Recent Updates to the Computing Pages

Recent Updates to the Pages on this Site

General

Last update 17 Jul 2003

Added Yahoo! Groups WordStar mail list joining link and made other home page changes (17 Jul 2003)
Added new Guest Book to replace remote hosted version (12 Mar 2003)
www.petrie.u-net.com site pointed at www.wordstar.org. All saved bookmarks (Netscape) or favorites (IE) should be changed from www.petrie.u-net.com to www.wordstar.org.
Added new message board system (Nov 2002)
Site rehosted to obtain scripting support (Nov 2002)
Who Page updated with new photo. Now opens in parent window (6 Jul 2002)
Home Page updated to reflect new articles (5 Jan 2002)
Fixed broken styles in The Why and Wherefore of ASCII article (22 Jul 2001)
Fixed broken styles in What is the diference between ASCII and RTF article
(22 Jul 2001)
Added search function to home page (3 mar 2001)
References to Mattel changed to TLC following seperation of the companies (Feb 2001)
Site Map updated to add WordStar 2000 (13 Sep 2000)
Relocated this page (10 Sep 2000)
Added Site Map page (10 Sep 2000)
Added tables to this page to fix layout on several pages (9 Sep 2000)
Corrected 'whoes site...' and 'Updates Log' link colours on home page (6 Sep 2000)
Added auto 'last updated' script to all pages (4 Aug 2000)
Major restructuring of site (1 Jul 2000)
Main Home Page changed to remove table backgrounds which aren't displayed correctly by NS Navigator 4.7, also fixed NS page margin problem on all pages (1 May 2000)
Main Home Page updated (30 Apr 2000)
Site converted to not use frames - NS Navigator doesn't display page borders correctly, ignoring 0 top and left margins, and also gets font sizes wrong (5 Mar 2000)

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Computing Centre (General Computer Information, including Microsoft Windows)

Last update 2o Nov 2003

Added TradeKeys keyboard mapping utility details (20 Nov 2003)
Added monitor calibration guide under Windows (26 May 2003)
Links that used the Windows Home page now go to Computing Centre (24 Sep 2000)
Updated links to CtrlPlus key switching program & added Windows 2000 version on WordStar Add-In & Utilities pages (24 Sep 2000)
Added instructions for enabling graphics thumbnails in Explorer Web view (9 Sep 2000)
Added links to CtrlPlus key switching program (7 May 2000)
Added Icon files for download (2 Mar 2000)
Fixed link to general pages (4 Feb 2000)
Added new general 'home page' (25 Jan 2000)
Added new description of ASCII (13 Jan 2000)
Added new description of differences between ASCII and RTF (13 Jan 2000)
Updated link for Partition Magic (9 Jan 2000)

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WordStar (General)

Last update 30 Mar 2004

Updates to Conversion FAQ page (30 Mar 2004)
Updated Conversion FAQ to notify of Microsoft's withdrawl of the WordStar text filter and Office converter packs prior to Office 2003 (22 Dec 2003)
Updates to 'A Potted History of WordStar' article, plus implementation of XHTML compliant version (11 Aug 2003)
Updated WordPort information in Conversions FAQ also added details of on-line conversion option, and menu items for free DOS conversion utilities (8 Jun 2003)
TLC-Gores seperation and references updated in 'A Potted History of WordStar' article (12 Mar 2003)
Correction to description of WordStar 2000 having pull-down menus in 'A Potted History of WordStar' article (17 Feb 2003)
Corrected changed URL for information about Seymour Rubinstein at Prompt Software in the 'A Potted History of WordStar' article (26 May 2002)
Correction to one date in WordStar 2000 r3 text (changed 1997 to 1987) in the
'A Potted History of WordStar' article (24 May 2002)
Updated 'A Potted History of WordStar' article to include dates in margin and new heading style (23 May 2002)
Major update to 'A Potted History of WordStar' article (17 May 2002)
Updated 'A Potted History of WordStar' article (11 Apr 2002)
Updated information on WordStar for Windows and WordStar for DOS 7 versions for sale by Vasant Agrawal on 'Where to Buy WordStar' page (14 Mar 2002)
Added more information to 'Where to Buy WordStar' page (30 Jan 2002)
Added Wrd 2002 (Word XP) to the Conversions FAQ (5 Jan 2002)
Updated references to WordStar 2000 (UNIX) in 'A Potted History of WordStar' article (04 Dec 2001)
Added a "Where to find WordStar" page (8 Nov 2001)
Added details of "The Complete Designer's Toolkit For Windows" to the 'A Potted History of WordStar' article (22 Jul 2001)
Added details of use of Word 6 for DOS to WordStar file converters (10 Jul 2001)
Corrected corrupted link to WordPort on conversions page (14 Apr 2001)
Updated link to WSEdit due to reorganisation of Simtel site (22 Mar 2000)
Added details of Conversions Plus (14 Mar 2001)
Updated WordStar Conversions page (2 Mar 2001)
Minor update to 'A Potted History of WordStar' to reflect seperation of Mattel and TLC businesses (8 Feb 2001)
Corrected spelling of Seymour Rubinstein's name in 'A Potted History of WordStar' article (14 Oct 2000)
'A Potted History of WordStar' last updated (1 May 2000)
Added 'A Potted History of WordStar' (18 Feb 2000)

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WordStar (DOS)

Last update 29 Apr 2004

Added supported printer list for WordStar 4 (29 Apr 2004)
Added details about Write&Set WordStar 4 style editor and formatter (9 June 2003)
Updated information for WordStar 6 availability (13 Dec 2002)
Updated description of WS2HTML to reflect new version (9 Jun 2002)
Updated link and description of WS2HTML to reflect new version (18 Apr 2002)
Added new FAQ item for ERROR E38 messages (9 Feb 2002)
Added new WordStar 5/6 to RTF converter to Download Page (15 Jan 2002)
Added WordStar 7 installation "Can't find WSSETUP.OVR" solution (5 Jan 2002)
New FAQ help items added (5 Jan 2002)
Fixed link to ws2html on Download Page (30 May 2001)
Added description of WordStar Included and TextBook Edition (24 May 2001)
Added new English version of WS-CON file converter (8 Feb 2001)
Updated link and description of WS2HTML to reflect new version (10 Nov 2000)
Added new FAQ item for printing failing when Inset has been used (25 Oct 2000)
Added new FAQ item for DOS shortcut icons in Windows (25 Oct 2000)
Corrected download link to file WS&CG.EXE on TLC downloads page (24 Oct 2000)
Added remaining TLC WS7 support files (13 Sep 2000)
Moved TLC WS7 printer files into a TLC directory to keep then seperate (13 Sep 2000)
Added TLC WS7 printer files to available downloads (11 Sep 2000)
Seperated Printer Support page to speed download (11 Sep 2000)
TLC ftp site no longer available, Downloads page (10 Sep 2000)
TLC ftp site no longer available, Resources page (23 Aug 2000)
Fixed link to ws2html on Download Page (27 Apr 2000)
Page style changes and splitting of FAQ pages (25 Apr 2000)
Repaired broken link to wsx21a.com on Downloads Page (7 Apr 2000)
Added details and links to files held on TLC's ftp site for WS (DOS) and 2000 (19 Mar 2000)
Added supported printer list (16 Mar 2000)
Added extra FAQ Help items (4 Mar 2000)
Added extra FAQ Help items - How to set up Windows file associations (3 Mar 2000)
Added link to icon downloads (2 Mar 2000)
Added link page to Andrew Stephenson's Freeware WS-to-HTML Converter (6 Feb 2000)
Corrected problem with tutorial menu in NetScape (4 Feb 2000)
Added description of way WordStar handles tabs (27 Jan 2000)
Added extra FAQ Help items for WordStar - all versions (13 Jan 2000)
Added extra FAQ Help items for WordStar 3.x. (9 Jan 2000)
Added links to WordStar tutorial. (8 Jan 2000)
Added new utilities for download. (5 Jan 2000)
Added WordStar Commands Reference page. (3 Jan 2000)

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WordStar 2000 (DOS)

Last update 11 Jul 2001

Added patch tech note to allow disabling of EMS memory support (11 Jul 2001)
Added TLC WordStar 2000 support files (13 Sep 2000)

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WordStar for Windows

Last update 17 Apr 2004

New FAQ items (17 Apr 2004)
Added several new FAQ items and updated others (4-5 Jan 2004)
Added file format details (5 Jan 2004)
Updated export document text frames as individual wsx files macro (28 Jul 2002)
Updated headers in all main pages (21 Jul 2002)
New WordStar for Windows section uploaded (19 Jul 2002)
New Support and KB section uploaded (19 Jul 2002)
Removed original WordStar for Windows pages and support files (19 Jul 2002)

Updates to original WordStar for Windows pages (removed 19 Jul 2002)

Removed Woods-and-Waters as mirror of Paul Lankow's site (4 Mar 2002)
Added TLC WordStar for Windows support files (9 Feb 2002)
Added fix for disappearing mouse pointer to FAQ (8 Feb 2002)
Added fix for WordStar for Windows mail List starting with "Not enough space to create index" error to FAQ (8 Feb 2002).
Added details of "The Complete Designer's Toolkit For Windows" to the 'A Potted History of WordStar' article - included WSWin 2.0 (22 Jul 2001)
Added new WSWin Text Export Macro (20 Mar 2001)
Y2K Date Macro Updated (2 Feb 2001)
Y2K Patch for WSWIN.DLL added (21 Jan 2001)
Major Update to How-To Manual (31 Dec 2000)
Updated layout of on-line version of How To manual (27 dec 2000)
Added new help item for wrong font being selected (15 Sep 2000)
TLC ftp site no longer available, Resources page (23 Aug 2000)
Numerous page updates (10 April 2000)
Added Adobe Acrobat download link to Downloads Page (3 April 2000)
Updated Home Page and FAQ Page (2 Apr 2000)
Added new mail merge FAQ item (11 March 2000)
Updated auto-configuring Y2K Date Macro to allow system date format to be overridden, and to allow auto-insertion of ordinal day number suffixes (7 Feb 2000)
Updated auto-configuring Y2K Date Macro to allow day names in date format (6 Feb 2000)
Uploaded new version of simpler Y2K Date Macro (6 Feb 2000)
How To Manual (on-line HTML version) added. (23 Jan 2000)
Updated Y2K Date Macro, to allow punctuation in long date format. (21 Jan 2000)
Replaced Y2K Date Macro with more comprehensive features. (17 Jan 2000)
Updated Y2K Date Macro. (3 Jan 2000)

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The WordStar Command Emulator for Microsoft Word

Last update 23 Apr 2004

Corrected broken link to support forum in FAQ page (23 Apr 2004)
Updated and reorganised FAQ page (6 Feb 2004)
Updated Intro page (6 Feb 2004)
Updated WordStar to Word file converter information (22 Dec 2003)
Removed links to ZDNet review as this is no longer available (9 June 2003)
Updated FAQ for user name & serial number not being saved (26 Dec 2002)
Added link to EUROFont site for Remapper XP to FAQ page (14 Jul 2002)
Added registry edit to swap Ctrl/CapLock keys on Windows 2000 & XP to FAQ page (13 Jul 2002)
Corrected link to Compuserve on FAQ page (9 Jul 2002)
Updated links on FAQ (6 May 2002)
New and updated FAQ items (11 Jan 2002)
New and updated FAQ items (10 Jul 2001)
Updated link to Simtel.net download of trial version (22 Mar 2001)
Removed comment about CtrlPlus working in Windows 95 on WordStar Add-In & Utilities pages (28 Nov 2000)
Updated links to CtrlPlus key switching program & added Windows 2000 version on WordStar Add-In & Utilities pages (24 Sep 2000)
Added links to CtrlPlus key switching program (7 May 2000)
Added additional download link to Ken muldrew's Word 6 template (24 Mar 2000)
Updated link to on-line store (18 Mar 2000)
Added new download sites for evaluation version (11 Mar 1000)
Added new fax order form, and changed Register links to go to registration info page (9 Mar 2000)
Added link to icon downloads (2 Mar 2000)
Corrected problem with tutorial menu in NetScape (4 Feb 2000)
FAQ updated for version 1.1 of the Add-In (15 Jan 2000)
FAQ added links to WordStar template for earlier versions of Word (15 Jan 2000)
New keystroke command template made available for Word 6 (15 Jan 2000)
Minor page updates. (8 Jan 2000)

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Year 2000

Last update 3 Apr 2002

Updated email address for dBase III solutions (3 Apr 2002)
Y2K Patch for WSWIN.DLL added (21 Jan 2001)
No longer available links removed, and Microsoft KB links updates (5 Mar 2000)
New resource link added for DR-DOS & Novell DOS (13 Jan 2000)
Added extra links and details for MS-DOS (6 Jan 2000)
Added extra links and details for MS Windows (6 Jan 2000)

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