WordPerfect Office 2002 Professional Edition Upgrade

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Customer Reviews:

WordPerfect: Better Control In Document Prep [Posted on 2002-06-16]
Anyone who is serious about controlling what happens with a document should choose WordPerfect. It is the most complete wordprocessor when it comes to control of page design. Don't let the ease-of-use people fool you. The so-called trade-off for ease with Microsoft Word (which I do not concur with) will result more often with frustration when it is time to assemble something serious like a thesis or resume. If you want a more feature-rich application, WordPerfect is the one to choose. If you are afraid of controlling the structure of your document, let someone who isn't do your typing for you, but have them do it in WordPerfect.

Wordperfect beats Word Hands Down [Posted on 2002-08-20]
This review is strictly on the WordProcessor. I've yet to encounter anything good that Word does near as well as Wordperfect. Tables, formating, merges etc.

If you want to promote capal tunnel syndrome with obsessive mouse use, WORD has a substantial advantage. Its fun to watch the WORD 'experts'. With an absolute minimum use of quickkeys, the WORD Expert is constantly putting their offhand on the hip, leaning back and fooling with the mouse- a true model of efficency {NOT!}. Mircosoft assumes the user is too dumb to learn quick-keys and insteads touts "Ease-of-Use" mouse work.

WORD is like AOL, everywhere and charging prices based on the label rather than the quality.

footnotes . . . [Posted on 2002-09-04]
Apart from "reveal codes", without which I feel lost, one of the things I like best about WordPerfect is that it manages to get 98% of footnotes on the right page - as against Word which is always putting footnotes on the next page, or spilling them on to two - and on occasions three - pages. If you prepare camera-ready copy, or if you are writing a thesis and don't want to annoy the examiner unnecessarily, this is a big plus.

A BIG disappointment [Posted on 2002-09-14]
I'd like to give this no stars at all.

As a long time user of Corel programs, it pains me to say Corel's Office2002 program is by far the worst software I have ever used. It is plagued with problems, among them:

1. The serial number accompanying the Upgrade program is incorrect. You have to call Technical Services to get a valid one.

2. Corel says the program requires 128MB RAM. At that level, the program will not run unless you close all other programs, including the Windows status bar. Also, it will not print documents. I had to buy more RAM for my system to resolve these problems.

3. If you are installing it over an older version of Corel's Office, both versions appear, and conflict with each other. When I uninstalled the old version after installing the new one, the new program wouldn't run. This required another expensive call to Technical Services to resolve.

4. Corel is in Canada - calls to them are charged at the international rate. Also, several times I got "all our service representatives are in a staff meeting, please call later" during the day (0800-1700 Eastern Time). The phone charges to get the information needed to install the program and get it at least minimally functional cost almost as much as the price of the program.

5. The advertizing for the program says Paradox will open Microsoft Access files and Presentations will open Harvard Graphics files. It does not say these functions are not in the normal installation procedure. Corel will send instructions, not included in the original documentation, to install the extra import filters needed to open Harvard Graphics. They will also send instructions for a very complex, time consuming procedure needed to convert an Access file every time you use it.

6. The program is very unstable - it crashes on an average of every 30 minutes. When it crashes, it usually crashes the entire system, and the automatic save does not work - you lose everything from your last manual save.

7. You have to open the Windows Task Manager and manually close the "Printserver" multiple times while using one of the application programs.

8. You cannot print multiple documents in one continuous operation. You have to close the WordPerfect program, and reboot the computer before and after each "print" operation.

9. WordPerfect 10 is incapable of opening older WordPerfect documents that contain graphic images. It won't open the document, and corrupts the file so that it is unreadable by any program. I lost a half dozen files with a logo before I realized what was happening. When I need to update one of those files, I have to transfer it to another system with an older version of WP, or open it in MSWord, delete the figure(s), save the text, then recreate the figure(s) in WP10.

Newbie to Pro, this is for you [Posted on 2003-02-23]
I have been a WP user for a few years now, and was initally hesitant about upgrading to 10. However, it has been a very worthwhile experience. All the features that make WP great are still here, including, of course, the inimitable and invaluable Reveal codes, and several features have been markedly improved. Publish to PDF is now very good indeed, a feature that for the vast majority of users will save a significant sum of money by obviating any need to purchase PDF-generating software. The templates and macros that come with it mean that even first-timers can quickly feel at home, and Corel's incredibly generous licensing means that if you own practically any wordprocessing suite, you're elgible for this incredibly powerful package. Unlike one other reviewer, my installation was completely trouble-free. If you're looking for an escape from Redmond's clutches, or if you are looking for a really powerful, flexible office suite, or both, you can't go past WPO 2002

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