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TechTalk: Managing Legacy Files
One of the administrator's jobs is
keeping old documents compatible with new software. According to Moore’s
Law, the speed of computing doubles every 18 months.
Software changes rapidly, too. Before the dust has
settled on your business, the files you created 5 years ago may not
run on your current machines. In the 1990s, WordPerfect was
the preferred word processor. Most businesses and government offices
created their work in WordPerfect.
Word Perfect is not installed on a lot of computers,
today. In this example, the WordPerfect file has a plain icon since no program is associated with it.
Installing WordPerfect may not
be the best option. The goal is to update all of the files to the
current version of the software used in the office now. |
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