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Automating documents and tasks

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  • [Sticky>>] See the Library's Section 1 for macros that help automate documents and tasks.
  • [Sticky>>] How to set default formatting for new documents: A step-by-step guide [SetDefaults.html]
  • Assoc.html - Automatically associate a personalized keyboard or menu with a template
  • AutoDate.html - Automatically insert the current date as unchanging text in a letterhead or other template
  • AutoNumb.html - Starting, using, and stopping the automatic numbering (and bullet) feature -and- Tips and tricks for using automatic paragraph numbering, outlines, and numbered lists - How to turn these on and off, temporarily or permanently - 25 tips. [See also: Outlines.html; Counters.html]
  • AutoNumbHeads.html - Automatically numbered document headings - Create automatically numbered single-level headings - Combine Outline numbering with a default or custom heading style to create automatically numbered multi-level legal-style headings (or any style of multi-level auto-numbered headings)
  • AutoSpel.html - Automatically run the spell checker before printing a document
  • Boilerplate.html - How to insert 'boilerplate' and other repeating items: QuickWords, QuickCorrect, QuickMacros, Shortcut keys, Styles, Macros, Floating cells, Insert>File, Custom templates, Text variables, the Corel ClipBook, and other utility programs
  • ChgPrint.html - How to quickly change printers (WP8+) back to the default after printing to a different printer or faxing the document - See also 2Trays.html
  • CustomRA.html - Customize the return address on envelopes with graphics and font attributes
  • Custom templates - see here (on the Templates.html page)
  • CustPrns.html - How to create new, customized copies of your favorite printer choices - Controlling the tray source, ink color, and other features of your printer
  • Default template - see here (on the Templates.html page)
  • DragIcon.html - Drag-and-drop icons from the Windows desktop to WordPerfect's toolbar or a property bar
  • Env2Prn2.html - A simple macro to print envelopes to another printer, then reset WordPerfect 10 (and later versions) to your default printer
  • FillForm.html - Filling in forms using WordPerfect - Pre-printed forms - Forms created as a WordPerfect document - Forms created with Adobe Acrobat (i.e., "PDF" documents)
  • FRtips.html - Enhancing the Find and Replace feature
  • Keyboard Merge - See the FillForm.html section here
  • LoadCustomDocs.html - Loading new documents based on custom templates (see also Templates.html for information about the default template as well as creating new custom templates)
  • LoadLetr.html - Load a letterhead (or any other document based on a template) with a mouseclick or keystroke
  • Macros & Templates - Links to several "How To" sites - See also: EasyPlay.html (Customizing WordPerfect - Three easy ways to play macros, load programs, type (insert) keystrokes, or use built-in WordPerfect features)
  • Master documents / Subdocuments tips: See here.
  • Merge.html - Merge tips and some links to other resources - Sorting address labels by last name or ZIP code - Convert existing labels to a table or merge data file (.DAT) - Convert a table to a merge data file or ordinary text - How to edit just one field in several records of a merge data file - Workaround for disappearing bookmarks in merges - Automatically number table rows (or items) when you merge into a table
  • MergeMP.html - Merging multiple-page letters using letterhead paper for page 1 and plain paper for subsequent pages - Merging multiple-page documents so that formatting is identical from record to record - Page numbering in multi-page form documents
  • QMacro.html - Automate your current session tasks with a QuickMacro
  • QCorrect.html - Automatically correct common typing mistakes with QuickCorrect - Quickly insert a string of text characters or a symbol based on  shorthand text (i.e., "expand an abbreviation") - (See also Boilerplate.html)
  • QWords.html - Need to quickly insert the same items multiple times? Use a QuickWord
  • QuickBullets - See AutoNumb.html.
  • SetDefaults.html - How to set default formatting for new documents: A step-by-step guide
  • Startup.html - How to make WordPerfect play a macro or set some display settings each time it loads
  • TablTips - WordPerfect tables offer more than the ability to organize information in columns and rows: They can do calculations, sort, etc. Here are some "How To" tips and links to other information
  • Templates.html - The default template (how to find it, modify it (see also this guide), and fix it) and custom templates
  • Triggers.html - (Intermediate and Advanced users) "Trigger" a macro from inside a template to play automatically at specific times (e.g., when a new document is opened or when a document is printed)
  • UseOldProjects.html - Using older WordPerfect Projects in new versions of WordPerfect

... more tips in Section 1 on the Main Tips Page

 

Automating templates

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  • Automating.pdf (PDF file) - Automating WordPerfect Templates is an Adobe PDF document about creating prompts (with WordPerfect's Prompt Builder), bookmarks, and template macros (optional) in a WP8 or later version template to help you automate it (see the Table of Contents at Toc1.html)

... more tips in Section 2 on the Main Tips Page

 

Formatting and structuring text

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  • [Sticky>>] See the Library's Section 2 for macros that help format and structure text.
  • 2footers.html - Using two footers simultaneously (one for page number, the other for separator line and filename, etc.) so that items do not overlap
  • AlignEN.html - Align endnotes on the period (a/k/a/ "full stop") following the endnote number
  • Arrows.html - Drawing down, up, or angled arrows (WordPerfect 8+)
  • AutoDate.html - Automatically insert the current date as unchanging text in a letterhead or other template
  • AutoNumb.html - Starting, using, and stopping the automatic numbering (and bullet) feature -and- Tips and tricks for using automatic paragraph numbering, outlines, and numbered lists - How to turn these on and off, temporarily or permanently - 25 tips - See also Outlines.html and TOC.html ("How to mark a custom style for inclusion in a Table of Contents or List").
  • AutoNumbHeads.html - Automatically numbered document headings - Create automatically numbered single-level headings - Combine Outline numbering with a default or custom heading style to create automatically numbered multi-level legal-style headings (or any style of multi-level auto-numbered headings)
  • BizCards.pdf (PDF file) - How to create business cards manually - without using a WordPerfect Template Project
  • Boilerplate.html - How to insert 'boilerplate' and other repeating items: QuickWords, QuickCorrect, QuickMacros, Shortcut keys, Styles, Macros, Floating cells, Insert>File, Custom templates, Text variables, the Corel ClipBook, and other utility programs
  • BordFill.html - Adding emphasis to text: How to create custom paragraph/page border or fill styles
  • Bullets.html - Need a new bullet outline 'style'? Create custom bullets for your outlines
  • Callout.html Create a callout (a label-and-line that points to something else)
  • Checkboxes.html - Creating checkboxes (small boxes with an "x" or check mark inside them) and check marks
  • CNumLabl.html - Consecutively numbered labels, tickets, cards, etc
  • CommentCode.html - How to put instructions or comments inside a macro
  • CommentLines.html - Creating comment lines on document printouts (underlines to margin)
  • ContPgX.html - How to create "Continued on Page x" footers where "x" is the number of the following page
  • Counters.html - Using WordPerfect counters to sequentially number anything almost anywhere in a document (counters are an alternative to other automatic numbering methods, such as QuickBullets and Outlines)
  • Coverup.html - Using boxes to cover up dividing lines between columns in newsletters or similar document styles in WordPerfect 8/9. This tip can be used to cover up text, parts of a table, clip art, etc.
  • Cross references - See WordPerfect's Help (F1 key: Search for "cross references" and "working with cross references"). See also: Find broken cross references (macro) and Convert cross reference numbers into plain text characters (macro)
  • CustomCD.html - Need to create custom inserts for CD jewel boxes? WordPerfect 9 has a project template for this, but if your version does not, here's the procedure - Also, if you use Avery CD-ROM labels on the CDs, here's a way to format them
  • CustomRA.html - Customize the return address on envelopes with graphics and font attributes
  • CustomStyles.html - Creating custom styles; Saving custom styles to your default (or other) template; Retrieving custom (user) styles from another document or template; How to remove the new style from the default template
  • Custom templates - see here (on the Templates.html page)
  • Dashes and slashes: Dashes (downloadable document) - NoWraps (tips) and Softwrap (downloadable macro) - Hyphens (descriptions of 4 types)
  • DecimalFontSizes.html - Setting decimal font sizes in WordPerfect -- 11.5 point, 12.7 point, etc. -- and even font sizes larger than 72 points
  • Default template - see here (on the Templates.html page)
  • DelayCodes.html - Delay codes are special format codes that act as "containers" for other format codes that you wish to delay starting until "X" pages from the current location
  • DotLeads.html - Indent paragraphs with dot leaders
  • DoubleSpacing.htmlHow to double space text or add other custom line spacing (with line height, leading, and line spacing) or paragraph spacing
  • EdgeText.html - Creating text outside a document's page margins, along the edge of the page(s)
  • ENtips.html - Endnote tips - How to place endnotes at the end of each chapter, subdocument, or other section (or any place you want them), instead of at the very end of the document - How to combine several files that contain endnotes
  • EvenOdd.html - Create alternating even page and odd page identification in headers or footers - Create a third type of "header" or "footer" for identifying information
  • FillAvery.html - Here's how quickly and easily to fill up Avery® sheets to make duplicate copies of return address labels, business cards, shipping labels, inventory stickers, log sheets
  • FillForm.html - Filling in forms using WordPerfect - Pre-printed forms - Forms created as a WordPerfect document - Forms created with Adobe Acrobat (i.e., "PDF" documents)
  • FNEN.html - Footnotes and Endnotes: Setting or changing margins, numbers, font sizes, tabs and other formatting in WordPerfect notes - Temporary changes to the current document - Permanent changes to future documents - Setting new note numbers - Changing the font of the "Continued" message - Hiding note numbers - Using characters in place of one or more footnote numbers - "Repeat" a footnote - How to simulate "inline" footnotes - ...more...
  • GraphicsTips.html - Miscellaneous tips for inserting and using graphic images and photos in a WordPerfect document
  • Greeting.html - How to make a 1/4-page folded greeting card in WordPerfect using subdivided pages
  • GrphBord.html - Create a page border with repeating graphic images (clip art, photos, etc.) around the four edges of the page
  • HeadFootWM.html - Headers, Footers, and Watermarks - Some useful WordPerfect features you can add to multi-page documents ... and how to start, stop, suppress, change, replace, delay, overlay, or remove them (with links to related topics, such as page numbering and page identification)
  • HeadSpac.html - Reduce spacing between a paragraph heading style and the following body text
  • Hyphens.html - Hyphens, hard hyphens, soft hyphens, hyphenated soft returns, and hard spaces ... What they are and how they work
  • IndexDocs.html - Indexing documents with WordPerfect - The manual and concordance file methods - Create a Glossary of Terms with the Index feature
  • LegalHds.html - (See AutoNumbHeads.html)
  • Line spacing, line height, and paragraph spacing - See DoubleSpacing.html
  • Lists.html - How to create WordPerfect Lists (plus tips) [WordPerfect Lists are similar to a Table of Contents.][WordPerfect Lists are similar to a Table of Contents.]
  • LoadCustomDocs.html - Loading new documents based on custom templates (see also Templates.html for information about the default template as well as creating new custom templates)
  • LoadLetr.html - Load a letterhead (or any other document based on a template) with a mouseclick or keystroke
  • MailingAddress.html - How WordPerfect finds a mailing address on your letter
  • Master / Subdocument tips: See here.
  • MixingLP.html - Mixing landscape and portrait pages: How to maintain headers, footers, and page numbering at the top and bottom of all printed pages when you mix landscape orientation with portrait
  • MixingTJ.html - Mixing text justification on the same line (left / center / right)
  • NoWraps.html - Preventing long web addresses (URLs) and email addresses from wrapping to the next line as a single block of text
  • Numbering.html - Numbering things in WordPerfect - A list of links to related pages
  • OtherCodes.html - Using "Other Codes" in WordPerfect (Format > Line > Other Codes)
  • Outlines.html - Using, creating, modifying, and saving outlines - Alternatives, tips, and examples
  • OutlineTabs.html - How to create custom tab settings for number/letter/bullet outlines to restrict the settings to the outlines only
  • PageNumb.html - Page numbering in WordPerfect (plus related links)
  • PageNumbBooks.html - Page numbering in (some) books - create a page number at the bottom of the first page of a chapter or section with remaining page numbers at the top of subsequent pages
  • PageNumbOutMarg.html - Simulating page numbering outside the document's normal top and bottom page margins
  • PageNumbRomanArabic.html - Page numbering using both Roman and Arabic numerals
  • Pleading.html - Modifying the legal Pleading feature (see also Transcript.html)
  • PSpecial.html - Getting back to plain text: How to remove all formatting in a WordPerfect document with Edit > Paste Special > Unformatted text
  • PubPDF.html - Trying to publish in PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format) with WordPerfect 9? Here are some tips
  • QAstyle.html - How to create a Question-and-Answer style
  • QMacro.html - Automate your current session tasks with a QuickMacro
  • QuickCorrect - (See also Boilerplate.html above)
  • QWords.html - Need to quickly insert the same items multiple times? Use a QuickWord
  • Reference pages - See Table of Contents (and Table of Authorities), Lists, Indexes (and Glossaries)
  • Reformatted.html - Why some documents seem to "spontaneously" or automatically change or reformat themselves when they are opened, printed, faxed, or shared between users
  • RemoveBU.html - Do you want to remove blue underlines in email addresses and web site URLs from your printouts? Get rid of the hypertext links ("hyperlinks") - Also: How to change hyperlink styles from the default blue text with underlines
  • ResetMargins.html - Need to reset page margins on page 2 (if there is a page 2) back to the one-inch default or some other setting? Here's how to do it in either the current document or in a template
  • RevealCodes.html - Some resources and tips on using Reveal Codes - How to delete or replace codes
  • Rotate.html - Rotating text 90/180/270 degrees or to intermediate angles (e.g., 33 or 45 degrees)
  • SetDefaults.html - How to set default formatting for new documents: A step-by-step guide
  • Sorting.html - Using the Sort feature (various methods and examples)
  • SplitCells.html - How to split table cells in a particular row so that the resulting cells are equal in width
  • StampDoc.html - Creating "DRAFT," "COPY," and other identification stamps on the pages of a document
  • Styles.html - (Some basic information, an example, and several links to related pages)
  • Suppress.html - The Suppress feature is a special format code that lets you stop the display of a header, footer, watermark, and/or page number on the specific page where it was used [To stop printing and/or displaying graphic images see the GraphicTips page]
  • Symbols.html - Using WordPerfect symbols
  • TabSettings.html - Tab settings in WordPerfect (24 varieties)
  • Table of Contents - TOC.html - How to create a Table of Contents in three easy steps - Some tips for the TOC feature - How to mark a custom text style for automatic inclusion of its text in a Table of Contents or a List
  • TablTips.html - "Table Tips" - WordPerfect tables offer more than the ability to organize information in columns and rows: They can do calculations, sort, etc. Here are some "How To" tips and links to other information
  • Templates.html - The default template (how to find it, modify it (see also this guide), and fix it) and custom templates
  • Tips on applying fonts and other formatting to a WordPerfect document
  • Transcript.html - Formatting a legal Transcript document (see also Pleading.html)
  • Txt2Tabl.html - How to convert text to a table -or- convert a table to text or to a merge data file
  • UseOldProjects.html - Using older WordPerfect Projects in new versions of WordPerfect
  • VariableCellWidths.html - How to create some table cells that have variable widths without changing cells directly above and below that row
  • VertCard.html - Creating vertically formatted (i.e., rotated) business cards or labels in WordPerfect 8 and later versions

... more tips in Section 3 on the Main Tips Page

 

Menus, toolbars, property bars, and keyboards

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  • 2keys.html - (Intermediate and Advanced users) "Two-key" macros can help organize related macros or tasks under a common keystroke combination. Press one key to play the macro, then another to perform some action
  • 2taps.html - (Intermediate and Advanced users) "Two-tap" macros - how to press a keyboard key twice in succession to perform a task, play another macro, etc. [See also DblDuty.html - Make a key do "double duty" by assigning a macro to it, and make the macro perform a task only if the key is struck multiple times (e.g., 3x, 4x, etc.).]
  • AltKeys.html - How to display hidden underlines for <Alt>-key shortcuts
  • Assign.html - Assigning a macro, feature, function, program, or string of keystrokes to a key or key combination (i.e., to a "shortcut" or "hot key") - See also CreateTB.html and WPMenus.pdf
  • Assoc.html - Automatically associate a personalized keyboard or menu with a template
  • CapsFix.html - Make the <Shift> key turn Caps Lock off automatically - (see also Typeover below)
  • CustomizingWP.html - (same as EasyPlay.html) - Links to information about customizing toolbars, keyboard shortcuts, menu choices, templates, and styles
  • CreateToolbar.html - How to create a new, custom toolbar
  • CreateTB.html - How to create a toolbar button to play a macro, load a program or file, or use a built-in WordPerfect feature (to do the same on context-sensitive property bars, see CustomPropertyBars below) - See also Assigning a macro, feature, program, or string of keystrokes to a key or key combination (i.e., a "shortcut" or "hot key")
  • CustomPropertyBars - Adding, deleting, copying, and moving buttons on the context-sensitive Property Bars
  • DblDuty.html - (Intermediate and Advanced users) Make a key do "double duty" by assigning a macro to it, and make the macro perform a task only if the key is struck multiple times (e.g., 3x, 4x, etc.)
  • EasyPlay.html - Customizing WordPerfect - Several easy ways to play macros, load programs, type (insert) keystrokes, or use built-in WordPerfect features by creating your own toolbar buttons, shortcut keys, and menus.
  • EditIcon.html - How to change those default "audiocassette" icons on toolbar buttons after assigning macros to them -- or change any toolbar's icon
  • Macros & Templates.html - Links to several "How To" sites - See also: EasyPlay.html (Customizing WordPerfect - Several easy ways to play macros, load programs, type (insert) keystrokes, or use built-in WordPerfect features)
  • NewMenu.html - How to add, edit, rearrange, or remove menu items
  • Property bars - See CustomPropertyBars about adding buttons to the context-sensitive property bars (a type of toolbar that appears depending on the context)
  • RectangularText.html - How to select a rectangular block of text so you can delete it, copy it, or cut it
  • Shortcut_keys.pdf - (PDF file) - A list of major (and some minor) WordPerfect for Windows shortcut keys for the Windows and DOS keyboard definitions (keystroke assignments) you can use to navigate a document, format items, select text, etc.
  • ToolbarsAndPropertyBars.html - The difference between toolbars and property bars
  • Typeover.html - Tired of hitting the <Insert> key by mistake and toggling Typeover mode "on"? Here's how to reassign the Typeover function on your WordPerfect keyboard to another keystroke combination so that the <Insert> key remains in Insert mode
  • VerticalToolbar.pdf - (PDF file) - How to create a vertical toolbar with text buttons to access your favorite folders, templates and files
  • WPMenus.pdf (PDF file) - Adding menu selections to the WordPerfect menu bar

... more tips in Section 4 on the Main Tips Page

 

Miscellaneous tips and tricks

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  • [Sticky>>] See the Library's Section 3 for some miscellaneous macros.
  • 2Trays.html - How WordPerfect 'talks' to your printer's trays and manual feed slot (i.e., the functions of WordPerfect's Page Setup dialog) - Two-tray printing: Print the first page from one printer tray or slot and subsequent pages from another tray or slot - Print all pages of the current document from the manual feed slot
  • Arrows.html - Drawing down, up, or angled arrows (WordPerfect 8+)
  • AutoBAK.html - Automatically make back ups of documents to help you recover your work - Explains "Timed document backup every X minutes" and "Save original document as a backup at each save" (or just "Original document backup" in earlier versions)
  • BadFiles.html - Problems with WordPerfect program files - Tips and procedures you can follow to try and solve problems - See also RepairDocs.html for problems with document and template files
  • BetweenPixels.html - "Falling between the pixels" - Why underscores, underlines, ascenders, and descends can disappear on screen
  • CalcNewDate.html - Need to calculate a new date from today's date, or from some other date? Here a several methods.
  • CapsFix.html - Make the <Shift> key turn Caps Lock off automatically
  • ChgPrint.html - How to quickly change printers (WP8+) back to the default after printing to a different printer or faxing the document - See also 2Trays.html
  • CommentCode.html - How to put instructions or comments inside a macro
  • ConvertingDOC-WPD.html - Converting files between DOC and WPD formats
  • CopyCode.html - How to copy plain-text macro code from an internet site (e.g., web site, newsgroup, etc.) into WordPerfect to create a functioning macro
  • DblDuty.html - (Intermediate and Advanced users) Make a key do "double duty" by assigning a macro to it, and make the macro play only if the key is struck multiple times (e.g., 2x, 4x, etc.)
  • Debug.html - (Intermediate and Advanced users) Simple tricks to help debug your macros
  • DocCompare.html - Using Document Compare
  • DocReview.html - Does the Document Review dialog box keep coming up even after you are finished reviewing the document (with File, Document, Review)? Here's how to stop it
  • DragIcon.html - Drag-and-drop icons from the Windows desktop to WordPerfect's toolbar or a property bar
  • EasyPlay.html - Customizing WordPerfect - Three easy ways to play macros, load programs, type (insert) keystrokes, or use built-in WordPerfect features by creating your own toolbar buttons, shortcut keys, and menus. (Links to several other pages on this site.)
  • Env2Prn2.html - A simple macro to print envelopes to another printer, then reset WordPerfect 10 (and later versions) to your default printer
  • FR.html - How to efficiently use "Find:" in the Find and Replace (F&R) dialog
  • FRtips.html - Enhancing the Find and Replace feature
  • GraphicsTips.html - Miscellaneous tips for inserting and using graphic images and photos in a WordPerfect document
  • Gridline.html - Can't see border lines around table cells on your screen, even though they print? Can't see white text on a black or colored background in a table? Are gray dotted editing lines ("margins") missing in tables or on the edges of a page or label? Perhaps you have turned table gridlines "on." Here is some information about table gridlines, table guidelines, and cell borders
  • Hyperlinks.html - How to create hyperlinks (hypertext links) in WordPerfect
  • HyperlinksFail.html - Why some hyperlinks (hypertext links) can fail to work while inside WordPerfect documents (.wpd, .wpt)
  • IndexDocs.html - Indexing documents with WordPerfect - The manual and concordance file methods - Create a Glossary of Terms with the Index feature
  • Macros & Templates - Links to several "How To" sites - See also: EasyPlay.html (Customizing WordPerfect - Three easy ways to play macros, load programs, type (insert) keystrokes, or use built-in WordPerfect features)
  • MailingAddress.html - How WordPerfect finds a mailing address on your letter
  • Merge.html - Merge tips and some links to other resources - Sorting address labels by last name or ZIP code - Convert existing labels to a table or merge data file (.DAT) - Convert a table to a merge data file or ordinary text - How to edit just one field in several records of a merge data file - Workaround for disappearing bookmarks in merges
  • MergeMP.html - Merging multiple-page letters using letterhead paper for page 1 and plain paper for subsequent pages - Merging multiple-page documents so that formatting is identical from record to record - Page numbering in multi-page form documents
  • MSWordToWP.html - Migrating from Microsoft Word to WordPerfect -
    Basic differences between the two programs - Setting up WordPerfect to be more familiar to Microsoft Word users (includes Workspace Manager) - Why some menu items, toolbar buttons, or shortcut keys might appear to be missing from your WordPerfect program - Tips on applying fonts and other formatting to a WordPerfect document
  • Navigate.html - Navigating quickly to your favorite folders, files, and templates from inside WordPerfect
  • New-Diff.html - What's new and different in recent WordPerfect versions? (WP8+)
  • PrnProbs.html - Printer and fax formatting problems
  • RectangularText.html - How to select a rectangular block of text so you can delete it, copy it, or cut it.
  • RepairDocs.html - Repairing WordPerfect documents and templates -
    See also BadFiles.html for problems with program files; how to repair, uninstall, or reinstall the program; etc. [...and also "Updating, Upgrading, or Reinstalling WordPerfect  (Section_7, Part_4) below]
  • SetDefaults.html - How to set default formatting for new documents: A step-by-step guide
  • Typeover.html - Tired of hitting the <Insert> key by mistake and toggling Typeover mode "on"? Here's how to reassign the Typeover function on your WordPerfect keyboard to another keystroke combination so that the <Insert> key remains in Insert mode - (see also CapsFix above)
  • UndoRedo.html - Do you share your WordPerfect documents? If so, you probably should change your Undo/Redo History options, and/or use a macro to remove confidential revisions or deletions before distribution
  • WP9TSS.html - A new feature introduced in WordPerfect 10 (and present in later versions) affects the way text is selected and the way the cursor moves
  • WPIcons.html - Some 16x16 icon images for custom toolbars
  • ZipFiles.html - What is a 'Zip' file?

... more tips in Section 5 on the Main Tips Page

 

Other "tips" sites

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...see Section 6 on the Main Tips Page
 

Updating, upgrading, or reinstalling WordPerfect

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  • See Section 7 on the Main Tips Page - highly recommended before updating, upgrading, or reinstalling WordPerfect!
  • OEM.html - Should you buy an "OEM" (Original Equipment Manaufacturer) version of WordPerfect from an Internet source?


 



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