MacLink Minus

[Andrew Brown]

On 19 Jul 2007, at 12:13, Charles Dyer wrote:

> 1 I've never used v14 of MacLink, but certainly v12 and earlier did  
> translate WP files, including WP 5.1, without complaint. I just  
> used that version to translate a bunch of assorted WP files. Worked  
> fine.

It doesn't complain, I do ;-)

> 2 WP 3.5e is sensitive to file extensions. It'll read WP 5.x  
> files... if it recognises them. A .WP5 extension is usually best.

No go with this file. MacLink recognises it, but not WP3.5e. Changing  
file type and creator enabled WP to see it, but it closed the window  
as soon as the file opened.

> 3 some WP 5.x features are not supported with WP 3.5e. There is a  
> folder called 'ReadMes' which is installed in the WP 3.5e folder  
> automatically. One file in there is named 'About Conversions'. I'd  
> have a look at the WordPerfect 5.0-5.2 Import section of that file.

Yes, the "active Mac font" has to have the characters that are  
normally thrown away, but there's no indication on how to make a font  
active in a file that does not yet exist.

> 5 WP 3.5e is over a decade old. It will never be updated. Corel did  
> a truly magnificent job of trashing the reputation of WP on Macs,  
> to the extent that they couldn't give WP away. Literally.

WP used to be excellent, rather like FrameMaker.

AB