As per my EDIT which for some reason I stuck at the top of the post:
It's up and running, and at first glance is so good that I might even part with some money for it.
There's no doubt that I've let myself get waaaaaaaaaay behind. WPerfect is like a comfy jumper . . . I live in it.
The install was a bit tedious, due to the drunk writing and a MAK key which wouldn't paste, and when typed in started the install procedure over a good install. The sheet you have to print out clearly states Open the Word Processor and Bla bla bla. If you can open it, one would think they'd know that the user had installed the thing already.
Anyway, it's reading the 03 files from my mate in Ireland. I don't know if this is new, but when I go to open his .doc file from Explorer, it offers EDIT. This is all you can do on the quick menu. When you go into this presumably safe reading mode, it then tells you it came via the internet and might be dodgy. Click to let it pass, and Bob's yer uncle. Sensible, that.
It's full of toys, and some of them I love already. Very quick change to book format, and the right click offers a pair of menus that have things I use all the time.
It runs the old files, but offers you the chance to upgrade them. Oo,er. It might not let you read the result on an 03 copy after that. I'll have to send my mate one and see if it runs and looks Okay.
Well, it's gone 1 am and I still haven't reviewed his chapter. Back to my new toy.
Oh, thanks,
jimtherev