Wordperfect behaves a bit different when working with the mouse pointer directly over a page. Quattro Pro and Presentations can also display the layout from their MS Office counterparts. Of course, you can always change the layout to a pre 2010 MS Word if you need to. Whereas a user has to search for the desired function in other programs, here the user can trust that he will not be hindered by the interface before learning where is what. Adding headings, images, footnotes and formatting text has never been easier for a newbie. PerfectExpert is a sort of a wizard tab that gives access to many functions grouped by relevance. Although it does not have that many features that hardcore MS Office users might be accustomed to, WordPerfect excels (excuse the pun) at text formatting.

All these have a cost so what makes it a viable option among the titan and freebies? Ease of use. WordPerfect X5 comes in an office bundle that includes a spreadsheet editor and a presentation creator. So what can WordPerfect bring to the table? Lately though, open source software like Open Office or Libre Office have become a very good alternative for the simple reason that they offer pretty much the same features and are free. Microsoft Word has been the most widely used word processor on Windows machines since ever. Corel WordPerfect has been around since the nineties, but has never actually surpassed the popular Microsoft office suite.

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