[email protected] writes:
>jo4hn wrote:
>
>> hail to the geezers,
>
>I remember when .com was a file extension.
>
> -- Mark
>
>
Ouch!
Tim and Stephanie wrote:
>> Hey now, I have very fond memories of using WordPerfect. It was a darn
>>sight better than Microsloth Word. At least when something got screwed up
>>in the format with WordPerfect, I could reveal *all* codes and find out
>>what was going wrong, then delete that code -- unlike Word, that hides
>>everything in the stupid paragraph end and doesn't let you see what's
>
> going
>
>>on.
>>
>
>
> To be sure, it was wicked bitchin' cool, if you could remember
> alt-right-shift-ctrl-right click-PF9 to show codes, and then ctrl-shift-end
> alt-shift-home left click right ctrl PF6 to select and remove.
>
> Or was it left shift?
>
>
And what version with that? I've been using WordPerfect
every since version 5.0 and all of the early ones came with
a template (no need for memorizing key clicks). 'Course
most people never read the manual and probably didn't know
what the template was for, just as some people were still
using hard returns at the end of every line and didn't know
how to change tabs into the late 80s and early 90s.
Microsoft Word current with WordPerfect 5.0 was lousy, and
Word has been lousy compared to every comparable version of
WordPerfect. It is still lousy. You must have switched to
Word before WordPerfect became wyswyg. Hell, I had a word
processor on my Commodore 64 that was faster with more
features than Word was at the time and the Commodore had no
memory to speak of, so they wrote tight code.
Still using WordPerfect but haven't updated past version 10
since I am now retired.
Now that I think of it, I also recall in 1969 agonizing whether to blow
$300 on one of the first LED watches. Remember the ones with the red
faces? (I finally didn't buy it and was I glad when the cheaper LCD
models came out.) But the first LEDs were so chunky and heavy. I knew
one guy who had one and after six months his watch arm seemed
disproportionately larger than the other.
FoggyTown
Tim and Stephanie wrote:
>> Hey now, I have very fond memories of using WordPerfect. It was a darn
>>sight better than Microsloth Word. At least when something got screwed up
>>in the format with WordPerfect, I could reveal *all* codes and find out
>>what was going wrong, then delete that code -- unlike Word, that hides
>>everything in the stupid paragraph end and doesn't let you see what's
>
> going
>
>>on.
>>
>
>
> To be sure, it was wicked bitchin' cool, if you could remember
> alt-right-shift-ctrl-right click-PF9 to show codes, and then ctrl-shift-end
> alt-shift-home left click right ctrl PF6 to select and remove.
>
> Or was it left shift?
>
>
use EMACs and tell me wordperfect was bad
On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 23:26:25 -0800, Glenna Rose <[email protected]> wrote:
> [email protected] writes:
>>jo4hn wrote:
>>
>>> hail to the geezers,
>>
>>I remember when .com was a file extension.
>>
> Ouch!
Yeah. Stop making us feel old, or I'll .exe you with a .bat
foggytown wrote:
> models came out.) But the first LEDs were so chunky and heavy. I knew
> one guy who had one and after six months his watch arm seemed
> disproportionately larger than the other.
Pro'ly not from being heavy, but from all the extra swing action his arm was
getting showing it off to everybody. "Do I have the time you ask? Why,
I'm so glad you asked!"
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Mark & Juanita wrote:
> Don't remember which one (later versions it was simply alt-F3); I had
> one
> of those handy keyboard templates until I had all the key sequences
> memorized.
Yup. I still have a keyboard around here with one of those on it. It's a
keyboard I once traded a certificate for a free dozen of roses for. I
needed a keyboard, and I didn't have a girlfriend. I had a friend with a
girlfriend, who worked in a computer store. Perfect.
Ah, memories.
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Richard wrote:
>> To be sure, it was wicked bitchin' cool, if you could remember
>> alt-right-shift-ctrl-right click-PF9 to show codes, and then
>> ctrl-shift-end alt-shift-home left click right ctrl PF6 to select and
>> remove.
>>
>> Or was it left shift?
>>
>>
>
> use EMACs and tell me wordperfect was bad
I was going to chime in with the same, but I figured most people here
wouldn't evim know what I was hinting at.
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On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 04:11:20 -0500, Silvan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Richard wrote:
>> use EMACs and tell me wordperfect was bad
>
> I was going to chime in with the same, but I figured most people here
> wouldn't evim know what I was hinting at.
Nice...
Mark & Juanita wrote:
> Hey now, I have very fond memories of using WordPerfect. It was a
> darn sight better than Microsloth Word. At least when something got
> screwed up in the format with WordPerfect, I could reveal *all* codes
> and find out what was going wrong, then delete that code -- unlike
> Word, that hides everything in the stupid paragraph end and doesn't
> let you see what's going on.
Word 2003 is not as good a word processor as AmiPro for Win 3.0. Word has
more useless features, and what it does with image positioning is like the
Cr**sman router random-height adjustment, but Ami was much better.
Too bad Ami didn't succeed commercially. Lotus & IBM failed...
-- Mark
Mark & Juanita wrote:
>> Word 2003 is not as good a word processor as AmiPro for Win 3.0.
>> Word has more useless features, and what it does with image
>> positioning is like the Cr**sman router random-height adjustment,
>
> LOL! What a great analogy!
>
> [Spoken by someone who got to spend part of his Saturday with Msoft
> products preparing for a customer brief next week]
At a prior job I needed to write the user documentation for a software
package we'd finished. I was annoyed at the task and fed up with Word and
(somehow) made the company get me PageMaker. (*) In WW terms this was kinda
like demanding and receiving a 12" table saw for cutting the ends off a
half-dozen tuba-fors. ;-) It sure was nice to have the screen shots stay
*exactly* where I positioned them.
-- Mark
(*) I came down with a case of PM(W)S -- Pre Microsoft (Word) Syndrome.
> Hey now, I have very fond memories of using WordPerfect. It was a darn
> sight better than Microsloth Word. At least when something got screwed up
> in the format with WordPerfect, I could reveal *all* codes and find out
> what was going wrong, then delete that code -- unlike Word, that hides
> everything in the stupid paragraph end and doesn't let you see what's
going
> on.
>
To be sure, it was wicked bitchin' cool, if you could remember
alt-right-shift-ctrl-right click-PF9 to show codes, and then ctrl-shift-end
alt-shift-home left click right ctrl PF6 to select and remove.
Or was it left shift?
On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 23:26:25 -0800, [email protected] (Glenna Rose)
calmly ranted:
>[email protected] writes:
>>jo4hn wrote:
>>
>>> hail to the geezers,
>>
>>I remember when .com was a file extension.
>>
>Ouch!
Don't forget the Zeke files (.exe), and config.sys/autoexec.bat (which
the Marines at Camp Pendelton used to save in Word imPerfect format).
Thank you, Word Perfect, for helping me to make a lot of money by
fixing computer bootup problems created by your program. ;)
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On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 04:11:20 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> calmly ranted:
>Richard wrote:
>> use EMACs and tell me wordperfect was bad
I'll use anything and still tell you that WP was bad; as bad as
MS Word. I went with AmiPro when it came out and still use it
(v3) for occasional docs.
>I was going to chime in with the same, but I figured most people here
>wouldn't evim know what I was hinting at.
To troubleshoot WP, I'd rather use WP. But to create a document, I'd
much rather use Edlin than WP. And I still hand-code websites and
check out flaky emails using Note Tab Pro. Text editors are happenin'.
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On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 00:19:44 GMT, "Mark Jerde"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Mark & Juanita wrote:
>
>> Hey now, I have very fond memories of using WordPerfect. It was a
>> darn sight better than Microsloth Word. At least when something got
>> screwed up in the format with WordPerfect, I could reveal *all* codes
>> and find out what was going wrong, then delete that code -- unlike
>> Word, that hides everything in the stupid paragraph end and doesn't
>> let you see what's going on.
>
>Word 2003 is not as good a word processor as AmiPro for Win 3.0. Word has
>more useless features, and what it does with image positioning is like the
>Cr**sman router random-height adjustment,
LOL! What a great analogy!
[Spoken by someone who got to spend part of his Saturday with Msoft
products preparing for a customer brief next week]
> but Ami was much better.
>
>Too bad Ami didn't succeed commercially. Lotus & IBM failed...
>
> -- Mark
>
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On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 05:08:22 GMT, "Tim and Stephanie" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hey now, I have very fond memories of using WordPerfect. It was a darn
>> sight better than Microsloth Word. At least when something got screwed up
>> in the format with WordPerfect, I could reveal *all* codes and find out
>> what was going wrong, then delete that code -- unlike Word, that hides
>> everything in the stupid paragraph end and doesn't let you see what's
>going
>> on.
>>
>
>To be sure, it was wicked bitchin' cool, if you could remember
>alt-right-shift-ctrl-right click-PF9 to show codes, and then ctrl-shift-end
>alt-shift-home left click right ctrl PF6 to select and remove.
>
>Or was it left shift?
>
Don't remember which one (later versions it was simply alt-F3); I had one
of those handy keyboard templates until I had all the key sequences
memorized.
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On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 08:00:42 -0800, Larry Jaques
<novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 23:26:25 -0800, [email protected] (Glenna Rose)
>calmly ranted:
>
>>[email protected] writes:
>>>jo4hn wrote:
>>>
>>>> hail to the geezers,
>>>
>>>I remember when .com was a file extension.
>>>
>>Ouch!
>
>Don't forget the Zeke files (.exe), and config.sys/autoexec.bat (which
>the Marines at Camp Pendelton used to save in Word imPerfect format).
>Thank you, Word Perfect, for helping me to make a lot of money by
>fixing computer bootup problems created by your program. ;)
>
Hey now, I have very fond memories of using WordPerfect. It was a darn
sight better than Microsloth Word. At least when something got screwed up
in the format with WordPerfect, I could reveal *all* codes and find out
what was going wrong, then delete that code -- unlike Word, that hides
everything in the stupid paragraph end and doesn't let you see what's going
on.
> --
> Remember: Every silver lining has a cloud.
> ----
> http://diversify.com Comprehensive Website Development
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