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From: halp@TCGOULD.TN.CORNELL.EDU ("Bruce P. Halpern")
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Subject: Re:  A visit to WordPerfect Corp.
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Date: 28 Jun 89 23:56:32 GMT
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As far as I can tell, WordPerfect for the Apple //e and //c (1988
copyright) does NOT transfer easily to either IBM or Mac. Files must
be saved as text files, thereby losing bold, underline, super/sub,
etc.

In contrast, WordPerfect 5.0 for IBM, if saved as WordPerfect 4.2 files,
transfers very nicely to WordPerfect for Mac. I use a card from
MicroSolutions to allow my IBM AT 330 to use, write on, and read from, 
a standard Macintosh 3.5 inch external drive (see MicroSolutions adds in
InfoWorld about every week). At the Mac end, a little magic is required in
the WordPerfect File Manager to import the file as a WordPerfect file
(the magic comes not from information in the WordPerfect manual but from
a book on WordPerfect for the Macintosh that I happened to buy).

Some software & cables that is said to allow full transfer of WordPerfect
for Apple //c and //e files to IBM is sold by a third party. I have it
but haven't used it (and don't remember its name).

****DISCLAMER: My comments, etc., are my own shakey opinions ********



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