Within a Microsoft-centric planet, couple of people (if any) are going to switch from Office to WordPerfect, but when you currently have it, you will want the latest version, Corel WordPerfect Workplace X7 ($249; upgrade $159). X7 tends to make tasks like mail-merge simpler than before and adds conveniences like the ability to sort the initial couple of letters of your name of a function and use that feature devoid of finding it within a menu. The app also lets you save documents to common ebook formats and produce PDF types with fill-in-fields. It also adds some awkwardly implemented but potentially terrific new features that I hope will get much better in future versions.The new version can also be smoother and much more reputable when opening and saving Microsoft Office documents. You’ll be able to even make .DOCX the default open and save format, and you may use WordPerfect to make and save Word-format files, and your Word-using colleagues will never realize that you are not struggling with Word the way they may be. The only factor that reminds you that you happen to be not saving in WordPerfect’s native format can be a Conversion in Progress box that pops up briefly when you are saving a file.
