WordPerfect Office 11 - WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, Presentations

Feature for feature, WPO leaves M$ Office for dead, at a fraction of the cost. It has some problems, but is a MUCH better option than the market leader. Go for it!


They Ran Out of Ideas!   March 28, 2003
Andre Da Costa (Jamaica W.I.)
8 out of 25 found this review helpful

Well, what can I say, a new version that's all? WordPerfect the word processor has been a respected program for many years, but some of the features it presently supports are just ridiculous and absurd. WordPerfect 5.1 emulation mode is not very amusing, its not nostalgic either, just a plain waste of money. If you are someone who is yearning to use that mode of WordPerfect, get WordPerfect 5.1, don't waste your money to get limited, useless features that no one is using or getting any advantages from. The legal documents are always excellent for producing, documents that pertain that area. Quattro Pros features are still simple and no different from prior versions, the only feature that's enticing is the charts, and that's all for Quattro Folks. Presentations I always say is the killer app in the suite, the presentations are inviting, and sound effects are more catchy and powerful than PowerPoint, but not in the animation department. Corel Central features the same Outlook Express interface that is just not catchy and not worth switching to. Paradox is not easy and as integrated with other Database programmes such as Access. But Office 11 does feature satisfactory file compatibility with Microsoft Office and other Office suites such as Star Office and Open Office. For people who do not require much from their productivity applications WordPerfect Office is an excellent easy choice at an average price. For businesses who demand the most from their applications for connecting people, places, ideas and information, Microsoft Office 2003 seems more valuable and more flexible and more feature rich for the Enterprise because of all the tightly integrated applications that Microsoft Office 2003 compromises of. For small businesses WordPerfect Office only offers a portion of the incremental features users need. Microsoft Office 2003 on the other hand delivers with Outlook 2003 with such features as Business Contact Manager, which allows business to control their customer information more smoothly. A more easy to use interface that's more productive with the reading pane.


Runs only with Microsoft!   January 18, 2004
Aquinatis (Paris)
8 out of 18 found this review helpful

I have been a fan from Wordperfect since the time of DOS, and have kept upgrading it, because I found it technically superior to its concurrent, and because it was a alternative to the hegemony of Microsoft. However, for the same two reasons, now that Linux has become easy to use and rich in programs, I am leaving Microsoft operating systems. And there lies the problem : Wordperfect 11 does not run under Linux, but only under the recent versions of Microsoft's operating system. Too bad, I am greatly disappointed in Wordperfect. I think that if they don't understand that their faithful users are the kind of people that are leaving the Microsoft world towards Linux, they will in the end have to disappear. Anyway I would have preferred to run Wordperfect under Linux, but I will have to use another program for compatibility reasons. Bye-bye old friend wordperfect...


An excellent office software   February 17, 2004
Philip Zhao
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

I like the PDF publishing function, very straightforward. WordPerfect office offers all the tools I need and easy to manage. The most important part is WordPerfect office is fully compatible with MS Office and able to convert all the files, better than staroffice. Other capabilities, like XML and webpage editing, are powerful.

BTW, it's cheap, compared to Micor$oft.


Worth the price for the publish to PDF function.   June 18, 2005
Philly Lawyer
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

I have always loved WordPerfect (most attorneys do!), but got fed up with Microsoft Windows' viruses and security breaches. Hence, I made the switch to a Mac and, as a result, can no longer use WordPerfect as my primary word processing program.

However, I did purchase Virtual PC (disabling the Internet connection for this program) so that I could access archived WordPerfect documents and saved emails in Outlook Express. The publish to PDF function in WordPerfect 11 allows me to convert these documents to PDF and drag them back to the Mac side for review if needed. Additionally, "ABC Amber Outlook Express Converter" will convert Outlook Express emails to PDF. It can be downloaded online to a Mac, then dragged to Virtual PC, and costs less than $20.

As for other reviews lamenting the demise of WordPerfect for Linux and Mac, please be advised that Microsoft purchased a large portion of Corel (WordPerfect) several years ago. It should not surprise anyone that WordPerfect is now only compatible with Microsoft Windows. Perhaps the best solution is to use open source software such as Open Office since, at least with the Mac version of Microsoft's Office, many of the templates which come with its Windows' version, i.e., legal templates, are not included even though the cost for each platform version is the same.