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word verses wordperfect
I have a new computer. I am a homemaker. I like to surf the web and I am
also playing with the idea of selling things on E-Bay. My husband has a bussiness and sometimes I write letters for him. My question is, what are the pros and cons of WORDPERFECT verses MICROSOFT WORD. I have wordperfect here, however if I can benefit from buying microsoft word, I will.Is microsoft word an easier program? |
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Minnie,
You are likely to get only opinions here :-). You like to surf the web. Try a Google search for Word vs Word Perfect and you will get plenty to surf. I have used Word for years after switching from Word Perfect. I gave up WP reluctantly and primarily due to my work office computer having the MS Office suite installed. That said, I wouldn't want to go back to WP after semi-mastering Word. Learning to use Word will take a while. If you think that your range of usage will remain an occassional letter for your husband's business then I wouldn't recommend switching. If you think that you might one day enter the work force in an office enviroment, then I would say that there is a good chance that skills with Word would get you further than skills with WP. Remember, these are my opinions :-) -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP A Peer in Peer to Peer Support minnie wrote: I have a new computer. I am a homemaker. I like to surf the web and I am also playing with the idea of selling things on E-Bay. My husband has a bussiness and sometimes I write letters for him. My question is, what are the pros and cons of WORDPERFECT verses MICROSOFT WORD. I have wordperfect here, however if I can benefit from buying microsoft word, I will.Is microsoft word an easier program? |
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I'll second what Greg has said. If you already have WP and are comfortable
with it, I see no reason to switch. Word and WordPerfect are built on very different design principles (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WordVsWordPerfect.htm), and most WP converts are unhappy with Word for a long time. Neither program is "better." Word is more powerful or easier to use in some areas, WP in others. Word is currently far more popular (the reverse was once true). -- 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. "Greg Maxey" wrote in message ... Minnie, You are likely to get only opinions here :-). You like to surf the web. Try a Google search for Word vs Word Perfect and you will get plenty to surf. I have used Word for years after switching from Word Perfect. I gave up WP reluctantly and primarily due to my work office computer having the MS Office suite installed. That said, I wouldn't want to go back to WP after semi-mastering Word. Learning to use Word will take a while. If you think that your range of usage will remain an occassional letter for your husband's business then I wouldn't recommend switching. If you think that you might one day enter the work force in an office enviroment, then I would say that there is a good chance that skills with Word would get you further than skills with WP. Remember, these are my opinions :-) -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP A Peer in Peer to Peer Support minnie wrote: I have a new computer. I am a homemaker. I like to surf the web and I am also playing with the idea of selling things on E-Bay. My husband has a bussiness and sometimes I write letters for him. My question is, what are the pros and cons of WORDPERFECT verses MICROSOFT WORD. I have wordperfect here, however if I can benefit from buying microsoft word, I will.Is microsoft word an easier program? |
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minnie shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.newusers:
I have a new computer. I am a homemaker. I like to surf the web and I am also playing with the idea of selling things on E-Bay. My husband has a bussiness and sometimes I write letters for him. My question is, what are the pros and cons of WORDPERFECT verses MICROSOFT WORD. I have wordperfect here, however if I can benefit from buying microsoft word, I will.Is microsoft word an easier program? You ask this question in a Word newsgroup... what do you expect? Neither is "better". The most important question you have to ask yourself is, 10 years from now, will you still be able to open the documents you made today? With current WP today, there is not much problem opening WP documents of 10 years ago. With current Word however... Microsoft has the nasty habit of changing the document format every few verions. Conversion tools are provided, but they are not perfect, and it is all extra work. As an alternative you could use software that does not use a proprietary document format, but uses "Open Standards" (notice the capitals!). Open Standards are guaranteed to work in the near and far future because they are, uhmmm... Open Standards of course! Try http://www.openoffice.org to know what I mean. It is free (as in beer) and Free (as in Speech). -- Amedee Van Gasse using XanaNews 1.16.5.2 |
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Your reply assumes that WordPerfect will still be around in ten years.
Perhaps it will. I have no doubt that Word will be. FWIW, I have had no problem opening Word 2.0 files in Word 2003. -- 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. "Amedee Van Gasse" wrote in message ... minnie shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.newusers: I have a new computer. I am a homemaker. I like to surf the web and I am also playing with the idea of selling things on E-Bay. My husband has a bussiness and sometimes I write letters for him. My question is, what are the pros and cons of WORDPERFECT verses MICROSOFT WORD. I have wordperfect here, however if I can benefit from buying microsoft word, I will.Is microsoft word an easier program? You ask this question in a Word newsgroup... what do you expect? Neither is "better". The most important question you have to ask yourself is, 10 years from now, will you still be able to open the documents you made today? With current WP today, there is not much problem opening WP documents of 10 years ago. With current Word however... Microsoft has the nasty habit of changing the document format every few verions. Conversion tools are provided, but they are not perfect, and it is all extra work. As an alternative you could use software that does not use a proprietary document format, but uses "Open Standards" (notice the capitals!). Open Standards are guaranteed to work in the near and far future because they are, uhmmm... Open Standards of course! Try http://www.openoffice.org to know what I mean. It is free (as in beer) and Free (as in Speech). -- Amedee Van Gasse using XanaNews 1.16.5.2 |
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Suzanne S. Barnhill shared this with us in
microsoft.public.word.newusers: Your reply assumes that WordPerfect will still be around in ten years. Perhaps it will. I have no doubt that Word will be. FWIW, I have had no problem opening Word 2.0 files in Word 2003. Your conclusion is flawed. I observe that Wordperfect existed 10 years ago, and still exists today. Concerning Word, that is your opinion. Here in Europe there is much pressure from governments towards Open Standards. So either Microsoft starts using Open Standards, or it's out of business in Europe. Remember Munich (Germany), Bergen (Norway),... |
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