Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Geek Talk & Media
Digital vs physical media which do you prefer?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 9250457" data-attributes="member: 4348"><p>Hmm, Microsoft I think was using Multi-word but that is just Microsoft Word and became such in the early 80s. For Excel type stuff there was Multiplan. There were several other programs that you may have used though if it was later than that. They were not necessarily released by Microsoft, but they MAY have come on computers that were PC's and released by other companies (such as Tandy's, HP's, Emachines, etc.).</p><p></p><p>You had Wordstar and it's adjoining items that was very popular until Wordperfect and the Corel Wordperfect Suite/Office which also had Quattro Pro (VERY Popular). Prior to Windows becoming popular these were probably the forefront of programs.</p><p></p><p>Because of their popularity there ARE programs that will convert them on the internet to MS files or Libreoffice files. That said, the Wordperfect programs are hard to convert so when doing so, I'd make a copy and use the copy to try to convert rather than the originals.</p><p></p><p>PS: If it was Quattro Pro, I also feel your pain. That program was probably still superior to Excel and there are some things that STILL don't really convert over right, even with conversion programs.</p><p></p><p>PPS: I used to be hardcore Word Perfect, Quattro Pro, and Netscape back when Windows first came out. I was a hard to convert person to Microsoft programs and only did so because the popularity eventually forced me to for some work items. Today, I'm slowly trying to migrate off of them and am using Libre office more, but still need to use MS office occasionally for others.</p><p></p><p>My grandkids (new fangled tech kids) are not even using MS stuff, they use Google (office??) for all their stuff it seems these days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 9250457, member: 4348"] Hmm, Microsoft I think was using Multi-word but that is just Microsoft Word and became such in the early 80s. For Excel type stuff there was Multiplan. There were several other programs that you may have used though if it was later than that. They were not necessarily released by Microsoft, but they MAY have come on computers that were PC's and released by other companies (such as Tandy's, HP's, Emachines, etc.). You had Wordstar and it's adjoining items that was very popular until Wordperfect and the Corel Wordperfect Suite/Office which also had Quattro Pro (VERY Popular). Prior to Windows becoming popular these were probably the forefront of programs. Because of their popularity there ARE programs that will convert them on the internet to MS files or Libreoffice files. That said, the Wordperfect programs are hard to convert so when doing so, I'd make a copy and use the copy to try to convert rather than the originals. PS: If it was Quattro Pro, I also feel your pain. That program was probably still superior to Excel and there are some things that STILL don't really convert over right, even with conversion programs. PPS: I used to be hardcore Word Perfect, Quattro Pro, and Netscape back when Windows first came out. I was a hard to convert person to Microsoft programs and only did so because the popularity eventually forced me to for some work items. Today, I'm slowly trying to migrate off of them and am using Libre office more, but still need to use MS office occasionally for others. My grandkids (new fangled tech kids) are not even using MS stuff, they use Google (office??) for all their stuff it seems these days. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Geek Talk & Media
Digital vs physical media which do you prefer?
Top