- Remember WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS? It was great.
- Remember macros in 5.1. A guy whose name I forget made good money by writing a guide on writing macros. And I got pretty good with them, chaining them together, doing things just for the sake of showing I could do them.
- Remember DOS? It wasn't so great.
- Remember Novell? It bought WordPerfect about the time of the transition to Windows 3.1. It used to be the system to connect PC's together.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
WordPerfect: Blast from the Past
This USAToday story on the lawsuit by Novell against Microsoft over Windows 95 support for WordPerfect, or the lack thereof, brings back fond memories:
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Yes, you were very good with them. I remember you assisted me once when I was in on detail by creating a macro and removed quite a few duplicates in a list. That saved me at least a couple hours in the process.
Thanks for the confirmation. I'm not sure whether I got more enjoyment out of showing myself that I could do macros, or in impressing an audience. Actually, I guess if I'm honest it was the latter.
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