[WinMac] Re: WordPerfect 5.1 replacement

G. Sande(g.sande[at]worldnet.att.net)
Fri, 25 Jun 1999 10:59:59 -0400

Try a quite different tack. Just prepare your material with what
works best for you and then make up an Adobe Acrobat .pdf file.
The Acrobat reader should know how to print from the machine it
lives on and the machine will most likely already have one. So
you will only need to carry the .pdf file around.

The great merit of Acrobat .pdf files is that the reader is
available everywhere and works nicely. The drawback is that you
will have to pop for the the whole Acrobat package. When it first
came out it was a bit of a stretch as it was $$$, but it is now a
lot cheaper with either ~$200 for the kit or various specials
and maybe even academic pricing. But you also get a nice postscript
reader by converting and then reading. You will never again have
to worry about whether the recpient can read your stuff. If you
can get help with the shareware scene, you can get much the same
benefits with GhostScript and save a few pennies at the price of
extra fuss. Depending upon your circumstance the balance of pennies
vrs fuss can differ quite a bit. In most parts of the world fuss is
very expensive although universies are rather different.

>
>Subject: WordPerfect 5.1 replacement
>From: Victor Forberger <vforberg@lynx.dac.neu.edu>
>Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 15:18:25 -0400
>
>
>Here's a request for information that is more complicated than it seems.
>
>As an adjunct, I cannot rely on a stable office nor can I request
>software that would make my life easier. In short, I have to grin and
>bear it. When printing up material for classes, access to he copier is
>restricted and we are told to just print 50 or 100 copies of whatever we
>need on the laser printer (yes, I know how incredibly stupid this policy
>is, but my job is not to reason why).
>
>For my own work I use a Mac (a powerbook 5300ce that after two of those
>trips to Apple for servicing has been wonderful) and Word 5.1a. Because
>of print servers on the campus network, I've found that the LaserWriter
>8.5.1 print drivers don't work, so I use LaserWriter 8.3.4. Here's the
>problem: Word 5.1a does not have the option to collate printing and I
>can't add that option by using the 8.5.1 print driver.
>
>So, I've used Wintel software for my classes. I opted for WordPerfect
>because (1) it fits on a disk, (2) I can run it on my laptop via RealPC
>(equivalent to a slow 386), (3) it collates, and (4) I like it. I'm not
>against using Word for Windows but the problem is that campus computers
>vary in quality and software tremendously, and I don't want to have to
>spend a large amount of time figuring out which file is saved in which
>version of Word, a confusing process for anyone and especially when
>trying to figure out exam questions at the same time.
>
>The problem is that the campus is switching to WindowsNT for the
>backbone to its network and print servers and so far I have not had much
>luck getting WordPerfect to run in an NT workstation environment. What
>settings are accessible to me (Display) don't seem to do anything. All
>that happens when I double-click on wp.exe is a DOS window appears and
>then disappears. So, here are my questions.
>
>1- how do I get WordPerfect to run on a WinNT workstation? And, will
>this solution become moot because WordPerfect 5.1 is not Y2K compliant?
>
>2- Will 8.5.1 LaserWriter print driver work with NT print servers?
>
>3- Is there some shareware print collating software available for the
>Macintosh? What word processors on the Mac (other than Word 98) have
>print collating?
>
>I'm not anxious about upgrading my version of Word because I like the
>speed, layout, and display of Word 5.1a, so I'm not considering that
>option. Neither am I that excited about using Office97 software since
>I'm not sure the computer situation on the campus will improve that much
>(i.e. lots of 486s and 120 mhz or below pentiums).
>
>thank for your help,
>Victor
>--
>Victor Forberger
>Law, Policy, and Society Program
>305 Cushing Hall, Northeastern University
>Boston, MA 02115 617-373-4677 (office) 617-373-4691 (fax)
>
>Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology
>501 Holmes Hall, Northeastern University
>Boston, MA 02115 617-373-4994 (office) 617-373-2688 (fax)
>

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