Word Perfect [Re: Slavic Fonts and WordPerfect (was Czech Font)]

[Edward M Dumanis]

On Tue, 23 May 1995 twoofus at execpc.com wrote:

> Robert Orr said:
> >WordPerfect character sets do a very nice job; Character
> >set 1 includes all the Czech accents
>
> Actually, you can buy a language module from WordPerfect that will allow you
> to print any of the Slavic Languages (and Georgian too, I think) using just
> about any printer.  I have a Panasonic KX-P1124i dot matrix and it comes out
> fine.  I had to buy a memory chip for it, but that's all.  Of course, it
> prints even better on a laser printer, but dot matrix works fine.
>
> I don't know if they would still be able to sell the Module for WP 5.1 because
> they've moved on now to 6.0 and 6.1.  I have the Module for 5.1 and 6.0 and
> 6.1 is due out soon.  If you're thinking of upgrading from 5.1, definitely
> *wait* until 6.1 is out.  The 6.0 version has some bugs in it that are kind of
> annoying, but I have been assured that they are fixed in the 6.1 version, not
> that it does me any good.

I do not think we should believe WordPerfect's promisses.  Unfortunately,
after being bought by Nowell, they no longer provide friendly support to
the users, the one we used to enjoy.  Before they were bought, when I
had called them reporting the bugs, they always tried to correct them,
and they would sent me a free copy of a new version when they could not
correct the problem with the existing one.  Not anymore!  Now they simply
suggest that you buy a new release, possibly one with new bugs.  Their
support service used to be a very important advantage for desk-top
publishing.  Nowadays, I would recommend other software packages.

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at acsu.buffalo.edu>