Others say...

"False Advertising"
I have used WordPerfect since DOS ruled the computer Kingdom, and I still prefer it to MS Word, but nothing irritates me more than lying. This seems to be the habit with every WordPerfect upgrade in recent memory. Corel claims that WordPerfect is compatible with Microsoft Office, but it's not. It can't open Microsoft Word's standardized .DOCX file format, making it useless as far as compatibility goes. Corel is working on a Beta, a new version that can open this and other competing file formats, but they could much more easily and quickly provide an XML converter for X3. (Third party software, at a price, already provides this option.)

But Corel doesn't want to provide its users this option because there's no money in it. There *is* money in another upgrade though, so save your money. Corel wants it.

Fortunately, Novell provides a version of OpenOffice that *is* compatible with MS Office -- and it's free.

As for PDF files, WordPerfect's implementation isn't dependable. Their claims for this feature are overblown.

My overall impression of WordPerfect is as follows:

It has been owned by various companies since being eclipsed by MS Word. It's market share is probably in the single digits. The various companies that have owned WP develop the software half-heartedly and see it more as a way to cynically troll for a little extra money. Their upgrades are sloppy and bug prone, being meant for money, not to produce a solid product. How sad. WordPerfect *can* and *should be* a much better option than MS Word.

I find myself using Open Office more and more frequently.



"MS Word/Office -> WordPerfect/Office X3"
I suspect most reviewers of this product are long-time devotees to WordPerfect. My experience is of having grown up with MS Word/Office - and the attendant bloat, the forcing to do things Microsoft's way, etc. I purchased the full suite from an Amazon reseller - sealed box, latest edition - for $30.00. Had I purchased X3 at the full price, I would still be delighted with where I am now. I once again am enjoying working in the word processing program. I have, on occasion, had to translate some documents for friends who don't know how to open a wp document in Word, but otherwise, I have not yet encountered a single problem. I am much, much happier working with WordPerfect and Office X3 than I ever was toiling under the bulk and bad guesses and forcing - so familiar to those who are toiling under Word. I did purchase Using WordPerfect Office X3 (Cue)at the same time I acquired WordPerfect, and have found this to be quite helpful in making the transition to a delightful word processor/office suite. Highly recommended.

"I've always been a Word Perfect fan"
I've used Word Perfect for twenty years or more, going all the way back to the DOS days. I prefer it to Word, and besides, it's a lot cheaper. The X3 version is great and works fine with Vista.

"Excellent upgrade and it's still the best."
Being a devout WordPerfect user for over 20 years and watching this genius company nurture this core "word processing" software to near flawless perfection, I took the X3 upgrade for a test-drive (coming from WP 12). As has been the case with each subsequent upgrade to date, I was very impressed. TWO EXCELLENT reasons for upgrading are as follows: (1) .PDF docs can be opened in WordPerfect, are instantly converted to .WPD and you can edit them! How great! What a time-saver without the need to invest in additional stand-alone software to conduct this sole task! To test the .pdf import feature I imported a 133 page Adobe Acrobat 7 .pdf final draft doc formatted in 6 x9 book format with over 40 .gif pic additions and a few different types of -complex fonts- (my first novel pending publication) and it came through flawlessly as an X3 .wpd., .gifs, margin specialties, fonts and all , whereas it was a breeze to copy edit tweak and re-save back to .pdf and not miss a beat. This feature alone for me is well worth the upgrade. (Adobe Acrobat 7 doesn't even have such an editing feature.) But ANOTHER great feature, especially for legal people is the new polished legal format option X3 has! It's simply wonderful, with Pleading Expert Designer and publish to EDGAR capabilities - to faciliate Federal Court e-file specs. Besides these two great reasons, Corel has spiffied up the look and feel and added additional strengths. Check it out for yourself. Head over to the Corel Website and take X3 on a 30-day test-drive. If you're a WordPerfect fan as am I, you'll be very glad you did!

"WP X3 Falls short of its claims"
I purchased the standard edition of X3 primarily for 3 reasons: 1) It claims to have the ability to convert pdf files into WP format, 2) It claims to be able to organize your e-mail files through the use of WP Mail well beyond the capabilities of Outlook Express, and 3) It claims enhanced use of WP for word processing.

What I found was a product that met only one out of three of its claims. In baseball, batting .333 will put you into the Hall of Fame. In business, fulfilling one of three claims will put you into bankruptcy!

While the pdf converter is a rather good tool, WP3 Mail is unstable (and this is from their tech support department). It destabilizes your use of e-mail to the point of making it virtually unusable in terms of reliability. I imported older e-mail from outlook express when I installed the WP X3 software, only to later find out that the system crashed regularly. I could not get at my older imported e-mail, and could not find a practical way to reverse the importing back into outlook express. What really irked me was that their tech support was worthless in rectifying the situation. They merely responded by saying they were aware of the problem and "may" release a patch to help sometime in the future. Ahhhhh!

As to the alleged improved "word processing power", I have experienced more bugs then appear in an Animal Planet Channel special on insects in the Amazon Jungle. Unwanted page formating changes occur when I click my mouse on the page I had just finish reformatting. Undesired line spacing would appear on pages. The list goes on, but who has the time to be more detailed.

Do yourself a favor and avoid the product. If you need to upgrade, check out the latest version of MS Word, you will be far more satisfied I'm sure.