<s>
At	O
the	O
height	O
of	O
its	O
popularity	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
and	O
early	O
1990s	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
dominant	O
player	O
in	O
the	O
word	O
processor	O
market	O
,	O
displacing	O
the	O
prior	O
market	O
leader	O
WordStar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
then	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
in	O
1982	O
,	O
by	O
which	O
time	O
the	O
name	O
WordPerfect	O
was	O
in	O
use	O
,	O
and	O
several	O
greatly	O
updated	O
versions	O
quickly	O
followed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
's	O
feature	O
list	O
was	O
considerably	O
more	O
advanced	O
than	O
its	O
main	O
competition	O
WordStar	B-Application
,	O
an	O
established	O
program	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
CP/M	B-Application
that	O
failed	O
to	O
transition	O
successfully	O
onto	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
which	O
replaced	O
CP/M	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
rapidly	O
displaced	O
most	O
other	O
systems	O
,	O
especially	O
after	O
the	O
4.2	O
release	O
in	O
1986	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
became	O
the	O
standard	O
in	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
market	O
by	O
version	O
5.1	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
early	O
popularity	O
was	O
based	O
partly	O
on	O
its	O
availability	O
for	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
computers	O
and	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
also	O
partly	O
because	O
of	O
extensive	O
,	O
no-cost	O
support	O
,	O
with	O
"	O
hold	O
jockeys	O
"	O
entertaining	O
users	O
while	O
waiting	O
on	O
the	O
phone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
dominant	O
position	O
ended	O
after	O
a	O
failed	O
release	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
due	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
not	O
initially	O
sharing	O
its	O
Windows	O
Application	O
Programming	O
Interface	O
(	O
API	B-General_Concept
)	O
specifications	O
causing	O
the	O
application	O
to	O
be	O
slow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
receiving	O
the	O
Windows	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
,	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
long	O
delay	O
in	O
reprogramming	O
before	O
introducing	O
an	O
improved	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
had	O
been	O
introduced	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
as	O
WordPerfect	O
's	O
first	O
attempt	O
,	O
and	O
Word	O
took	O
over	O
the	O
market	O
due	O
to	O
being	O
faster	O
,	O
helped	O
by	O
aggressive	O
bundling	O
deals	O
that	O
ultimately	O
produced	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corel	O
has	O
made	O
regular	O
releases	O
to	O
the	O
product	O
since	O
then	O
,	O
often	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
office	O
suites	O
under	O
the	O
WordPerfect	O
name	O
that	O
include	O
the	O
Quattro	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Presentations	B-Application
slides	O
formatter	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
WordPerfect	O
for	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
was	O
released	O
the	O
day	O
after	O
Thanksgiving	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
had	O
hoped	O
to	O
program	O
WordPerfect	O
in	O
C	B-Language
,	O
but	O
at	O
this	O
early	O
stage	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
no	O
C	B-Language
compilers	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
and	O
they	O
had	O
to	O
program	O
it	O
in	O
x86	O
assembly	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
versions	O
of	O
WordPerfect	O
up	O
to	O
5.0	O
were	O
written	O
in	O
x86	O
,	O
and	O
C	B-Language
was	O
only	O
adopted	O
with	O
WP	O
5.1	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
became	O
necessary	O
to	O
convert	O
it	O
to	O
non-IBM	O
compatible	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
straight	O
assembly	O
language	O
and	O
a	O
high	O
amount	O
of	O
direct	O
screen	O
access	O
gave	O
WordPerfect	O
a	O
significant	O
performance	O
advantage	O
over	O
WordStar	B-Application
,	O
which	O
used	O
strictly	O
DOS	B-Device
API	B-General_Concept
functions	O
for	O
all	O
screen	O
and	O
keyboard	O
access	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
often	O
very	O
slow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
WordStar	B-Application
,	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
CP/M	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
in	O
which	O
subdirectories	O
are	O
not	O
supported	O
,	O
was	O
extremely	O
slow	O
in	O
switching	O
to	O
support	O
sub-directories	O
in	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1983	O
,	O
WordPerfect	O
3.0	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
updated	O
to	O
support	O
DOS	B-Device
2.x	O
,	O
sub-directories	O
,	O
and	O
hard	O
disks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adding	O
support	O
for	O
additional	O
printers	O
this	O
way	O
was	O
impractical	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
company	O
introduced	O
printer	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
,	O
a	O
file	O
containing	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
control	O
codes	O
for	O
each	O
model	O
of	O
printer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordPerfect	O
also	O
supplied	O
an	O
editor	O
utility	O
that	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
make	O
their	O
own	O
printer	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
,	O
or	O
to	O
modify	O
the	O
included	O
ones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
program	O
to	O
overtake	O
the	O
original	O
market	O
leader	O
WordStar	B-Application
in	O
a	O
major	O
application	O
category	O
on	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
magazine	O
described	O
WordPerfect	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
standard	O
in	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
world	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
a	O
powerhouse	O
program	O
that	O
includes	O
almost	O
everything	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
1989	O
,	O
WordPerfect	O
Corporation	O
released	O
the	O
program	O
's	O
most	O
successful	O
version	O
,	O
WordPerfect	O
5.1	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
to	O
include	O
pull-down	O
menus	O
to	O
supplement	O
the	O
traditional	O
function	B-Application
key	I-Application
combinations	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
tables	O
,	O
a	O
spreadsheet-like	O
feature	O
,	O
and	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
typesetting	O
options	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
italic	O
,	O
redline	O
,	O
and	O
strike-through	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordPerfect	O
5.1	O
+	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
was	O
introduced	O
to	O
allow	O
older	O
DOS-based	O
PCs	O
to	O
utilize	O
the	O
new	O
WordPerfect	O
6	O
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
extensive	O
use	O
of	O
key	B-Application
combinations	O
,	O
especially	O
on	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
platform	O
,	O
enabling	O
quick	O
access	O
to	O
features	O
,	O
once	O
the	O
meaning	O
of	O
the	O
key	B-Application
combinations	O
(	O
like	O
Ctrl	B-Device
–	O
Shift	B-Device
–	O
F6	O
)	O
had	O
been	O
memorized	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
of	O
tools	O
,	O
like	O
Mail	B-Application
Merge	I-Application
(	O
combine	O
form	O
documents	O
with	O
data	O
from	O
any	O
data	O
source	O
)	O
,	O
"	O
Print	O
as	O
booklet	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
tables	O
(	O
with	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
capabilities	O
and	O
the	O
possibility	O
to	O
generate	O
graphs	O
)	O
are	O
also	O
notable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
key	B-Application
to	O
WordPerfect	O
's	O
design	O
is	O
its	O
streaming	O
code	O
architecture	O
that	O
parallels	O
the	O
formatting	O
features	O
of	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
Cascading	B-Language
Style	I-Language
Sheets	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Documents	O
are	O
created	O
much	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
that	O
raw	O
HTML	B-Language
pages	O
are	O
written	O
,	O
with	O
text	O
interspersed	O
by	O
tags	O
(	O
called	O
"	O
codes	O
"	O
)	O
that	O
trigger	O
treatment	O
of	O
data	O
until	O
a	O
corresponding	O
closing	O
tag	O
is	O
encountered	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
point	O
the	O
settings	O
active	O
to	O
the	O
point	O
of	O
the	O
opening	O
tag	O
resume	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
tags	O
can	O
be	O
nested	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
data	O
structures	O
are	O
treated	O
as	O
objects	O
within	O
the	O
stream	O
as	O
with	O
HTML	B-Language
's	O
treatment	O
of	O
graphic	O
images	O
,	O
e.g.	O
,	O
footnotes	O
and	O
styles	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
bulk	O
of	O
a	O
WordPerfect	O
document	O
's	O
data	O
and	O
formatting	O
codes	O
appear	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
continuous	O
stream	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
difference	O
between	O
HTML	B-Language
tags	O
and	O
WordPerfect	O
codes	O
is	O
that	O
HTML	B-Language
codes	I-Language
can	O
all	O
be	O
expressed	O
as	O
a	O
string	O
of	O
plain	O
text	O
characters	O
delimited	O
by	O
greater-than	O
and	O
less-than	O
characters	O
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
purchase	O
of	O
the	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
program	O
Ventura	B-Application
,	O
Corel	O
enhanced	O
the	O
WordPerfect	O
styles	O
editor	O
and	O
styles	O
behavior	O
with	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
Ventura	B-Application
's	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
WordPerfect	O
has	O
been	O
enriched	O
with	O
properties	O
from	O
the	O
CorelDraw	B-Application
Graphics	O
suite	O
,	O
graphic	O
styles	O
are	O
editable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
Corel	O
included	O
WordPerfect	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
full	O
functionality	O
,	O
in	O
CorelDraw	B-Application
Graphics	O
Suite	O
as	O
the	O
text	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Present	O
since	O
the	O
earliest	O
versions	O
of	O
WordPerfect	O
,	O
the	O
Reveal	O
Codes	O
feature	O
distinguishes	O
it	O
from	O
other	O
word	O
processors	O
;	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
's	O
equivalent	O
is	O
much	O
less	O
powerful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordPerfect	O
had	O
this	O
feature	O
already	O
in	O
its	O
DOS	B-Device
incarnations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordPerfect	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
stood	O
out	O
for	O
its	O
macros	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
sequences	O
of	O
keystrokes	O
,	O
including	O
function	O
codes	O
,	O
were	O
recorded	O
as	O
the	O
user	O
typed	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
macros	O
could	O
then	O
be	O
assigned	O
to	O
any	O
key	B-Application
desired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
since	O
keystrokes	O
were	O
recorded	O
,	O
changes	O
in	O
the	O
function	O
of	O
certain	O
keys	O
as	O
the	O
program	O
evolved	O
would	O
mean	O
that	O
macros	O
from	O
one	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
of	O
WordPerfect	O
would	O
not	O
necessarily	O
run	O
correctly	O
on	O
another	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordPerfect	O
DOS	B-Device
macros	O
,	O
which	O
assumed	O
a	O
text-based	O
screen	O
,	O
with	O
fixed	O
locations	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
could	O
not	O
,	O
or	O
could	O
not	O
easily	O
,	O
be	O
implemented	O
with	O
the	O
Windows	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
screen	O
and	O
mouse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
"	O
go	O
down	O
four	O
lines	O
"	O
has	O
a	O
clear	O
meaning	O
on	O
a	O
DOS	B-Device
screen	O
,	O
but	O
no	O
definite	O
meaning	O
with	O
a	O
Windows	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
and	O
even	O
more	O
powerful	O
interpreted	O
token-based	O
macro	O
recording	O
and	O
scripting	O
language	O
came	O
with	O
both	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Application
6.0	I-Application
versions	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
became	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
named	O
PerfectScript	O
in	O
later	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
no	O
way	O
to	O
import	O
DOS	B-Device
macros	O
,	O
and	O
users	O
who	O
had	O
created	O
extensive	O
macro	O
libraries	O
were	O
forced	O
to	O
continue	O
using	O
WordPerfect	O
5.1	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
rewrite	O
all	O
the	O
macros	O
from	O
scratch	O
using	O
the	O
new	O
programming	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
WordPerfect	O
is	O
not	O
prone	O
to	O
macro	B-Application
viruses	I-Application
or	O
malware	O
,	O
unlike	O
MS	B-Application
Word	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PerfectScript	O
macro	O
language	O
shows	O
especial	O
versatility	O
in	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
deploy	O
every	O
function	O
that	O
exists	O
in	O
the	O
entire	O
office	O
suite	O
,	O
no	O
matter	O
whether	O
that	O
function	O
was	O
designed	O
for	O
WordPerfect	O
,	O
Quattro	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
or	O
Presentations	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
with	O
WordPerfect	O
Office	O
10	B-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
suite	O
also	O
included	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
macro	O
language	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
,	O
meant	O
to	O
improve	O
compatibility	O
of	O
the	O
suite	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
its	O
1970s	O
predecessor	O
Emacs	B-Application
and	O
mid-1980s	O
competitor	O
,	O
MultiMate	B-Protocol
,	O
WordPerfect	O
used	O
almost	O
every	O
possible	O
combination	O
of	O
function	B-Application
keys	I-Application
with	O
Ctrl	B-Device
,	O
Alt	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Shift	B-Device
modifiers	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
CtrlAlt	O
,	O
ShiftAlt	O
,	O
and	O
ShiftCtrl	O
double	O
modifiers	O
,	O
unlike	O
early	O
versions	O
of	O
WordStar	B-Application
,	O
which	O
used	O
only	O
Ctrl	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
extensive	O
number	O
of	O
key	B-Application
combinations	O
are	O
now	O
one	O
of	O
WordPerfect	O
's	O
most	O
popular	O
features	O
among	O
its	O
regular	O
"	O
power	B-General_Concept
users	I-General_Concept
"	O
such	O
as	O
legal	O
secretaries	O
,	O
paralegals	O
and	O
attorneys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordPerfect	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
shipped	O
with	O
an	O
impressive	O
array	O
of	O
printer	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
—	O
a	O
feature	O
that	O
played	O
an	O
important	O
role	O
in	O
its	O
adoption	O
—	O
and	O
also	O
shipped	O
with	O
a	O
printer	B-Application
driver	I-Application
editor	O
called	O
PTR	O
,	O
which	O
features	O
a	O
flexible	O
macro	O
language	O
and	O
allows	O
technically	O
inclined	O
users	O
to	O
customize	O
and	O
create	O
printer	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
interesting	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
5.0	O
version	O
was	O
its	O
Type-Through	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
functionality	O
was	O
removed	O
in	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
5.1	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordPerfect	O
Library	O
,	O
introduced	O
in	O
1986	O
and	O
later	O
renamed	O
WordPerfect	O
Office	O
(	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
Corel	O
's	O
Windows	O
office	O
suite	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
package	O
of	O
DOS	B-Device
network	O
and	O
stand-alone	O
utility	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
use	O
with	O
WordPerfect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
package	O
included	O
a	O
DOS	B-Device
menu	O
shell	O
and	O
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
which	O
could	O
edit	O
binary	O
files	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
WordPerfect	O
or	O
Shell	O
macros	O
,	O
calendar	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
general-purpose	O
flat	B-Application
file	I-Application
database	I-Application
program	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
data	O
file	O
for	O
a	O
merge	B-Application
in	O
WordPerfect	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
contact	B-Application
manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Novell	O
acquired	O
WordPerfect	O
Corporation	O
,	O
it	O
incorporated	O
many	O
of	O
these	O
utilities	O
into	O
Novell	B-Operating_System
GroupWise	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1990	O
WordPerfect	O
Corporation	O
also	O
offered	O
LetterPerfect	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
reduced-functionality	O
version	O
of	O
WP-DOS	O
5.1	O
intended	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
less-capable	O
hardware	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
laptops	O
of	O
the	O
day	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
an	O
entry-level	O
product	O
for	O
students	O
and	O
home	O
users	O
;	O
the	O
name	O
(	O
but	O
not	O
the	O
code	O
)	O
was	O
purchased	O
from	O
a	O
small	O
Missouri	O
company	O
that	O
had	O
produced	O
a	O
basic	O
word	O
processor	O
for	O
early	O
Atari	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
program	O
distributed	O
through	O
WordPerfect	O
Corporation	O
(	O
and	O
later	O
through	O
Novell	O
)	O
was	O
DataPerfect	B-Application
for	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
a	O
fast	O
and	O
capable	O
hierarchical	O
database	O
management	O
system	O
(	O
DBMS	O
)	O
requiring	O
as	O
little	O
as	O
300	O
KB	O
of	O
free	O
DOS	B-Device
memory	O
to	O
run	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
1995	O
,	O
Novell	O
released	O
DataPerfect	B-Application
as	O
copyrighted	O
freeware	O
and	O
allowed	O
the	O
original	O
author	O
to	O
continue	O
to	O
update	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DataPerfect	B-Application
supports	O
up	O
to	O
99	O
data	O
files	O
(	O
"	O
panels	O
"	O
)	O
with	O
each	O
holding	O
up	O
to	O
16	O
million	O
records	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
125	O
fields	O
and	O
an	O
unlimited	O
number	O
of	O
variable-length	O
memo	O
fields	O
which	O
can	O
store	O
up	O
to	O
64,000	O
characters	O
each	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Networked	O
,	O
DataPerfect	B-Application
supports	O
up	O
to	O
simultaneous	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
program	O
distributed	O
through	O
WordPerfect	O
Corporation	O
was	O
PlanPerfect	O
,	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordPerfect	O
5.1	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
introduced	O
in	O
1991	O
,	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
installed	O
from	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
was	O
largely	O
unpopular	O
due	O
to	O
serious	O
stability	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
time	O
WordPerfect	O
5.2	O
for	O
Windows	O
was	O
introduced	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
for	O
Windows	O
version	O
2	O
had	O
been	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
for	O
over	O
a	O
year	O
and	O
had	O
received	O
its	O
third	O
interim	O
release	O
,	O
v2.0c	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordPerfect	O
's	O
function-key-centered	O
user	O
interface	O
did	O
not	O
adapt	O
well	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
paradigm	O
of	O
mouse	O
and	O
pull-down	O
menus	O
,	O
especially	O
with	O
many	O
of	O
WordPerfect	O
's	O
standard	O
key	B-Application
combinations	O
pre-empted	O
by	O
incompatible	O
keyboard	O
shortcuts	O
that	O
Windows	O
itself	O
used	O
;	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
Alt-F4	O
became	O
Exit	O
Program	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
WordPerfect	O
's	O
Block	O
Text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
's	O
impressive	O
arsenal	O
of	O
finely	O
tuned	O
printer	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
was	O
also	O
rendered	O
obsolete	O
by	O
Windows	O
 '	O
use	O
of	O
its	O
own	O
printer	O
device	O
drivers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
offerings	O
were	O
marketed	O
as	O
Borland	O
Office	O
,	O
containing	O
Windows	O
versions	O
of	O
WordPerfect	O
,	O
Quattro	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
,	O
Borland	B-Application
Paradox	I-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
LAN-based	O
groupware	O
package	O
called	O
WordPerfect	O
Office	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
WordPerfect	O
Library	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
the	O
Novell	O
/	O
WordPerfect	O
Office	O
suite	O
was	O
integrated	O
by	O
"	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
important	O
middleware-suite	O
,	O
still	O
active	O
in	O
current	O
versions	O
of	O
WordPerfect	O
Office	O
,	O
is	O
called	O
PerfectFit	O
(	O
developed	O
by	O
WordPerfect	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
other	O
"	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
"	O
(	O
developed	O
by	O
Novell	O
)	O
was	O
called	O
AppWare	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Novell	O
kept	O
the	O
WordPerfect	O
Office	O
technology	O
,	O
incorporating	O
it	O
into	O
its	O
GroupWise	B-Operating_System
messaging	O
and	O
collaboration	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compounding	O
WordPerfect	O
's	O
troubles	O
were	O
issues	O
associated	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
32-bit	O
version	O
,	O
WordPerfect	O
7	B-Device
,	O
intended	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
WordPerfect	O
7	B-Device
contained	O
notable	O
improvements	O
over	O
the	O
16-bit	O
WordPerfect	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
1996	O
,	O
nine	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
95	O
(	O
including	O
Word	B-Application
95	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordPerfect	O
7	B-Device
also	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
"	O
Designed	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
"	O
logo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
important	O
to	O
some	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
software	O
purchasers	O
as	O
Microsoft	O
set	O
standards	O
for	O
application	O
design	O
,	O
behavior	O
,	O
and	O
interaction	O
with	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
make	O
matters	O
worse	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
release	O
of	O
WordPerfect	O
7	B-Device
was	O
incompatible	O
with	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
,	O
hindering	O
its	O
adoption	O
in	O
many	O
professional	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
NT	O
Enabled	O
"	O
version	O
of	O
WordPerfect	O
7	B-Device
,	O
which	O
Corel	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
Service	O
Pack	O
2	O
,	O
was	O
not	O
available	O
until	O
Q1-1997	O
,	O
over	O
six	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
4.0	I-Device
,	O
a	O
year	O
and	O
a	O
half	O
after	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
Office	O
95	O
(	O
which	O
supported	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
out	O
of	O
the	O
box	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
Office	O
97	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
WordPerfect	O
dominated	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
market	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
shifted	O
its	O
attention	O
toward	O
a	O
Windows	O
version	O
of	O
Word	O
;	O
after	O
Windows	O
3.0	O
was	O
introduced	O
,	O
Word	O
's	O
market	O
share	O
began	O
to	O
grow	O
at	O
an	O
extraordinary	O
rate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
WordPerfect	O
had	O
more	O
than	O
50%	O
of	O
the	O
worldwide	O
word-processing	O
market	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
by	O
2000	B-Application
Word	O
had	O
up	O
to	O
95%	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
so	O
dominant	O
that	O
WordPerfect	O
executives	O
admitted	O
that	O
their	O
software	O
needed	O
to	O
be	O
compatible	O
with	O
Word	O
documents	O
to	O
survive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Microsoft	O
offered	O
something	O
that	O
looked	O
like	O
a	O
fully	O
integrated	O
office	O
suite	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
,	O
a	O
common	O
complaint	O
about	O
early	O
Windows	O
versions	O
of	O
WordPerfect	O
Office	O
was	O
that	O
it	O
looked	O
like	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
separate	O
applications	O
from	O
different	O
vendors	O
cobbled	O
together	O
,	O
with	O
inconsistent	O
user	O
interfaces	O
from	O
one	O
application	O
to	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novell	O
had	O
acquired	O
WordPerfect	O
for	O
Windows	O
from	O
WordPerfect	O
Corporation	O
,	O
Paradox	B-Application
from	O
Borland	O
,	O
and	O
various	O
peripheral	O
utilities	O
from	O
other	O
companies	O
and	O
had	O
started	O
to	O
evangelize	O
the	O
Novell	O
"	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
"	O
–	O
Appware	O
–	O
as	O
a	O
means	O
for	O
others	O
to	O
run	O
their	O
programs	O
on	O
every	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
"	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
"	O
strategy	O
would	O
make	O
software	O
vendors	O
and	O
customers	O
independent	O
from	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
vendors	O
,	O
like	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
thus	O
posing	O
a	O
real	O
threat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contrary	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
with	O
its	O
MS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
however	O
,	O
starting	O
with	O
WordPerfect	O
Office	O
9	O
,	O
Corel	O
successfully	O
integrated	O
the	O
components	O
of	O
WordPerfect	O
Office	O
almost	O
seamlessly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PerfectScript	O
and	O
the	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
PerfectFit	O
played	O
the	O
major	O
role	O
here	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elements	O
of	O
applications	O
like	O
CorelDraw	B-Application
and	O
Ventura	B-Application
desktop	O
publishing	O
were	O
also	O
integrated	O
and	O
enriched	O
the	O
document	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
remaining	O
avid	O
users	O
of	O
WordPerfect	O
are	O
many	O
law	O
firms	O
and	O
government	O
offices	O
,	O
which	O
favor	O
WordPerfect	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
macros	O
,	O
reveal	O
codes	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
access	O
a	O
large	O
range	O
of	O
formatting	O
options	O
such	O
as	O
left-right	O
block	O
indent	O
directly	O
with	O
key	B-Application
combinations	O
rather	O
than	O
having	O
to	O
click	O
through	O
several	O
layers	O
of	O
submenus	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
often	O
requires	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fast	O
typists	O
appreciate	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
keep	O
their	O
hands	O
on	O
the	O
keyboard	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
reaching	O
for	O
the	O
mouse	O
as	O
often	O
as	O
would	O
be	O
required	O
if	O
they	O
were	O
using	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordPerfect	O
users	O
may	O
also	O
define	O
any	O
key	B-Application
or	O
key	B-Application
combination	O
to	O
do	O
what	O
they	O
want	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
typing	O
phrases	O
they	O
often	O
use	O
or	O
executing	O
macros	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
related	O
factor	O
is	O
that	O
WordPerfect	O
Corporation	O
was	O
particularly	O
responsive	O
to	O
feature	O
requests	O
from	O
the	O
legal	O
profession	O
,	O
incorporating	O
many	O
features	O
particularly	O
useful	O
to	O
that	O
niche	O
market	O
;	O
those	O
features	O
have	O
been	O
continued	O
in	O
subsequent	O
versions	O
,	O
usually	O
directly	O
accessible	O
with	O
key	B-Application
combinations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
in	O
January	O
1996	O
it	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
sale	O
of	O
these	O
products	O
,	O
primarily	O
WordPerfect	O
and	O
Quattro	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
,	O
would	O
be	O
made	O
to	O
Corel	O
for	O
$186	O
million	O
,	O
a	O
large	O
loss	O
from	O
the	O
$855	O
million	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
originally	O
paid	O
to	O
acquire	O
WordPerfect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novell	O
did	O
hold	O
onto	O
a	O
few	O
pieces	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
acquired	O
from	O
WordPerfect	O
,	O
most	O
importantly	O
the	O
GroupWise	B-Operating_System
collaboration	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
head	O
of	O
Corel	O
,	O
Michael	O
Cowpland	O
,	O
initially	O
expressed	O
optimism	O
that	O
Corel	O
WordPerfect	O
could	O
compete	O
effectively	O
against	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
among	O
business	O
users	O
,	O
somewhat	O
akin	O
to	O
a	O
Coke	O
versus	O
Pepsi	O
battle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corel	O
is	O
an	O
original	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
OASIS	O
Technical	O
Committee	O
on	O
the	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
Format	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Paul	O
Langille	O
,	O
a	O
senior	O
Corel	O
developer	O
,	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
four	O
authors	O
of	O
the	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
subsequent	O
release	O
of	O
X3	O
(	O
identified	O
as	O
"	O
13	O
"	O
internally	O
and	O
in	O
registry	O
entries	O
)	O
has	O
been	O
met	O
with	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
new	O
features	O
including	O
a	O
unique	O
PDF	B-Application
import	O
capability	O
,	O
metadata	B-Application
removal	I-Application
tools	I-Application
,	O
integrated	O
search	O
and	O
online	O
resources	O
and	O
other	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
X3	O
was	O
described	O
by	O
CNET	O
in	O
January	O
,	O
2006	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
winner	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
a	O
feature-packed	O
productivity	O
suite	O
that	O
's	O
just	O
as	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
—	O
and	O
in	O
many	O
ways	O
more	O
innovative	O
than	O
—	O
industry-goliath	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2003.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
CNET	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
describe	O
X3	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
solid	O
upgrade	O
for	O
long-time	O
users	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
"	O
Die-hard	O
Microsoft	O
fans	O
may	O
want	O
to	O
wait	O
to	O
see	O
what	O
Redmond	O
has	O
up	O
its	O
sleeve	O
with	O
the	O
radical	O
changes	O
expected	O
within	O
the	O
upcoming	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
12.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
released	O
version	O
of	O
X3	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
did	O
not	O
support	O
the	O
OOXML	B-Operating_System
or	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
formats	I-Application
,	O
a	O
beta	O
was	O
released	O
that	O
supported	O
both	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reports	O
surfaced	O
late	O
in	O
January	O
2006	O
that	O
Apple	O
's	O
iWork	B-Application
had	O
leapfrogged	O
WordPerfect	O
Office	O
as	O
the	O
leading	O
alternative	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
2	O
office	O
suite	O
behind	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
in	O
the	O
consumer	O
,	O
small	O
and	O
medium	O
businesses	O
,	O
and	O
enterprise	O
markets	O
with	O
a	O
roughly	O
15	O
percent	O
share	O
in	O
each	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2008	O
,	O
Corel	O
released	O
its	O
WordPerfect	O
Office	O
X4	O
office	O
suite	O
containing	O
the	O
new	O
X4	O
version	O
of	O
WordPerfect	O
which	O
includes	O
support	O
for	O
PDF	B-Application
editing	O
,	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
and	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
X4	O
does	O
not	O
include	O
support	O
for	O
editing	O
PDF	B-Application
's	O
containing	O
images	O
in	O
JPEG2000	O
format	O
,	O
a	O
format	O
used	O
by	O
Adobe	B-Application
Acrobat	I-Application
9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
includes	O
improved	O
support	O
for	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	O
,	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
release	O
adds	O
multi-document/monitor	O
support	O
,	O
new	O
macros	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
preview	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
eBook	O
publisher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
include	O
creating	O
fillable	O
PDFs	B-Application
,	O
built	O
in	O
Bates	O
numbering	O
(	O
since	O
X7	O
)	O
,	O
saving	O
to	O
opendocument	B-Application
and	O
ePub	O
formats	O
(	O
since	O
v2020	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
saving	O
and	O
opening	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
openXML	B-Operating_System
formats	O
(	O
which	O
did	O
not	O
work	O
in	O
x9	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
review	O
,	O
PC	O
Magazine	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
WordPerfect	O
Office	O
is	O
the	O
one	O
and	O
only	O
Windows	O
office	O
application	O
suite	O
that	O
is	O
n't	O
a	O
workalike	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
originates	O
from	O
Borland	O
Software	O
Corporation	O
's	O
Borland	O
Office	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1993	O
to	O
compete	O
against	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
and	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Borland	O
's	O
suite	O
bundled	O
three	O
key	B-Application
applications	O
:	O
WordPerfect	O
,	O
Quattro	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
and	O
Paradox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Borland	O
then	O
sold	O
the	O
suite	O
to	O
Novell	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
which	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
Novell	O
Presentations	B-Application
and	O
the	O
now-defunct	O
InfoCentral	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corel	O
WordPerfect	O
Suite	O
7	B-Device
featured	O
version	O
7	B-Device
of	O
its	O
core	O
applications	O
:	O
WordPerfect	O
,	O
Quattro	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
and	O
Presentations	B-Application
while	O
Office	O
7	B-Device
Professional	O
included	O
Paradox	B-Application
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
suite	O
also	O
bundled	O
CorelFLOW	O
3	O
,	O
Sidekick	O
,	O
Dashboard	O
and	O
Envoy	O
7	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corel	O
WordPerfect	O
Office	O
2000	B-Application
featured	O
version	O
9	O
of	O
its	O
core	O
applications	O
:	O
WordPerfect	O
,	O
Quattro	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
,	O
Presentations	B-Application
,	O
Paradox	B-Application
and	O
CorelCentral	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
suite	O
also	O
bundle	O
Trellix	O
2	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Language
Visual	I-Language
Basic	I-Language
for	I-Language
Applications	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Home	O
and	O
Student	O
edition	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Family	O
Pack	O
,	O
omit	O
the	O
Presentations	B-Application
and	O
Paradox	B-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Small	O
Business	O
edition	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
2000	B-Application
,	O
and	O
omits	O
Paradox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
third	O
is	O
WordPerfect	O
Law	O
Office	O
2000	B-Application
,	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
20	O
,	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
notable	O
variant	O
is	O
WordPerfect	O
Office	O
2000	B-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
10	B-Operating_System
,	O
2000	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
supports	O
various	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
designed	O
with	O
Corel	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
in	O
mind	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
upgrade	O
such	O
systems	O
,	O
which	O
bundled	O
a	O
free	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
WordPerfect	O
word	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
suite	O
is	O
offered	O
in	O
three	O
editions	O
:	O
Home	O
and	O
Student	O
,	O
Standard	O
,	O
and	O
Professional	O
,	O
with	O
only	O
the	O
last	O
of	O
these	O
including	O
Paradox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quattro	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
is	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
program	I-Application
that	O
originally	O
competed	O
against	O
the	O
dominant	O
Lotus	B-Application
1-2-3	I-Application
and	O
now	O
competes	O
against	O
LibreOffice	B-Operating_System
Calc	I-Operating_System
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
,	O
Google	B-Language
Sheets	I-Language
and	O
Apple	O
's	O
Numbers	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Presentations	B-Application
is	O
a	O
presentation	B-Application
program	I-Application
by	O
Corel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
main	O
competitors	O
include	O
LibreOffice	O
Impress	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
PowerPoint	I-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Slides	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Apple	O
's	O
Keynote	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
main	O
competitors	O
are	O
Evernote	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
OneNote	I-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Keep	I-Application
and	O
Apple	O
's	O
Notes	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paradox	B-Application
is	O
a	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
manager	O
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
main	O
competitors	O
are	O
LibreOffice	B-Operating_System
Base	I-Operating_System
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Access	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corel	O
added	O
"	O
Classic	O
Mode	O
"	O
in	O
WordPerfect	O
11	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
this	O
displays	O
the	O
"	O
classic	O
"	O
cyan	O
Courier	O
text	O
on	O
medium	O
blue	O
background	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
true	O
emulation	O
of	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
Latest	O
stable	O
version	O
Support	O
statusMicrosoft	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
8	B-Application
,	O
10	B-Operating_System
(	O
32-bit	O
or	O
64-bit	O
)	O
,	O
11	B-Application
2018	O
–	O
present	O
XP	B-Application
SP3	O
/	O
2003	O
SP2	O
,	O
Vista	B-Application
2001	O
–	O
2015	O
2000	B-Application
/	O
98	O
SE	O
/	O
Me	B-Device
NT	B-Device
4	I-Device
95	O
OSR2	O
3.1x	B-Application
1991	O
–	O
1997	O
Linux	B-Application
With	O
CorelWine	B-Application
2000	B-Application
Desktop	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
and	O
newer	O
1996	O
–	O
1999	O
DOS	B-Device
3.1	O
and	O
higher	O
1982	O
–	O
1997	O
Classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
7.0	B-Operating_System
–	O
9.2.2	B-Operating_System
1988	O
–	O
1997	O
Java	B-Language
1997	O
OS/2	B-Application
1989	O
–	O
1993	O
NeXTSTEP	B-Application
1991	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
1987	O
–	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
versions	O
of	O
WordPerfect	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
available	O
for	O
Apricot	O
,	O
Tandy	B-Device
2000	I-Device
,	O
TI	B-Device
Professional	I-Device
,	O
Victor	B-Device
9000	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Zenith	B-Device
Z-100	I-Device
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Known	O
versions	O
for	O
IBM	B-Device
System/370	I-Device
include	O
4.2	O
,	O
released	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Known	O
versions	O
for	O
the	O
DEC	B-Device
Rainbow	I-Device
100	O
include	O
version	O
(	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
Known	O
versions	O
for	O
Sun	O
include	O
WordPerfect	O
6.0	O
,	O
requiring	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
or	O
Solaris	B-Application
2	O
,	O
year	O
of	O
release	O
unknown	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
one	O
time	O
or	O
another	O
,	O
WordPerfect	O
was	O
available	O
on	O
around	O
30	O
flavors	O
of	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
including	O
AT&T	O
,	O
NCR	O
,	O
SCO	B-Application
Xenix	I-Application
,	O
Microport	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
DEC	B-Operating_System
Ultrix	I-Operating_System
,	O
Pyramid	O
Tech	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
Tru64	B-Operating_System
,	O
IBM	B-Application
AIX	I-Application
,	O
Motorola	O
8000	O
,	O
and	O
HP9000	B-Device
,	O
SGI	B-Operating_System
IRIX	I-Operating_System
and	O
Sun-3	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2022	O
,	O
Travis	O
Ormandy	O
ported	O
"	O
WordPerfect	O
for	O
Unix	B-Application
"	O
7	B-Device
,	O
to	O
modern	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
fully	O
functional	O
deb	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
WordPerfect	O
for	O
Macintosh	O
did	O
not	O
run	O
parallel	O
to	O
versions	O
for	O
other	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
used	O
version	O
numbers	B-Operating_System
unconnected	O
to	O
contemporary	O
releases	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3	O
took	O
this	O
further	O
,	O
making	O
extensive	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
technologies	O
Apple	O
introduced	O
in	O
Systems	O
7.0	B-Operating_System
–	O
7.5	O
,	O
while	O
remaining	O
fast	O
and	O
capable	O
of	O
running	O
well	O
on	O
older	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Corel	O
has	O
reiterated	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
has	O
no	O
plans	O
to	O
further	O
develop	O
WordPerfect	O
for	O
Macintosh	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
creating	O
a	O
native	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	O
version	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
download	O
is	O
still	O
available	O
at	O
the	O
Mac	O
IO	B-Application
group	O
(	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Yahoo	O
group	O
)	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
necessary	O
OS	O
8/9/Classic	O
Updater	O
that	O
slows	O
scroll	O
speed	O
and	O
restores	O
functionality	O
to	O
the	O
Style	O
and	O
Window	O
menus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
other	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
applications	O
of	O
its	O
age	O
,	O
it	O
requires	O
the	O
Classic	O
environment	O
on	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
Macs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Intel	O
Macs	O
do	O
not	O
support	O
Classic	O
,	O
emulators	O
such	O
as	O
SheepShaver	B-Application
,	O
Basilisk	B-Application
II	I-Application
and	O
vMac	B-Application
allow	O
users	O
to	O
run	O
WordPerfect	O
on	O
any	O
Macintosh	O
computer	O
(	O
or	O
indeed	O
any	O
Linux	B-Application
computer	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
wishing	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
current	O
release	O
of	O
WordPerfect	O
can	O
run	O
the	O
Windows	O
version	O
through	O
Boot	B-Application
Camp	I-Application
or	O
virtualization	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
through	O
Darwine	B-Language
or	O
CrossOver	O
Mac	O
with	O
mixed	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
Macintosh	O
version	O
,	O
development	O
of	O
WordPerfect	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
did	O
not	O
run	O
parallel	O
to	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
number	O
aligned	O
with	O
contemporary	O
DOS	B-Device
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
Atari	O
version	O
ever	O
released	O
,	O
but	O
numerous	O
patches	O
and	O
updates	O
ensured	O
that	O
the	O
Atari	O
version	O
of	O
WordPerfect	O
ran	O
on	O
all	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Atari	O
STe	O
,	O
TT	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Falcon	B-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordPerfect	O
ST	O
differs	O
from	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
most	O
notably	O
in	O
speed	O
and	O
number	O
of	O
windows	O
a	O
user	O
can	O
open	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
,	O
a	O
user	O
can	O
open	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
windows	O
(	O
compared	O
to	O
DOS	B-Device
 '	O
two	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
application	O
runs	O
three	O
to	O
five	O
times	O
faster	O
than	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
(	O
depending	O
on	O
which	O
update	O
or	O
patch	O
is	O
installed	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
possible	O
because	O
WordPerfect	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
was	O
designed	O
from	O
the	O
ground	O
up	O
and	O
was	O
optimized	O
for	O
the	O
Motorola	B-Device
68000	I-Device
processor	I-Device
as	O
well	O
as	O
Atari	O
's	O
GEM	B-Application
(	O
Graphics	B-Application
Environment	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
)	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordPerfect	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
retailed	O
at	O
US$395	O
with	O
a	O
student	O
version	O
for	O
US$99	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
Corporation	O
published	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Write	I-Application
(	O
the	O
Atari	O
version	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
1.05	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	O
)	O
for	O
US	O
$129.95	O
(	O
almost	O
75%	O
off	O
the	O
suggested	O
retail	O
price	O
of	O
WordPerfect	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
did	O
not	O
help	O
WordPerfect	O
's	O
campaign	O
to	O
establish	O
itself	O
as	O
the	O
standard	O
word	O
processor	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1988	O
WordPerfect	O
threatened	O
to	O
abandon	O
the	O
Atari	O
market	O
after	O
copies	O
of	O
the	O
word	O
processor	O
were	O
found	O
on	O
several	O
pirate	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
support	O
from	O
the	O
Atari	O
community	O
convinced	O
WordPerfect	O
to	O
reconsider	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
continued	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
a	O
single	O
developer	O
was	O
assigned	O
to	O
the	O
project	O
to	O
fix	O
bugs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
WordPerfect	O
5.1	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
was	O
planned	O
and	O
in	O
development	O
but	O
was	O
later	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1987	O
,	O
WordPerfect	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
1000	I-Device
and	O
was	O
upgraded	O
through	O
version	O
4.1	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
platform	I-Device
despite	O
rumors	O
of	O
its	O
discontinuation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
efforts	O
were	O
not	O
well	O
supported	O
by	O
Amiga	B-Device
users	O
and	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
sell	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
started	O
from	O
the	O
Workbench	B-Operating_System
or	O
CLI	B-Application
,	O
WordPerfect	O
remained	O
a	O
fundamentally	O
text-oriented	O
program	O
and	O
retained	O
its	O
DOS	B-Device
command	O
structure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	O
,	O
WordPerfect	O
Corporation	O
stopped	O
all	O
Amiga	B-Device
development	O
,	O
including	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
PlanPerfect	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
lost	O
$	O
800,000	O
on	O
the	O
computer	O
and	O
could	O
not	O
afford	O
to	O
add	O
Amiga-specific	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
customers	O
stated	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
satisfied	O
with	O
a	O
DOS-like	O
word	O
processor	O
the	O
company	O
resumed	O
development	O
of	O
only	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
WordPerfect	O
,	O
but	O
discontinued	O
it	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
WordPerfect	O
6.0	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
Caldera	O
's	O
internet	O
office	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
Corel	O
released	O
WordPerfect	O
8.0	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hoping	O
to	O
establish	O
themselves	O
in	O
the	O
nascent	O
commercial	O
Linux	B-Application
market	O
,	O
Corel	O
also	O
developed	O
their	O
own	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
of	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
included	O
WordPerfect	O
8.1	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	O
was	O
fairly	O
well-received	O
,	O
the	O
response	O
to	O
WordPerfect	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
varied	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
Linux	B-Application
promoters	O
appreciated	O
the	O
availability	O
of	O
a	O
well-known	O
,	O
mainstream	O
application	O
for	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
appeared	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
little	O
demand	O
for	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
,	O
closed-source	B-Application
project	O
like	O
WordPerfect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
top	O
of	O
this	O
,	O
WordPerfect	O
9.0	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
WordPerfect	O
Office	O
2000	B-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
package	O
,	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
native	O
Linux	B-Application
application	O
like	O
WP	O
6	O
–	O
8	B-Application
,	O
but	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
Windows	O
version	O
using	O
Corel	O
's	O
own	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Wine	B-Application
compatibility	O
library	O
,	O
and	O
hence	O
had	O
performance	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordPerfect	O
failed	O
to	O
gain	O
a	O
large	O
user	O
base	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Corel	O
's	O
change	O
of	O
strategic	O
direction	O
following	O
a	O
(	O
non-voting	O
)	O
investment	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
WordPerfect	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
was	O
discontinued	O
and	O
their	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	O
was	O
sold	O
to	O
Xandros	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2004	O
,	O
Corel	O
re-released	O
WordPerfect	O
8.1	O
(	O
the	O
last	O
Linux-native	O
version	O
)	O
with	O
some	O
updates	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
proof	O
of	O
concept	O
"	O
and	O
to	O
test	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
WordPerfect	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
is	O
not	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
still	O
be	O
found	O
used	O
,	O
in	O
online	O
marketplaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2022	O
,	O
WordPerfect	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
xwp	O
)	O
can	O
still	O
be	O
run	O
on	O
modern	O
distros	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
applications	O
may	O
use	O
the	O
libwpd	O
library	O
to	O
convert	O
WordPerfect	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
WordPerfect	O
X7	O
app	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
merely	O
remote	O
desktop	O
software	O
that	O
connected	O
to	O
a	O
Corel-hosted	O
WordPerfect	O
for	O
Windows	O
session	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Publishing	O
to	O
PDF	B-Application
from	O
WordPerfect	O
embeds	O
the	O
WP-phonetic	O
font	O
together	O
with	O
the	O
Unicode-compatible	O
font	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
cited	O
WordPerfect	O
's	O
inclusion	O
of	O
mail	B-Application
merge	I-Application
,	O
footnotes	O
,	O
and	O
macros	O
—	O
all	O
missing	O
from	O
WordStar	B-Application
—	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
"	O
virtually	O
every	O
...	O
feature	O
that	O
one	O
ought	O
to	O
expect	O
from	O
a	O
higher-priced	O
program	O
"	O
including	O
find-and-replace	O
,	O
bold	O
and	O
underline	O
display	O
,	O
and	O
automatic	O
paragraph	O
reflow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Byte	O
in	O
December	O
1984	O
noted	O
the	O
application	O
's	O
built-in	O
print	B-Device
buffer	I-Device
,	O
ability	O
to	O
show	O
bold	O
,	O
underline	O
,	O
and	O
centered	O
text	O
,	O
and	O
extensive	O
math	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
