Office & productivity software: Poll: Which word-processing software do you use?
- 10/3/07 4:58 PM
Word Perfect
by dena1936 - 10/5/07 7:56 AM In reply to: I Concur--It's Microsoft Word by 2dogdayI also used Word Perfect since MSDos & it still doesn't disappoint. Right now I am using the Office XP version which I bought from bargain software for a decent price. I also have MS Office for Access and Excel. I liked dBase better, but unfortunately it can't be found at a bargain price and it costs several hundred dollars to upgrade my old version 3.5 for windows which will not work with Win XP. I have successfully saved all my dBase files to Access so until I find something that I can afford I am stuck with Access.
Office & productivity software
by Research87 - 10/5/07 9:07 AM In reply to: Word Perfect by dena1936Unfortunately, MS Word is bundled with new computers. Yes, you are paying for the MS Word on those computers. If you think they are free, think again. As you must know, that is MicroSoft's way of trying to put their competition out of business. Why purchase another word processing program when you already have one on your computer. However, Corel Word Perfect is a much, much cheaper program to purchase and is a better program.
One of the writers to this posting told about the hidden codes in MS Word and no easy way to find them and either replace with another or delete them. That is absolutely no problem with WP.
I havw wrote three very long books and 53 articles for journals magazines and newspapers all on WP. I use my WP to pull up MS Word documents, read them and make changes to them and then save them as a MS Word document to send back to the original writers. No problems at all with WP X-3. I have never had X-3 freeze up on me.
Those who swear by MS Word have never tried another program. Its like those who have only used just the KJV of the Bible. It is NOT the word of God if it is NOT a KJV. They just don't know that the KJV was written just for the Church of England and contains all of their doctrines as instructed by the King of England.
One can download a trial X-3 for free and use all of its features to see if one likes it or not and if so can then purchase it. I would recommend trying it. To be able to use all of the functions and toolbar correctly does take sometime to learn and if successful will never go back to MS Word.
I still miss Paradox
by norbiy - 10/8/07 10:55 AM In reply to: Word Perfect by dena1936But since I don't have a lot of call for heavyduty dBase manipulation, I tend to find that Quattro (or if I must, anything that looks like Excel) will serve in a pinch.
I still miss Paradox
by robert7440 - 10/8/07 1:11 PM In reply to: I still miss Paradox by norbiyParadox is available in the X3 Professional edition. I haven't used it much, I'm currently using Access for databases, but will always swear by WordPerfect, Presentations, and QuattroPro. I HATE to admit this, but the Access databases seem to offer me more options I need than Paradox. When I can take the time to play with Paradox more, maybe I'll learn how to use it better than Access.
I still use the 'oldie' Word Perfect
by softwarecritic - 10/8/07 8:17 AM In reply to: I Concur--It's Microsoft Word by 2dogdayI have been using it since Win95 and consider it a great word processor. It can convert Word Documents but I doubt of Word can convert WP documents. The Quattro Pro Spreadsheet tool which harks back to the Borland days is also one of my favorites
Microsoft Word
by wkenney - 10/4/07 4:12 AM In reply to: How I like MS Word isn't very relevant by avanabsI have written three books with both Word and Corel Word Perfect on my computer. The latter was clearly superior but, as your last respondent so well puts it, we have no choice about Word as Microsoft not only bundles it in with the computer but also insterts "Hidden Codes" should one wish to convert a document in process from Word to Corel Word Perfect The hideous HCs are devilishly difficult to remove, taking hours and hours of time whilst changing all kinds of defaults like margins, indentations, page numbers, capitalizations, bullets and so on. The Codes are Hidden in the sense that one cannot seem to get to them and when one does get to them they will not change.
Word vs WordPerfect
by Maggie Miller - 10/4/07 6:18 AM In reply to: Microsoft Word by wkenneyI've been a WordPerfect user since 4.2 for DOS and have only recently been forced to use Word. WP handles graphics easier and better as far as placement with the ability to drag anywhere on the page, as opposed to left/right/center in Word. My favorite function, however, is Reveal Codes. Being able to find *exactly* where a code has been inserted and change it without affecting anything else within the document is one of the reasons I only resort to Word only when I have to. Usually I just Save As from WP and open Word documents in WP as well. If our University ever mandates the switch to only Word I guess I'll just have to purchase a personal copy of WP and carry on!
Word vs WP et al
by Doug_Iford - 10/4/07 9:18 AM In reply to: Word vs WordPerfect by Maggie MillerI, too, used WP for DOS (from 4.5+ through 6.2), and WP Win through Ver. 9. I had also used PC-Write for DOS before it got more or less overrun by the Windows systems. For me, too, a primary reason for liking WP was the "reveal codes" feature, which MS Word still hasn't caught up with in its "show formatting marks" feature, although it is much better than it used to be. Word still seems to want to do strange and wondrous things with formatting from time to time. However, as has been pointed out by several persons, you sort of have to go with what your employer has made their standard, and that is invariably MS Office. Since I had to use Word at work, I finally broke down and installed it at home as well, and have been pretty much tied to it ever since. I have tried OpenOffice (which is what my church uses), and still have a copy of WP Office 9 at home, but I have given up on using them as other than oddities as I have become quite skilled in Word and Excel and see no particular point in getting equally up to speed in the other products. Perhaps some day, when I "really" retire (I am "retired" ... several times, but still work on contract), I will give one of the freebies another chance as MS Office is definitely a tad pricey when you have to pay for it yourself.
Word vs WordPerfect
by SoCADesertRat - 10/4/07 10:16 AM In reply to: Word vs WordPerfect by Maggie MillerMaggie is spot on about WordPerfect. Reveal Codes is almost addictive because it is so helpful. Also, WordPerfect is much more intuitive and user manageable than Word. Word makes you do specific things in a certain way, while WP allows you to be more selective in how you do them. This is another example of how the best packaged and marketed product wins in market share - not necessarily the best product.
WordPerfect
by Edward Baum - 10/4/07 5:26 PM In reply to: Word vs WordPerfect by Maggie MillerMaggie Miller and I have similar views and experience with WordPerfect. In short, it is clearly superior to MS Word. Whether it is in its use of margins, hanging indents, spacing, inserting graphics, or knowing what is happening to your text, WordPerfect is the choice to make. I, too, have been using it since the early DOS versions. Even though my university has put Office 2007 on all its computers, I have a copy of WP on mine. I write in WP and, when necessary, save it as an MS Word document. If you haven't tried WP, do so. I think that you will like it.
Word / Uncle Billy
by Rand al'Thor - 10/4/07 7:12 AM In reply to: Microsoft Word by wkenneyI hope this whole discussion will finally get to MS - to force them at least to put the "reveal codes" function back in ... for all poor users forced to use MS Word!!!
I doubt that
by norbiy - 10/8/07 11:03 AM In reply to: Word / Uncle Billy by Rand al'ThorUnless managers can be shown exactly how much time is lost fighting with Word's mysterious, magical and inanely-invisible formatting to get things done, Word will continue to have zero incentive to make the internal codes visible. If they DID become visible, would we learn precisely why Word tends to do things in such a bizarre manner, once you step anywhere outside the lines of the formatting conventions that Word seems to want to impose on you?
Another longtime WordPerfect user, who only converts to Word or touches it when utterly left with no alternatives.
MS WORD & 2007 version
by davidvh2 - 10/4/07 4:37 AM In reply to: How I like MS Word isn't very relevant by avanabsI use the 2003 version for the same reasons as most-----it's virtually universal & MS has therefore got a monopoly. I see no reason to update; only disadvantages. Last version didn't have the desirable shortcut bar & nor does the latest as far as I could see. In my view, if folks want to use more facilities than the 2003 version provides, then they need a DTP program & not a regular WP which is what the massive majority need & use. I won't be upgrading even if it were free.
MS Office a Monopoly? Only if you're OBTUSE.
by DStrong - 10/4/07 5:15 AM In reply to: How I like MS Word isn't very relevant by avanabsBy broad definition you might call MS Office a monopoly, but MS has not limited nor stopped others from trying to develop a product that could even compare with what they have. This poll shows the vast OPTIONS a user has for even word processing. Microsoft offers a free comparable version of a word processor that DOES COMPARE to these other free apps, it's called Word Pad! Have you tried to use the free spreadsheet programs out there? Sure they can get the basic data arranged, but as for having those programs do what Excel can do with that data is another thing.
For those of you who are whining about the change to the toolbar to the ribbons, there are some programs out there that allow you to install the old style of toolbar on your ribbon to when you are afraid to have to learn something new, you can stop the moaning and complaining and use the. I get tired of hearing people complain that they do not like Microsoft or their software. I say find something that works better then you have something complain about. If you find that you cannot cope with the GREAT changes in the new 2007 of Office, there are plenty of books like MS Office 2007 for Dummies that should help you cope.
MS office
by jhduss - 10/4/07 5:54 AM In reply to: How I like MS Word isn't very relevant by avanabsWhile I understand the overwhelming acceptance of MS Office in the business world, those of us like myself who just use their computer for personal use and for the odd memo from time to time do not need all the bells and whistles of the MS suite of programs, MS Office has become way to expensive to be cost effective. Hardware prices have come down but Microsoft seems to need higher and higher prices for their products.
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