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sardisson
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 Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:01 am Post subject: WordPerfect 3.5e support feedback |
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As some of you may know, support for basic import of WordPerfect-Mac 3.5e documents (file type WPD4) was enabled in Neo/J 1.1 Beta on an "experimental" basis--this import is not turned on in the stand-alone builds of the utilities (libwpd) Neo/J uses.
Before this support gets turned on at large, the libwpd team wanted feedback from Neo/J users as to the "stability" of the 3.5e/WPD4 support: does it ever crash Neo/J when trying to import a 3.5e file, or import a 3.5e file as a blank document, for instance.
I've created this thread to provide a place for users to provide feedback on the 3.5e support (I don't have a very large WPD4 document collection).
Thanks!
Smokey
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Leo
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| Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:56 am Post subject: Mac OS 9.2 -WP3.5e - I can import directly, but.... |
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...every 5th import seems to past the import as a text block halfway into the left side marging of the file, as if it didn't "find" the margin guide when it found the "paste into" area.
[how do I post screen shots to this group?]
But I am so happy. This means I can use Office, and it's file format as a NON Microsoft cross-plateform DTP workhorse! Yeah! Yeah!Yeah! I have HUNDRES of wordperfect for the mac files...I write and its been where I live for 15 years.
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jakeOSX
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i've not tried 3.5e files, but i have the program somewhere i think...
i have tried pc wp files from 6.0 to 2000 and they all convert fine. granted they aren't super complicated, but they open, and that's the important part =D |
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sardisson
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| Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 6:43 pm Post subject: Re: Mac OS 9.2 -WP3.5e - I can import directly, but.... |
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| Leo wrote: | ...every 5th import seems to past the import as a text block halfway into the left side marging of the file, as if it didn't "find" the margin guide when it found the "paste into" area.
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Hmm, I've never seen that before, at least as far as I can tell without seeing it.
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| jakeOSX wrote: | i've not tried 3.5e files, but i have the program somewhere i think...
i have tried pc wp files from 6.0 to 2000 and they all convert fine. granted they aren't super complicated, but they open, and that's the important part =D |
The PC 6.x-12.x support is really mature (although it still has a few issues here and there with really complex tables and such, as Oscar will tell you  ), the PC 5.x and Mac 3.0-3.5.4 support is basic and still to be fully developed (at least the latter), and the 3.5e support really is experimental...we really want to know if there are any wierd things happening with 3.5e/WPD4 documents before it gets turned on for everyone.
Smokey
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OPENSTEP
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ovvldc
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| OPENSTEP wrote: | | Of note is that you can still download WordPerfect 3.5e and run it in classic: |
Yes, but you *really* have to love that program to care enough.
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officewallah
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| Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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I've just tested it on a rather old WP 3.5e document. Not an extremely complex one, but with some formatting. Import was completely successful.
Now if only we could import Lotus files  |
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fridrich
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| officewallah wrote: | | Now if only we could import Lotus files |
There is a group trying to make it happen (I mean lotus wordpro files import). If you want to know more, but "michael_" at #OpenOffice.org irc.freenode.net.
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cfhesq
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:05 pm Post subject: WordPerfect 3.5e support feedback |
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I've had problems opening a couple of WPD docs*, but by and large not a problem AND I'M GRATEFUL THIS FEATURE IS HERE! My offiice uses WPD6, but I use OOO generally, but needed a program to open the ones I bring home to work on; to date that was AbiWord, but the fact that I can open Word and WPD in the same app is cause for celebration. Thanks, and keep up the good work!
* Get a "not enough memory" warning, then the program quits. Running an iBook G3, 600MHz, 640MB |
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sardisson
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 1:24 am Post subject: Re: WordPerfect 3.5e support feedback |
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| cfhesq wrote: | I've had problems opening a couple of WPD docs*, but by and large not a problem AND I'M GRATEFUL THIS FEATURE IS HERE! [...]
* Get a "not enough memory" warning, then the program quits. Running an iBook G3, 600MHz, 640MB |
Does this happen on all WP documents or only certain ones? Are you running other apps at the same time as Neo/J (i.e. a situation where much of your memory is potentially in use)?
Regardless, there is some sort of issue occurring here and we'd like to try to fix it. Can you file a bug in the Neo BugZilla and attach a sample document that causes the quit?
Thanks!
Smokey
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pluby
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 7:54 am Post subject: Re: WordPerfect 3.5e support feedback |
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| cfhesq wrote: | | * Get a "not enough memory" warning, then the program quits. Running an iBook G3, 600MHz, 640MB |
Have you installed the latest Neo/J patch for http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/patch.php? The latest patch contains fixes for several large memory leaks that would cause Neo/J to slowly eat memory until you quit Neo/J.
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