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WordPerfect is simply the best!
January 02, 2024

WordPerfect is simply the best!

Terry Ingoldsby | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with WordPerfect Office

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 documents (e.g., 50 pages). It has great capabilities for dealing with references and footnotes. I also like the fact that I can use the "Reveal Codes" option to see what tags are in the document and to edit them if need be. I also use Quattro Pro. It is not as powerful as Excel but often simpler to use. About the only time I don't use WordPerfect (or Excel) is if I need to send the raw (i.e., not PDF) document to someone outside of the organization. Such documents usually go in Word format. Although WordPerfect has the capability to save documents in Word format the translation is often not perfect and formatting is affected.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • WordPerfect allows me to more easily create documents exactly how I want them to appear.
  • Challenges with working in a "Word" world force me to have both products on my computers (in order to use Word documents).
  • The lack of compatibility with Word products can be a feature. If I have a presentation that I don't want to get passed around I do it in "Presentations". PowerPoint can't open it. It is a poor man's copy protection.
OpenOffice is great because it is free. For people on a budget you can't beat it. No question that WordPerfect is the superior and more powerful product, but not an option for everyone. Oddly, OpenOffice seems more capable at working with Microsoft Office format than WordPerfect.

Do you think WordPerfect Office delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with WordPerfect Office's feature set?

Yes

Did WordPerfect Office live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of WordPerfect Office go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy WordPerfect Office again?

Yes

WordPerfect itself is (IMHO) the best word processor available. Much easier to use (and I think, more intuitive) than Word. It can do things that Word struggles to do. That said, most of the world uses Word and improvements to the interchange functionality would allow it to be used in more situations. I realize that isn't easy - internally, the two products work differently and use very different data models.