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- From: jtv@xs4all.nl (Jeroen T. Vermeulen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Word Perfect
- Date: Fri, 5 Apr 96 00:32:22
- Organization: Leiden University, Mathematics & Computer Science, The Netherlands
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- In article <eraugust-0204961648210001@sbdsk0838.sbrc.hac.com> eraugust@igate1.hac.com (Eric R. Augustine) writes:
- >
- > I noticed that someone was selling an A3000 in another amiga group.
- > Listed with the standard software was "Word Perfect". Is this the
- > same Word Perfect that runs on PC's and Mac's? Are the files it
- > then produces in the same format? And - where does one get it and
- > how much is it?
-
- Amiga WordPerfect (final version 4.1.12) is based on the UNIX version. It uses
- the same format as WP 4.2 on the PC, except for the end-of-line sequences.
- There are import/export options for IBM WP 4.2 as well as for plain ASCII. Note
- that you may experience some difficulties exchanging files with WP 5 or later
- due to bugs in the PC version's conversion routines.
-
- Although there's no more support for the Amiga port (and the other small
- platforms), I can't help liking it. It works, it's safe, it's relatively fast
- and you get to type in good ol' Topaz.
-
- Some wouldn't call the latter a `feature' but I beg to differ. Proportional
- fonts are just no good for editing text, no matter how good they look in print.
-
-
- > --Eric R. Augustine
- > eraugust@igate1.hac.com
-
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