You won't find a bigger bargain than this combination of this WordPerfect for Linux Bible and the Personal Edition of WordPerfect 8 for Linux software. Mix in the latest KDE desktop environment and a printable listing of the fonts on your CD, and you're ready to do some serious work in Linux!
IMPORTANT: To install WordPerfect and KDE, you must have Linux already installed.
Installing WordPerfect for Linux Personal Edition
The full Personal Edition of WordPerfect 8 for Linux on this book's CD offers a powerful office solution with an amazing array of features.
System requirements to install and use the WordPerfect 8 for Linux are:
* X86 processor; 486 DX 33 or higher (Pentium processor or higher recommended)
* Linux release 2.0 or higher
* libc5 properly installed
* X Windows properly installed and configured
* 9 MB memory for first user
* 43-87 MB hard disk space
* 32 MB minimum swap space
To install WordPerfect 8 for Linux, follow these steps:
1. Start Linux.
2. Type startx to launch your X Window system.
3. Insert the WordPerfect for Linux Bible CD into your CD-ROM drive.
4. Open a terminal window and mount theWordPerfect CD by typing the command mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom. (Note: The CD mount directory "/mnt/cdrom" may differ on your system.)
5. Go to the /mnt/cdrom directory (or the directory you specified) by typing cd /mnt/cdrom in the terminal window. Then type ./install.wp to start the WordPerfect setup program.
6. Follow the onscreen instructions to install WordPefect for Linux.
Complete installation instructions can be found in Chapter 1 of the WordPerfect for Linux Bible, "Getting Up and Running."
If you're already using the free download version of WordPerfect 8 for Linux, install the Personal Edition software to enjoy additional features, including drawing and charting tools, the equation editor, ExpressDoc templates, the font installer, and a large number of fonts and graphics. (To remove the download version of WP 8 for Linux before installing the Personal Edition, just delete the WP directories and the .wprc directory.)
Installing KDE Desktop Environment
KDE (the K Desktop Environment) provides an ideal desktop platform for running WordPerfect for Linux. It comes with a powerful X Window manager and tons of applications, including a file manager, an extended help system, a text editor, viewers, an organizer, a CD player, an e-mail client, a news reader, and lots of games. You name it, it's there!
KDE runs on all the major Linux distributions. You'll find the X86 version of KDE 1.1 for Red Hat 5.1/5.2 on this book's CD in the KDE Red Hat directory.
To install RedHat KDE, follow these steps:
1. Open the KDE RedHat Linux directory.
2. Run the three installation scripts as described in the accompanying README file.
If you're running another Linux distribution, such as S.u.S.E, Caldera, Debian, or Slackware, you can go to the KDE Web site at http://www.kde.org for information on the free version of KDE 1.1 that runs on your system. The latest KDE distribution files can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/latest/distribution/.
Please note that KDE is not required to run WordPerfect 8 for Linux. Any other X Window manager or X desktop environment can be used.
If you've got more questions about KDE, you can check out the latest KDE FAQ at http://www.kde.org/faq/kdefaq.html.
Installing and Using the WordPerfect 8 for Linux Fonts
Every font used in WordPerfect first has to be installed in WordPerfect for Linux. The initial WordPerfect installation installs only basic text fonts plus the special WordPerfect characters and symbols (see "Using Special Characters and Symbols," later in this chapter). To access all the WordPerfect fonts that come with your CD, follow the installation procedures described here. Follow the same procedures to install Type 1 fonts you may have elsewhere on your hard drive or on another CD.
To install fonts for use in WordPerfect:
1. Start WordPerfect with the Administrator startup option (-admin), as described in Chapter 1.
2. Click Format @@> Font, then click the Install Fonts button.
3. Select the font type to install:
* Type 1 to install Type 1 PostScript fonts, such as those on your WordPerfect for Linux Bible CD.
* HP LaserJet to install bitmapped HP LaserJet fonts. These fonts come in many styles, but always have a fixed size.
4. Change the Font Directory and the .pfb Directory to the directory with the fonts you're installing (on the WordPerfect for Linux Bible CD, this normally will be /mnt/cdrom/fonts.)
5. Select the fonts you want to install from the Available Fonts list, then click Install. (If you don't see any fonts, make sure you specified the correct fonts directory.)
6. When prompted, click Yes to copy the fonts to the fonts directory, so WordPerfect will be able to find them.
7. When prompted, exit the font installer and restart WordPerfect.
After your fonts are installed, switch to WordPerfect and open the document "Linux Fonts.wpd" in the fontslist folder on the CD to display and print examples of the 184 fonts.
