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New WordPerfect Releases Reviewed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the corel-isn't-dead-yet? dept.

MikeCapone writes "The Jem Report has an extensive review (all in one page, no flash ads -- what a concept!) of Corel WordPerfect 12 for Windows and the proof of concept comeback of WordPerfect for Linux."

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  1. Upgrade Policy? by JCMay · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've got an old copy of WordPerfect for Amiga. It's the last version they made. (4.1.12?). Got it in an envelope directly from WordPerfect corporation. Wonder if it has any upgrade value :)

  2. LaTeX by tindur · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can you save the documents in LaTeX-format?

    1. Re:LaTeX by tomstdenis · · Score: 5, Insightful

      LaTeX is for hippies who like proper typesetting.

      The rest of the world is ready to contend with bloaty 2GB "text editors" that will easily put things in the wrong spot and not be compatible between versions and not have professional macros for document logistics and preamble.

      Ha!

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    2. Re:LaTeX by JosKarith · · Score: 5, Funny

      Thank you soooo much. I just got a mental image of a bunch of ageing hippies in latex...
      It's gonna take a lot of alcohol to get _that_ one out.

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  3. Yay by Killjoy_NL · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I really hope they can get some marketshare back, MS Office deserves the competition.
    It might even spur MS to really innovate again.

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    1. Re:Yay by tomstdenis · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Yeah, innovate by adding another 200MB to their "office suite in a box...full of CDs".

      How to make MS Office better.

      1. Smaller
      2. Better support for OTHER FILE FORMATS
      3. Stop being the ass of the world.
      4. Add some real typesetting standards.

      Tom

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  4. The hole it left has been filled by Rico_za · · Score: 5, Insightful

    From the article:
    At the time WordPerfect was easily the most popular proprietary application for GNU/Linux, and the hole that it left opened the door for many people to switch to OpenOffice, StarOffice, AbiWord, KWord, TextMaker and others

    Why would I change back from a decent, FREE, application like OpenOffice to WordPerfect? If they're planning on selling it on the name, or because people remember WP, it's too late for that now. OpenOffice has taken over, and could soon be challenging MS Office in a big way.

    1. Re:The hole it left has been filled by AKAImBatman · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Mod parent up.

      Corel had their chance back when they built Corel Linux. But instead of putting the *work* into making native code, improving Linux, and making the experience overall better, they simply used the WINE libs to "port" their same old WordPerfect Suite then heaped it on top of an existing Linux distro. In other words, they did the least work possible and saw the least return. Sun OTOH has put a lot of money and effort into OpenOffice/StarOffice, GNOME, and their new Java Desktop System. This has been allowing Sun to maintain the Desktop/Workstation market while their competitors (HP, IBM, and SGI - poor saps) flounder in the Unix market.

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  5. A better way... by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 5, Funny

    For document storage, I convert each character into an octal number, than arrange grains of sand into little piles on my basement floor. It works fine; I have no idea why anyone needs anything else.

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    1. Re:A better way... by parksie · · Score: 5, Funny

      *sneezes*

  6. Right on... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is the best comment ever to explain the role of presentation software:

    "Presentation software has quietly become an essential tool for validating otherwise totally useless company meetings; it makes a lot of nothing look like something important (...)"

    I would add:

    If you don't have anything good to say, put it in a presentation.

  7. Let's hope by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    that they stick with what they did best, making a solid word processor with a ample set of features, that LET YOU set tabs, margins, hanging indents, etc. with ease. It was very intuitive app to use.

    I know that in MS Word, I curse every day with the damn Autoformat features that try to do everything for you, even when I try to turn the features off, it is still a pain in the ass.

    It seems you are trying to write a letter, would you like to:

    • Have me format it for you?
    • Lockup & Crash, right before a save
    • Shoot Clippy in the Head!
  8. *yawn* by JediTrainer · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm still waiting for their next release of the Java port of WordPerfect.

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  9. Dare I hope for an OS X version? by goljerp · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If they're working on WordPerfect for Linux, might they consider doing an OS X version as well? How tough can that be if they've done the hard work of making it run on Linux? Now there's a market...