cross-linked files or anything similar. If you have a hard drive, set the virtual directory to one of its partitions and you shouldn't have any problems either. If you absolutely MUST set the virtual directory to a floppy (I sometimes do this on my wife's 520ST floppy-only system at home, when I need to edit large files), proceed with extreme caution. DO NOT under any circumstances simply swap out the floppy and put in another one in order to save a backup copy of the file or anything like that. If you only have a single drive and you desperately need to access a different floppy, make sure that you refer to the other floppy as B: (assuming that the virtual directory is set to A:) -- e.g.: Shift-F10 will give the the "Retrieve File" dialogue; input "B:\yourfile.ext" and the system will prompt you to insert the other disk. Just to be on the safe side, hit F5 ("List Files") as soon as you're done retrieving the file from the B: disk, and the system will prompt you to re-insert the A: disk so that WP gets its temporary files back. Hope this helps, BBB -- Bob Bright <bright@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Dept. of Philosophy University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Man R3T 2N2 (204) 474-9680
iadt3tb@prism.gatech.EDU (T. Terrell Banks) (02/15/90)
Is there an educational version/discount program for Wordperfect?
If so, where/who do I contact about getting it and does anyone know
the approximate cost.
Thanks,
Terry
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