Is there anyone else working with WP5.1/PRD installed in Windows XP. My PRD keeps going on and off. Any help will be appreciated.

Pat

Hi Pat,

Does PRD have tech support? You might try that. Or if they have a web site maybe they have a place you can e-mail them?

When I bought my XP, I couldn't use my PRD either, had all kinds of problems. Seems my PRD was a DOS program which didn't work well with windows. I ended up buying Shorthand for Windows which works great with both Microsoft Word and WordPerfect. It can be downloaded right from the site. Here's their website addy:
PC Shorthand for Windows

Hope this helps!
Toni

First of all thanks to you both for your replies.

Tonetta: Are you running WP5.1 in your XP?

Thanks again,

Pat

Hi, Pat...

I also have XP/WP5.1/PRD. I work for a service and have a special boot disk to take me into DOS; the c:\ command prompt through Windows does not work. So I am completely out of Windows when I'm working. I'd like to be able to do other things with my Word Perfect (I have a friend who wants to use it...she's an older woman who doesn't know any other software for word processing and is back in college) but I can't figure out how to save the reports so I can print them (my printer will not print my DOS stuff). I can pull them into Word once I'm back in Windows, but I'm afraid my directory dedicated to her stuff will accidentally be sent to my employer!

Not much help, I'm afraid...but I'll be reading the responses to your query with great interest!

Good luck.

Pat, I replied to you via e-mail. Toni

Gracie - I hate it that Windows and DOS are so incompatible when it comes to programs and printers. I loved working with WordPerfect 5.1 DOS and PRD, but now have to use MS Word. I lose so much production by having to take my hands off the keyboard to use the mouse, and it's SLOW SLOW SLOW! Dont' know whether it's Word or XP that causes the long pauses, but it's really frustrating some days, especially if I have a lot of work to do.

TTFN Toni

Hey, Toni--I don't know how much it will help you, but I do know that you can navigate around MS Word without a mouse. There are keyboard commands for virtually everything. When I worked at the local clinic, we switched over from 5.1 to Word and I was the guinea pig (having worked with Word before), and I absolutely rebelled against taking my hands off the keyboard, too! Anyway, there are keyboard shortcuts for most navigation tasks and you can also create your own using macros...I'd do anything to avoid using the mouse while I'm trying to type. We old-school typists who know how to type really fast and make our livings doing it really suffer with these Windows-based programs, but there are ways to work with it. It takes time to acclimate, but once you find them and work with them consistently, they become second-nature (when I switched back to 5.1, I remember how my fingers struggled to accurately find F4, F7, and F12 LOL).

Again, thanks to all who have posted regarding this issue.

Pat

Thanks Gracie. I'm guess I'm going to have to make time to set up more options and preferences.

Could you tell me how you "save as" without using the mouse?

Thanks! Toni

Another question - My sweet husband got me a Gateway laptop for my birthday so I can type when away from home and keep up with my work - it comes with Windows XP Professional and I wonder what PRD is - haven't heard of it and am wondering if it's included in my software.

Curious~
Amy

Hey, Toni...try the F12 key (control+F12 should "open").

Amy,

PRD is a word expander program--not likely to already be in your laptop. It was the first expander program I ever used. I like it, but it used to be (don't know now) too pricey compared to other programs. It was like $400+ in 1993!

Thanks, Gracie - It worked!!


Now if I could just get my cursor to go to the beginning of a line. I've tried home and also home left arrow, neither works. Any suggestions?

Toni

Hi, Toni...glad that worked for you. Your key should work to take you to the beginning of a line; I use in WP5.1 but that will probably do something different in Word.

You might try unplugging and then replugging-in your keboard connection and then restarting your computer; or, if you're using some special aftermarket keyboard (like a curved or split keyboard), you might try reintalling it (these last are suggestions from a computer-geeky friend of mine). The commands below are all the document navigation shortcuts...they're all listed in Word2000.

Quote:

LEFT ARROW
One character to the left
RIGHT ARROW
One character to the right
CTRL+LEFT ARROW
One word to the left
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
One word to the right
CTRL+UP ARROW
One paragraph up
CTRL+DOWN ARROW
One paragraph down
SHIFT+TAB
One cell to the left (in a table)
TAB
One cell to the right (in a table)
UP ARROW
Up one line
DOWN ARROW
Down one line
END
To the end of a line
HOME
To the beginning of a line
ALT+CTRL+PAGE UP
To the top of the window
ALT+CTRL+PAGE DOWN
To the end of the window
PAGE UP
Up one screen (scrolling)
PAGE DOWN
Down one screen (scrolling)
CTRL+PAGE DOWN
To the top of the next page
CTRL+PAGE UP
To the top of the previous page
CTRL+END
To the end of a document
CTRL+HOME
To the beginning of a document
SHIFT+F5
To a previous revision
SHIFT+F5
To the location of the insertion point when the document was last closed

I'll do almost anything to keep my fingers over the main keyboard, so once my company switches to Windows I'll be studying these shortcuts hard . Hope this helps!

Gracie

Those were great Gracie. Thank you!

Hi Gracie!

Thanks SO much for taking the time to post the commands for Word. I printed them out taped them to my board. They'll save me loads of time.

When I got my computer with Windows XP, Word was already installed so, of course, I didn't get a book with it. I know I can go to "help" but sometimes it's impossible to find answers, especially when you're strapped for time.

Thanks again for being so kind.

Have a great weekend! Toni