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RE: WordFinder for Word 5.0 (MSWD 4.0?)

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From: Pedro A. Lopez-Valencia
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1993 23:42
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WordFinder used to be bundled with all releases of Word 4.0x. It has never
being released with Word 5.xy. If you want to use it you need to obtain one
off two things: 

1. Obtain Font/DA  Mover version 4.1 from ftp.apple.com (or
bric-a-brac.apple.com) if your DNS server does not recognize the first
address, which I doubt). Sorry but I do not remember the path. If you want
to be nice please use a gopher client to browse their directories. It is
under /dts/something somebody out there might be able to pint you to the
right location there.  One single catch. Apple will not accept an FTP
connection from a machine without a DNS name, forget  plain IP addresses so
most desktop computers with direct internet access are useless. Use a UN*X
box instead. You can also get  it from a user group. The procedure should
be straight forward. Just press the option key before clicking  the open...
button.

2. Use ResEdit or Resourcerer or something like that (all warnings and
gipsy damnations appropiate come here ;->).

Patch *a* working copy of Word 5.xy with WordFinder. If you use a resource
editor, copy *only* the drv resource (the one with the suitcase icon in
ResEdit, just in case my memory fails). F/DA Mover takes care of that
itself. And Voila!
There you have WordFinder working within Word.  Nevertheless take note that
it may not work. There are anough code differences between Word 4.0x and
5.xy as to make WordFinder incompatible.  If you can not live with Word's
thesaurus, very decent BTW, buy a big one: WordMaster, WordFinder Pro or
Big Thesaurus (I use the latter, and sometimes I still go back to Word's
internal  Thes.).

Good luck.
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From: palopez@joline.umsl.edu (Pedro A. Lopez-Valencia)
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1993 17:42:16 -0600
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