Ferreting around further today, I came across this, which suggests that bad things will indeed happen if the documents are going to be at all complex or long. Better not go there, I guess.
There are alternatives: Nisus Writer 5.1.3/ 6.0.1 will work on anything from a 68030 to a ppc under Classic in X, while Nisus Compact will work under System 6, and apparently co-exists with Nisus 5/6 files fine. MacWrite Pro will work nicely under Systems 6-MacOS8.6 (I find it very unhappy under 9). WordPerfect 3.5e will work under MacOS 7-9, 68k or ppc. I could also, I suppose, draft text on any program I wanted, and then import the text into FrameMaker, which I have an old copy of, and deal with it there. I can, lastly, restrict myself to Word 2001, which might be good for peaceful relations later down the line with the publishers.
I thus have some options.
EDIT:
I just installed the converter and tried opening a Word 2001 file in Word 5.1 on a Quadra 650, MacOS 7.6.1. It starts the process, and then freezes the machine.
There are alternatives: Nisus Writer 5.1.3/ 6.0.1 will work on anything from a 68030 to a ppc under Classic in X, while Nisus Compact will work under System 6, and apparently co-exists with Nisus 5/6 files fine. MacWrite Pro will work nicely under Systems 6-MacOS8.6 (I find it very unhappy under 9). WordPerfect 3.5e will work under MacOS 7-9, 68k or ppc. I could also, I suppose, draft text on any program I wanted, and then import the text into FrameMaker, which I have an old copy of, and deal with it there. I can, lastly, restrict myself to Word 2001, which might be good for peaceful relations later down the line with the publishers.
I thus have some options.
EDIT:
I just installed the converter and tried opening a Word 2001 file in Word 5.1 on a Quadra 650, MacOS 7.6.1. It starts the process, and then freezes the machine.