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WP: Draft
Word: Normal View

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Personally, I rarely use Draft/Normal view, so I can't really say which is better. I like being able to see a true representation of my document. As stated in my Preamble, when I started using WordPerfect, I loved the fact that I didn't have to hit Print Preview before every, single document I printed. Nevertheless, I was tempted to let Word win this because you can always see your text, regardless of your magnification. In WP, if you change to 100% magnification, some text goes beyond the visible screen area, requiring you to use your Horizontal Scroll Bar. However, Word will hide graphics if you switch to Normal View, whereas WP still shows them. Obviously, each has an advantage the other doesn't, so I think it's up to people who use this View to decide which is better.

WP: Page
Word: Print Layout

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WP wins this one because you still need to use Word's Print Preview feature for every, single document you create—or risk wasting paper (as Word's Print Layout is NOT a true WYSIWYG environment).

WP: Web Page
Word:Web Layout

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This was MSOffice2000' s big new feature. It is outstanding, allowing you to create and edit Intranet pages as seamlessly as you would a normal document. WP's Web Page feature is good, but you can tell that Corel concentrated its Office2000 efforts on the RealTime Previewer, as WP can't read HTML as well as it can generate it.

WP: Two Pages
Word: Print Preview

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WP allows you to see 2 pages at once. For Word, refer to Print Preview under the FILE Menu comparison.

Word: Outline View

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Should you wish to do so, Word allows you to reorganize your document according to its Headings. This is probably a handy feature, although the Document Map allows this (so it's probably a bit of overkill). Nevertheless, I'd like to see WP add a Document Map.

Word & WordPerfect: Toolbars

WordPerfect (only) Property Bars

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In Version 8, Corel realized that you don't need all your tools all the time, so it came up with the Property Bar.

The Property Bar sits directly below your Toolbar and updates with all the tools you need for the task you're working on. E.g. Working on a graphic, the Property Bar updates with all the tools you need for working with a graphic. Working on a table, your Property Bar updates for that task; this applies to everything: Watermarks, Images, Selected Text, Footnotes/Endnotes, etc. You rarely have to turn your Toolbars on & off when you need to work on a Task, as you do in Word.

This is one area where MS could really improve. I think MSOffice's Toolbars are ugly and annoying. By the time you have your Drawing Toolbar, your Frames Toolbar (if you're working on your Intranet), your Tables Toolbar, your Formatting Toolbar, your Standard Toolbar, and your Clipboard Toolbar on the screen, there's hardly any room to see your document! I guess you could shove them all together, but then you don't see all your Icons. Another productivity feature that makes wordprocessing with WP a joy.

WP: Application Bar

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At the same time that Corel introduced the Property Bar (WordPerfect8 ), Corel also added the Application Bar. It's slightly thinner than your Task Bar (sitting directly above it), and it servers 4 purposes:

• It shows all your open documents
• It allows you to drag and drop text between documents
• It allows you to switch easily between documents
• It stops you forgetting that you already have a document open

Word2000  subsequently 'borrowed' the idea. Every open Office document now has a separate icon on your Task Bar. However, this is almost a disadvantage, as your Task Bar gets really cluttered (you then can't see what each document is without hovering).

Word & WordPerfect:Ruler Bar

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I personally hate the Ruler Bar. Having to adjust tabs and indents using the Ruler Bar is onerously time-consuming, awkward, and fiddly—especially for a power-user. Perhaps a little-known fact is that it takes literally TEN TIMES LONGER to use a mouse instead of a keystroke, e.g., setting an Indent using your Ruler instead of hitting F7 (in WP) (refer FORMAT Menu). Only someone who has used WordPerfect would appreciate this. In Word, you can use keystroke combinations, such as Ctrl+M or Ctrl+T, but if you want to move your Tab Stop back, you either have to change your Ruler, Edit in the Paragraph Dialog Box, or use complex keystroke combinations, e.g., Shift+Ctrl+T to move an Indent back! Compare these to using F7 or Backspace in WP.

Nevertheless, if you do like to use your Ruler Bar, WordPerfect allows you to Right-click to open the following Dialog boxes: Tab Set, Paragraph Format, Margins, Columns, & Settings. Double-clicking on your Ruler in Word will open your Page Setup or Tabs Dialog Boxes only. Overall, if you wanted to work with your Ruler Bar, it is MUCH easier in WP.

Additionally, and most importantly, because WP flows, if you change a Tab stop for one item, each following item changes to the new Tab stop automatically (providing uniformity to your document). In Word, you need to highlight all the text to which you want to adjust Tab Stop positions (a time-waster). Those switching to Word will see a significant drop in productivity, as users take much longer to accomplish the same task in Word that they do in WP.

WP: Hide Bars
Word: Full Screen

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Virtually no difference, except when you select this in Word, some of your Toolbars may still be floating on your screen(?).

WP: Guidelines
Word: Text Boundaries

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WP shows you all your margins, column widths, table guidelines, etc, directly on your page. This allows you to adjust them there & then—and see the changes instantly (i.e., in Real Time!). This is a really big time saver, even for something as simple as adjusting a paragraph's left & right margins.

Word can show you boundaries, but you can neither manipulate them directly, nor do you see the changes occur until you've finished. You would really not believe how fantastic the RealTime Preview feature is. When you use Word or an older version of WordPerfect, you immediately notice how annoying it is having to guess everything. Additionally, to turn Boundaries on in Word, you have to go to Tools/Options/View, then check the Text Boundaries box to display them. In WP, they're there by default.

WP: Shadow Cursor
Word: Point & Click

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This was introduced in WordPerfect8; Word2000 (again) &145;borrowed' the idea. This allows you to point to any part of a document and start typing. In WP, it also shows you (exactly) where your cursor will go when you click.

WP: Graphics
Word: Picture Placeholders

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To speed up viewing/scrolling through a document, (and to take the strain off your Graphics card—if it doesn't have many MBbs of Memory), WP allows you to turn off displaying graphics. This can be done in Word, but as it's more convoluted (you have to go to Tools/Options and put a check in Picture Placeholders. To see your graphics again, you have to go back and uncheck the box).

Word & WP: Table Gridlines

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Word & WP: Hidden Text

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Word only allows you to see hidden text if you use your Show/Hide option. WP allows you to use the Show/Hide option & still not see Hidden Text (some people like to work with Show/Hide on all the time—especially in Word, where you can accidentally delete a Paragraph Mark).

Word & WP: Symbols

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WP has more options for what to display.

WP: Reveal Codes

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As discussed in the Preamble, this is the greatest aspect of WordPerfect; It is indispensable for finding problems in your document—so much so, in fact, that it would be reason enoughto choose WP over Word!

Word & WP: Zoom

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WP has Margin Width. Word allows you to see any number of pages. 

Word: Comments

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Available in Word to open Comments. In WP, this is achieved by clicking an icon outside the margin (next to the comment). There really isn't that much difference, but if I had to say which is better, Word would win. However, it's not an advantage, it's just a preference.

Word: Footnotes

Believe it or not, this isn't a 'View/Hide Footnotes' function, it's a 'Go To' function???

Word: Headers & Footers
WP: Refer INSERT Menu

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As I write this, I wanted to get "Page 1 of 1" in my Footer in Word. Unless you knew where to look, this would involve invoking the Assistant, which will inform you that you have to use AutoText.   Unfortunately, because I had created my own Word Default Template, the AutoText entries were gone. I, therefore, had to rebuild the Template!  Anyway, to create a simple Footer "Page 1 of 5" in WordPerfect, you simply select Page Number from the Property Bar, type 'of', then select Total Pages from the Property Bar. WordPerfect also allows 2 Headers and 2 Footers. Word has a convoluted way of doing such.

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