Desktop debate

Article Abstract:

Emerging new releases of Microsoft's Office word processing software and Corel's WordPerfect Suite and Lotus' SmartSuite business application suites are forcing law firms to make tough purchasing decisions. Comparisons of all three suites that focus on their word processing components are presented. Each office suite requires at least 16MB RAM to run satisfactorily and only WordPerfect features Intel's MMX chip. The suites also require significant hard disk space. The review is divided into 12 areas including requirements; installation; interface/ease of use; basic features; formatting; tables; editing tools; file & document management; graphics; Internet tools; advanced features; and documentation, help & tech support.

United States, Evaluation, Product/Service Evaluation, Cover Story, Suites (Software), Corel Corp., Lotus Development Corp., Software multiproduct review, Microsoft Office (Business application suite), Integrated software, Business application suite, LOTS, Lotus SmartSuite (Business application suite)

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20 tips for moving from WordPerfect to Word

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Microsoft Word and Novell's WordPerfect appear similar at first blush but many differences separate the packages. Word stores formatting information in a paragraph symbol that can be copied and pasted to transfer formatting onto other paragraphs. Thus, formatting commands apply only within paragraphs that have been selected or the paragraph containing the insertion point, rather than from the insertion point forward as in WordPerfect. In Word, the enter or return key carries indent and paragraph information into the next, new paragraph, whereas in WordPerfect it ends the indent. Unlike WordPerfect, Word allows users to edit separate places in a document using the Window / Split command.

Novell Inc., NOVL, Microsoft Word (Word processing software), international

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21 tips for moving from WordPerfect to Word

Article Abstract:

Twenty-one migration tips are presented to smooth the process of moving from WordPerfect to Microsoft Word 2000. It is important to understand that formatting, headers and footers, footnotes, tables, navigation, macros and templates work differently in Word. WordPerfect is a linear program, and it is printer-oriented, but Word is object-oriented. In Word, sections, paragraphs, characters, and other text and graphic elements, are treated as entities in and of themselves.

Installation, Microsoft Word 2000 (Word processing software), System conversion, Computer system conversion, Product installation

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