I would like very much to use WordPerfect 8 for Linux. However, I
cannot, as I suspect the majority of the business world cannot. Why?
Simply, because it does not interoperate with an (unfortunately)
Microsoft-based office very well. Here is what I have found:
WordPerfect 8 does not import Word98 documents. This is a show-stopper,
as Word98 is a standard among all businesses that I deal with.
WordPerfect 8 does not import Word95 documents very well. For instance,
it ignores page orientation: all documents are assumed to be portrait.
And it's generally unreliable. It does not strictly maintain fonts,
pagination, etc.
WordPerfect 8 does not automatically figure out what type of file to
import. I am not going to waste my time telling WordPerfect to try each
file type in turn. When I ask it to open a file, it should open it. If
it cannot intelligently figure out the file type, it should try each
file type in turn until it finds one that works. This is critical for
companies that have been around a long time, and have archives of
documents in many different formats.
Once these deficiencies are fixed, I think WordPerfect would have the
minimum capability I need to use it during my business day. Until then,
I must continue to endure NT. Thank you very much for your attention,
- Scott
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