Customer Reviews
My Attorney Brother Says, if You're a Lawyer You have to have WordPerfect 
2008-06-26
My older brother is an attorney and so he's been a long time WordPerfect fan, but me, I've always used Word, I suppose because way back when, when I got my first computer it was already installed on it (I bought the machine used and it came with a ton of software). When I bought my first new computer, I bought Word and just kept upgrading.
However, now that I've tried my lawyer brother's favorite program, I have to say I kind of like it. Will it replace Word on my machine? Probably not, not because I think it's an inferior program, but because I have Word set up exactly the way I want and I guess I'm a creature of habit. I do, however, find myself going to WordPerfect more and more recently. I've had it about a month now and I use it for quick work, you know a note to myself, or a fast letter.
I think one of the reasons I go to WordPerfect, is because I really like the way you can select a section of your document, then roll over the fonts in the font menu and watch as the font in the selected area changes as fast as your roll down the menu. That is neat. If you're doing a flyer or anything that wants an exotic font, this is cool.
So, yeah, I do like the program. I use it and will continue to use it, but for now, for me, it's still
Word's little brother. But according to my brother, if you're an attorney, then you have to have this program, as it's the only WP out there that knows how to format legal documents.
WordPerfect Office X4 is GREAT 2008-06-22
I am a hands-on attorney, who drafts all his documents and have been a WP user since WP first came out and must have a reliable word processing program to do my work. It's WP's easy ability to allow its users to edit formatting codes using the "Reveal Codes" feature that, in my opinion, makes WP superior to the competition (which simply does not offer the ease of formatting printed pages that WP does). I was experiencing some runovers on the right margin (using the full justification format option) while printing to my Laserjet printer and "pdf" files and those same documents now print perfectly using WP X4. I recommend WP X4 to everyone who needs a reliable word processing program.
Lifetime WordPerfect Fan 2008-06-22
I've been a WordPerfect user since it's first DOS version I taught myself to use it on an IBM 8086 dual floppy PC purchased in 1984. WordPerfect had been recommended to me by a salesclerk when i was looking to buy my first PC and was testing the original Compaq luggage-size PC. I didn't buy the Compaq and I didn't buy WordPerfect as my first word processor. I bought a suite instead. I soon gravitated to WordPerfect and never looked back. I have bought every upgrade as it was released. I also own the latest Microsoft Office release but almost never use it. I especially like the word processor and the reveal codes feature. I'm glad Corel has kept this valuable product alive, up to date and fully competitive with the other products on the market.
Almost Like an Old Friend has Come Home 2008-05-30
I'm a Mac person, but I have Windows XP on my iMac (had Vista, made the switch back, but that's another story), so installing WordPerfect was no problem. It installed quickly and with just a couple clicks I had a document open in Unity Mode on my computer. Using Fusion, one can completely hide XP, so it seems as if Windows programs are running natively on the Mac. It's important for me to say this, because I am, after all, running Windows in emulation. But tell it to WordPerfect. It's jack rabbit quick on my Mac.
I compared it to Nisus Writer, the premiere made for Mac only Word Processor and speed wise to my eyes, WordPerfect was every bit as quick. Compared it to Word for the Mac, just as fast. Even a Mac guy could live with this program. Printing, you get exactly what you see when you have your document open in Page Mode. The spell checker is as nifty as they come. The word you're currently typing appears in a little box in a ribbon at the top (if you have it open), so you know instantly if you've misspelled a word, because not only is it underlined in read (if you have that feature activated,) but it's in red in that little box, click the drop down menu and you'll usually find the correct spelling. Very cool, very fast.
I didn't like the word count at the bottom of the document. It's not live. You have to click on it to get your count, both Word and Nisus Writer have live word counts and that's kind of neat. That said, that is the only feature I'm not happy with. My only other problem is how the text looks on screen. If you're a Window's person you'll be happy with it, but text on Macs just looks better.
Still, I'll keep the program, because I just kind of like it. It's got a refreshing interface, clean -- and also because years ago I used to use WordPerfect for the Mac exclusively, but Apple changed chips and WordPerfect abandoned the platform, so now it seems like an old friend has come home, even though he really hasn't. Anyway, WordPerfect was a five star program back then, it still is.
Jack Priest, author of Ragged Man, Gecko & Night Witch.
MS Office looking better and better 
2008-05-29
A migration to Vista forced an upgrade from WP12 to WPX4 for Vista compatibility. The product has some new features that are useful with PDF and navigating MS, but don't expect a lot from Corel support beyond 'do-this' and 'try-this' see if it fixes the problem. I've used WP since it's version 4 from the little company out in Orem UT ...but now migration to MS is no longer futile it's a better path than tolerating application crashes and shoddy support.
