Apple iWork vs. WordPerfect Office

iWork is suited for those in the Apple ecosystem. It is specially recommended for those who are already familiar with Apple apps. If cross-platform interoperability is needed, I use iWork + Google products. Usually I build the docs in iWork and present using Google products on the PC, when no Mac or iPad is available.

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If you are negotiating a document, using WordPerfect can be a problem since so few people still use it and while it is easy to save a .wpd document as a .doc, the reverse creates all sorts of formatting mayhem. However, WordPerfect has great page numbering options and easy macro/template creation.

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• Presentations with animations and links to other docs or web pages
• Worksheets & charts
• Documents & e-books
• Training materials

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• WordPerfect Office makes merging documents very simple and I can do more elaborate merges easily.
• WordPerfect Office's reveal codes is a major plus! I have used it so many times to find extra coding in a document that is creating problems.

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• iWork could use same pencil tools available in Apple Notes
• Add capabilities similar to Apple Notes to edit or markup PDFs

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• Quattro Pro, wholly adequate, but beginning to lag Excel
• No integrated eMail program.
• Database (does anyone use these anymore) hasn't been updated in years.

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We are married to it for life.

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It works fine, few crashes.

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Corel Support is pretty solid providing timely reactions due to issues as well as the forums page where users can deposit questions or ideas for others to help out.

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iWork is fairly complete and does a great job on the usual tasks related to creating presentation, worksheets and documents. Its major drawback is the lack of interoperability in non-Apple systems. For Apple users (iPhone, iPad and Mac) it is the recommended solution for the tasks above. Apple has been improving the product over the years and should continue to do so.

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OpenOffice is great because it is free. For people on a budget you can't beat it. No question that WordPerfect is the superior and more powerful product, but not an option for everyone. Oddly, OpenOffice seems more capable at working with Microsoft Office format than WordPerfect.

Incentivized

• Since it is a free product, it saved me money in comparable products

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• Dealing with outside clients that may not have WordPerfect.
• Interfacing with Microsoft products.
• Some of the software needs to be updated..

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