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Hundreds of WordPerfect
for Windows tips on the main Tips page and related
pages.
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tips on this site are for a wide range of people, from beginners to
advanced users.
However, many of the methods are for intermediate and advanced users.
You can simply skip over the advanced ones until you are more
comfortable with the program.
- If
you are new to WordPerfect (and even if you are not) you should consider
obtaining a good book on the basic features of the program, such as the
books listed
below. Such books usually pay for themselves many times over by
decreasing frustration and increasing productivity. Once you learn the
basics, advanced information on this site will be more useful to you.
(Also see Help below.)
- You
will quickly notice that some tips pages here are loaded -- even
"crammed" -- with information. This is because this site, unlike a blog or other
interactive site, attempts to act as a reference
source of both troubleshooting tips and practical useage tips. It
gathers together information from various sources over many years (and
many versions of WordPerfect), and since no one can know if even a tiny
snippet of information might hold the answer to your question or
problem, the author diligently added the information as it became
available. Therefore, it is recommended that you scan a topic first to
get a general overview, then read the topic from beginning to end. You
never know what else you might learn that will save you time and
frustration in the long run. And, as Roy "lemoto" Lewis
[Corel C_Tech] recently remarked: "An explanation in words
makes any activity seem more complex than it is in practice. To test
this, write out instructions for boiling a kettle or putting a letter
into an envelope. Or ride a bicycle."
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Lots of free
items on the Other
Authors page, such as John Land Esq.'s excellent
collection of 160+ macros designed for law firms (and
other users).
Many of the above are
downloadable ZIP files or PDF files. (What to do with them? See below.)
Links
Visit the Other WP Sites page,
including Corel support sites and free WordPerfect user groups such as WordPerfect Universe.
Writers may be interested in Other Sites of Interest to Writers.
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Got a problem? Need more help? Here are some general
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Recent additions to the Library
(All items are free. This
is a donation
supported
website.) EdgeText (v1.04)
A macro that can place a line of text, the date, and/or the filename at
one of eight places around the edges of the page, outside the
page margins, on all pages or just specific pages. Easily
customizable. Updated 03/03/12 with additional option to include a time stamp, plus several minor code improvements.
WordList (v1.0)
A macro that can create either a frequency list of each
of the words in the document (or in a selection of text), or an
alphabetical list that can be used as a concordance file to help index
a document. Uploaded 02/08/12.
Clipper (v1.15)
A macro that lets you select material in the current document (or any
open WordPerfect document) and automatically clip (copy or move) it to
a separate temporary document. Clipped material is appended to the
temporary document. A dialog remains on screen until dismissed to allow
multiple clips. Updated 09/20/11 to work with
highlighted text and with additional clip separators.
DocStamp (v1.03)
Quickly "toggles" a user-specified document stamp ON and OFF, such as
"Draft" or "Copy". The stamp (text with an optional date) is inside
a rotated box inside a watermark and is visible
outside page margins at the side of the page, parallel to the edge.
Easily customizable. Updated 08/27/11.
BackgroundFill
(v1.0)
Creates a "background page fill" with your choice of color, outside
the page margins, on the current page or from the current
page forward, according to the specifications of the user. The spacing
to the page edges for each border can be set independently, and changes
in WordPerfect's page margins will not affect the border. [See next
item below for a similar macro.] Uploaded 08/01/11.
LineBorders (v1.02)
Creates a line border (single, double, dashed, thick, etc.) outside
the page margins or at any other specified location, around
the perimeter of the current page (or from the current page forward),
according to the specifications of the user. The spacing to the page
edges for each border can be set independently, and changes in
WordPerfect's page margins will not affect the border. Updated
08/01/11.
LablCopy (v2.13)
A macro that quickly fills up Avery® sheets (and even regular paper)
with duplicate copies of the same item -- great for return address
labels, business cards, numbered log sheets, etc. Just create a single
"master" copy and play the macro. Updated 06/02/11 to
detect any changes in label's line spacing. [See
also BATES to add
fixed-width numbers to labels or cards.]
SaveCopy (v1.05)
This macro saves your currently opened file and simultaneously makes an
archive copy of it on another drive, using a user-specified folder on
that drive to store the copy. Updated 03/06/11.
Convert Case (v1.0)
A macro that converts the word under (or to the left of) the cursor, or
the word(s) that you have selected, into upper case, initial capitals,
lower case (except the beginning of sentences), or lower case for all
letters. (The latter choice is not a built-in feature in WordPerfect.)
The pop up menu also requires fewer keystrokes or mouse clicks than
using the WordPerfect menus. Uploaded 07/12/10.
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and more that 150 items in the Library.
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(which requires a small, downloadable Microsoft patch file
[WinHlp32.exe] to allow earlier Windows Help files to work under
Vista), see this
post on WordPerfect Universe.
After an automatic
Microsoft update to Vista appeared to have caused a serious system
crash on my computer with Vista Ultimate installed on a separate
partition -- it would not boot into Vista and it could not be repaired
from the Vista disc -- I removed Vista after eight months of light use.
Restoring my system took almost two days. As a result, I will not be
testing any tips, methods, templates, or macros under Vista until (and
if) I get a computer with Vista pre-installed, which will probably be
well into Vista's life cycle. [UPDATE October 2008: Now that Windows 7
is on the horizon, I will certainly not be supporting WordPerfect
macros or templates under Windows Vista since I intend to wait for
Windows 7 before buying a new computer, completely bypassing Vista.]
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