[oclug] WordPerfect Office 2000 for Linux - Deluxe

[Douglas King]

As I recall, WordPerfect Office 12 (retail box) will run under Wine.  The download version will not work with Wine.

~~Douglas King

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave [mailto:Linux at Carpe-Machinam.ca] 
Sent: November 1, 2010 6:03 PM
To: General Membership Discussion List; gary at web.ca
Subject: Re: [oclug] WordPerfect Office 2000 for Linux - Deluxe

Gary Campbell wrote:
> I also bought the WordPerfect Deluxe package back in 2000.  When the package 
> turned out to be too flaky under SUSE, I bought Corel distribution and 
> reloaded.  Still very flaky.  How Corel folk ever got through marketing demos 
> is beyond me.
>
> Open Office from the earliest versions opened all and still can open my old 
> WordPerfect files created under Micro$oft and three distros of Linux.
>
> Gary Campbell
>   
Thank you Gary. I have opened WP files under OO, but I'd like my WP2000 
operational enough to generate new files, and use the "Reveal Codes" 
feature.
Using OO is too much like M$-Word for my liking.
I did have it mostly functioning under Xandros.

Someone contributed the idea of using a virtual machine, and perhaps 
putting Corel Distribution into that would run WP2000 for me ... another 
learning experience ...
<rant>
but I'd just like to become an appliance operator, not bleeding-edge 
head-banger!
</rant>