Hello David,
On (23 Dec 97) cybercadet David Chessler wrote to Phil Heberer...
RE: Backward compatibility
 DC> Actually, that's backward. If you have Word97 and save the file
 DC> in Word95 format, it would save it in Revisable Form Text (RFT)
 DC> instead, which Word95 couldn't read.
Sorry for the misinformation. You are quite correct in that I had it
backwards. :(
 DC> This summer MS released a fix, and then released a Service
 DC> Release for Office97 that fixed this problem. The fixes can be
 DC> downloaded from their web site.
Yep. Done that, and now have Service Release 2 installed at work.
 DC> I have several programs that will work with Excel95 or Excel97
 DC> but not the other one--problems with changes in the macro
 DC> language.  Also, Access97 isn't compatible with 95.
Figuring out which version works with which is exactly the frustrating
point I was trying to make.  I'm a Federal employee, and we have
versions from Office 3.0 still being utilized, as well as every version
since. The same can be said for WP, as many offices are still using
WPWin 5.2 as well. Still, I've had far LESS problems with WordPerfect
in finding common formats than I have with Word97.
 DC> Still, I have to say that Excel97 seems better and easier to use
 DC> than any alternative spreadsheet. For word processing, WP 5.1+ is
 DC> just fine.
I don't use a spreadsheet very often, so QuatroPro suits me okay.
Others who are spreadsheet intensive workers also have stated a
preference for Excel though. MY main tool is the wordprocessor, and to
me WP is easier to figure out new options than Word is. I don't know if
the On-line Help files are better organized or what, but I can
generally get the job done faster than trying to figure out the same
options in Word.
 DC> BTW, I did a little check: I measured the WP5.1+ screen on a 15
 DC> inch monitor. The 24 useable lines were 13 7/8 inches or 14
 DC> inches. (Probably 13 15/16 inches).

 DC> What is left is about 12.5 inches. In other words, you have to
 DC> get a 17 inch monitor for Win95 applications to have THE SAME
 DC> screen size as DOS. So much for Billy G. and his electric
 DC> operating system.
*I* don't like screen clutter either, and prefer keyboard hotkeys to
mouse commands as well for faster productivity. Now that I'm at
tri-focal age, a 21" monitor is a Godsend! 
Cheers,
Phil
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