![]() ![]() They are usually so confused about what means what and what does what in Windows, because the Windows OS and Windows applications are so badly designed in the first place, that I spend far too much time trying to agree on the terminology used to describe the problems in the first place, and then trying to explain to them exactly what I would like them to try and do. ![]() As a rule, I don’t expect Windows users to be able to do much troubleshooting and testing themselves. So the other day I decided to try and investigate the problem a bit further. It can’t save in WordPerfect format.)Īnd that’s when the problems start… Depending on who receives the document back from me and on exactly which file format I use, there appears to be a range of problems, from mangled accented characters to spurious codes and other unwanted side products. (Unfortunately, NeoOffice only opens WordPerfect files. And when it comes time to send the translation back, I have two options: Either I send an RTF file, or I use MacLinkPlus Deluxe to convert the file back to a WordPerfect file format. Not really an acceptable behaviour these days.) For example, HyperText links usually completely disappear. (Pages doesn’t do a very good job of opening such RTF files. So typically when I get a WordPerfect document, I open it with NeoOffice, then save it as an RTF file, and then open it in Word. The end result is not always perfect (there can be a number of formatting issues) and NeoOffice’s interface is pretty clunky, but on the whole it’s a better option than MacLinkPlus Deluxe, and it’s free. In my experience, NeoOffice does a significantly better job of opening WordPerfect documents, and then you can save them in a variety of formats, including RTF and several flavours of the Microsoft Word file format. More recently, it has become possible to view WordPerfect files in Mac OS X with NeoOffice. ![]() I am not interested in paying $50 just for the privilege of having a look at it and seeing if it’s any less pathetic than the previous upgrade, but apparently that’s what they expect you to do.) (I haven’t checked the latest MacLinkPlus Deluxe upgrade that has just been announced by DataViz. But the product has been completely neglected by DataViz for several years now, and its filters don’t really do a very good job. Historically, the preferred option was MacLinkPlus Deluxe. Fortunately, there are a couple of options to convert WordPerfect files to a more Mac-friendly format. The problem is, in a nutshell, that I have to do translations for a variety of sources within the government, and some government services still use WordPerfect for one reason or another, so the files that I have to translate are sometimes sent to me in WordPerfect format.īut of course there is no such thing as WordPerfect for Mac OS X, and Microsoft Word for Mac OS X completely refuses to have anything to do with WordPerfect files. Dear me… I have just spent the best part of my morning communicating with a government employee using WordPerfect in Windows. ![]()
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