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<hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 9:35:38 PM UTC-4, J. Clarke wrote:
> 
>>>> However you talk about your "old PC physically works reasonably well
>>>> but the software is obsolete and difficult to use for many tasks since
>>>> it is no longer compatible".  With what is it not compatible that is
>>>> causing you problems?
>>> 
>>> My MS-Word and Internet Explorer have a difficult time today.
>>> 
>>> For instance, I send Word documents to friends.  They could only
>>> open it as Read-Only due to the old version.  They could not get
>>> around that restriction without going to a lot of trouble.  
>> 
>> I don't see how that makes the software more difficult to use than it
>> was when you first got it.  It makes data interchange more difficult,
>> however Word supports a wide range of formats with more added with
>> every version.
> 
> As mentioned, the latest MS-WORD gives trouble when faced with
> a document produced by old versions of WORD.  You can get around
> it, but it's a pain.  In some corporate environments, you cannot
> get around it due to security restrictions.
> 
> In one transfer, the new WORD screwed up the pagination, and I
> had to waste time tinkering with the margins and other settings
> to get the pages to fit properly for printing.
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>>> As someone mentioned, I now use plain text files.  But things
>>> like italics and boldface get lost.  It's impossible to send
>>> a more formal document with headings and pagination.
>> 
>> I just tried saving a document in RTF format in Word for MS-DOS 5.5.
>> Word for MS-DOS can't show formatting except as a color change.  When
>> I opened the document with the latest version of Word, it came right
>> up with bold, italic, bold italic, and underline right where they were
>> supposed to be, looking much better than in Word for MS-DOS.
>> 
>> There is formatting that can be done with Word that won't carry
>> through to an RTF but for basic stuff of this nature it's fine.
> 
> Personally, I haven't had good luck with RTF.
> 
>  
>>> As to the Internet, more and more websites no longer operate
>>> on my browser.
>> 
>> So have you installed Firefox or Chrome?  More and more web sites
>> don't work on ANY Microsoft browser you know.
> 
> I am seeing fewer and fewer websites working with my PC.
> Unfortunately, Firefox didn't run well on my PC.
> 
> The reality is that today's computer business does not like
> old software or old hardware.  "They" keep introducing
> incompatibilities forcing end users to upgrade, even if
> their existing machines run just fine in isolation.
> 
> I know a fellow who runs an old version of LOTUS.  For himself,
> it works just fine.  But he no longer can send his spreadsheets
> to anyone else.  At one time Excel was able to read old LOTUS.
> No more.
> 

I used to use Lotus on OS/2. I had a lot of  WordPro files. Later I
discovered a free downloadable version for win which I used to convert them
all to Word, so I could use hem in LibreOffice.

-- 
Pete