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WordStar for Windows Updates
Introduction
This page lists updates that are available for WordStar for Windows, WordStar Personal Writer, and Xoom Word Pro.
| Additional WordStar Command Macros |
| WordStar for DOS Commands ^K and ^Q |
| If you like to use WordStar for DOS style commands when working in WordStar for Windows you can add a range of ^K and ^Q commands that aren't natively supported by WordStar for Windows. For further details and installation instructions see FAQ Q1017. |
| WordStar for DOS Commands ^U and ^Y |
| A set of macros to add the WordStar for DOS commands ^U and ^Y to WordStar for Windows are detailed in FAQ Q1018, which also details how to install these additional commands. |
| Combined Zip Archive for WordStar for DOS Command Macros |
| A single Zip archive containing all files for the ^K, ^Q, ^U, and ^Y additional commands is available for download from here. See FAQs Q1017 and Q1018 for installation of the included macros. |
| Import/Export Filters |
| Microsoft Word 6 Import Filter |
| WordStar for windows shipped before Word for Windows 6.0 was released. Word for Windows 6.0 had a different file format to Word for Windows 2.0 for which a filter was included with WordStar for Windows. A beta version of an import filter for Microsoft Word 6 is described and can be downloaded from FAQ Q1013. |
| Other Import/Export Filter Updates |
| Phillip Griffin-Allwood's Web site describes several other filter updates that you can incorporate if you can find the necessary files. |
| General |
| Wheel-Mouse Support |
| The Wheel on a Wheel-Mouse may not be recognised by WordStar for Windows. FAQ Q1005 offers a program that will add this support. |
| Mail List Update |
| WordStar for Windows Mail List Starts With an "Open Address Book" Error if the PC is using a UK keyboard. An update for the Mail List files is available from FAQ Q1037. |
| Y2K Updates |
| Template Macro |
| The template macro is supplied with WordStar for Windows and provides functions for creating calendars, etc. The date routines in the original macro are incorrect. This version corrects those errors. For full details of the corrected Template macro for WordStar for Windows see FAQ Q1027, which also provides the download link. For Xoom Word Pro see FAQ Q1030. |
| Insert Date Macros |
| The Insert > System variable... > Date... menu item in WordStar for Windows is hard coded for the 1900s. There is a Y2K patch to one of the WordStar for Windows system files that corrects many of the issues, but others still remain. There are two possible work-around macros that can be used as long as the date is inserted as fixed text. |
Full details are contained in the following series of FAQs: For Xoom Word Pro the equivalent FAQs are: Q1031 Xoom Word Pro for Windows 1.0 Y2K Patch for XMWIN.DLL FAQs Q1033 and Q1034 are common to both programs. |
Copyright © 1999-2005 Michael Petrie, United Kingdom.
