Comments on: Who still uses Wordperfect?

By: JD Tobias

JD Tobias — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 06:39:00 +0000

I started using WP 4.1 (DOS 3.3). You just started typing. You could edit, make changes to segments of the document or the whole thing. You didn’t have to get into “EDIT” mode like in Word. I hate that you have to get into a special mode of working even in Word 97 and beyond (you type the document raw, finish, then edit, and hope to #$@!!! that Word doesn’t decide you changed styles, and changes stuff you want it to leave the $#(%! alone.) I fancy myself a writer (no one else does), and with WP, I get to concentrate on that. Oh, and the auto-backup has saved me SO MUCH grief.

By: Ruth Ann Olson

Ruth Ann Olson — Thu, 30 May 2019 00:24:34 +0000

I forgot to mention above the ability to program macros for corrections for a whole document completely adding “save” at the end and other little whims your heart makes up….can all be done with the macros even jumping from one document to another to continue corrections. This is something to create from one’s need and imagination.

By: Ruth Ann Olson

Ruth Ann Olson — Thu, 30 May 2019 00:21:28 +0000

I have used Wordperfect since its inception. What I like are the code screen to find how to correct a typo or other wrong editing. Find the code and erase it just like a letter and type in the correction. Same amount of effort. When I have had to use Word, I put Wordperfect on my computer as well mainly to find the codes surrounding errors. Document can be saved back to Word format. Editing errors is actually fun in WordPerfect….especially because it takes longer in Word to find and correct errors in large and small documents.

By: James Trent

James Trent — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 19:00:23 +0000

Nice to see this article. I’ve been using WordPerfect because Word was even invented. I have both programs in my computer but I hate Word. But I avoid Word and use it only when forced to. WordPerfect is so much easier to use.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 18:53:53 +0000

I used wordperfect for years and years, and loved it for all the reasons you outline above. But finally had to move over to Word while working on a book manuscript, because WP won’t support unicode, and publishers want manuscripts using unicode fonts. Too bad. I’d go back to WP in a heartbeat if they’d support unicode.

By: tony12345678

tony12345678 — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 00:06:50 +0000

Long-time WP user, from legal background. Yes, it’s the reveal codes. You can actually get into the document and see what’s going on and make it do what you want. You can get under the hood. Word, and MS in general, never trusts you to do that. You’re always just knocking around in the dark. It’s sad that the the inferior program has largely won out.

By: James B.

James B. — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:35:11 +0000

I’ve been using WP ever since version 4.2, will never go back…I also have MS Word, I find WP to be much more user friendly. Just selecting something as simple as a weird paper size in MS Word is almost impossible, try selecting a 6 inch by 4 inch for example. Rows and columns are easy. MS Word is an inferior product marketed extremely well. Mr. Gates is a marketing genius can’t fault him there.

By: Patty

Patty — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 02:45:34 +0000

Right here! I was raised on WordPerfect in the 80’s when I worked for law firms both as a temp and permanent legal secretary/paralegal. All of the law firms had it. I became intimate with Reveal Codes when I would diligently study documents that IT departments would create just to see how they worked their tech magic with templates, macros, etc. I learned so much on one temp job when I worked on a Supreme Court brief. Talk about Advanced Quantum Macros! I started my own business 25 years ago and took WordPerfect (and that magic) with me since I knew it like the back of my hand. But I felt kind of alone on this word processor island until I started reading articles like yours. I’m glad that you clarified some of the nuances and advantages because my time trying to figure out Word was short. I’m glad I didn’t waste anymore of it. For me, it was like night and day. I’ll continue to be a loyal power user to the very end!

By: Paul Hampson

Paul Hampson — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 21:12:18 +0000

Yes indeed, WordPerfect all the way. For all the reasons you listed, plus MS software was my only source of blue screens in NT4 so I still avoid it when possible. I still haven’t forgiven Novel for delaying WordPerfect for Windows more than a year, loosing the momentum to MS Office.