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  Microsoft Word vs WordPerfect alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com (Dr. Jai Maharaj) - 2017-01-19 01:29 +0000
    Re: Microsoft Word vs WordPerfect alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com (Dr. Jai Maharaj) - 2017-01-19 01:30 +0000
      Re: Microsoft Word vs WordPerfect alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com (Dr. Jai Maharaj) - 2017-01-19 01:31 +0000
        Re: Microsoft Word vs WordPerfect alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com (Dr. Jai Maharaj) - 2017-01-19 01:33 +0000
        Re: Microsoft Word vs WordPerfect PaxPerPoten <PPP@USA.org> - 2017-01-18 23:30 -0600
          Re: Microsoft Word vs WordPerfect "M.I.Wakefield" <none@present.com> - 2017-01-19 15:05 -0500

#23317 — Microsoft Word vs WordPerfect

Forwarded post:

Microsoft Word vs WordPerfect

By rey
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Years ago, I used WordPerfect for all my academic papers.
I felt the program was more friendly toward that type of
writing, easier to cite, create footnotes, end notes,
bibliographies, etc. As Microsoft Word no longer comes as
part of the operating system package, I have been
considering my options.

My question is two-fold; is WordPerfect still a good
product? Is it superior to Microsoft Word? What do
professional writers prefer and why? (Yeah, that's three.
I guess I'm a heavy tipper.)

Thanks.

Posted by rey

End of forwarded post.

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti

http://bit.do/jaimaharaj

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#23318

Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
> 
> Forwarded post:
> 
> Microsoft Word vs WordPerfect
> 
> By rey
> Wednesday, January 18, 2017
> 
> Years ago, I used WordPerfect for all my academic papers.
> I felt the program was more friendly toward that type of
> writing, easier to cite, create footnotes, end notes,
> bibliographies, etc. As Microsoft Word no longer comes as
> part of the operating system package, I have been
> considering my options.
> 
> My question is two-fold; is WordPerfect still a good
> product? Is it superior to Microsoft Word? What do
> professional writers prefer and why? (Yeah, that's three.
> I guess I'm a heavy tipper.)
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Posted by rey
> 
> End of forwarded post.

Forwarded post:

Back in 286/386 days I used to like WP 10x as much as
Word.

However, WP did an upgrade (this is a lot of years ago)
and I HATED the upgrade.

Over that same period, Word became much easier to use,
and lots more flexible. IMO.

Can you even get WP any more...?

However... as a matter of sending docs back and forth and
the interoperability with other MSFT applications....I
believe if all things were equal, meaning you’d have to
go buy WP at the same price you’d have to buy
Word....you’d want to buy and use Word.

Posted by Attention Surplus Disorder

End of forwarded post.

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.jai-maharaj

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#23319

Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
> 
> > Forwarded post:
> > 
> > Microsoft Word vs WordPerfect
> > 
> > By rey
> > Wednesday, January 18, 2017
> > 
> > Years ago, I used WordPerfect for all my academic papers.
> > I felt the program was more friendly toward that type of
> > writing, easier to cite, create footnotes, end notes,
> > bibliographies, etc. As Microsoft Word no longer comes as
> > part of the operating system package, I have been
> > considering my options.
> > 
> > My question is two-fold; is WordPerfect still a good
> > product? Is it superior to Microsoft Word? What do
> > professional writers prefer and why? (Yeah, that's three.
> > I guess I'm a heavy tipper.)
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Posted by rey
> > 
> > End of forwarded post.
> 
> Forwarded post:
> 
> Back in 286/386 days I used to like WP 10x as much as
> Word.
> 
> However, WP did an upgrade (this is a lot of years ago)
> and I HATED the upgrade.
> 
> Over that same period, Word became much easier to use,
> and lots more flexible. IMO.
> 
> Can you even get WP any more...?
> 
> However... as a matter of sending docs back and forth and
> the interoperability with other MSFT applications....I
> believe if all things were equal, meaning you’d have to
> go buy WP at the same price you’d have to buy
> Word....you’d want to buy and use Word.
> 
> Posted by Attention Surplus Disorder
> 
> End of forwarded post.

Forwarded post:

[ Back in 286/386 days . . .

You think YOU are old? Well, I used to work for a company
called Wang Laboratories, generally credited for
inventing Word Processing, years before the advent of the
personal computer. I remember the when the 286/286
revolution spelled doom for Wang... I'm not boasting, my
arthritis flares up when I boast...

Posted by NYAmerican

End of forwarded post.

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti

http://bit.ly/1EM9nsg

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#23320

Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
> 
> > > Forwarded post:
> > > 
> > > Microsoft Word vs WordPerfect
> > > 
> > > By rey
> > > Wednesday, January 18, 2017
> > > 
> > > Years ago, I used WordPerfect for all my academic papers.
> > > I felt the program was more friendly toward that type of
> > > writing, easier to cite, create footnotes, end notes,
> > > bibliographies, etc. As Microsoft Word no longer comes as
> > > part of the operating system package, I have been
> > > considering my options.
> > > 
> > > My question is two-fold; is WordPerfect still a good
> > > product? Is it superior to Microsoft Word? What do
> > > professional writers prefer and why? (Yeah, that's three.
> > > I guess I'm a heavy tipper.)
> > > 
> > > Thanks.
> > > 
> > > Posted by rey
> > > 
> > > End of forwarded post.
> > 
> > Forwarded post:
> > 
> > Back in 286/386 days I used to like WP 10x as much as
> > Word.
> > 
> > However, WP did an upgrade (this is a lot of years ago)
> > and I HATED the upgrade.
> > 
> > Over that same period, Word became much easier to use,
> > and lots more flexible. IMO.
> > 
> > Can you even get WP any more...?
> > 
> > However... as a matter of sending docs back and forth and
> > the interoperability with other MSFT applications....I
> > believe if all things were equal, meaning you’d have to
> > go buy WP at the same price you’d have to buy
> > Word....you’d want to buy and use Word.
> > 
> > Posted by Attention Surplus Disorder
> > 
> > End of forwarded post.
> 
> Forwarded post:
> 
> [ Back in 286/386 days . . .
> 
> You think YOU are old? Well, I used to work for a company
> called Wang Laboratories, generally credited for
> inventing Word Processing, years before the advent of the
> personal computer. I remember the when the 286/286
> revolution spelled doom for Wang... I'm not boasting, my
> arthritis flares up when I boast...
> 
> Posted by NYAmerican
> 
> End of forwarded post.

Forwarded post:

You think yer old-timers!? Listen, sonny[s], I used to
write code for computers with vacuum tubes in them.
UNIVAC 1105 / (1964) / Basic Assembly Language (BAL) --
not to be confused with BASIC that came out of Dartmouth
much later.

I wrote code to analyze classified satellite data (CDC
6600) -- in a building so secret it was not even listed
in Lockheed's comprehensive internal phone directory --
before there were any GPS sytems.

I learned LISP from the author himself, John McCarthy.

I wrote part of the operating system & many applications
for the first full hospital information system -- Spectra
2000 -- in assembly code for a Schlumberger EMR 6135. I
debugged that system for many months -- correcting, inter
alia, errors in the daily deceased patient list --
working the graveyard shift at a hospital in an office
next to the morgue.

I wrote / analyzed / debugged programs in FORTRAN / ALGOL
/ SAIL, & installed 16-bit Nova & Eclipse machines, which
we had to boot up using fanfold paper tape.

I was the point man on the pioneer International Systems
Engineering troubleshooting team that analyzed & solved
multiple problems in the four-NOVA DG/DAC system
controlling the flow of rail cars in the Santa Fe
railyard terminus in Barstow.

I met the Peterson brothers (Salt Lake City & Sandy,
Utah) who founded WordPerfect, & helped them sell their
product as a third-party app on DG gear.

I liked WP as the best of all word processors right from
the beginning, & agitated for it as the standard at a few
companies. I finally switched to Word for compatibility
with the overwhelming # of Word documents.

I became adept at MultiPlan long before it grew into
Excel.

I loaned Stewart Brand (Whole Earth Catalog) a Victor
9000 machine so he could experiment with its newfangled
graphics.

I wrote LISP fragments to manipulate wireframe elements
of AutoCAD drawings, using the AutoLISP interpreter.

I hired the gentleman who is now the Autodesk VP of
Product, worldwide, responsible for more than $2 Billion
in sales.

This thread might just persuade me to experiment with
WordPerfect again, out of nostalgia, & well-deserved
contempt for everything MSFT.

Computers will make yer lives easier!

Posted by goldbux

End of forwarded post.

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti

http://ow.ly/UIz9w

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#23321

On 1/18/2017 7:31 PM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:
> Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
>>
>>> Forwarded post:
>>>
>>> Microsoft Word vs WordPerfect
>>>
>>> By rey
>>> Wednesday, January 18, 2017
>>>
>>> Years ago, I used WordPerfect for all my academic papers.
>>> I felt the program was more friendly toward that type of
>>> writing, easier to cite, create footnotes, end notes,
>>> bibliographies, etc. As Microsoft Word no longer comes as
>>> part of the operating system package, I have been
>>> considering my options.
>>>
>>> My question is two-fold; is WordPerfect still a good
>>> product? Is it superior to Microsoft Word? What do
>>> professional writers prefer and why? (Yeah, that's three.
>>> I guess I'm a heavy tipper.)
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Posted by rey
>>>
>>> End of forwarded post.
>>
>> Forwarded post:
>>
>> Back in 286/386 days I used to like WP 10x as much as
>> Word.
>>
>> However, WP did an upgrade (this is a lot of years ago)
>> and I HATED the upgrade.
>>
>> Over that same period, Word became much easier to use,
>> and lots more flexible. IMO.
>>
>> Can you even get WP any more...?
>>
>> However... as a matter of sending docs back and forth and
>> the interoperability with other MSFT applications....I
>> believe if all things were equal, meaning you’d have to
>> go buy WP at the same price you’d have to buy
>> Word....you’d want to buy and use Word.
>>
>> Posted by Attention Surplus Disorder
>>
>> End of forwarded post.
>
> Forwarded post:
>
> [ Back in 286/386 days . . .
>
> You think YOU are old? Well, I used to work for a company
> called Wang Laboratories, generally credited for
> inventing Word Processing, years before the advent of the
> personal computer. I remember the when the 286/286
> revolution spelled doom for Wang... I'm not boasting, my
> arthritis flares up when I boast...

I used a Wang system in 1967...It was a Computer system tied together by 
juke box cables.
>
> Posted by NYAmerican
>
> End of forwarded post.
>
> Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> Om Shanti
>
> http://bit.ly/1EM9nsg
>


-- 
It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard
the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all
ages who mean to govern well, but *They mean to govern*. They promise to
be good masters, *but they mean to be masters*. Daniel Webster

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#23322

"PaxPerPoten"  wrote in message news:o5piq2$acm$2@dont-email.me...

I'll never use WordPerfect again.

I bought WP 6, and used it at home.  When I had to edit a work document at 
home, and then save it as a WP 5.1 document on a floppy to take back to 
work, the document was saved into the FAT. 

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