Review by Shala Kerrigan

Through the last 20 years my husband and I have used a lot of office software. Right now, WordPerfect is my default, and OpenOffice is his. However, he switches to WordPerfect office for some specific things, and I don’t use OpenOffice for anything, because WordPerfect does everything I need.nIt saves nicely in a lot of formats and has all the applications you expect from a good office suite. It’s intuitive to use, and common enough that if you do get stuck, it’s easy to find a solution to the problem without having get customer support.nWhere WordPerfect excels for me, and the reason my husband switches to it every so often is in straight word processing. In this, it’s so much better than Microsoft Office. Most of my writing is craft instructions, and it was easy to create the various templates I wanted, and it’s easy to format the documents professionally.nAbout PDFs- I don’t use the program to make PDFs, my husband does and he’s happy with the pdfs he makes using it. Generally I save in .doc format then create the pdfs using Acrobat for greater control and the ability to add in fillable text fields easily.nI still prefer the full version, because a lot of my use is commercial, and the Home and Student edition isn’t meant to be used that way. However, it has the same functions, and works just as well at a lower price making it a great choice for students.