No, Microsoft Word v1.0 was released first on Macintosh in 1985. Godfrey
On Nov 29, 2006, at 5:24 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Word obviously predates the Mac but I don't think it predates the > Apple //. However, the most popular word processor on the early > Apples was Quark's Word Juggler. In the early years, it required the > installation of a special chip on the mother board, but it really > worked great. I used it for six or seven years. I still wouldn't mind > writing with it. It did everything I ever needed to do for manuscript > production. > Paul > On Nov 29, 2006, at 6:13 PM, Bob W wrote: > >> Word pre-dates (I won't write 'predates'...) Apple doesn't it? I >> think >> the original version was developed for the Star. >> >> -- >> Bob >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>> Behalf Of Bob Shell >>> Sent: 29 November 2006 21:12 >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> Subject: Re: Way OT: File conversion problem >>> >>> Word is from Office X. I haven't a clue what version of WordPerfect >> >>> these people use, but probably latest version. >>> >>> Bob >>> >>> On Nov 29, 2006, at 2:58 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: >>> >>>> What version of Wordperfect, what version of Word? >>>> >>>> Bob Shell wrote: >>>>> I'm on a Mac running OS 10.4.8 . Someone sent me some documents >> I >>>>> need to work with, but they sent them in WordPerfect >>> format. I need >>>>> to convert them to something I can read and search. It would >> seem >>>>> obvious that someone ought to make a WordPerfect to Word >> converter >>>>> for Mac, but so far I haven't turned one up in my Google >> searches. >>>>> Anyone here know of a way to do this? >>>>> >>>>> Bob >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
