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Paul
1 employee
Used more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
Reviewed June 2022
Outstanding Product but Suffers from MicroSoft's Dominance
Victor
Verified reviewer
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2018
WordPerfect...The best word processor, where you can maneuver the old or modern style
The biggest benefit offered by WordPerfect is the elimination of errors in the heavier documents, which in opportunities can be lost in other tools for the same market. in my experience WordPerfect helped me minimize work hours in the process of editing and controlling sequences of tables, images, figures, maps and other additional files of the printed work
PROSIn many cases, word processors generate errors due to their lack of compatibility with the regulations that must be applied to research documents. APA, Gost, ISO, Harvard standards, among others, come to complicate the completion of a work with more than 3000 thousand pages that include tables, graphics, images, appointments. Corel WordPerfect considers and shows the handling of this type of complications in a fluid way, in my experience I changed a month of text editing work for only two days. The cost of the software is quite competitive with the rest of the similar programs, it will not be very popular, but it is undoubtedly an excellent tool. Automatic management of margins for legal documents, Offers many options for focused texts such as stories, compatible with open writer and microsoft word, allows to export to pdf. They offer a download of the product for a month of testing, the software allows the change of the options menu to better suit the user's style. Sharepoint access to share products and allow simultaneous modification. If you have several sheets defined for the printed document, you can work with the adjustment option to adapt the size and layout of the font and the space between the lines, so that it does not exceed the number of sheets established.
CONSthe low popularity of corel products against the tools made by Microsoft is a point against WordPerfect, a finite universe of users appreciate it for the versatility it offers that places it above the performance shown by Office. The cost of the product is accessible for a number of considerable machines, for an individual user it is a bit expensive, the tool is focused on satisfying the requirements of companies, leaving aside the home market
Heather-Ami
Performing Arts, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2021
Came Pre-Installed
Very good program and product. Very affordable, compared to other systems of similar type.
PROSCame pre-installed on new office computer, so didn't have to waste any time setting up a new system. Simple to use, straight-forward features. Easy to transfer documents to other file types.
CONSSometimes the basic features we not enough for a specific project, and the staff would have to use a different program.
Reason for choosing WordPerfect Office
Pre-installed, easy to take program from one computer to another.
Reasons for switching to WordPerfect Office
This one was free, with a low renewal rate. Easy to use, and pre-installed.
David
Civil Engineering, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
2
EASE OF USE
1
VALUE FOR MONEY
1
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
2
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed December 2018
Used to be a fabulous product, and now are not as dependable.
I'm a professional engineer and have used WordPerfect/QuatroPro since 1991. I have depended on these products to create masterful documents with complex computational tables which have greatly simplified my work. 20 years ago WordPerfect made frequent improvements in their product. I've stopped using these products because they constantly crash, are arduous to get WP Tables to work well. It now takes much longer due to program glitches and frequent lockups, to get tables to work as they did before. I swore I'd never move to Word and Excel, but I've had to in order to get better performance then WP/QP. I'm done with Corel altogether.
PROS25 years ago I liked that WP kept improving their engine and add-ons. They ran flawlessly.
CONSWP is no longer smooth as it was and I sense no efforts to improve dwindling performance. They advertise the "Improved" WP upgrades but dont list a single improvement, because there arent' any.
Martina
Law Practice, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2023
WordPerfect office is still effective
I still love this program and its ease of use. It can also be converted to many other types of documents.
PROSWordPerfect office is great to use in a lot of settings. There are still some court systems that require the use of this program.
CONSIn a modern world, this program is becoming obsolete due to Microsoft Word.
Anonymous
501-1,000 employees
Used more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed March 2020
Good for document.
Wordperfect was good from the 1980s and the 90sbut as technology got better and more programs came out Wordperfect became obsolete.
PROSThe feature I liked most about Wordperfect was how user friendly it was and once you finished your project you can easily save it.
CONSThere are several things that I didn't really like and they were how it wasnt wasy setting the tabs you wanted and there are not alot of computers etc. That will work with Wordperfect.
Reason for choosing WordPerfect Office
At the time office 365 was just coming out and all rhe bugs were not all fixed yet.
Julie J
Verified reviewer
Financial Services, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2018
The best word processor
Overall, WP is far superior to its biggest competitor. I have used it since 1988 (version 4.0) and still use and prefer it as my go-to word processor. The suite also includes Quattro Pro spreadsheet and Presentations slide show and graphics software. It can import and export files to many other formats for compatibility. I have written several books and published them to PDF right from WordPerfect. I love this software.
PROSWordPerfect has Reveal Codes. This is by far the best tool to help you apply the exact formatting that you want. It allows you to see exactly what formatting is in your document. It makes it easy to drag out any formatting codes that you dont want. I can get the reshlts I want in this program. WordPerfect also has a powerful macro language that helps you automate so many tasks, such as creating custom documents based on criteria that you can answers to queries built In to the macro. You can use programming logic such as IF-THEN, WHILE, FOR, FORNEXT, etc. WordPerfect also has a very powerful merge feature that allows you to merge data into letters, envelopes, and other documents from data files.
CONSOver the years WordPerfect has leaned towards adopting features from its competitor, which has been pretty annoying to long time WP users.
Tony
Verified reviewer
Publishing, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed June 2019
WordPerfect is a superior word processor. Far more intuitive than Word.
A biggie...you can look behind the curtain. You can reveal the codes and more accurately perfect your document. It has a great search program to find something in current and past files. Also, I've written dozens of macros -- and used some of Corel's -- and assigned them to various keystrokes. I've been using WordPerfect for writing and editing and publishing for more than 30 years. Support is attentive past a year.
CONSIt used to have a better thesaurus. I used to be able to colorize the background; I can't now.
Barbara
Retail, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2023
Great Program, Poor Customer Support
Love the program and its capabilities and compatibility. Absolutely hate customer service.
PROSGreat features include reveal codes that make it easy to trouble-shoot formatting of documents. Intuitive commands.
CONSCustomer service. Once the program was sold to Corel, support went down the tubes. Can't answer questions, can't provide good feedback.
Reasons for switching to WordPerfect Office
Started with WP, switched to MSWord as it was preinstalled as part of Office. Even with upgrades, MSWord is simply not as intuitive.
Rex
Verified reviewer
Computer Hardware, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed December 2019
Can't Beat the Price! You Get ALOT!
It a great alternative to the leader, but more expensive software. It offers all the features needed by most people. The form creater is worth the pricer alone, and so is the enhanced PDF support and abilities.
PROSThe price is great! Full features of the leading software. It offers better PDF support than Microsoft Office. The ability to save all work in various formats allow for compatibility with just about everything you use. Great text and font application to create nice looking forms, etc. Use the form creating feature a lot.
CONSThe user interface can be a little cluttered. It does hang sometimes and you may need to restart the computer in order to get a better performance.
maxime
Verified reviewer
Civil Engineering, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2022
an excellent Microsoft office competitor
It is important to note here that this software is compatible with Microsoft office products and is perfectly adapted to PDF files
CONSWhat's really a shame with this software is that it doesn't have a free version and I find it expensive.
Michael
Law Practice, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed July 2021
New versions not Dragon Naturally Compatible
Overall WordPerfect is a tremendous workhorse. Since version 5, I have thought it’s the best word processor out there but I am changing my mind due to the failure of WordPerfect – at least in my mind – keep up with the times.
PROSSince I have used this version since WordPerfect 4, it is second nature to me. I find formatting for legal documents to be superior to Microsoft Word and of course reveal codes is indispensable. Automatic numbering and the ability to save two other word processing formats or PDF is very good.
CONSWordPerfect’s Spellchecker, Grammatik (grammar checker), Thesaurus, and dictionary haven't improved in the last five or more iterations. But what drives me nuts is WordPerfect's total disregard for Dragon Naturally Speaking (DNS). They make no attempt to have their product work with DNS. I made the mistake of buying version X9 and had to abandon it to return to version X8 because DNS hadn’t gotten around to making their v.15 compatible with version X9. I certainly didn’t buy the 2020 version and won’t buy the 2021. Okay so maybe it is Dragon Naturally Speaking’s fault but I am going to continue to use DNS. Out-of-the-box, DNS is compatible with Microsoft Word. Microsoft Word has a much greater share of the market and that continues to grow. Most of my staff has been with me a long time and are used to WordPerfect. But new hires and temps are not familiar with WordPerfect at all. Thank goodness WordPerfect converts to Microsoft Word or I would have no compatibility with many other law offices. While they keep improving their PDF compatibility – we use Adobe and Adobe is much slicker than WordPerfect. If you are going to be part of the 21st century you will start using voice dictation. My opinion is that the WordPerfect people are riding on their user base. They make some peripheral improvements and sell a new version but really aren't busting their b*tts to make major changes. The people at WordPerfect appear to be cruising and riding it until their user base disapp
Reasons for switching to WordPerfect Office
Because WP5.0 was by far the best at the time
Anonymous
1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2018
Compatible with ALL previous versions!
It has been very simple and easy to use. Key stroke shortcuts seem to carry over from some of the word software from year (I mean YEARS) ago. It's very easy to use, especially if you're just starting out using office software.
PROSThis is what I like MOST about WordPerfect software. It is compatible with any and all of their previous versions. No need to update or convert older documents when you move from one computer to another with different OS's. WordPerfect made this compatibility promise years ago, and they have stuck to it. I first heard of it over 20 years ago, and it still works on ALL their software products. By the way, their software is easy to use. It's easy to memorize key stroke codes, and again, all of them work similarly through all of their products. They're the best!
CONSThey don't offer as much variety as other brands, and they're not as popular in the market place, but once you decide you like them, you will be loyal for life.
John
Law Practice, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2019
Wordperfect: built for typists
It handles all of my word processing needs. Only recently have I had problems with converting documents between different platforms, which it used to do exceedingly well. Otherwise, no complaints.
PROSI primarily use Wordperfect Office as a word processor. It is perfect for anyone who is a typist, as opposed to accustomed to using control and function key shortcuts or mouse/touchpad or touch screen. It works well with all of those alternative input methods, but it really shines just with typing input. I have used it for almost 30 years through all of its revisions and upgrades and find it equally easy to use and functional.
CONSIt can be sometimes resistant to customizing but that is the only drawback I've ever found. The Office bundle used to be, I thought, unjustifiably expensive, but that no longer is the case.
Reason for choosing WordPerfect Office
I started with WordPerfect and just kept with it.
KENT
Legal Services, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2020
Love Wordperfect
I am an Attorney and find that Wordperfect meets my word processing needs very well. I recently hired an assistant who had used Word for a long time. After using Wordperfect for a month or so, she said she would never go back to Word. She said that it was much easier to use Wordperfect. That has been my experience as well.
PROSI have used Wordperfect since I started practicing law 30+ years ago. It is very user friendly, much moreso than its competition.
CONSIt doesn't integrate well with Amicus Attorney.
Reason for choosing WordPerfect Office
I started using Wordperfect on the recommendation of another lawyer. I have used it for 30+ years now.
Oliver
Legal Services, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2019
WordPerfect Office is a staple for law offices!
Overall, I've used this program since I could start using a computer. It's remained a great alternative for Microsoft Word. To this day, our law office uses both WordPerfect and Word.
PROSWhat I like most about WordPerfect is that it's a staple for law practices everywhere. Although some would say it's older and outdated for modern word processing, I would argue that it's in some ways better than Microsoft Word in that it's simplistic and provides the user more freedom to setup documents how they want it.
CONSWhat I like least is that this software is a bit dated. It's still useful, however, it doesn't work well on Macs which our office is currently running on. You need to have a PC to run WordPerfect to its fullest.
Mark
Construction, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2022
Wordperfect Office Alternative to MS Office
I have been using Wordperfect and Quattro Pro (the main suite programs) since the early 80's and have chosen to stay with this platform because of their ease of use and robust features.
PROSFull featured office suite. Wordperfect is superior to MS Word and I find Quattro Pro much easier to use than Excel and it's graphing and charting better than Excel's.
CONSThere is not a smart phone app to at least view the documents created with suite in the field, away from a connected computer.
Reason for choosing WordPerfect Office
More robust applications and familiarity with the WordPerfect Suite.
Charles
Chemicals, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2018
Great product and easy to use
We have used this software for years and each version gets a bit more capable while still being backward compatible with earlier documents.
PROSWordPerfect is a great word processing program Opens and saves Microsoft Word formatted documents natively. Reveal Codes feature is a life saver that is unknown in other applications Presentations is a useful offset to Powerpoint
CONSSpreadsheet program is not very useful Overall graphics support in WordPerfect is good, but complex highly formatted documents may freeze or exhibit random rendering artifacts.
Bill
Construction, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
1
EASE OF USE
1
VALUE FOR MONEY
1
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
1
Reviewed February 2022
Errored with new windows, 0 tech efforts
We hoped to use Corel office for our office administration but now switched over to another brand
PROSThe products wasted a lot of time in crashing with use of our spreadsheets
CONSThe tech assistance promises to look into the issues and offer help with out ever trying.
Reason for choosing WordPerfect Office
Use of product for 30 years. Reluctant need to switch.
Reasons for switching to WordPerfect Office
Corel technical support is completely unreliable now. Definitely stay away.
Frederic
Computer Software, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE