[mso] Re: Suggestions needed from Word Perfect converts

Yep, WordPerfect has templates and has for quite a while -- maybe since 
version 6?  And.... those folks could have copied and pasted from Excel 
right into WordPerfect.  They evidently didn't know they could !!  

Linda F. Johnson wrote:

>Their job is mostly preparing financial reports for clients....up until
>now they have been manually typing the info they receive in Excel files
>into Word Perfect letters....so, I KNOW I can automate this for them since
>Excel is going to be way more compatible for them in Word than in Word
>Perfect (imagine receiving data in an Excel spreadsheet and manually
>retyping all of that into a document....what a waste of time...LOL)  They
>emailed me a Word Perfect document they had done (along with the Excel
>spreadsheet that they used to get the data), where they manually typed all
>the Excel data in, using tabs to set it into columns....Evidently, they
>have a standard letter they retype for EVERY client and put all of this
>stuff in by TYPING....I just made a Word template with all the basics in
>it and quickly copy/pasted the stuff in from Excel and did one entire
>5-page letter in less than 5 minutes...now, I KNOW manually typing each
>letter in it's entirety HAS to take longer than five minutes, no matter
>how fast you type....so, I'm pretty confident I can show them that this
>will be easier and faster for them.  I have to wonder why they never used
>a template...doesn't Word Perfect have templates?  Why would they do this
>manually when 3/4s of the letter is the same for every one they do?
>
>Anyway...if anyone has a link for the best collection of Word keyboard
>shortcuts, I'd appreciate that...otherwise, I think I'm all set.
>
>Thanks again for all your input .... Now if I can just deal with their
>"attitude"....*sigh*
>
>Linda
>Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers
>Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop
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>
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