Preamble File Menu Edit Menu View Menu Insert Menu Format Menu Table Menu Tools Menu Window Menu Help Menu Graphics Menu Other Items TOTAL LEGEND

Menu Item

WP11Word11

WP10

Word XP

WP Movement

Word Movement

File

4921

50

12

-1

+ 9

Edit

2815

28

7

0

+ 8

View

5023

55

23

- 5

0

Insert

5017

50

30

0

- 13

Format

12826

140

22

- 12

+ 4

Tools

5027

54

16

-4

+11

Table

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Window

49

3

3

+1

+ 6

Help

113

29

3

- 18

0

Graphics

2761

18

45

+ 9

+ 16

Other

3117

26

14

+ 5

+ 3

POINTS

427214

453

175

Movement  - 26

Movement = + 44

COMMENT! As you can see, Word has made a lot of inroads in terms of points. I could probably go into a massive analysis, but I think you can draw some of your own conclusions now that you've read the comparison. What I will note is that one or two menu items shifted, and I was more ruthless in assigning points where I felt that a certain feature may have crossed over with another. I think this is the most thorough comparison I've done yet. I'm not deriding the fact that Word has made some inroads, has introduced some good features, and has worked on some other features that needed improvement, and as a result, WordPerfect's points have suffered. The simple fact seems to be that Corel spent more time on stabilizing the program than they did on new features. This is something that everybody wants: a more stable program. It's therefore hard to fault Corel for doing this, but WP12 will need to move forward again with some new features, including those highlighted here. Word will undoubtedly gain more features, now that XML has been integrated, so WP will have to keep up!

Advantages

Feature Later Introduced/Enhanced

WP Users had this advantage for . . .

Word Users had this advantage for . . .

 

Versions

Years

Versions

Years

Open Dialog Box

3

6

Save As Web Page 1 2

Find

6

12

Routing Slip 1 2

Clipboard (Cut, Copy, Paste)

1

2

Document Map 3 6

Application Bar

1 2

Shadow Cursor (Point & Click)

1 2

Task Pane/Perfect Expert

2 4

Watermark

4 8

Line Spacing

4 8
Reveal Codes/Reveal Formatting 4 8
Spell Checker 1 2

Thesaurus

1 2
Dictionary 1 2
Detect & Repair 1 2

Shapes

2

4

Align & Distribute

2

4

Cumulative Total Advantage

56 years

22 years

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