Home | Tips | Library | Other Authors | Other WP Sites | Writer's Links | Contact | Site Map | Donate

Toolbox image Barry MacDonnell's
Toolbox for WordPerfect

Macros, tips, and templates for Corel® WordPerfect® for Windows®
© Copyright 1996-2009 by Barry MacDonnell. All Rights Reserved.

Search this site for
Any word All words Exact phrase

Page updated Jun 16, 2009

Welcome!

What's here

Tips, Tricks & Techniques and
free
Macros & Templates

More than 100 WordPerfect for Windows macros and templates ... free for the downloading in the macros and templates Library. (This site is supported solely by donations.)

Blue bullet Hundreds of WordPerfect for Windows tips on the main Tips page and related pages. (An alphabetical list of related tips pages - those that deserve more than a paragraph or two - can be browsed here.)

The tips on this site are for a wide range of people, from beginners to advanced users. However, many of the methods are for intermediate and advanced users. You can simply skip over the advanced ones until you are more comfortable with the program.

If you are new to WordPerfect you should consider obtaining a good book on the basic features of the program, such as those listed below. Such books usually pay for themselves many times over by decreasing frustration and increasing productivity. Once you learn the basics, advanced information on this site will be more useful to you.

Blue bullet Lots of free items on the Other Authors page, such as John Land Esq.'s excellent collection of 160+ macros designed for law firms (and other users).

Blue bullet Many of the above are downloadable ZIP files or PDF files. (What to do with them? See below.)

Links

Blue bullet Visit the Other WP Sites page, including Corel support sites and free WordPerfect user groups such as WordPerfect Universe.

Blue bullet Writers may be interested in Other Sites of Interest to Writers.

Help

Blue bullet Got a problem? Need more help? Here are some general tips when you have problems or are seeking more information about WordPerfect.

Blue bullet Are you interested in creating your own templates or macros? See this page of links to various resources.

Recent additions to the Library

(All items are free. This is a donation supported website.)

Blue bullet FileLister (v1.0) - This macro finds all files of a given type (or all files) found in a specified directory/folder (optionally including subfolders), and then types a list of them into a separate document window. Uploaded 06/16/09.

Blue bullet LinkToURL (v1.01) - Automates the creation of an active hyperlink in a WordPerfect document from a selected Internet address (URL). Updated 05/27/09.

Blue bullet LinkNotes (v1.03) - This macro (part of the NoteTools suite) creates "round-trip" hyperlinks to let you quickly jump between a particular footnote or endnote number in a WPD or PDF document to the footnote or endnote itself -- and vice versa -- with a mouse click. Updated 01/30/09 to process documents where note numbers have been reset midway in the document (e.g., new chapters or sections) or where such annotated documents have been concatenated into a single document.

Blue bullet Calendars (v1.05)
A suite of macros that create monthly and annual calendars, formatted using WordPerfect tables. Updated 11/04/08 with new options.

Blue bullet HiLite
Five macros to assist in finding and highlighting words or phrases, apply (or replace) different highlight colors in a document, etc. Updated 07/08/08 with code to detect the new redaction codes in WordPerfect X4.

Blue bullet TabSet25 (v1.1)
A small macro that sets new tab stops every 0.25 inches, either at the very top of the document or starting at the current cursor location. You can also choose to set tabs Relative to the left margin or Absolute distances from the left edge of the page. Subsequent back tabs (<Shift+Tab>) allow outdenting text from the margin. Updated 12/19/07.

Blue bullet Code2Txt (v2.12)
A macro that can change text surrounded by WordPerfect format codes (e.g.,
[Bold On]...[Bold Off]) to text surrounded by user-defined plain-text markers (e.g., <B>...</B>) -- and vice versa. The first function is useful to convert WP format codes to HTML tags or to replace WordPerfect format codes with Folio, Ventura Publisher, InDesign, or Quark Xpress markup codes, etc. The second function does the reverse: It can convert user-defined text-markes to WP format codes. Updated 11/17/07.

... and more that 100 other items in the Library.

Etcetera ...  

Looking for a good book on WordPerfect? Try Amazon.com. Recommended for beginning users of WordPerfect 12 and X3/X4:

Recommended for intermediate and advanced users of WordPerfect 12 and X3/X4:

View a list of WordPerfect BOOKS on Amazon.com  
View a list of WordPerfect SOFTWARE on Amazon.com 
WordPerfect Universe Newsletter
What's new and different in recent versions of WordPerct


Blue bullet WPToolbox.com: Copyright and Distribution of Materials, Disclaimer, and Privacy Policy

Blue bullet Macros and Templates: Downloading, Documentation, Modifications and Support

Blue bullet About ZIP files

Blue bullet About PDF files: Some files are also in Adobe Acrobat format (.PDF), which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to open them. You may already have it on your computer, but if not, click here to download this popular (and free) software directly from Adobe.

Blue bullet Do you have the original release of WordPerfect 11 (i.e., version 11.0.0.233 as shown in Help > About WordPerfect)? See here for specific issues.

Blue bullet Notes to Windows Vista users:  WordPerfect Office X3 with Service Pack 2 (i.e., 13.0.0.568 as shown in Help > About WordPerfect) or later versions/builds of WordPerfect are the only WordPerfect programs that Corel officially certifies will work properly under Vista. Earlier, fully patched versions/builds might work under Vista, but there is no guarantee this will be true on your system. For information on WordPerfect's versions and specific builds for each version (the four-part number above), and the various Corel Service Packs available, see here. For some personal notes on running WordPerfect 12.0.0.602 under Vista (which requires a small, downloadable Microsoft patch file [WinHlp32.exe] to allow earlier Windows Help files to work under Vista), see this post on WordPerfect Universe.
     
After an automatic Microsoft update to Vista appeared to have caused a serious system crash on my computer with Vista Ultimate installed on a separate partition -- it would not boot into Vista and it could not be repaired from the Vista disc -- I removed Vista after eight months of light use. Restoring my system took almost two days. As a result, I will not be testing any tips, methods, templates, or macros under Vista until (and if) I get a computer with Vista pre-installed, which will probably be well into Vista's life cycle. [UPDATE October 2008: Now that Windows 7 is on the horizon, I will certainly not be supporting WordPerfect macros or templates under Windows Vista since I intend to wait for Windows 7 before buying a new computer, completely bypassing Vista.]

Blue bullet Other information

  • This product/publication may include images from WordPerfect® Office which are protected by the copyright laws of the U.S., Canada and elsewhere. Used under license. Corel and WordPerfect are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation or Corel Corporation Limited. All other product names, brands, or products are or may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or holders.
  • The Search Bar on these pages was provided as a free service by Atomz)
  • Links to Amazon.com provided in association with Amazon.com.
  • "Ads by Google" (or "Ads by Goooooogle") links provided by Google.com, which has sole control over ad content it displays on this site.


Barry MacDonnell's
Toolbox for WordPerfect
WordPerfect ® for Windows ® Macros, Tips, and Templates
http://wptoolbox.com

Visitor count (this page only):
Counter

 Page Top