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- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 09:06:29 CST
- Sender: WordPerfect For Windows Discussion List <WPWIN-L@UBVM.BITNET>
- From: "Nalley, Gary K." <nallegk@OKRA.MILLSAPS.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Wordperfect 5.2
- Lines: 38
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- ddurby@girtab.usc.edu (Dennis Durby) writes:
-
- >In article <WPWIN-L%92110514554235@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU> Marc Becker
- <MABECKER@UKANVM.BITNET> writes:
- >>Does anybody know if the new WP for Windows files will be the same as WP5.1
- >>files? Will the need WP for DOS have the same file format as 5.1 too?
-
- >In a word (or two): YES, OF COURSE IT WILL BE BACKWARD COMPATIBLE. HAVE YOU
- >_EVER_ SEEN A VERSION OF WP THAT _WASN'T_??????????????????
-
- Actually yes. I have 5.0 at home and when I took that floppy into the office
- that had 4.2, the office version could not read the 5.0 version. I am curious
- whether the new software will be readable by 5.1 users.
-
- Judi Geistlinger
- j-geistlinger@uiuc.edu
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- There is a miscommunication based on the way the question was phrased. In
- WPv5.x you (under the TEXT IN/OUT function) select SAVE AS WPv4.2 format.
- However, WPv5.x will automatically convert/read WPv4.2 file format. Since
- WPv4.2 does not know that WPv5.x exists, it cannot read the newer file format.
-
- The question should be: Is WordPerfect changing the WPv5.x file format with
- WPv5.2? If so, will they use the "current" method to address file exchage (TEXT
- IN/OUT, SAVE AS) to address older versions?
-
- Gary
-
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