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From: walrus@wam.umd.edu (Udo K Schuermann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Word Perfect - is it compatible with MS DOS/Windows version?
Keywords: Word Processing, Compatibility
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Date: 9 Jan 91 19:04:28 GMT
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In article <127465@linus.mitre.org> m14961@mwunix.mitre.org (Duncan Thomson) writes:
>Does anyone know if Word Perfect for the Amiga is compatible with 
>Word Perfect Version 5.0 for MS DOS/Windows?  By compatible I mean
>can I create a file with one and then read it and continue to edit
>it with the other, with no problems?

Amiga WP is overall v4.2 compatible.  It will read WP 5.0 documents as
long as they have been SAVED as 4.2 documents.  WP 5.0 provides this
feature through CTRL-F5.  Note that you lose a few nice features of WP
5.0 that way, including the printer-specifics, fonts, etc.  If you
wait with the final formatting until the end, you won't have any
difficulties.

I do not know for sure if WP Corp is working to get Amiga WP up to 5.1
My own decision to buy WP for my Amiga hangs on _that_ answer.

 ._.  Udo Schuermann        "How is American beer similar to making love in
 ( )  walrus@wam.umd.edu    a canoe?" -- "Both are f***ing close to water."