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WORDPERFECT, WHY?
help. can you tell me what the difference between wordperfect and word is? my
new dell came loaded with wp, word pad and notepad. i previously had microsoft word...what's the diff? is one better than the other? all my kids have dells with word and don't know why i have wp i took the tutorial twice and it seems counterintuitive to what i previously learned for microsoft word |
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WORDPERFECT, WHY?
You have WordPerfect because Corel Office was a lot cheaper for the computer
vendor to install than Microsoft Office, and the vendor was gambling that you wouldn't know the difference. Word and WordPerfect are very different. If you're used to Word and find WP counterintuitive, then you probably want to go ahead and get Word. The most economical way to do this is as part of Works Suite. It will be Word 2002 (not 2003, the latest version), but it will be "good enough," and it comes with five other useful applications, all for under $100, with a mail-in rebate currently in effect. See http://www.microsoft.com/products/wo...s.aspx?pid=001 -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "brooklyn born" brooklyn wrote in message ... help. can you tell me what the difference between wordperfect and word is? my new dell came loaded with wp, word pad and notepad. i previously had microsoft word...what's the diff? is one better than the other? all my kids have dells with word and don't know why i have wp i took the tutorial twice and it seems counterintuitive to what i previously learned for microsoft word |
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WORDPERFECT, WHY?
I won't get into the better/worse conundrum, but the two are definitely
different in many ways. (BTW - WordPad & NotePad are included with the Windows OS as a part of the Accessories & have nothing to do with the issue of Word vs WordPerfect.) If you can work something out with Dell to provide you with Word, that is one direction to pursue. However, if you have previously purchased the license for Word & have the source media you can install it yourself on the new system. Even if it is an older version you should be eligible for upgrade. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 7/3/06 4:48 PM, in article , "brooklyn born" brooklyn wrote: help. can you tell me what the difference between wordperfect and word is? my new dell came loaded with wp, word pad and notepad. i previously had microsoft word...what's the diff? is one better than the other? all my kids have dells with word and don't know why i have wp i took the tutorial twice and it seems counterintuitive to what i previously learned for microsoft word |
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WORDPERFECT, WHY?
You have WordPerfect, like Suzanne says, because it is cheaper than Word. If
Word is important to you, then you will have to pay more. Low end systems have been shipping with WP for about the last three years. Did you ask your salesperson what software comes preinstalled with the new system? If you ordered it online, did you read the details about what you were getting for your money? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "brooklyn born" brooklyn wrote in message ... help. can you tell me what the difference between wordperfect and word is? my new dell came loaded with wp, word pad and notepad. i previously had microsoft word...what's the diff? is one better than the other? all my kids have dells with word and don't know why i have wp i took the tutorial twice and it seems counterintuitive to what i previously learned for microsoft word |
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WORDPERFECT, WHY?
"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You have WordPerfect, like Suzanne says, because it is cheaper than Word. If Word is important to you, then you will have to pay more. Low end systems have been shipping with WP for about the last three years. Did you ask your salesperson what software comes preinstalled with the new system? If you ordered it online, did you read the details about what you were getting for your money? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "brooklyn born" brooklyn wrote in message ... help. can you tell me what the difference between wordperfect and word is? my new dell came loaded with wp, word pad and notepad. i previously had microsoft word...what's the diff? is one better than the other? all my kids have dells with word and don't know why i have wp i took the tutorial twice and it seems counterintuitive to what i previously learned for microsoft word i apologize if this is a repeat,,,,thank you for the info,,,i'm old, crotchety and keep hitting the wrong buttons. can i use wordperfect and have it be deciphered by people who use word? renee |
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WORDPERFECT, WHY?
People with Word can read Word Perfect documents if they have a free
converter installed. Since you are more accustomed to using Word, you may want to consider getting it. Yes, it means spending at least $70 but are you worth it? (I'm hoping you're saying to yourself, "Well, *of course* I'm worth that!) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...lance&n=229534 or http://snipurl.com/souj -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "brooklyn born" wrote in message ... "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You have WordPerfect, like Suzanne says, because it is cheaper than Word. If Word is important to you, then you will have to pay more. Low end systems have been shipping with WP for about the last three years. Did you ask your salesperson what software comes preinstalled with the new system? If you ordered it online, did you read the details about what you were getting for your money? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "brooklyn born" brooklyn wrote in message ... help. can you tell me what the difference between wordperfect and word is? my new dell came loaded with wp, word pad and notepad. i previously had microsoft word...what's the diff? is one better than the other? all my kids have dells with word and don't know why i have wp i took the tutorial twice and it seems counterintuitive to what i previously learned for microsoft word i apologize if this is a repeat,,,,thank you for the info,,,i'm old, crotchety and keep hitting the wrong buttons. can i use wordperfect and have it be deciphered by people who use word? renee |
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WORDPERFECT, WHY?
"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: People with Word can read Word Perfect documents if they have a free converter installed. Since you are more accustomed to using Word, you may want to consider getting it. Yes, it means spending at least $70 but are you worth it? (I'm hoping you're saying to yourself, "Well, *of course* I'm worth that!) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...lance&n=229534 or http://snipurl.com/souj -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "brooklyn born" wrote in message ... "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You have WordPerfect, like Suzanne says, because it is cheaper than Word. If Word is important to you, then you will have to pay more. Low end systems have been shipping with WP for about the last three years. Did you ask your salesperson what software comes preinstalled with the new system? If you ordered it online, did you read the details about what you were getting for your money? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "brooklyn born" brooklyn wrote in message ... help. can you tell me what the difference between wordperfect and word is? my new dell came loaded with wp, word pad and notepad. i previously had microsoft word...what's the diff? is one better than the other? all my kids have dells with word and don't know why i have wp i took the tutorial twice and it seems counterintuitive to what i previously learned for microsoft word i apologize if this is a repeat,,,,thank you for the info,,,i'm old, crotchety and keep hitting the wrong buttons. can i use wordperfect and have it be deciphered by people who use word? renee By gosh, I'm worth it. Thanks again to everyone for quick and helpful and friendly respnses renee |
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WORDPERFECT, WHY?
YES!!! I'm so glad you said that because you *are* worth it! :-)
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "brooklyn born" wrote in message ... "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: People with Word can read Word Perfect documents if they have a free converter installed. Since you are more accustomed to using Word, you may want to consider getting it. Yes, it means spending at least $70 but are you worth it? (I'm hoping you're saying to yourself, "Well, *of course* I'm worth that!) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...lance&n=229534 or http://snipurl.com/souj -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "brooklyn born" wrote in message ... "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You have WordPerfect, like Suzanne says, because it is cheaper than Word. If Word is important to you, then you will have to pay more. Low end systems have been shipping with WP for about the last three years. Did you ask your salesperson what software comes preinstalled with the new system? If you ordered it online, did you read the details about what you were getting for your money? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "brooklyn born" brooklyn wrote in message ... help. can you tell me what the difference between wordperfect and word is? my new dell came loaded with wp, word pad and notepad. i previously had microsoft word...what's the diff? is one better than the other? all my kids have dells with word and don't know why i have wp i took the tutorial twice and it seems counterintuitive to what i previously learned for microsoft word i apologize if this is a repeat,,,,thank you for the info,,,i'm old, crotchety and keep hitting the wrong buttons. can i use wordperfect and have it be deciphered by people who use word? renee By gosh, I'm worth it. Thanks again to everyone for quick and helpful and friendly respnses renee |
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WORDPERFECT, WHY?
Another option, in the meantime, would be to give WordPad a try. While it
lacks Word's full capabilities, it does work a whole lot more like Word than WordPerfect does. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "brooklyn born" wrote in message ... "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: People with Word can read Word Perfect documents if they have a free converter installed. Since you are more accustomed to using Word, you may want to consider getting it. Yes, it means spending at least $70 but are you worth it? (I'm hoping you're saying to yourself, "Well, *of course* I'm worth that!) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...lance&n=229534 or http://snipurl.com/souj -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "brooklyn born" wrote in message ... "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You have WordPerfect, like Suzanne says, because it is cheaper than Word. If Word is important to you, then you will have to pay more. Low end systems have been shipping with WP for about the last three years. Did you ask your salesperson what software comes preinstalled with the new system? If you ordered it online, did you read the details about what you were getting for your money? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "brooklyn born" brooklyn wrote in message ... help. can you tell me what the difference between wordperfect and word is? my new dell came loaded with wp, word pad and notepad. i previously had microsoft word...what's the diff? is one better than the other? all my kids have dells with word and don't know why i have wp i took the tutorial twice and it seems counterintuitive to what i previously learned for microsoft word i apologize if this is a repeat,,,,thank you for the info,,,i'm old, crotchety and keep hitting the wrong buttons. can i use wordperfect and have it be deciphered by people who use word? renee By gosh, I'm worth it. Thanks again to everyone for quick and helpful and friendly respnses renee |
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They will be able to read what you send them if you send it in rtf format,
or pdf format. Both are options in WP. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "brooklyn born" brooklyn wrote in message news  "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You have WordPerfect, like Suzanne says, because it is cheaper than Word. If Word is important to you, then you will have to pay more. Low end systems have been shipping with WP for about the last three years. Did you ask your salesperson what software comes preinstalled with the new system? If you ordered it online, did you read the details about what you were getting for your money? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "brooklyn born" brooklyn wrote in message ... help. can you tell me what the difference between wordperfect and word is? my new dell came loaded with wp, word pad and notepad. i previously had microsoft word...what's the diff? is one better than the other? all my kids have dells with word and don't know why i have wp i took the tutorial twice and it seems counterintuitive to what i previously learned for microsoft word aaarrrgggghhhh...i guess it's the old caveat emptor for me...no, i just knew that i was getting windowsxp and didn't ask further. i guess what i really should know is if i use wordperfect will people with word be able to read what i send them? if this is a dumb question, pls excuse, i have my very senior moments and harken back ti ibm selectrates. cheers, renee |
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I'm a big fan of the .pdf option if it doesn't need to be edited. And for
free .pdf creating software, I've often recommended PrimoPDF from www.primopdf.com. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... They will be able to read what you send them if you send it in rtf format, or pdf format. Both are options in WP. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "brooklyn born" brooklyn wrote in message news "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You have WordPerfect, like Suzanne says, because it is cheaper than Word. If Word is important to you, then you will have to pay more. Low end systems have been shipping with WP for about the last three years. Did you ask your salesperson what software comes preinstalled with the new system? If you ordered it online, did you read the details about what you were getting for your money? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "brooklyn born" brooklyn wrote in message ... help. can you tell me what the difference between wordperfect and word is? my new dell came loaded with wp, word pad and notepad. i previously had microsoft word...what's the diff? is one better than the other? all my kids have dells with word and don't know why i have wp i took the tutorial twice and it seems counterintuitive to what i previously learned for microsoft word aaarrrgggghhhh...i guess it's the old caveat emptor for me...no, i just knew that i was getting windowsxp and didn't ask further. i guess what i really should know is if i use wordperfect will people with word be able to read what i send them? if this is a dumb question, pls excuse, i have my very senior moments and harken back ti ibm selectrates. cheers, renee |
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