Special Edition Using WordPerfect 8 for Linux provides documentation for a product available for download with no documentation or on line help. This book focuses on the intermediate to advanced users, allowing you to become productive with an unfamiliar word processor, or an unfamiliar operating system. Descriptions of new features and how the product differs from the previous edition is also covered.
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Special Edition Using WordPerfect 8 for Linux provides documentation for a product available for download with no documentation or on line help. This book focuses on the intermediate to advanced users, allowing you to become productive with an unfamiliar word processor, or an unfamiliar operating system. Descriptions of new features and how the product differs from the previous edition is also covered.
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Roderick Smith has written articles for ST-Log and The Linux Journal. He has used Linux as his primary operating system for two years. Rod has used WordPerfect on a variety of platforms, including Windows, OS/2, Macintosh and Linux. He maintains several web pages on Linux and OS/2. Rod is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Research in cognitive science, University of Pennsylvania.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic book!,
This review is from: Special Edition Using Corel Wordperfect 8 for Linux (Paperback)
This book is not simply a rehashing of the WordPerfect User's Guide. It is well-organized and clearly written. Many authors are content to simply explain the features of a program. In this book, Rod Smith shifts the focus to one of using WordPerfect for Linux to get things done.Mr. Smith also provides clues and work-arounds for dealing with many of the quirks (bugs?) that are present in WordPerfect for Linux. I purchased the book because I was having trouble getting a document to print properly. Thanks to Appendix B (and a couple of clarifying emails from the author), my problem is now solved. You won't regret buying this book!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent, well-written, relevant resource.,
By stidwell@visi.net (Suffolk, VA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Special Edition Using Corel Wordperfect 8 for Linux (Paperback)
Rod,Just wanted to drop you a note re: your book. I received my copy from Amazon.com a couple of days ago and I am quite impressed. I figured it would be another useful, but dull reference book that I'd refer to in a jam and leave on the shelf otherwise. Boy, was I pleasantly surprised. I am actually reading it! Your writing style is informative and "entertaining" and actually makes for good reading. I've already picked up quite a few tips that it would have taken me forever to find in the manual, if I could find them at all. I especially like the fact that it really is tailored for Linux - not a rehash of WP8 for Windows in Linux clothing. Your seamless incorporation of the vagaries and nuances of Linux in the text is perfect, and for a Linux newbie, I'm sure invaluable. (Like you, I've been using Linux for about 2 years, so I definitely don't consider myself a newbie).
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