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1. You need the more traditional XFree86 versions of those libraries libXt so 6 libX11 s0 6 libXpm so 4 libSM so 6 and libICE so 6 specifically ones that were compiled for libcS X11 clients Remove Accelerated X completely reinstall the XFree86 shared libraries for libc5 clients which may have any of various package names such as xlib compat oldlibs xlib6 etc and then reinstall the Accelerated X server only minimal installation WordPerfect should then run correctly 3 3 How do I stop the WP 8 x installer from getting diagnostic message install wp 18 10 integer expression expected followed a short while later by termination with a Segmentation Fault error You are running with libsafe enabled a wrapper library that aims to protect system security by blocking library calls that are known to be vulnerable to buffer overflows Unfortunately that technique blocks execution of any binary that attempts a dynamic library call to libc5 x Both the WP 8 x installer and WP 8 0 s runtime binary were compiled as libc5 executables To confirm that libsafe is the culprit type echo LD_PRELOAD grep libsafe You can turn off that setting by typing unset LD_PRELOAD Then remove the libsafe reference in etc ld so preload if this exists You should now be able to successfully run the installer and can call the main xwp binary using a shell script 3 Technical Problems 5 WordPerfect on Linux FAQ that runs unse2. WP for LINUX ois ccsssstcsersssancavanceaacecsacacinassearinand senenddassarecaneiondars 18 8 2 Why is Corel still selling WP versions for other Unixes but not Linux ssssssssesssesesssersssesee 18 8 3 Won t WP for Linux re emerge as part of Xandros DesktOp ceeccessseceeeeeeeeeeeseeceeeeceeeeeeeaees 18 8 4 If Corel doesn t want to sell WP for Linux why doesn t it open source the program 18 8 5 What alternatives to WP exist o LINUR lucris aaiae aE iee Ear 19 8 6 What alternatives to WP exist involving Win32 apps on Linux sesseesesssessssesssssssresrssrsssesee 21 9 Feedback Location Copyright and Redistribution Terms ccscccssscssccssssscssscssssscesscesseesscessesenes 23 1 Introduction 1 1 Nature of the FAQ This FAQ addresses common questions about Linux 1386 binary releases of the discontinued but enduringly popular proprietary WordPerfect word processor Some FAQs aim to present only impartial fact Others summarise diverse answers typically given by members of the sponsoring community This FAQ does neither It s one author s attempt to paint a coherent picture of WordPerfect for Linux s place in the 21st Century open source world from a Linux centric perspective Some others views will undoubtedly differ I d like to gratefully acknowledge the HOWTO documents at_http inux sxs org edit html which should be consulted for detailed installation instructions fo
3. category 8 The Future 21 8 The Future WordPerfect on Linux FAQ 22 9 Feedback Location Copyright and Redistribution Terms This FAQ is maintained by Rick Moen rick linuxmafia com to whom all corrections and suggestions should be addressed The latest revision can always be found at_http linuxmafia com wpfaq multi page HTML or_http Ainuxmafia com wpfaq wpfag singlepage html single page HTML and the master DocBook SGML source at _http linuxmafia com wpfaq wordperfect linux fag sgml I use the tool set described in the LDP Author Guide http www tldp org LDP LDP Author Guide Contents are Copyright C 2002 2003 Rick Moen This information is free you can redistribute it and or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation version 2 This work is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE See the GNU General Public License for more details You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this work if not write to the Free Software Foundation Inc 675 Mass Ave Cambridge MA 02139 USA 9 Feedback Location Copyright and Redistribution Terms 23
4. see the process wpexc still running in my system process table even after quitting WordPerfect If the WordPerfect program is xwp what s wpexc and why does it need to remain running Tests by Valentijn Sessink have confirmed that this process must have something to do with printing If you rename the wpexc binary then start WP printing will malfunction but no other program features will The fact that it s left running even after you quit WP appears to be a bug You can safely kill it when not running WP 3 12 What is the xwppmgr process It s the WordPerfect Print Manager WordPerfect by default manages its own printing and only optionally hands off jobs to the system printing facility if so configured 3 Technical Problems 7 4 Downloadable WP 8 4 1 Where can find a copy of WP 8 0 DPE for Linux What filenames should I look for Most locations that formerly offered the download for example CNET s download com ftp calderasystems com and linux tucows com ceased doing so about the time Corel itself did It s possible but pure speculation that Corel asked or required that the files be pulled However the download is still available at ftp ftp dkuug dk pub wp8 download htm includes all localisation files except French e ftp ftp uni halle de pub Linux software wordperfect8 includes all localisation files http sunsite ui ac id pub linux nonfree e http ftp urc ac ru pub OS Linux pri
5. which LyX is a graphical shell teTeX is an open source implementation of Donald Knuth s TeX typesetting system As a result eventual output is always consistent and of true professional appearance famously so regardless of the document s complexity LyX becomes progressively easier to use than ostensibly simpler word processors as you get into more complex documents technical documentation doctoral theses conference proceedings movie scripts articles on mathematics or physics with formulas to edit and present Many templates for both simple and complex document types are provided all traditional word processing features are also present and so is extremely thorough on line help As a bonus all documents are stored in plain ASCII text with embedded TeX style tags resulting in accessible data that will never auto corrupt the way many word processor formats do that lends itself nicely to version control and that outputs to practically any data format desired Consider transitioning to LyX or some other form of structured document editing instead of traditional word processing over the long term Your benefits over the long haul will justify the trouble 8 6 What alternatives to WP exist involving Win32 apps on Linux Such alternatives are outside the scope of this document but include 1 the numerous ways of running Win32 applications on Linux in some sort of emulation environment such as VMware Inc s VMware simulat
6. 5 8 Where can get a boxed set copy of WP 8 0 PE It s still available from Claremont Communications Inc for CAN 70 at http www claremont on ca suite html 5 9 Where can I find a boxed set copy of WP 8 0 Server Edition for Linux Sites where it was formerly available for order seem to have run dry perhaps thanks to this FAQ However it s worth checking on_eBay Expect to pay about US 450 for the real thing 5 Non downloadable WP 8 15 6 WP version 9 6 1 Isn t WP 9 For Linux in the WordPerfect Office 2000 suite better than WP 8 1 Few would agree Its admirers seem to be well MS Windows users since WP 9 is pretty much the Win32 version running in a WINE environment with RAM bloat stability problems and other glitches including DOS drive letters in file dialogues that are routine on MS Windows but not Linux Very likely WP 9 introduced some feature set attractions but needing to run emulation code with performance and stability problems seems a poor trade off I consider 8 1 vastly preferable 6 2 Why didn t Corel do WP 9 as a native Linux port My best guess Doing a Winelib version allowed Corel to leverage its existing Win32 codebase write a minimum amount of new code shorten development time reduce costs and keep the effort in house rather than having to hire SD Corp again 6 3 Is there anything can do to maintain or improve WP9 for Linux I hear that you can substitute an improved
7. 8 get rendering problems with icons and other graphical objects when running WP for Linux at greater than 16 bits per pixel How do fix that This is a frequent symptom of colour palette exhaustion The only real cure is to run X11 at a lower colour depth 32 bpp will sometimes work where 24 bpp doesn t but 16 bpp always works assuming hardware support 3 9 Can make WP for Linux use TrueType fonts No WP can use Abobe PostScript Type 1 fonts and Bitstream fonts only The issue is covered comprehensively by Rod Smith here including describing a utility for generating PostScript fonts from TrueType ones _http www rodsbooks com wpfonts 3 10 How do get printing to work By default WP for Linux uniquely ignores Linux s system printing facilities and uses its own print engine and drivers The latter are the same as for WP on MS DOS giving the program very broad printer support More are available at_http www columbia edu em36 wpdos which should be reachable as http www wpdos org You need to configure the printing subsystem As the root user start xwp with the admin or adm command line option then select and install an appropriate printer driver using the Add Printer Driver widget In such cases but not the Passthru option discussed next specify oraw in the Lpr options of Select Destination Alternatively select Passthru Postscript to hand off jobs to the system printing daemon 3 11 I
8. 8fix e http control escape com wp8 html mi users erols com mdinolfo wp8linux htm e http linux sxs aadik html e http linux sxs org wp8 html e http www libranet com support view cgi item WP8Libranet2 html http www linux magazin de ausgabe 1999 12 WordPerfect1 wordperfect1 html in German language e http www dalug nu Inx review wp html e http content 443 ch pub linfiles Gnusoft wordperfect8 Readme html info on additional language modules e http howto lycos com lycos topic 1 10 57 26117 00 html e http web archive org web 20011031155326 http www qwkscreen com WPLinuxLinks html e http users lightbearer com set wp http www tldp org HOWTO mini W ordPerfect html e http unix wizard ca wplinux e http zinc ichf edu pl wordperfect in Polish language e http www geocities co jp Silicon Valley PaloAlto 8336 work wp8 html in Japanese language 4 3 Given that Corel has ceased publishing it is redistribution of WP 8 0 DPE for Linux still lawful That question really divides into two cases distributors who secured a specific grant of redistribution rights from Corel and those who didn t If you examine WP 8 0 DPE copies downloaded from http linux corel com products linuxproducts_wp8 downloadlinks htm that site having been decommissioned as of Feb 26 2003 and elsewhere including CD ROM WP 8 copies boxed set versions of SuSE Linux through 6 1 Caldera Open Linux 2 3 older b
9. Database running as what is claimed to be native Linux code with WINE library support Currently available free of charge as alpha release code Unique internal design interpreted code using a runtime engine library called MFC MFC is what has been recoded to run as a Linux application with WINE library calls Supports wpd RTF HTML MS doc AmiPro FreeRadicalSoftware Inc formerly Gobe Software GobeProductive suite announced but not shipped for Linux except as a pre alpha test version until recently available at http www gobe com downloads gobe_ linux x86 _install tgz but site does not respond and may have vanished Produced by the team that did ClarisWorks AppleWorks Frame oriented Light fast Full featured Supports MS Word RTF No wpd support FreeRadicalSoftware announced on August 12 2002 plans to open source the entire suite under the GNU GPL but then in December 2002 had to_announce that sufficient funds about US 100k couldn t be raised to licence the 8 The Future 19 WordPerfect on Linux FAQ source code Discontinued e Sophist Solutions Inc LedIt word processor Small fast GTK based Supports RTF No wpd support Note If this FAQ has a point beyond answering questions it is to illustrate the pitfall of buying into proprietary software that exists at the whim of a corporate publisher and may be hostage to its fortunes On the other hand it also shows that proprietary offer
10. KOffice suite s KWord word processor Frame oriented Qt based Supports MS Word Anyware Words Applix Words AbiWord formats Medium good MS doc compatibility No wpd support SIAG Office suite s Pathetic Writer word processor Supports RTF Supports MS Word via WVware Athena based No wpd support Maxwell word processor Motif based not yet LessTif Supports RTF No wpd support Inactive project since 1998 though one of the three past maintainers speaks of an intention to make one final release merging various fixes and transitioning from Maxwell s native binary data format to RTF FLWriter Fast Light Writer XHTML file format with UTF 8 encoding excellent multi language support spelling checker Exports RTF 1 5 No wpd support Ted Simple word processor similar in spirit to MS Windows s WordPad RTF is native format Motif LessTif based Supports PDF PostScript No wpd support GWP GNOME Word Processor GTK GNOME based editor formerly known as X Word when it was Hungry Programmers Motif LessTif based project Intended for XML based structured documents and uses an XML based file format Project appears to be neglected in favour of AbiWord and may be effectively unmaintained Light somewhat feature shy No wpd support CMU Andrew User Interface System auis package s EZ editor mode Uses a well thought out system of ASCII style template markup Supports RTF No wpd support Development seems to have c
11. WordPerfect on Linux FAQ Rick Moen lt rick linuxmafia com gt Copyright 2002 2003 Rick Moen 1 4 5 2003 02 28 Abstract WordPerfect for Linux continues to be popular and is still conditionally available This FAQ covers its place in the modern Linux world and answers common questions This information is free you can redistribute it and or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation version 2 This work is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE See the GNU General Public License for more details You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this work if not write to the Free Software Foundation Inc 675 Mass Ave Cambridge MA 02139 USA WordPerfect on Linux FAQ Table of Contents SD nia UR Dihuna EN a aaa aia 1 LEN e EA a E E EA 1 AA NAE TE ET i ARAE O EA E A A E E E ane mdae les 1 L amp T Pe good about WordPerieci ccsipserigtarcenyins pias sasv tess a SE ARINEN PENAPENA KONNE KEENT GARIN 1 L22 Whats wione with VORP Grice oerien a ii E EA 1 12 5 Whoceacd WordPertect tie LIMI eonan ieaiai a EEES 2 2 Taxonomy amd Hiii inesi 3 21 Cotel Word Peticet Produc SUAE tY sirieni eioen ia i r ria aE E 3 22 Veson ad TRAM IO eee o E E O ETE 3 3 5 How do I fix MS Word import export filters the Fil
12. al Edition boxed set omitted both multiuser NFS support and the console version By boxed set I mean that the product was not available for download only in a retail box via stores or mail order WP 8 0 editions for Linux were mostly similar The Server Edition and Personal Edition boxed set versions were as detailed for prior versions However Corel also introduced a WP 8 0 Download Personal Edition which could be downloaded free of charge as a gzipped tar archive and was also redistributed for the cost of media on CD ROMs in either tar gz or RPM format In late 2001 Corel disabled download of WP 8 0 DPE from its ftp site but it remains available elsewhere WP 8 0 DPE for Linux differed from the boxed set versions in lacking the other versions drawing charting module their module to create custom dictionaries and hyphenation databases their equation editor their network support their print queue manager their prepaid technical support their sample documents templates textures clip art photos their font installer module most of their fonts their multi language support and their documentation The program could call up an HTML manual from http linux corel com wpmanual now removed and that entire Internet server was finally decommissioned on Feb 26 2003 Also after 90 days it refuses to run until you enter a registration key available free of charge for now on_http venus corel com nasapps wp8linuxreg register
13. current on Linux at that time Those old libraries are often omitted from current Linux distributions In such cases you need to retrofit those libraries You can see the exact library links by running Idd list library dependencies against the WordPerfect xwp main executable file Specifically Prior to running the WP 8 0 installer you must install Id linux so 1 9 usually in an Id so package libc of some version from 5 3 12 through 5 4 46 and libm so 5 both usually in the libcS package and a set of X11 backward compatibility libraries compiled against libc5 libXt so 6 libX11 s0 6 libXpm so 4 libSM so 6 and libICE so 6 Don t forget to ensure the libraries directories are listed in etc ld so conf and then re run sbin Idconfig What binary packages these libs and dynamic loader will occupy differs between distributions If in doubt documents linked from _http linux sxs org edit html may give details for your distribution Also this FAQ s section After I locate WP 8 0 DPE for Linux how do I install it and what can I do to improve and fix it has more details and remedies for installation problems 3 2 WP 8 0 DPE for Linux installs perfectly and runs fine for the root user but quits with a segmentation fault if any non root user starts it What s the cause You installed Accelerated X a proprietary X11 server and included in your installation its version of the X11 libraries which were compiled with glibc
14. e The full licence text may be studied here http linuxmafia com pub linux apps corel wordperfect 8 1 licence 5 4 Why was WP missing from CLOS Deluxe Standard Editions version 1 1 CLOS Deluxe and Standard Editions v 1 1 were available only as upgrades to apply to corresponding v 1 0 boxed sets not as standalone products So you didn t get a copy of WP because you already had one 5 Non downloadable WP 8 13 WordPerfect on Linux FAQ 5 5 How do install WP 8 1 from a CLOS boxed set on some other Linux distribution The main file you ll need from the CLOS boxed set CD ROM is a 40 MB one called wp full_8 1 nn_i386 deb where nn is the package version number which will depend on the vintage of CLOS you have and doesn t matter much On any deb based distribution such as Debian CLOS Xandros Desktop Libranet Knoppix Stormix Progeny LindowsOS etc just do dpkg i packagename as usual WP probably won t be auto added to your distribution s menus The startup binary is xwp On other distributions you can use Joey Hess s alien utility to create an approximately equivalent RPM package a Slackware tgz package a Solaris pkg package or a Stampede Linux slp package Alternatively you can use the standard ar archive utility to pull apart the deb file and install the pieces manually The HOWTO documents linked from_http linux sxs org edit html will probably help there CLOS Deluxe Edit
15. e Edition and omitted from Standard Edition 1 Introduction 2 2 Taxonomy and History 2 1 Corel WordPerfect Product Strategy To understand Corel s WP versions for Linux and what they re like it helps to know the company s product history As a proprietary software company Corel wants customers to buy its boxed set products WordPerfect is one such product CLOS was another The Corel Netwinder Linux based computer was a third Proprietary software companies are motivated to keep development costs down and product development cycles short So Corel always attempts to use one main codebase the Win32 version the MacOS one having been axed in May 2001 per_http www geocities com bulgybear wp html as the flagship version and minimises time and money spent on other OSes versions For similar reasons the WP product line is always fundamentally less diverse than it seems To fill different niches and hit various price points WP is was offered in different editions with more features omitted or disabled from the base Server edition about US 500 boxed set as one descends the price scale 2 2 Versions and Editions WP versions 6 and 7 for Linux native ports coded by SD Corp are long gone from the market at this date The premium priced Server Edition boxed set version included multiuser support and NFS locking and included both an X11 version xwp and a text mode console one wp The lower priced Person
16. e root user shell and revert to your regular non root login Root authority should never be used for software installer routines if there s another way as there is here You can now proceed with invoking the WP 8 0 DPE installation script sh Runme You ll almost certainly be warned that your Linux kernel is not certified This is OK When prompted for an installation directory specify opt wp8 On the Existing Application screen you don t need to provide the pathname of an existing application On the Select WordPerfect Printer Drivers screen you should select all printer types you expect to want to print to but will be able to revisit this selection later See section How do I get printing to work Afterward you ll want to apply Valentijn Sessink s wrapper to fix the Filtrix MS Word import export module available at_http olivier pk wau nl valentyn wp8fix You might also want to put a three line shell script in usr local bin to start xwp by cd ing to opt wp8 wpbin and then running xwp Otherwise it ll be 4 Downloadable WP 8 9 WordPerfect on Linux FAQ necessary to type opt wp8 wpbin xwp to start the program Last in lieu of the on line manual Corel has removed from http linux corel com wp8manual and in fact decommissioned that entire site on Feb 26 2003 you ll want to bookmark some sites as a partial substitute http www rodsbooks com wpfonts http olivier pk wau nl valentyn wp
17. eased as of 1997 arguably because it meets its design goals LyX slick graphical front end to LaTeX Implements ASCII TeX markup in a quasi WYSIWYG graphical environment You write structured documents discussed below but the process is made graphical and fairly easy Produces reliable high quality output Excellent built in help Supports LinuxDoc DocBook LaTeX PostScript DVI ASCII XForms or Qt based with GTK integration pending No wpd support 8 The Future 20 WordPerfect on Linux FAQ The last item listed LyX is an intriguing hybrid of GUI word processor features and classic Unix type document processing The latter is often dismissed in the business world as powerful and professional but too arcane but LyX makes it accessible The rationale and work flow approach behind LyX are best described on that project s Web site at http www lyx org about intro php3 but here s an attempt to summarise LyX has you work on a document in a graphical close approximation of how it will print but unlike in traditional word processors you don t directly manipulate document appearance but rather apply and edit create style rulesets templates which consistently apply formatting on your behalf and change consistently wherever used in the document when you alter a style s contents Rulesets are applied by the LaTeX front end macro package driving the professional grade teTeX typesetting engine for all of
18. eface installer templates some graphics including Lycoris logos icon sets and paid technical support Licence permits use on a single computer in commercial settings and for multiple computers in non commercial settings There s no limitation on multiuser use rare among proprietary office productivity packages on Linux No wpd support HancomLinux Inc Hancom Office suite s Hancom Word word processor Qt based Good MS doc compatibility No wpd support Quadraton Systems Inc CliqWord Character based console office automation software Listed here only because Chris Browne includes it as I m not at all sure it belongs in this category No import export facilities whatsoever that I can confirm Axene Inc Xclamation DTP and XAllWrite word processor programs Motif based No document import export features worth mentioning no wpd support SmartWare Corporation formerly Angoss Software Corporation SmartWare Existing codebase is a character based console office suite Currently January 2003 the character based v 2 65B of SmartWare Plus is back on the market while a Linux port of the new graphical SmartWare4 codebase with improved installer is being prepared Strengths include vertical application support robustness in multiuser situations and bundled rapid application development tools Ability Plus Software Ltd s Ability Linux a Linux port of the Win32 Ability suite Photopaint Spreadsheet Write and
19. ese will probably be optional packages for your distribution not installed by default Only then should you run sh Runme as directed by the Readme Caveat If some of the libs are not present you may think installation has succeeded but will then encounter any of a variety of strange symptoms Therefore make certain as follows In an X11 terminal do su to become the root user temporarily Type ldconfig v grep libc so 5 which must show some libc version from 5 3 12 through 5 4 46 Type ldconfig v grep libm so 5 This must show a libm version of 5 Type Idconfig v grep libXt so 6 which must show some libXt version of 6 0 Type ldconfig v grep libX11 s0 6 which must show some libX11 version of 6 1 Type Idconfig v grep libXpm so 4 which must show some libXpm version of 4 11 Type Idconfig v grep libSM so 6 which must show some libSM so 6 0 Type Idconfig v grep libICE so 6 which must show some libICE so 6 3 Type Idconfig v grep Id linux so 1 This must return a ld linux version of 1 Type ldconfig v grep libsafe which ideally will show null results If not see section How do I stop the WP 8 x installer from getting diagnostic message install wp 18 10 integer expression expected followed a short while later by termination with a Segmentation Fault error You ve now confirmed that necessary libraries are installed and known to the dynamic loader Un
20. fortunately the five X11 libraries found by the above process might be compiled for more modern glibc2 AKA libc6 clients not libc5 ones and one set cannot substitute for the other A good sign is if you get two lines of return values for each of the five ldconfig lines That shows that you have both glibc and libc5 versions of the X11 libs installed If you ve tried to satisfy WP 8 0 s libs requirements but still aren t quite succeeding which is becoming common as distributions eliminate legacy libc5 and Id so libraries from their default installations and sometimes from the distributions entirely as a last resort you can unpack http www ibiblio org pub Linux distributions vectorlinux packages wordperfect8 wp8 libs tgz a complete gzipped tar archive of all required libraries plus lines to add to etc Id so conf It should be unpacked into an empty directory as it provides no container directory As the root user carefully put the libraries in the indicated directories and then adjust etc ld so conf as indicated and re run sbin Idconfig to rebuild the library cache Be aware that these additions are outside your distribution s package regime if any and like any manual change to key system internals should be done with caution Now as your last action with root user authority do mkdir opt wp8 followed by chown yourself opt wp8 where yourself is your regular non root login Last type exit or Ctrl D to exit th
21. frequently offered on_eBay 6 WP version 9 16 7 Documentation 7 1 What books are available concerning WP for Linux Special Edition Using Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux by Roderick W Smith Que ASIN 0789720329 US 4 on_Amazon com and WordPerfect for Linux Bible by Stephen E Harris and Erwin Zijleman IDG Books ISBN 0764533746 US 40 on Amazon com The latter includes a copy of WP 8 0 non download Personal Edition This differs from WP 8 0 DPE in inclusion of 140 fonts a font installer utility and support for grammar spelling checkers and thesaurus lookups in multiple languages The CD ROM includes a text file containing a registration key and the licence doesn t bar commercial usage Be aware that the electronic format WP manual included is for character mode WP not the graphical X11 version The Smith book is valuable for its highly comprehensive coverage of Linux topics the Harris and Zijleman one for its bundled software Both are recommended Author Rod Smith has a Web page describing both of them plus reviewing all other known books on WP for Linux and ones for Star Office and The GIMP _http www rodsbooks com books books wp html 7 2 WP 8 x s access to on line docs doesn t work any more saying document not found 404 error Where did they go At the same time Corel removed WP 8 0 DPE from http linux corel com products linuxproducts_wp8 downloadlinks htm it also removed the on line HTML for
22. g 4 8 Where will we get new WP 8 0 registration keys if when Corel stops offering them at the page linked from http venus corel com nasapps wp8linuxreg register html Fortunately Corel didn t prohibit recipients from publishing their registration keys and at least four users have done so As long as Corel continues to offer keys at http venus corel com nasapps wp8linuxreg register html or http nas corel com nasapps wp8linuxreg register html it seems fair to give them the marketing information they gain thereby If that facility is ever discontinued use LW8XW bA8L9bjZf9 LW8XW NfDyZN1HfZ LW8XW 9K87F9tldF or LW8XW nEqIHnZrcH 4 Downloadable WP 8 12 5 Non downloadable WP 8 5 1 Where can find a copy of WP 8 1 for Linux That version is available only inside boxed sets of CLOS Deluxe Edition and CLOS Standard Edition the latter having fewer bundled fonts versions 1 0 and 1 2 Nowhere else There was never a download edition and Corel s licence terms strictly forbid redistribution CLOS Deluxe Edition v 1 2 aka Second Edition can frequently be found on_eBay EMS Professional Software and Consulting http www emsps com oldtools misc c htm has Deluxe Edition version unstated for US 100 Please note that downloading an ISO9660 CD ROM image of CLOS absolutely does not do the trick That will be CLOS Download Edition which has no version of WP for Linux at all You need CLOS Deluxe or Standard Editi
23. html or http nas corel com nasapps wp8linuxreg register html or use one of the ones people have posted in public Also the licence permitted only personal non commercial use Last it was compiled dynamically linked against some now obsolete libraries which must thus be furnished for its benefit prior to installation Balanced against these drawbacks is supplies of 8 0 DPE being effectively inexhaustible despite legal questions WP 8 0 Personal Edition for Linux was offered in boxed sets and was offered bundled with the book WordPerfect for Linux Bible by Stephen E Harris and Erwin Zijleman It included 140 fonts the 2 Taxonomy and History 3 WordPerfect on Linux FAQ font installer module xwpfi see _http www rodsbooks com wpfonts wpfonts fonts html and support for grammar spelling checkers and thesaurus lookups in additional non English languages The CD ROM includes a text file with a registration key Be aware that the electronic format WP manual included is for character mode WP not the graphical X11 version Next came WP 8 1 Personal Edition for Linux WP 8 1 PE arguably the best version to date It came only in boxed sets of CLOS Deluxe Edition versions 1 0 and 1 2 CLOS 1 2 was better known as Second Edition a name Corel evidently pitched at MS Windows users WP 8 1 PE differed from prior versions in several ways It wasn t licensed for multiuser only Server Editions included mul
24. ical WP version LG signified large format and XX was one of the nine language country codes FR French UK United Kingdom English DE German ES Spanish CE Canadian English CF Canadian French OZ Australian English NL Dutch and T Italian Alternatively you could get a set of from four to six archive files for your language country in split format named GUIXXNN gz e g GUINLO00 gz through GUINLO03 gz for Dutch Only the large format archives appear to still be findable on the Internet The language tarballs which despite the gz extension are actually tar gz files have a Runme installation script which takes care of all installation details and localises all aspects of the program If on the other hand you find a source for just the lex dictionary files copy them as the root user to WP8 s shlib10 directory Start xwp with the admin or adm command line option Find the option to add additional languages Exit xwp In either case after installing the language files start xwp with the lang option to 4 Downloadable WP 8 11 WordPerfect on Linux FAQ override the US English default e g xwp lang de One source for lex files is the CD bundled with the book WordPerfect for Linux Bible discussed in section 7 1 But of course if you have the WP 8 0 PE software from that book you don t really need WP 8 0 DPE I don t know if it s lawful to redistribute the book s lex files That might depend on licensin
25. ill the best tool available on Linux for reading WordPerfect wpd files created elsewhere AbiWord Anyware Office and wp2latex also qualify 1 2 2 What s wrong with WordPerfect It s a discontinued product on Linux The most long term available version WP 8 0 Download Personal Edition WP 8 0 DPE has deliberately crippled font handling and limited multi language support and won t function without fairly antique support libraries The best version WP 8 1 comes only bundled with the Corel Linux OS CLOS Deluxe and Standard Edition boxed sets v 1 0 or 1 2 likewise discontinued WP used to be the best tool on Linux for reading MS Word files but always faltered on some especially those Fast Saved in MS Word But now Star Office OpenOffice org and AbiWord reportedly do better 1 Introduction 1 WordPerfect on Linux FAQ All 8 x versions ship with a broken MS Word import export module This third party code Filtrix fails with the message Filtrix unable to convert this file if the local system clock is set to later than September 9 2001 because an internal time counter overflowed when Linux system time in seconds since January 1 1970 passed 109 seconds The problem can be fixed using a wrapper by Valentijn Sessink of the Netherlands firm Open Office http www openoffice nl not to be confused with Sun Microsystems s OpenOffice org project available at_http olivier pk wau nl valentyn wp8fix La
26. ings can be excellent of their types Choose with your eyes open Open Source see also Chris Browne s http cbbrowne com info wp html e OpenOffice org very comprehensive office suite s Writer word processor derived from Star Office GTK based Large slow loading but then performs OK Supports MS Word StarWriter RTF and a few other formats Excellent MS doc compatibility No integrated wpd support yet but there s a project to develop a filter at_http wp openoffice org and more immediately useful a third party filter and wpd handling library at_http libwpd sourceforge net SOT Finnish Software Engineering Ltd SOT Office 2002 suite s SOT Office Writer Based on OpenOffice org adding some software enhancements added spelling checker and hyphenation dictionaries templates optional commercial support enhanced on line help and PDF manual Available in a boxed set with printed docs As an alternative there is also a proprietary SOT Office bundle that includes software updates All other remarks about OpenOffice org also apply here SourceGear Corporation AbiWord GTK based Table support is only now being added Fast light stable Supports MS Word Anyware Words Applix Words AbiWord RTF WordPerfect wpd Microsoft Write DocBook XHTML and many other formats Excellent MS doc compatibility There s an alternate third party wpd filter and library available for AbiWord at http libwpd sourceforge net KDE
27. ion also includes three deb packages of PostScript Type 1 fonts fonts 16_1 0 5 deb fonts 69_1 0 4 deb and fonts 115_1 0 4 deb which are likewise useful on other Linux distributions CLOS Standard Edition differs only in omitting the second two fonts packages mentioned You may also want the typelinst_0 6 1 6_i386 deb package if you don t already have the Type 1 Font Installer utility On CLOS they install to usr X11R6 lib X11 fonts Type1 making them available to the system generally You can either convert the debs as detailed above for WP itself or grab the font files from ust X11R6 lib X11 fonts Type1 Font addition procedures within WP 8 1 itself are covered in the next FAQ item Leon A Goldstein s HOWTO for installing WP 8 x on Libranet gives more detail http www libranet com support view cgi item W P8Libranet2 html 5 6 How do I add fonts to WP 8 1 First as the root user physically place them in usr X11R6 lib X11 fonts Typel or wherever system wide Type 1 fonts go on your distribution While in that directory run typelinst usually in ust X11R6 lib X11 fonts Type1 then mkfontdir The fonts will now be available to all applications using PostScript Type 1 fonts Last run the WP font installer usr lib wp8 shbin10 wpfi creating usr lib wp8 shlib10 wp drs the WP font map Alternatively instead of the last step start xwp with the admin or adm command line option On the Fo
28. ion in a virtual environment of a particular theoretical x86 box s hardware which then can boot various OSes including Win9x ME NT 2k XP within the emulated environment necessitating a copy of that OS as well NeTraverse s_Win4Lin an MS Windows 9x ME emulation environment for x86 Linux requiring a copy of MS Windows 9x ME to work WINE an LGPLed library and program loader implementing on x86 Unixes the Win32 and Win16 application interfaces ReWind an MIT X11 licensed fork of an earlier WINE release CodeWeavers s_ Crossover Office WINE with some extra support for MS Office applications CodeWeavers s_Wine Preview an MIT X11 licensed variant of an earlier WINE release tweaked for stability and with an improved installer CodeWeavers s_ Crossover Plugin WINE variant for x86 Linux to support Web browser plugins such as QuickTime TransGaming Technologies Inc s WineX another WINE extension for x86 Linux with enhanced DirectX support primarily for 3D games the Bochs Project s Bochs software environment for any CPU family emulating an entire x86 CPU common I O devices and BIOS and Drew Northup s Plex86 software environment emulating on x86 a virtual x86 session and 2 the numerous ways of remotely running Win32 applications from a graphical Linux desktop such as RealVNC Limited s VNC Server Constantin Kaplinsky s TightVNC Tridia Corporation s _TridiaVNC and Matt Chapman s rdesktop I maintain a_listing of options in the latter
29. mat manual http linux corel com wp8manual knowledgebase http inux corel com wpkb and support page http linux corel com wpsupport that all WP 8 x for Linux programs referenced via hyperlink Finally on Feb 26 2003 Corel decommissioned that entire site ending access to the remaining knowledgebase FAQ and support pages However those can be still browsed courtesy of the Internet Archive at_http web archive org web http inux corel com 7 Documentation 17 8 The Future 8 1 Why did Corel cease publishing WP for Linux Corel discontinued all Linux related operations shortly after Microsoft Corporation s major investment that prevented the firm s collapse Some speculate a causal relationship Corel may have also seen WP for Linux sales and downloads as being at the expense of its versions for non Linux Unixes through both the influx of Intel Linux boxes and other Unix platforms increasing ability to run Intel Linux binaries Also outgoing CEO Michael Cowpland had been the main force behind Corel s Linux program and new management doesn t share his views 8 2 Why is Corel still selling WP versions for other Unixes but not Linux Good question Corel has never addressed the matter 8 3 Won t WP for Linux re emerge as part of Xandros Desktop It appears not When Corel divested itself of CLOS and transferred all rights to Xandros Corporation WordPerfect was not part of the deal Corel is sitting o
30. n all WP rights 8 4 lf Corel doesn t want to sell WP for Linux why doesn t it open source the program First that would impair sales of Corel s versions for Win32 and other proprietary platforms Second Corel doesn t own all the necessary rights WP includes code from at least five other companies judging by the copyright notices Blueberry Software Globetrotter Software Inc Bristol Technology Inc INSO Corporation and Novell Inc In the latter sense Corel s situation is similar to that of Sun Microsystems in regard to Star Office Sun bought the publisher of that program Star Division GmbH and then spent approximately a year and untold employee time studying copyright patent contract and other encumbrances Eventually it was able to open source the majority of the source code the part not encumbered by third party rights as what became the OpenOffice org project The difference is that Sun was strongly motivated to create an open source variant for all possible OS platforms in order to feed sales of Solaris and its hardware and to undermine Microsoft Corporation It had and has deep resources and patience Corel had none of those things and might have had greater third party interests to contend with 8 The Future 18 WordPerfect on Linux FAQ 8 5 What alternatives to WP exist on Linux Proprietary see also Chris Browne s _http cbbrowne com info wplcomm html Sun Microsystems Star Office ver
31. nt ftp ftp ufscar br pub linux editortexto http ftp dreamtime org pub linux wp8 http alge anart no ftp pub Office W ordPerfect ftp ftp planetmirror com pub corel wordperfect linux e http www asker net pub linux corel e http content 443 ch pub linfiles Gnusoft wordperfect8 includes all localisation files e http www invivo net pub SOFTS telechargement Linux WORDPERF note FR localisation files and e http linuxmafia com pub linux apps WP 8 0 DPE all localisation files the Filtrix fix and copies of WP 8 x licences knowledgebase FAQs docs The ES Spanish archive at http www invivo net pub SOFTS telechargement Linux WORDPERF Espagnol is unfortunately corrupted It s packaged either as a single gzipped 23 MB tarball GUILG00 gz a single 17 MB RPM archive included in Caldera OpenLinux through v 2 3 that installs ready to run a22 MB RPM archive one in SuSE Linux boxed sets through 6 1 and a similar one in older boxed sets of Linux Mandrake that installs tar archives in usr lib wp8 that must then be separately installed by running usr lib wp8 Runme or as a collection of seven separate tarballs GUILG00 gz through GUILG06 gz The program also remains available on a US 3 CD ROM at http linuxcentral com or_http www linuxbuy com Ditto on a US 1 CD ROM at http www edmunds enterprises com The filenames listed are for the default US English version The filenames for othe
32. on the two boxed sets not CLOS Download Edition 5 2 What does WP 8 1 give me that s not in WP 8 0 DPE Electronic PDF and paper bound reference manuals and an electronic PDF user s manual the font installer module WP Draw the drawing charting module the module to create custom dictionaries and hyphenation databases an equation editor network support a print queue manager prepaid technical support sample documents templates textures clip art photos and 300 fonts with WP 8 1 PE about 100 with WP 8 1 Light Also much better handling of watermarks multiple language support in the spelling checker grammar checker thesaurus more current printer drivers and better printer setup and no need to get a registration key The necessary support libraries are also included and installed automatically Corel Draw is also included in a separate package 5 3 What are the licence restrictions on WP 8 1 for Linux You may install it only on two machines at a time for use by only a single user You may not reverse engineer or modify it You must be in compliance with export laws and not associated with countries the USA considers naughty like Cuba You mustn t be on the USA Treasury or Commerce Department s lists of naughty people drug smugglers terrorists export regs violators etc You mustn t allow use of the program to violate USA law Please note that unlike WP 8 0 DPE WP 8 1 is licensed for commercial usag
33. on 1 12 ceesscesseeeeeeeeees 13 5 5 How do I install WP 8 1 from a CLOS boxed set on some other Linux distribution 14 2O How do lak FOWE A rra a E E Hise eR Ea SoA ROL is 14 5 7 What s the difference between the WP versions bundled with CLOS boxed set versions 1 0 E T PEA NEAT EEE E A EE EEA E E AA E A AE A dent E A PAATE 15 58 Where can get a boxed set copy ot WP 80 PE pasiessecsdccrsoccsaarsenscassarexsasereaccdoosanaivoneqncs Eno 15 5 9 Where can I find a boxed set copy of WP 8 0 Server Edition for Linux eeeeeeeesesseesesee 15 GAT a ha a aa 16 6 1 Isn t WP 9 For Linux in the WordPerfect Office 2000 suite better than WP 8 12 0 0 16 G2 Whydidit Corel do WP Oas anative LINUX POPLE issrikieiioriss roosi ras inbi aiko niN aAA EANAN aaah 16 6 3 Is there anything I can do to maintain or improve WP9 for Linux eesseseessessseesssssssessseesse 16 6 4 Where can I find a copy of WP9 WP Office 2000 for Linux isssceissrssrisiiesicieisnieiinsenisnt 16 EEA AL L oa iat eae ese ee 17 7 1 What books are available concerning WP for Linux ee eecceccseceesecececeeeeeeeeeeesaecseaaeneneeeeeeeees 17 7 2 WP 8 x s access to on line docs doesn t work any more saying document not found 404 TOE Fs Where did iay BOY cok secnesdtax cee ibaeeiebvencaatnorabaedeccaunsoreeiydesuseaussucadd pineehaneseecabionaa siden aaluextanieeoeeds 17 Ce The Puli bes 18 8 1 Why did Corel cease publishing
34. oxed sets of Linux Mandrake etc you ll notice its licence omits the right to redistribute and says the recipient s licence is non transferable Copyright law reserves distribution rights to a work s copyright owner by default So strictly speaking redistributing WP 8 0 DPE without explicit permission violates Corel s copyright I am not a lawyer This FAQ is not legal advice Fortunately Corel seems either tolerant or apathetic Pick one Also companies like Edmund Enterprises and Linux Central may have permission memos from Corel Legal on file Or not The point is that redistribution isn t something we can count on Corel seems to have the right to enjoin anyone from redistributing it absent long term contract entitlements we don t know about 4 Downloadable WP 8 10 WordPerfect on Linux FAQ 4 4 What are the licence restrictions on WP 8 0 DPE for Linux You may install it only on two computers and use it only on one machine at a time Personal non commercial use only You may not reverse engineer or modify it You must be in compliance with export laws and not associated with countries the USA considers naughty like Cuba You mustn t be on the USA Treasury or Commerce Department s lists of naughty people drug smugglers terrorists export regs violators etc You mustn t allow use of the program to violate USA law The full licence text may be studied here _http linuxmafia com pub linux apps corel wordperfec
35. r WP on current Linux distributions Also the news news astcomm net linux astcomm net and_news cnews corel com corel wpoffice wordperfect8 linux newsgroups comments have been invaluable I would also like to thank Leon A Goldstein and Valentijn Sessink specifically for their valuable feedback and Bob Tennent for information on the libsafe problem 1 2 The Big Picture 1 2 1 What s good about WordPerfect Several things In an era when leading word processors gobble dozens of megs of RAM just launching WP v 8 x is thrifty about 6 MB By comparison OpenOffice org 1 0 1 or Star Office 6 0 takes 73 MB to launch On the other hand AbiWord 1 02 also uses only 6 MB and KWord 1 1 1 a moderate 17 MB It s a stable fast polished full featured product It has reveal codes It has a nearly unique shrink to fit printing feature that quickly becomes indispensable once you ve experienced it WP s print module uses the MS DOS version s time tested robust printer drivers by default expanding greatly the range of compatible printers WP can alternatively hand off to standard Unix printing subsystems Ipr lprng gnulpr cups pdq etc in Passthru Postscript mode It has excellent built in mathematical financial logical and string handling functions It has excellent table support and a useful speed table formatting feature It has a robust built in database engine for table sorting and searching It s st
36. r localisations are included on_http content 443 ch pub linfiles Gnusoft wordperfect8 Readme html and download sources for all nine localisation archives are noted above 4 2 After locate WP 8 0 DPE for Linux how do install it and what can I do to improve and fix it Your first challenge may be to unpack it You ll have no problem with the rare RPM archive but the gzipped tarballs either a single piece archive named GUILG00 gz 23 MB or seven smaller archives named GUILG00 gz through GUILG06 gz will appear a little puzzling Despite having a gz extension only they are in fact gzipped tarballs Further they un tar right into the current directory rather than creating a 4 Downloadable WP 8 8 WordPerfect on Linux FAQ container directory Corel or someone operating on its behalf CNET s download com staff grotesquely botched the packaging However note that some sites will have repacked the contents variously often out of a desire to correct Corel s error Therefore when in doubt use the Linux file utility to determine what you re working with After unpacking and reading the Readme file you ll have to furnish the dynamic libraries WP 8 0 requires Id linux so 1 9 5 libc5 any version from 5 3 12 through 5 4 46 with matching libm so 5 and a set of X11 backwards compatibility libraries compiled for libc5 X11 clients libXt so 6 libX11 so0 6 libXpm so 4 libSM so 6 and libICE so 6 Th
37. rmat menu pick Fonts You ll find a button to select and then install into WP s internal list of known fonts fonts from a list of those available Exit xwp Or instead of xwp admin run usr lib wp8 shbin10 xwpfi This works for PostScript Type 1 fonts only not TrueType Leon A Goldstein s HOWTO for installing WP 8 x on Caldera OpenLinux 2 3 eDesk 2 4 covers this matter in much greater detail _http linux sxs org wp8 html Please note also that ideally you ll be adding any fonts to any WP 8 x version twice once as a screen font and once as a printer font This matter is covered comprehensively by Rod Smith at http www rodsbooks com wpfonts 5 Non downloadable WP 8 14 WordPerfect on Linux FAQ 5 7 What s the difference between the WP versions bundled with CLOS boxed set versions 1 0 and 1 2 CLOS 1 0 boxed sets CD ROM also includes a second deb package package name wp manual containing an electronic WP manual However that manual is for the non Linux Unix version so its omission from CLOS 1 2 is no big loss The same manual in PDF format can be retrieved from http content 443 ch pub linfiles Gnusoft wordperfect8 wp8 gui pdf The boxed sets paper bound WP manual is a lot more useful anyway Also among the additions in CLOS 1 2 was a Winelib non Linux native port of Corel PhotoPaint 9 which is also available for free of charge download from_f tp ftp2 corel com pub linux PhotoPaint9
38. st though the point may be obvious WP is proprietary not open source Open source projects die only when nobody cares to maintain them can be fixed improved by any motivated party and can be easily implemented on newer CPU architectures A64 PPC By contrast supplies of all but one WP version are vanishing the sole exception occupies a legal grey area and the difficulty of keeping it running on evolving Linux systems which can be i386 only can only increase over time It s a measure of just how good WP for Linux is was that many people consider it still the best word processor for Linux despite the above 1 2 3 Who created WordPerfect for Linux Old timers may recall that WordPerfect originally emerged from Software Development Corporation SD Corp of Orem Utah which later renamed itself to WordPerfect Corporation That firm eventually sold WordPerfect s codebase to Novell Inc which then sold it to Corel Corporation Limited of Ottawa Canada Corel then hired the first firm renamed back to SD Corp to port WP versions 6 7 8 0 and 8 1 to both Linux and several proprietary Unix platforms The latest and seemingly final WP version for Linux was v 9 better known as WordPerfect Office 2000 which was technically WordPerfect joined at the hip to several other Corel programs Quattro Pro Paradox Corel Presentations Corel Central was produced by Corel Corporation Limited alone Paradox was included only in the Delux
39. t 8 licence 4 5 Suppose suddenly need to use my copy of WP 8 0 DPE for Linux in a commercial setting Can upgrade my licence No Corel made no provision for that and discontinued all Linux operations in May 2001 At this late date your best bet is probably to seek out a boxed set of CLOS Deluxe or Standard Edition for its copy of WP 8 1 4 6 How can I add more fonts to WP 8 0 DPE You can t The font installer utility xwpfi was deliberately omitted from WP 8 0 DPE to differentiate it from the boxed sets and motivate you to upgrade to the latter It s possible you might be able to grab that utility from another edition of WP 6 7 or 8 x but that would almost certainly be copyright violation though maybe not if that older version is a lawful copy and used nowhere else 4 7 How do add additional language files other than US English to WP 8 0 DPE At one time Corel offered free of charge localisation add ons for nine other languages and countries at http linux corel com products wp8 download _instr htm but removed them not long after it closed down its Linux division in May 2001 and decommissioned that entire site on Feb 26 2003 However in FAQ section 4 1 you ll find links for all nine additional language tarballs Corel used a rather cryptic file naming scheme The standard large format single piece archives were named GUILGXX0 gz where GUI seems to have indicated that this was for an X11 graph
40. t LD_PRELOAD just prior to executing xwp 3 4 How do fix the WP 8 x installer s failures resulting from errors copying files onto my NFS network drive You re probably using one of the personal editions of WP 8 x Only the server editions include code required to enable support of NFS file locking which in server editions you can enable via the WPadmin login facility Otherwise neither the installer nor the WP program binary will run if any components are on or will be installed to any NFS mounted drive including user settings in users home directories and temporary files in tmp 3 5 How do fix MS Word import export filters the Filtrix module on WP 8 x for Linux The third party Filtrix module because of a programming oversight concerning date handling doesn t work on systems whose current date is set later than September 9 2001 On attempts to import export MS Word files it fails with error message Filtrix unable to convert this file The problem can be fixed by installing a wrapper by Valentijn Sessink available at_http olivier pk wau nl valentyn wp8fix Note Reportedly the Filtrix module will not process MS Word doc files that were saved in MS Word with password protection applied This is not a bug Filtrix never handled such files Nor can Filtrix handle MS Word documents with embedded non MS Word COM objects such as spreadsheet tables from MS Excel 3 6 Why didn t Corel itself release any fi
41. tiuser support and console mode WP I know of no 8 1 Server Editions but was licensed for commercial use As part of CLOS Deluxe Edition it was in deb package format Redistribution was is strictly prohibited It came with a full set of 300 fonts the font installer module network support WP Draw and equation editor and a printed manual It ships with and installs all required libraries WP 8 1 Light Edition for Linux was the bundled WP copy included in boxed sets of CLOS Standard Edition According to one report it differs from WP 8 1 PE only in having approximately 1 3 as many included fonts only one of the Deluxe bundle s three deb format font archives The latest and apparently final WP version for Linux was v 9 promoted by Corel as WordPerfect Office 2000 This FAQ will have little to say about WP 9 for Linux as it was not a true native port but rather consisted of Win32 binary code running in a WINE emulation environment with predictable RAM bloat and instability as a result Boxed sets only were offered 2 Taxonomy and History 4 3 Technical Problems 3 1 WP 8 0 DPE for Linux installs but won t start on my Linux distribution How do fix that WP 8 0 for Linux was distributed as a dynamically linked ELF binary linked against libc5 C library libm the related math library a set of five X11 libraries for libc5 based software and Id linux so 1 9 AKA Id so 1 9 the dynamic linker software
42. trix module on WP 8 x for Linux 6 3 6 Why didn t Corel itself release any fix for the MS Word Filtrix problem especially given its obligations lo purchasers Of bDoxad set VerstONs 2 emosine neuin naan rki nS nn uate atone 6 3 7 How do I make WP for Linux s integration with KDE Address Book kab work with 3 1 L I see the process wpexc still running in my system process table even after quitting WordPerfect If the WordPerfect program is xwp what s wpexc and why does it need to Hae AE rr E E aden DUE IE gw tO 7 45 Suppose I suddenly need to use my copy of WP 8 0 DPE for Linux in a commercial setting Canl u orade me EOE a E AE ES ERE EKEN Rene Renae 11 4 7 How do I add additional language files other than US English to WP 8 0 DPE 0 eee 11 4 8 Where will we get new WP 8 0 registration keys if when Corel stops offering them at the WordPerfect on Linux FAQ Table of Contents 5 Non downloadable WP Ss sacaisscancesssasnessesaseccecanaassesseassevaannsvseeasnsiveesnossesnssvessnssvensuasssaasnnstsaunisesiagnissesinesosaaane 13 51 Where can find acopy of WPS ior Limit eener sinna onea R E NAOR 13 52 What doces WP 5 1 give me thats hot mi WP SA DPE cs issccesessnacnand osrenonensmaneananconnians eeeebeowenes 13 5 3 What are the licence restrictions on WP 8 1 for LinUK ssiisssseriserroessusnsorsusrroorusanoos nnus ror aisia sia r 13 5 4 Why was WP missing from CLOS Deluxe Standard Editions versi
43. version of Corel s fork of the WINE emulation code which for now is maintained by Michael Torrie at_http students cs byu edu torriem with other possibly useful pages at http panopticon csustan edu thood corel wp9 txt and_http members chello at hrdisk corelwine html I can t guarantee the truth of this account but I ve heard claims that Corel deferred submission of its patches to the WINE Project development team so long that they could no longer be merged when they arrived leading to inadvertent creation of a separate development fork dubbed Corelwine This seems to be the codebase that Torrie maintains separately from the WINE Project s flagship codebase There are also numerous updates to WP9 WP Office 2000 inside ftp ftp corel com pub linux Office2000 updates and_ftp ftp corel com pub linux Graphics9 updates Among those updates the revised WP Office 2000 installer available there is essential for most modern Linux distributions to make the Fontastic font server install correctly Note that you need at least one printer configured before installation 6 4 Where can find a copy of WP9 WP Office 2000 for Linux It s available for US 49 from Surplus Computers of Santa Clara California at http www surpluscomputers com EMS Professional Software and Consulting http www emsps com oldtools wp htm has the Deluxe Edition inquire for pricing Both editions Standard and Deluxe of WP Office 2000 for Linux are
44. x for the MS Word Filtrix problem especially given its obligations to purchasers of boxed set versions Good question By the time the problem cropped up Corel had discontinued all involvement in Linux Just before that Microsoft Corporation made a major investment in Corel preventing the latter firm s collapse It s possible that lack of Linux competent staffing was an issue that Corel didn t wish to displease its investor that the firm perceived inexpensive Linux versions to be impairing sales of its US 500 versions for other Unixes especially given increasingly common support for Linux native binaries on those Unixes or that corporate inertia after liquidating the entire Linux division accounted for this lapse Corel s only comment November 5 2001 was The corporation is not prepared to make any comment and to post a comment on_http linux corel com support updates htm wp8 unchanged since late 2001 that Corel is currently working with the filter manufacturer to resolve this issue That claim was still present when Corel took down the linux corel com machine on Feb 26 2003 3 7 How do make WP for Linux s integration with KDE Address Book kab work with KDE2 KDE3 You don t WP is compatible with the kab version in KDE 1 1 only that being the KDE version shipped with CLOS For unexplained reasons this feature also doesn t work on Linux 2 4 x kernels 3 Technical Problems 6 WordPerfect on Linux FAQ 3
45. y comprehensive office suite s StarWriter word processor Very full featured high degree of Microsoft compatibility Large slow loading but then performs OK GTK based No wpd support in the Linux version VistaSource Software Anyware Office Anyware Desktop suite s was Applix s ApplixWare Office Anyware Words word processor Moderately good all round office suite with a long history in the Unix world OK performance stable good MS doc compatibility Motif based Includes wpd support Some earlier versions were sold by Red Hat Software Inc as ApplixWare for Red Hat Linux For a while SuSE Linux AG sold ApplixWare v 4 4 1 bundled with the ADABAS D relational database the Arkeia backup program and SuSE packaged versions of The GIMP GNOME and KDE as Linux Office Suite 99 SOT Finnish Software Engineering Ltd SOT Office 2002 suite s SOT Office Writer Based on the open source OpenOffice org suite adding some software enhancements added spelling checker and hyphenation dictionaries templates commercial support enhanced on line help and PDF manual Available in a boxed set with printed docs The proprietary bundle includes updates not yet available for the separate all open source SOT Office bundle All other remarks about OpenOffice org also apply here Redmond Linux Corporation_Lycoris ProductivityPak office suite A superset of the open source OpenOffice org suite plus an improved setup program aesthetics tweaks typ
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