MS Word 2000

I use UltraEdit (but not for html, I don't write html g) but my
daughters also use TextPad.

Word Perfect for DOS was a FANTASTIC program and v5.2 truly rocked. To be
honest other than for some graphics manipulation I don't think that
anything useful has been added to any WP application in the last 12 years
or so that 5.2 for DOS couldn't do and do well. WP's problem was that
they were late in moving to using the Windows GUI instead using their own
interface. The original WP Corp from Orem, Utah then got bought by Novel
who seemed to destroy the product and there was a dire v6 build for
Windows that ughhhhhhhed. Corel then stepped in and v8 was launched as a
quite decent product that ran well using the Windows GUI but by then Word
had picked up the ball that had been dropped by Corel and has never looked
back. Sad really and resulted as in so much of the office area with
Microsoft Office products dominating. Just look at how Excel now rules
the roost with 1-2-3 no longer to be seen. 10 years ago it was the
reverse.

e-mail or ring me if you are interested in older versions of WordPerfect
although I can no longer find my old 5¼ floppies with various versions in
the 4 range (4, 4.1 and 4.2).
--
Mike


Shane wrote:

Mike,

Yes, I've been using EditpadLite for years, but for a long time *not*
for html. Jim Eshelman's always sworn by it for html though, and when
I finally tried it I could see what he meant. I wouldn't use Notepad
though.
Incidentally, a year or two ago I was reading up on the history of
DOS and got a very favourable impression of Word Perfect from that.
I'd like to try the Windows version. I bet it doesn't come in at c.
200MB like Word either!

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
I use UltraEdit (but not for html, I don't write html g) but my
daughters also use TextPad.


Yeah, I've got UltraEdit - I use it for hex editing.

Word Perfect for DOS was a FANTASTIC program and v5.2 truly rocked. To be
honest other than for some graphics manipulation I don't think that
anything useful has been added to any WP application in the last 12 years
or so that 5.2 for DOS couldn't do and do well. WP's problem was that
they were late in moving to using the Windows GUI instead using their own
interface. The original WP Corp from Orem, Utah then got bought by Novel
who seemed to destroy the product and there was a dire v6 build for
Windows that ughhhhhhhed. Corel then stepped in and v8 was launched as a
quite decent product that ran well using the Windows GUI but by then Word
had picked up the ball that had been dropped by Corel and has never looked
back. Sad really and resulted as in so much of the office area with
Microsoft Office products dominating. Just look at how Excel now rules
the roost with 1-2-3 no longer to be seen. 10 years ago it was the
reverse.


I do have one old DOS 1-2-3, but otherwise Lotus Smartsuite Millennium.
Sometimes I toy with the idea of installing it, but like probably most
people, I'm adjusted to the Microsoft stuff and it seems too much of an
investment in time to go in another direction.

e-mail or ring me if you are interested in older versions of WordPerfect
although I can no longer find my old 5¼ floppies with various versions in
the 4 range (4, 4.1 and 4.2).

Thanks, Mike. I appreciate the offer.


Shane