Review by William Boswell

Like others, I had been a long-time user of WordPerfect going back to DOS version 5. I had upgraded from DOS versions up to WP for Windows version 9 (2000) where I stopped only because most places I worked for were using Word. One feature I missed the most was Reveal Codes which Word has always been lacking. I wasn’t even sure Corel was still selling WordPerfect Office because I had wanted to purchase it years ago. It wasn’t until I was in the market for moving back to CorelDRAW again that I discovered Corel still owns it. I’m glad that the loyal users have kept it alive all these years.

I purchased the Home and Student version of Corel WP Office X6 for home use even though I considered getting the Standard release, but I couldn’t pass up the great price for this version.

I did have a problem after opening up Word 2007 documents in WP that when I clicked in the header or footer, WP would crash on me. I don’t know if this was due to codes in Word or something else. I figured the best solution is probably just to copy and paste the text and headers/footers directly in WP. I don’t believe it’s a WP issue. My documents in Word are based on a custom template with macros and I figure it has something to do with that.

I was trying to create a new template based on my Word 2007 one and I couldn’t find a way to save the document as a template. The templates included have an extension of WPT, but nowhere in the file format list did I find a way to save as a template for WP. Was this excluded from the Home and Student version? If not available, I assume the workaround is to just open an existing WPT file, make my changes then resave as a new template. I have a feeling I’m going to have to relearn WP again since it’s been many years since I last used it.

I had no issues with the download or the installation. I am running Windows 7 64-bit and all the programs work flawlessly.

I look forward to becoming a loyal Corel user again.