Someone here confused Word with WordPerfect - these are entirely two different software products, from different vendors! Or actualy "were", because I believe WordPerfect has not had upgrades for a looong time.
B. Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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 > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

