Comparison Ms. Word vs Corel WordPerfect

MS Word 6.0 was the first Windows word processor I ever used. At the time, I worked in a Bank, and I was happy that I didn't have to use it very often. I hated that it wasn't WYSIWYG. I found that vexatious (and still do). In later years, I changed careers, moving to I.T. Again, Word was the program I used (and received all my training in). Whereas before I didn't like it, now I hated it. I found that accomplishing (what I believed to be) simple tasks was unnecessarily difficult, and I was often exasperated by its inadequacies. I then moved to a new company; that company used WordPerfect. What a joy! Everything that I hated in Word was suddenly easy to accomplish in WordPerfect. In addition, it was a true WYSIWYG program. I then found Reveal Codes, and my conversion was complete.

Microsoft produced a White Paper (Word 97: Life after Reveal Codes), which tried to explain why you don't need Reveal Codes in Word , but it was nothing more than a lame attempt to justify the fact that Word can't produce the equivalent of Reveal Codes.

"Word is based on a hierarchical formatting system that allows the user to format based on the entire document, a section, a paragraph, or even character. The hierarchical architecture of Word does not allow for stream-based formatting like in WordPerfect".

NOTE: In complete contradiction to this, Word XP subsequently introduced a feature called 'Reveal Formatting' (in response to people decrying the fact that Word lacked a feature similar to Reveal Codes). You can read my thoughts on that in the comparison! :)

Anyway, when I added Reveal Codes to WordPerfect's other features, I became a devotee of WordPerfect; this feature alone is one of the main reasons WordPerfect has obtained such a devoted following.

Personally, I found this program amazing. Instead of wanting to throw my PC out the window, I was actually enjoying working with this program! It made my life easier, and I was continually astounded by the program's power AND ease of use.

I then bought a new PC and wanted Excel, so I purchased MSOffice 97 OEM with it; when I would come home and work on Reports or Assignments for courses I was doing, I would use Word 97. Grrrr. I hated it; Word 97 was just as bad as Word 6.0 and Word 7.0. I wished I could install WordPerfect 6.1 (which I was using at work) and use that instead of Word 97, but at that time, I was unaware that Corel allowed you to install a copy at work and at home. In total frustration, I took the plunge and went out and bought WordPerfect 8.0. Wow! I thought WP6.1 was good? WP8 introduced *so* many fantastic features that I went all-out trying to get my company to upgrade, which they did, but they waited for the soon‑to‑be‑released (at that time) Version 9.

Then, one day, I had a discussion with someone (who worked in the same building) who loved Word. Stunned, I mentally started to go through all the things that WordPerfect could do that Word couldn't (as well as the things that were so much easier in WP). At that point, I resolved to make a website comparing the 2 programs. My first comparison went online approximately 4 years ago, and since then, I've updated it to compare the 2 programs when a new version is released.

That's the background. Hope it wasn't boring! I'm sure you're itching to move on to the actual comparison, so I won't ramble any longer.

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