We've used Word Perfect since about 1492 and only convert our text documents to Word if we have to share them with someone else. Otherwise, we never use Word. If we had to cite one reason it would be the "reveal codes" function in Word Perfect which (you guessed it) shows all of the codes, not just the characters. So, when something goes wrong you just look at the codes and remove the offender (or maybe add what's missing). Everyone says you can do that in Word but no one has ever been able to show us how.

For spread sheets we were brought up on Lotue 1-2-3 and now use Quattro Pro which comes with the Word Perfect office suite. Corel bought up Lotus a long time ago so Quattro Pro is just an advanced version of Lotus 1-2-3. It's way more sophisticated than Excel. One example is that you can do a mail merge directly from a Quattro Pro spread sheet. Try that with Excel.

On the negative side, Corel support really sucks. Microsoft tells you something that is totally irrelevant to your question but, while Corel's answers are relevant, they're usually a lie.

Bev and Jerry