WordPerfect for DOS 5.1

[Doc Shipley]

Allison wrote:
>>Subject: Re: WordPerfect for DOS 5.1
>>  From: Jim Leonard <trixter at oldskool.org>
>>  Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:43:15 -0600
>>    To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>>
>>Allison wrote:
>>
>>>A friend uses WP8 or 9 as Word is not optimum for legal
>>>briefs and the like. 
>>
>>Why?
> 
> 
> At the time (5-7 years ago) it was the standard in the legal industry 
> as it handled footnotes, citations and other aspects of legal documents
> better than work at the time.  That may have changed, maybe.

   I think this is a regional thing, at least to some extent, but it has 
changed a little.  (I'm "primary tech nerd" for a lawyer friend, so I 
have the latest skinny)

   WP is still the common application of choice, but where most 
electronic documents were submitted as WordPerfect documents 3-5 years 
ago, PDF is now the preferred submission format.  This has a lot to do 
with the perceived security of a PDF document, and the fact that it's 
mostly application-agnostic.

   Please note that I said _perceived_ security!  I do know it's not 
difficult to alter a PDF.  The public, for the most part, doesn't.


	Doc