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Software by Seidman Utilities for WPDOS 6.x

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This page contains full descriptions of the Seidman Utilities for WordPerfect for DOS 6.x. See a separate page for the tools for WPDOS 5.x.

Doctor6

The File Doctor for WordPerfect 6.x. Version 2.0 (May 1996). Diagnoses and fixes corrupted WordPerfect 6.x document files. Sometimes text disappears. Sometimes your computer locks up. Sometimes WordPerfect no longer recognizes the file. And sometimes other strange things happen. Doctor6 can usually figure out what the problem is and fix it. Includes the SAVETEXT utility, for saving text Doctor6 cannot save, and TESTSIX, for high speed diagnosis of multiple files, and TEST6.DLL, so you can include Doctor6's diagnostic functions in your own programs and WPWin 6.0 macros.

Download WP6doct.exe. Copy the self-extracting archive to a temporary directory, go to that directory, and extract the with the command wp6doct.exe -d (the -d switch causes all the files to extracted into a separate subdirectory).

6tools

The complete (registered) version contains fifteen utilities, BOOKS, COMMENTS, DOCINFO, FONTLIST, MERGESUM, SIXPRE, SIXTXT, SWAPREF, STYLIST, TARGETS, TEXTSIZE, WP6LOOK, WPMCRUSH, WPMSUM, and 5or6.

Download WP6tools.exe. Copy the self-extracting archive to a temporary directory, go to that directory, and extract the with the command wp6tools.exe -d (the -d switch causes all the files to extracted into a separate subdirectory).

• BOOKS Writes a list of the bookmarks in a WP6 document, including each bookmark's type and the number of the page on which it appears.
• COMMENTS Reads WP6 and WP5 document files, extracts the comments, and writes them to standard output, indicating the pages on which they appear.
• DOCINFO Extracts and lists useful information about WP6 document files.
• FONTLIST Writes a lists of the fonts used in a WP6 or WP5 document and shows the PRS file the document calls for.
• MERGESUM Makes a WP6 secondary merge file (data text file) from document summaries and DOS directory information, creating a simple document management system.
• SIXPRE Removes deleted (and optionally other) data packets from the prefix of WP6 document files and removes deleted data packets from WP6 .SET files. SIXPRE will often significantly reduce the size of files. It optionally deletes styles, document summaries, and printer-related information.
• SIXTXT Removes unnecessary bytes from the body of a WP6 document, making the document file smaller.
• STYLIST Lists names and descriptions of styles, optionally sorted.
• SWAPREF Changes automatic cross references from one type to another (such as footnote to endnote).
• TARGETS Lists the automatic reference targets and references (and their page numbers) in a WP6 document file, indicating unreferenced targets and references to nonexistent targets.
• TEXTSIZE Shows the size, in bytes, of the prefix and the body of WP6 and WP5 document files.
• WP6LOOK Displays one or more WP6 (or WP5) document files specified on the command line, piped to the program, or entered in response to prompts. WP6LOOK may be more convenient than WP6 itself for browsing through documents. Also displays other kinds of files.
• WPMCRUSH Reduces the size of macros by deleting unneeded prefix data and optionally eliminating the macro source code.
• WPMSUM Writes document summaries to standard output for reading, printing, or processing in useful ways. Can read document summaries in protected macros, which WP6 and other programs cannot.
• 5or6 Allows batch files to identify WP6, WP5.1, and WP5.0 files.

7to6

WordPerfect 7, 8, 9, and 10 by stores its document files by default in WordPerfect 6.x format. But these programs include an optional "native" or "compound" format that wraps the 6.x document inside an OLE wrapper. 7to6 extracts that document and writes it to a separate file, so that programs that do not understand OLE wrappers, such as earlier versions of WordPerfect and the Software by Seidman utilities, can process it. 7to6 is not shareware. It is copyrighted freeware.

Download WP7towp6.exe. Copy the self-extracting archive to a temporary directory, go to that directory, and extract the with the command wp7towp6.exe -d (the -d switch causes all the files to extracted into a separate subdirectory).

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