Pros and Cons of WordPerfect Office 2025

Overview

What is WordPerfect Office?

Canadian company Corel Corporation offers the long extant WordPerfect Office Suite for word document, pdf and spreadsheet generation, touting epublishing features, rich presentation capabilities, and compatibility with more ubiquitous (e.g. Microsoft Office) word processors and office suites.

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WordPerfect is simply the best!

Rating: 9 out of 10

January 2, 2024

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

I use WordPerfect Office for pretty much all internal documents and for documents that will be converted to PDF for clients. I particularly prefer WordPerfect for large docume...

Terry Ingoldsby

Partner - Research & Development

President

Amenaza Technologies Limited

30 years of experience

Addicted to WordPerfect

Rating: 6 out of 10

December 21, 2023

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

IMHO, WordPerfect is still the best word processing software ever made. It makes formatting easy (important for lawyers) and "reveal codes" allows the user adjust the appearan...

Donald Wall

Professional - Legal

Principal

Donald R. Wall

40 years of experience

WordPerfect, a better office

Rating: 10 out of 10

November 24, 2021

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

I use it as my primary office suite.

David Reese

Professional - Other

Owner

Reese Accounting

28 years of experience

WordPerfect Office, Still the best word processing application

Rating: 10 out of 10

March 16, 2020

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

We use WordPerfect Office throughout our organization as the primary Office Suite. As a word processing application, it is unparalleled. Microsoft Word is slightly better for ...

Herm Harrison

C-Level Executive - Corporate

Vice President

Foster Transformer Company

35 years of experience

WordPerfect Office the ultimate word processing application

Rating: 9 out of 10

March 14, 2020

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

WordPerfect Office provides an alternative to Microsoft Office using one of the best word processing application. The ability to get a clear document without a lot of the Micr...

Richard Baroniunas

Consultant - Research & Development

Owner

Baron Software Services

25 years of experience

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What is WordPerfect Office?

Canadian company Corel Corporation offers the long extant WordPerfect Office Suite for word document, pdf and spreadsheet generation, touting epublishing features, rich presentation capabilities, and compatibility with more ubiquitous (e.g. Microsoft Office) word processors and office suites.

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No setup fee

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Free Trial
Free/Freemium Version
Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Microsoft 365

$5

Per User Per Month

What is Microsoft 365?

Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) is a Microsoft Cloud subscription service that includes Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, and Access). The software can be installed across multiple devices and ensures that users always have the most up-to-date…

Zoho Workplace

$20

per month (for the 5 user minimum)

What is Zoho Workplace?

Zoho Corporation offers their suite of collaboration and productivity apps, and messaging tools: Zoho Workplace.

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WordPerfect Office X8 is the legendary office leader for creating impressive documents, presentations, spreadsheets and more. With built-in PDF functionality, enhanced Reveal Codes and New from Template, you'll have all the support and tools you need to work faster and smarter...

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Canadian company Corel Corporation offers the long extant WordPerfect Office Suite for word document, pdf and spreadsheet generation, touting epublishing features, rich presentation capabilities, and compatibility with more ubiquitous (e.g. Microsoft Office) word processors and office suites.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 8.4.

The most common users of WordPerfect Office are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).

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WordPerfect is simply the best!

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

January 02, 2024

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Terry Ingoldsby

President

Amenaza Technologies Limited (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

30 years of experience

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Pros

Reveal codes - see what tags are affecting formatting
References and footnotes
Generation of table of contents (on large documents) - a bit tricky to use but powerful

Cons

WordPerfect needs to improve its interoperability with Word. OpenOffice does this better than WordPerfect Office (WP), so WP should be able to as well.
The "Presentations" tool (part of the suite) is great for simple presentations but not as powerful as PowerPoint. It hasn't seen significant enhancements for some time and could benefit from them.
Examples of how to use the "references" feature would save people time in trying to figure out how to use it.

Addicted to WordPerfect

Rating: 6 out of 10

Incentivized

December 21, 2023

DW

Donald Wall

Principal

Donald R. Wall (Legal Services, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

40 years of experience

Pros

auto-paragraph numbering
macros are easy to create
templates save a lot of time
allow formatting changes easier with "reveal codes"

Cons

conversion from Word is problematice to put it kindly
it doesn't offer formatting options over the words, only in the toolbar
track changes is compared to Word is weak

WordPerfect, a better office

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

November 24, 2021

DR

David Reese

Owner

Reese Accounting (Accounting, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

28 years of experience

Pros

Reveal codes
Quattro has better built-in tools than Excel
WordPerfect gives you more control over formatting than Word

Cons

Natively printing to PDF
using Word documents
Better Excel file use
No e-mail client

WordPerfect Office, Still the best word processing application

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

March 16, 2020

HH

Herm Harrison

Vice President

Foster Transformer Company (Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

35 years of experience

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Pros

Desktop Publishing
Document Templates and Projects
File Security

Cons

Quattro Pro, wholly adequate, but beginning to lag Excel
No integrated eMail program.
Database (does anyone use these anymore) hasn't been updated in years.

WordPerfect Office the ultimate word processing application

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

March 14, 2020

RB

Richard Baroniunas

Owner

Baron Software Services (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

25 years of experience

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Pros

Built-in publishing to PDF, that supports hyperlinks and watermarks.
Real-time previews of formatting options.
The Variables feature allows a variable or placeholder to be placed in multiple locations in a document.

Cons

Quattro Pro needs to be improved over Microsoft Excel.
Paradox Database has not been updated in the past 9 years.
Presentations works but not as well as PowerPoint.

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