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To: rey

I can’t answer your question, but will offer a remark.

I started off with WordPerfect, self-taught, and liked it. However, when I would send a WP document to a client as an email attachment, I would get a complaint that they couldn’t open it; my clients all seemed to be using MS Word. So I was forced to switch to Word to keep my clients happy. That was years ago.

It has been a long time since I have used WP, but at that time I did not have the impression that it was in anyway inferior to Word.


7 posted on 01/18/2017 2:10:13 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: SharpRightTurn; rey
I started off with WordPerfect, self-taught, and liked it. However, when I would send a WP document to a client as an email attachment, I would get a complaint that they couldn’t open it; my clients all seemed to be using MS Word. So I was forced to switch to Word to keep my clients happy. That was years ago.

Same here. When I first joined the computer services staff at the governor's office, Word Perfect was the preferred application. Within a few years, we encountered the same problem exchanging documents between different offices and switched to MS Word.

One of the greatest features of WP was Reveal Codes. It opened a window into the code and streamlined the process of troubleshooting issues in lengthy documents. The same feature on MS Word is worthless. The big difference in approach between the 2 applications is in the approach to formatting. With WP, you "turn on" a feature (italics, bold, etc.) then then it off while you are typing. In MS Word, you format text and paragraphs AFTER you have completed the document.

17 posted on 01/18/2017 2:22:31 PM PST by NYer (Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy them. Mt 6:19)
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