FORMAT

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Word & WP: Font

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If you use the Font Dialog Box, both give you a preview of a highlighted word. However, withWP's amazing RealTime Preview, you never have to open the Dialog Box or hit UNDO.

WP: Fonts Online

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New to WordPerfect.

Word: Character Spacing

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Under Typesetting in WP.

Word: Font Animation

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OnlyWord has this facility.

WP: Line—Tab Set

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WP is more comprehensive.

WordPerfect: Line Height

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LineHeight only exists in WP, although you could probably simulate this with Word's 'Spacing Before/Spacing After' feature.

WP: Line: Spacing

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Line Spacing in Word is far too complex for a wordprocessor. It has single, 1.5, double, Exactly, At Least, and Multiple. If you use Word for Desktop Publishing, these are great options, but let's face it, if your company is a publishing house, or has a publishing department, surely it is going to want to use a proper Desktop Publisher like Ventura or MS Publisher. Why use a wordprocessor? It is far too confusing and unnecessary having these options in Word, and as I said in my Preamble, it's confusing for a new user. E.g., did you know that Word's single line spacing is actually not single? It's single + some, i.e., 12pt is actually 14.4. Only 'Exactly' gives you 12pts for a 12pt Font (???)

WP's Line Spacing is as easy as follows: To increase, select 1,  1.1,  1.2, etc. To decrease, select .9,  .8, .7, etc.

WP: Line—Numbering

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Far more options in WP.

WP: Line: Center

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Same

WP: Line—Flush Right

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Only available in WP (Alt+F7). To achieve the same in Word, you have to clear your Tab Stops, create a Right Tab Stop, then Tab to this position.

WP also allows you to have, easily, 3 Different Alignments on the same Line:

• Left
• Center (Shift + F7)
• Right (Alt + F7)

To achieve the same effect in Word, you have 2 options:

• Create a Table. Align each column: Left, Center, and Right.
  Now, change the Table Format to hide borders.
• Clear Tabs. Set Left, Center, and Right Tabs. Move your text to these positions. Press 'Return' to go to the next Line, then Redo your Tab Stops to have your next paragraphs similar to your paragraph tab stops created prior to setting the above Tab Stops!

WP: Line—
Flush Right w/ Dot Leaders

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Simply hold down ALT, then hit F7 twice (or use a Toolbar Icon).

In Word , you need to go to FORMAT/TABS, clear your Tab Stops, then set a Right Tab Stop with a Leader Character. You then have to reset the Tab Stops you cleared!

Word & WP:
Paragraph—Format

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Much simpler in WP. Word 's is too complex—probably because 'Line' doesn't exist in Word (everything is treated as a paragraph).

Word & WP:
Paragraph—Drop Cap

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The options available in WP make Word's Drop Cap look like Word version 2.0 instead of Word2000.

Word & WP:
Paragraph—Border Fill

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Superior in WP.

Word & WP:
Paragraph—Indent

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* SO EASY * in WP. Simply hit F7 to have all text flow according to the indent. Hit Return to break the Indent. 10 Points for this feature may seem over-the-top, but it is something I use all day, every day—especially in Tables.

Achieving the same result in Word is Convoluted.  You have to hit Ctrl+T, (or you can mess around with the Ruler—a real time-waster). To clear this, you have to hit Shift+Ctrl+T. Of course, you can use your Ruler, but, again, it takes (literally) 10 times longer than using keystrokes.

If you use the Indent Icon, your whole line indents (Word's Ctrl+M equivalent), instead of the text you want to wrap.

Word & WP:
Paragraph—Hanging Indent

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Again, SO EASY in WP.
Simply hit Ctrl+F7 to create a hanging Indent. Hit Return to break it.

WP: Paragraph—Double Indent

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Used for Quotes. You can achieve the same effect in Word by using Format/Paragraph 'Left' and 'Right' Indentation options. WP just makes it easier.

WP: Paragraph—Back Tab

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WP only. Achieved in Word using your Ruler Bar. It's also not broken by hitting Return. Back to the Ruler for Word users.

Word & WP: Columns

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WP:

• (24 Columns)
• Types: Newspaper, Balanced Newspaper, Parallel, Parallel w/Block Protect
• Options: Border, Shadow, Advanced, Fill

Word:

• (14 Columns)
• Types: Use Text Boxes to create some of WP's options.
• Options: Line Between

Also, in Word, you have to create 2 new Section Breaks when you want to insert a column:
1. Insert Break (continuous)
2. Return then Insert another Break (continuous)
3. Go back to the first Break and insert your columns
Also, remember that 'Click and Type' doesn't work in Columns. Of course, it works (and has done since version 8) in WordPerfect.

Word & WP: Page—Center

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Same

WP: Page—Suppress

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Available only in WP to suppress Headers, Footers, Watermarks, etc.

WP: Page—Delay Codes

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Available only in WP to Delay Codes: Line Numbering, Images, Page Setup, Headers/Footers, Fonts, Watermarks, etc.

WP: Page—Force Page

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Available in WP—you can force a page to be odd or even.

Page Numbering/
Insert Page Numbering

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WP has many more options, including Page, Chapter, Volume, & Secondary. Word has Page and Chapter.

Page—Border Fill

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Refer Paragraph Border/Fill

Word & WP: Justification

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'All' is only available in WP. Word (infuriatingly) uses 'Full' as 'All' until you insert a Return. WP also has only 1 drop-down icon to save cluttering your Toolbar.

Word & WP: Margins

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As stated (in the Margins section of the FILE MENU ), WP allows you to adjust Margins directly on your page (for any part of your document, not just the whole page—as you would using Word's ruler.) You also see the changes instantly with WP's RealTime Preview—no guessing.

WP: Make It Fit

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WP can shrink ANY size document to the specific number of pages, giving YOU the option of what to reduce, e.g., Font, Spacing, Margins, etc. Additionally, only WP gives you the option of 'Block Make It Fit', which lets you adjust a specific number of pages within your document. Word, on the other hand, can reduce your document by 1 page, and you have no say in what it will change to make it fit.

Word: Keep Text Together
WP  Block Protect

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No real difference.

WP: Typesetting—Advance

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Can only be done in Word using Field Codes or Spacing Before/After.

WP: Typesetting—Overstrike

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Not available in Word.

WP:Typesetting
—Printer Command

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Not available in Word.

WP: Typesetting
—Word/Letter Spacing

Word:Font/Character Spacing

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Pretty similar. Slightly more options in WP.

WP: Typesetting
—Manual Kerning

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Word has Kerning, but only WP has Manual Kerning.

Word & WP: Envelopes

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Much easier & far better in WP.

Word & WP: Labels

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One of WP's greatest features.  WP allows you to create your own labels with margins WITHIN the labels.  Word users had to come to our offices to use WordPerfect to create custom labels.

To quote someone who uses Word2000, "Word2000 uses tables for labels, and you know how powerless they are. I am forced to use Word2000 at work. I consider myself a power user of Word2000. It doesn't even come close to WordPerfect .

WP: QuickFormat
Word: Format Painter

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WordPerfect allows you to select WHAT you want to copy, i.e., Characters, Headings, Table Cells, Table Structure, etc.

WP: Graphics Style

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Not available in Word. WP allows you to create your own Graphics Styles for Boxes, Borders, Lines, and 'Fill'.

Word & WP: Styles

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Both have an enormous amount of styles. Word might have the edge when it comes to the amount of Styles available, but WP's Styles are easier to customize. I'm not saying that the Interface for customizing Word's Styles isn't good and easy, but there are far fewer Keystrokes/Clicks when customizing WP's Styles.

Word & WP: Tabs

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Because of WP's 'Stream Formatting', Tabs are a breeze. There's no highlighting of text/paragraphs required. Want to change a Tab Stop? Simply amend it at the point you're at, and WP alters all the following Paragraphs according to the new Tab Stop. Simplicity itself.

Word gets a point because I like its Interface for setting Leader characters.

Word: Text Direction
WP: Table Property Bar

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Only WordPerfect can rotate your Text 180 degrees.

Word: AutoFormat

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Only available in Word. I don't know whether this could ever be used, as it could mess up your document. I guess it would be good for beginners, who aren't familiar with ways of formatting documents. Personally, I don't think I'd ever use it.

Word: Background

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Word has this on its Format Menu all the time, even though it's meant for Web Pages. This option appears on your WP Menu as soon as you change to Web Page View. It's also confusing because Word lets you choose options that can neither Print nor be created as a Web Background????? It would be confusing for a new Word user.

Word: Themes

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Excellent addition to Word for Intranet documents. It would be even better if you could customize the Themes! >(
Nevertheless, they are great for providing uniformity to your Intranet. You may be interested to know that I'm creating our organization's Intranet using Word2000, so I am certainly not bias toward WP. By all means, use Word2000 for creating and maintaining Intranets, but I'd advise against it for wordprocessing.

Word: Frames

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Again, an excellent idea for creating Intranet Pages, although I wouldn't use Word for Web Pages, as the File size increases well beyond a normal HTML file (for the purpose of 'Round-Tripping'), but it's not a problem for an Intranet. For example, this Document created in Word2000 was 92Kb. I cleaned it up with FirstPage 2000 . . . new size? 18Kb! (Not great for Download Times!)

Word: Object

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No difference. Simply click on an object in WP to have the Property Bar update with Graphics options.

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