| You can use WordPerfect's file dialogs to perform basic file opening or closing or you can use it as a full blown file management utility. You first need to decide how you want to use the file dialogs. |
| Regular or Super Grade |
| The file manager in WordPerfect 7, 8 and 9 comes in two grades -- regular and super. The regular version (non-enhanced) is the standard Windows 95 file dialog. It is available in all versions of WordPerfect 8 and 9 but only in certain patched versions of WordPerfect 7. The regular version was added in a patch to address a problem with long filenames on Novell networks and to allow users to more quickly open the file dialogs. |
| Deciding Which One |
| If you merely want the ability to open and close files, use the standard file dialogs because they are much quicker to open than the enhanced dialogs. If you use WordPerfect 7 on a Novell Netware network with long file names enabled, you may want to use the standard dialogs to avoid the problem of opening a file or folder with a long name (more than 8 characters) located in a folder with a long name. |
| If you like easy access to QuickFinder and greater flexibility in viewing and managing your files, use the enhanced dialog boxes. |
| Whichever version you decide to use, I would suggest you read the section on the regular grade dialog box since just about everything in that section is also applicable if you use the enhanced dialog boxes. |