osmigo@ut-emx.UUCP (05/09/89)
WordFinder fans please note: the version of WordFinder that comes with Word 4.0 works ONLY in a Word 4.0 environment. It does NOT work with other applications. So, if you've got the old WordFinder and enjoy using it with different applications (e.g., with your terminal emulation while you're composing posts for the net), do NOT trash it! They've probably got some "marketing rationale" for this move, but IMHO, it's a horrendous boondoggle. Cripes. Ron =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ > Ron Morgan {ames, utah-cs, uunet, gatech}!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!osmigo < > Univ. of Texas {harvard, pyramid, sequent}!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!osmigo < > Austin, Texas osmigo@ut-emx.UUCP osmigo@emx.utexas.edu < =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
palmer@tybalt.caltech.edu (David Palmer) (05/09/89)
I just got the upgrade last night, and I noticed that the thesaurus file which comes with Wordfinder is only half the size of the 'Large Thesaurus' which was previously shipped to Word owners. Is the new one compressed, or merely less complete? Should I stay with the old version to keep the large thesaurus? or hack the binaries? or rename the old large thesaurus? David Palmer palmer@tybalt.caltech.edu ...rutgers!cit-vax!tybalt.caltech.edu!palmer "I was sad that I had no shirt, until I met a man with no torso"
stuartb@microsoft.UUCP (Stuart Burden) (05/11/89)
In article <10616@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> palmer@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP (David Palmer) writes: >I just got the upgrade last night, and I noticed that the thesaurus file >which comes with Wordfinder is only half the size of the 'Large Thesaurus' >which was previously shipped to Word owners. Is the new one compressed, >or merely less complete? The new version of the thesaurus uses a more compact data storage structure and takes less space on disk. > David Palmer > palmer@tybalt.caltech.edu Stu. __Paths to my door:_______________________ microsoft!stuartb@beaver.cs.washington.edu - Usual disclaimer, that all microsoft!stuartb@uw-beaver.arpa - the above is pure fantasy microsoft!stuartb@uunet.UU.NET - and Microsoft only [DE01HB]stuartb@DASNET# {from AppleLink} - gave me the Mountain Dew stuartb@microsoft.uucp {well connected} - to dream it all in a D2012 {@applelink.apple.com - shared acct} - caffeine haze :-) __________________________________________________________________________