Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/10

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Subject: [Leica] Windows on a Mac...
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:19:02 -0600
References: <C71FBB72.4766%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> <2DBEC9C1-B464-41BA-A81A-2DC4AB355D8A@gmail.com> <132ed09d0911101921m68a4fe5ck32c28d772a620e4f@mail.gmail.com> <18AD5D04-0A21-476C-B32A-840077643F83@gmail.com> <C8C6709F0996419EB57957812E7E1A94@jimnichols>

Wordstar was the better word processor because it did not require function
keys.  The best computer keyboard ever was the Kaypro,  identical to an IBM
Selectric.  None of the IBM computer keyboards were nearly as good.

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 9:42 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at 
lighttube.net>wrote:

> Leo,
>
> I worked on a proposal for a government contract about 20 years ago, and
> all of our work had to be done in Word Perfect, in a common format, so that
> all of the parts could be rolled up together into a final document.  I
> suspect that also goes on in legal offices.  ( I had to learn WP from
> scratch, because, at the time, I had been using WordStar.)
>
> Of course, it may be that legal secretaries like to continue with the
> software that they learned when computers were first introduced into the
> workplace.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leo Wesson" <leowesson at gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Windows on a Mac...
>
>
>
>  Or u could open in neo office.  No need for windows!  Why do attorneys use
>> word perfect anyway?
>>
>
>
>
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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
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http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
Natchitoches, Louisiana
(+31.754164,-093.099080)

USA


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