Standard Solutions News Item

Letter to WordPerfect 5.1 Users

February 15, 2007

For years we have put off the decision to end development of WordPerfect documents and discontinue support. We know that many users are very comfortable with WordPerfect for DOS, and in the past some may not have had equipment capable of running the newer system. For these reasons, we continued support for WordPerfect for years beyond any other company in this industry. We are now at the point where we need to get the last small group of WP 5.1 users upgraded to merging documents in MS Word. There are several reasons for this: Continued development of WP 5.1 document projects has become technically and economically unfeasible. Standard Solutions is deep into development of our next generation of systems - the eventual replacement for Standard Conveyancer. (You can see images of new development at www.standardsolutions.com/new.) The WordPerfect 5.1 program dates back to 1989. Like other DOS products, it is getting more and more difficult to make work reliably on newer Microsoft operating systems and with modern printers. ALTA recently issued new title policy forms. All of the title companies are making major revisions to their schedules, commitments and endorsements. The old versions will be decertified June 30, 2007. Converting all the documents over to the new versions (with versions for the all the states we support) is a massive project that requires us to focus on the format that all of our clients will be using in the future. Because of the ALTA forms deadline, we are using June 30, 2007 as the deadline to have all of our clients still using WordPerfect upgraded to merging with Microsoft Word. Switching which word processor Standard Conveyancer uses to generate your documents is a relatively simple change. Clients who have upgraded to using MS Word appreciate the ease with which they can review their documents, develop new custom documents, and e-mail finished documents to clients. The latest Standard Conveyancer and MS Word updates make merging documents in Word fast and reliable. After your system is upgraded to use MS Word, you will still be able to use WordPerfect for any custom documents that you have only in the WordPerfect format. We plan on using the second half of 2007 to help you get your custom documents converted to MS Word before finally discontinuing WordPerfect support. We will be in touch with you shortly to discuss your firm's specific situation and to develop a plan to make this change as easy as possible.