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

WPMD

The File Doctor for WordPerfect 5.x. Fixes corrupted WordPerfect 5.x document files (both DOS and Windows). Sometimes text disappears. Sometimes your computer locks up. Sometimes WordPerfect no longer recognizes the file. And sometimes other strange things happen. WPMD can usually figure out what the problem is and fix it. Version 3.0.

Download Wp5md.exe. Copy the self-extracting archive to a temporary directory, go to that directory, and extract the with the command wp5md.exe -d (the -d switch causes all the files to extracted into a separate subdirectory).

WPTools

20 utilities: COMMENTS, DISKFONT, ENDFOOT, FIXPRE, FONTFILE, FONTLIST,  IS5XDOC, LISTMACS, MAKETABS, MASTER,  MERGESUM, PRINTIT, PRSFONTS, STYLIST, STYLEUSE, TARGETS, WHATPTRS, WP5LOOK, WPGSIZE, and WPSNOOP. These are DOS programs, but they work with WPWin 5.2 files as well.

Download Wp5tools.zip. Extract the files in the archive to any convenient directory.

• COMMENTS Reads WP5 document files, extracts the comments, and writes them to a file or standard output.
• DISKFONT Searches a directory for specified soft font files and, optionally, lists descriptive information about the fonts it finds. This program crashes on modern Windows systems.
• ENDFOOT Converts all footnotes to endnotes, or all endnotes to footnotes, changing automatic references appropriately
• FIXPRE Removes deleted (and optionally other) data packets from the prefix of WP5 document files and removes deleted data packets from WP5 and other WPCorp) setup files (e.g., WP{WP}.SET). For document files, this will often facilitate changing the printer driver used with the file and shrink the file. Setup files grow as you modify your setup; FIXPRE shrinks them again. And FIXPRE sometimes helps when WP5 just seems to be acting strangely. Optionally deletes styles, initial codes, document summaries, and graphics.
• FONTFILE Lists the file names of the soft font files specified in a PRS file.
• FONTLIST Lists the names of the fonts used in a WP5 document and the PRS file the document calls for.
• IS5XDOC  Identifies WP5 document files
• LISTMACS Lists the names and descriptions of macros in WPM and WPK files (and the keys for WPK macros), optionally sorted. Also works with PP5 and DR macro and keyboard files.
• MAKETABS Converts an ASCII text file to a WP50 document, replacing spaces by tabs. Used with columnar material. This program crashes on modern Windows systems.
• MASTER Reads a WP5 master document and lists the unexpanded subdocuments it calls for or the expanded subdocuments it contains
• MERGESUM Makes a WP50 secondary merge file from your document summaries and DOS directory information. With Notebook or just WP5, a simple but effective document management system. This program crashes on modern Windows systems.
• PRINTIT Paginates and formats an ASCII text file for printing.
• PRSFONTS Lists and optionally numbers the names of the fonts available in a PRS file
• STYLIST Lists names and descriptions of styles, optionally sorted.
• STYLEUSE Lists the styles used in the text of a document. Lists the unused styles. Optionally deletes unused (or all) styles from the prefix. Optionally deletes styles from the text, leaving the codes added by the style.
• TARGETS Lists the automatic reference targets and references in a WP5 document file, indicating unreferenced targets and references to nonexistent targets. Shows page numbers.
• WHATPTRS Lists the printers described in ALL files, optionally sorted by printer name
• WP5LOOK Displays one or more WP5 document files specified on the command line, piped to the program, or entered in response to prompts. Particularly because files can be specified with wildcards, WP5LOOK may be more convenient than WP5 itself for browsing through WP5 documents. Also displays non-WP5 files. This program crashes on modern Windows systems.
• WPGSIZE Extracts and lists the dimensions of the image coordinate space for WPG files. Useful in getting the aspect ratio right.
• WPSNOOP Determines the file type of many files associated with recent WordPerfect Corporation products. For WP5 document files, lists the document summary and the PRS file. For macro files, lists the description. Optionally reveals the structure of WP5 document and set file prefixes. This program crashes on modern Windows systems.

More Tools

12 utilities: ADDPRS, AUTHOR, BOXFILE, CONCATWP, FREEZE, LFSD, MPSET, PRIMO, SHOWCODE, SHOWSET, STYLIB, and WFWP. These are DOS programs, but most work with WPWin 5.x files as well.

Download Wp5mrtls.zip. Extract the files from the archive to any convenient directory.

• ADDPRS A tool for network administrators, allowing selective updating of printer definitions in personal setup files from the definitions in the master setup file. More flexible than NWPSETUP.
• AUTHOR A tool for managing table of authorities marking. Generates (as a secondary merge file) a list of the full forms and associated short forms used in a document.
• BOXFILE Lists the graphics files a WP5 document uses.
• CONCATWP Combines a group of WP5 files into a single file, with or without separators between files. Useful for combining text and saving disk space.
• FREEZE "Freezes" styles, cross-references, and paragraph numbers, converting them to ordinary text so that they are no longer subject to change without explicit editing.
• LFSD Simulates WP5's List Files, but allows the files to be sorted in reverse date order (most recent first), date order, by extension, or by file name. For WP51 for DOS.
• MPSET Sets environmental variables in the DOS master environment. Aids communication between WP5 and other programs through environmental variables.
• PRIMO Converts merge codes to (bolded) ordinary text, for convenient printing and debugging of primary (or secondary) merge files. Much faster than the CODES macro.
• SHOWCODE Converts a WP5 file into more or less what you would see in Reveal Codes. A much more complete conversion than the CODES macro provides, and much, much faster.
• SHOWSET Lists most of the information in SET files. Find out what the default settings are without searching in WP5; print for future reference.
• STYLIB Helps manage your styles. Create a new style library by selecting styles from any or all of your existing style libraries and documents.
• WFWP Computes and lists the frequencies of words in WP5 files.

MacroAid

Seven utilities plus an integrating shell for those who write macros for WordPerfect 5.x (DOS) (or programs like PlanPerfect and Ed that use macros in a similar format). Includes MacAscii, which converts macros to ASCII text files or WordPerfect documents so that they can be edited in WordPerfect or an ASCII text editor, and also converts the ASCII text file or WordPerfect document back to a macro.

Download WP5mcaid.exe. Copy the self-extracting archive to a temporary directory, go to that directory, and extract the with the command wp5mcaid.exe -d (the -d switch causes all the files to extracted into a separate subdirectory).

• MACARGS Changes assignments to macro variables inside macros from the DOS command line. Example uses: (1) write self-modifying macros that store new information for later use, as for macros to number invoices consecutively; (2) customize complex macros for different users.
• MACASCII Converts macros to ASCII text files or WordPerfect documents so that they can be edited in WordPerfect or an ASCII text editor. MacAscii also converts the ASCII text file or WordPerfect document back to a macro. Allows editing of macros too big for the built-in macro editor; editing of SH macros without ED; easy printing of macros; use of powerful text processing and editing tools readily available for ASCII text files.
• MACCALLS Lists the files required by {CHAIN}, {NEST}, and {SHELL MACRO} commands in a macro and the files required by these files.
• MACCRUSH Compresses macros by eliminating comments and the tabs and spaces used only for formatting; replaces variable names and labels with two- character names and labels. Makes your macros load and sometimes execute faster.
• MACCHANG Changes the product type and version numbers stored within macros. Changing your carefully developed WordPerfect macros to PlanPerfect macros, for example, sometimes results in a working PlanPerfect macro and should always at least make the conversion process easier.
• MACFIND Searches for text strings, macro commands, and key commands in macros specified with wildcard file specifications.
• MACREF Provides a cross-reference listing of a macro -- a file with a line- numbered version of the text of the macro and a listing of each macro command, key command, variable name, shell variable name, label, and called file, with the line numbers on which each appears. An essential tool for the development and debugging of complex macros.

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