Review by Malvin

I like that Corel has released WordPerfect Office X8, a suite of proven, extensive and affordable applications. X8 delivers a lot of value for people seeking an alternative for office productivity software solutions.

In fact, WordPerfect and Quattro Pro were among the very first applications that I learned (yes, I’m an old timer). Learning to use them anew is like riding a bicycle: no problem at all. I suspect that new users will find them to be very intuitive, too.

One of the attributes of X8 is interchangeability with Microsoft file formats. However, even after I had downloaded the compatibility add-on I found that the conversion process between formats was not 100 percent between WordPerfect and Word. (Perhaps I still have a few tricks to learn so it would be wrong for me to claim authority on this issue, but it seems slightly problematic.) For that reason, I hesitate to recommend X8 if the purpose is to edit files from work if your workplace uses Microsoft products.

In my opinion, X8 is probably best suited for users who are mostly interested in creating great documents but are less interested in collaboration with Microsoft users. I think that includes a lot of people - myself included! Having a full array of software available to create pretty much anything I want and publish the documents to read-only formats such as .pdf is sufficient for me.

I highly recommend Corel WordPerfect Office X8 to everyone.